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1 Tender Inviting Authority The Managing Director, SIPCOT, 19-A, Rukmani Lakshmipathy Road, Egmore, Chennai 600008.

2 Name of theWork Selection of Consultant for the preparation of Techno Economic Feasibility Report for setting up ofMega Textile Park (MTP) at E.Kumaralingapuram in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu.

3 Tender Document only onlinedownload

Tender document can be downloaded from 16-06-2022 to 03-07-2022. The tender documents could bedownloaded from www.sipcot.tn.gov.in / and www.tenders.tn.gov.in at free of cost.

4 Bid processing fee Rs.10,620/-(including GST)5 Bid Security Rs.38,000/-

6 Due Date, Time & Place ofsubmission of the tender 04-07-2022 up to 3.00 PM at the address mentioned in Sl.No (1) above.

7 Date, Time and Place ofopening of the tender 04-07-2022 at 4.00 PM at the address mentioned in Sl.No (1) above.

DIPR/2828/Tender/2022

STATE INDUSTRIES PROMOTION CORPORATIONOF TAMIL NADU LIMITED (SIPCOT)

19-A, RUKMANI LAKSHMIPATHY ROAD, EGMORE, CHENNAI - 600 008

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Sealed tenders are invited in Two Cover System (Technical bid and Price bid) from reputed Consulting Agencies for the preparation ofTechno Economic Feasibility Report for setting up of Mega Textile Park (MTP) at E.Kumaralingapuram in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu.

Managing Director

CIN U74999TN1971SGC005967

Tender Reference No. SP-II/T.No.21/Mega Textile Park – Virudhunagar/2022, Dt. 16-06-2022Tender Notice

Tender Notice No. 03/SE/Engg/APTDC/2022-23, Dt: 15-06-2022Name of the work : The APTDC is inviting sealed Quotations for Non-SSR itemsRequired for Phase I, II & III for the work “Redevelopment of Resorts atRushikonda in Visakhapatnam District”. For details of Non-SSR items areuploaded in the official website i.e www.tourism.ap.gov.in, for further clarificationplease contact on 6301848717 & 98480 07026.

"e" PROCUREMENT NOTICE

ANDHRA PRADESH TOURISMDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED

#55-17-2 to 4, 5#55-17-2 to 4, 5#55-17-2 to 4, 5#55-17-2 to 4, 5#55-17-2 to 4, 5ththththth FloorFloorFloorFloorFloor, Stalin Building, Stalin Building, Stalin Building, Stalin Building, Stalin Building, Autonagar, Autonagar, Autonagar, Autonagar, Autonagar,,,,, VIJAVIJAVIJAVIJAVIJAYYYYYAAAAAWWWWWADADADADADA-7.E-A-7.E-A-7.E-A-7.E-A-7.E-mail : [email protected] : [email protected] : [email protected] : [email protected] : [email protected]

Sd/- Sri K. Kanna Babu, I.A.S.,Managing Director

ClassifiedsPPEERRSSOONNAALL

II,,hhiitthheerrttoo knownas JYOTSNACHIKERSAL,D/o-DWARKANATHBEHL,W/o-AJAYCHIKERSAL,residingatH.No.-K-33-A,KailashColony,Greaterkailash,SouthDelhi,Delhi-110048,have changedmynameandshall hereafter be knownas JYOTSNABEHL.It is certifiedthat,I have compliedwith otherlegal requirements in thisconnection. 0040618770-9

II,,YYooggiittaa Pandey,W/oChandraShekhar Patni,R/oFlat.No.806,Tower-4,SushantEstate, Sector-52,Gurgaon-122001(Haryana),havechangedmyname toYogitaPatni,for all Purposes.

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II,,YYUUKKTTIIKKAAD/OSATISHKUMARR/O.HNO-140,SECTOR-7A,YMCAROAD,FARIDABAD,HARYANA-121002,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOYUKTIKAGUPTA.

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II,,VViinneeyyVij S/oBanwari Lal,R/oKh.no.14/12, 1st-Floor,Galino.17,ChandanVihar,SantNagar,Burari,Delhi-110084,have changedmyname toVinayVij permanently.

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II,,VVAANNDDAANNAAGUPTATIWARI,W/O-ANURAGTEWARI,H.NO-324FLAT.NO-A-6NEARSOUTHEXTENSIONPART-2,MASJIDMOTHDELHI-110049,changedmyname toVANDANAGUPTATEWARI. 0040618774-3

II,,UUjjjjaawwaall Gupta S/oDevenderGuptaR/o L-142, VijayChowk,LaxmiNagarDelhi-92. herebyinform that inmy 10th&12thschool certificatemy fathername iswronglymentionedasDevendra Gupta Insteadof hiscorrect nameDevenderGupta.

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II,,SSiitteennddeerr S/oKaranSinghR/o-532Karishpur (88) SonipatHaryana-131021,have changedmyname toSatenderKumar.

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II,,SSaannjjaayyKumarGupta, S/o LateShri Tej RamGupta, R/oB-163,BelvedereTowers, DLFCyberCity Phase -2, Sector-24,Gurgaon,Haryana – 122002,have changedmyname toSanjayGupta 0070790516-1

II,,SSAAWWAARRAANNSINGH,S/OHARNAMSINGHR/O-38,NEWRANJITPURA,MUNICIPALCORPORATION,WARDNO.35,AMRITSAR,PUNJAB-143105.CHANGEDMYNAMETOSWARANSINGH. 0040618750-7

II,,RReekkhhaaW/ONirdoshKumarGupta, B-598,Weavers-ColonyAshok-ViharWest delhi-110052,HaveChangedMyName toRekhaGupta.

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II,,RRaavviittaaW/oSh.Kaval Singh,R/oBE-40B, BE-Block,HariNagar,NewDelhi-110064,havechangedmyname toRavinderKaur. 0040618754-4

II,,RROOHHIITT S/O-SURESHCHANDRAKANOJIA,R/OD-301,LIG,Sector-1,PratapVihar,Ghaziabad,UP-201009,have changedmynametoROHITKANOJIA.

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II,,RRIITTAASHARMA,W/oSh.SanjayKumarChoudhary,R/o-Flat.No.155,OmApartment,Sector-14,Pocket-2,Phase-2, Dwarka,NewDelhi-110078,have changedmyname,fromRITASHARMA toREETASHARMA,for all,futurepurposes. 0040618770-4

II,,RRAAJJEESSHHGARGS/OGHANSHYAMDASSR/O129,VIVEKANANDPURI,SARAIROHILLA,DELHI-110007.CHANGEDMYNAMETORAJESHKUMAR. 0040618774-11

II,,PPaawwaanneeeett KaurPlaya,D/O,Jaspal SinghR/o-399DTurab-NagarGhaziabad,Up-201001,havechangedmyname toPawaneetKaur,for all purposes.AffidavitNo IN-UP16726868419276U.

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II,,PPaarrmmeeeett SinghHora,F/oRehematKaurHora,R/o-15A/39,WEA,Karol Bagh,Delhi-110005,have changed,myminor daughter’s name,fromRehematHora,toRehematKaurHora,for all purposes.

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II,,PPRRAAVVEEEENNKUMAR,R/OKISHANPUR (BAGHPAT)UP.PIN-250623,HAVECHANGEDMYMINORDAUGHTER’SNAMESARASTIKACHAUDARYTOSARASTIKACHAUDHARYANDDATE-OF-BIRTHCHANGEDTO13/03/2009 INSTEADOF-03/07/2009, VIDE-AFFIDAVITDATED-26/04/2022,BEFORENCT-DELHI. 0040618750-10

II,,PPAANNKKAAJJ KUMAR,S/O KAMALDEOSINGH,R/OA-41, 1ST-FLOOR,LEFT-SIDE,GALI.NO.3,HANDACHOWK,DABRI, PALAMVILLAGE,DELHI-45,havechangedmyname toPANKAJKUMARSINGH. 0040618770-6

II,,NNiirrddoosshhGupta,S/O J.R. Gupta,B-598,WeaversColonyAshok-Vihar delhi-110052, HaveChangedMyName toNirdoshKumarGupta. 0040618770-1

II,,NNeehhaaD/oAshokKumarR/o.HouseNo- 239, PatliHajipur, Gurgaon(Haryana)-122506,have changedmynametoNehaDhankhar,for allPurposes. 0040618774-2

IIMohammadNaazHashmi S/oShkyumHashmiR/oD-6Himgiri EnclaveStreet no 8Chander viharNilothiExtensionNangloi Delhi-110041have changemyname toNaazhashmi for all futurepurposes

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II,,NNAANNHHEE S/O-GULAMSABIRR/OT-HUTS, E-16, K-483, NEWSEELAMPUR,DELHI-53,havechangedmyname toMOHDNANHEZAFAR. 0040618770-5

II,,NNAAIIMMKAUR,S/O-JITENDERSINGH,H.no.A-40,GALINO-3,KADIVIHAR,KADI PUR,Delhi-110036,.HaveChangedMyNameToNEMKAUR,ForAll,FuturePurposes.

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II,,MMoohhaammmmaaddAli Pathan,S/oPathanSahebAli ShajurAli,R/o.O-8 Second Floor, BatlaHouse,Jamia-Nagar,New-Delhi-110025,have changedmynameKhanMohdAli,for allpurposes. 0040618770-7

II,,MMUUKKEESSHHNISHCHALS/OSURINDERKUMARNISHCHALR/OA-8,9,DDACOLONY,KHYALAPHASE-1,DELHI-110018.CHANGEDMYNAMETOMUKESHNISCHAL.

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II,,MMOOHHDDSHOEBS/O.MOHDSAEEDR/O.2046,GF,KUCHANAHARKHANKUCHACHELANDARYAGANJ,DELHI-2. HAVECHANGEDMYNAMEASMOHDSHUAIB,FORALLPURPOSES.

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II,,MMAANNJJIITT KAURW/oGURPREETSINGHR/o.A-62GURUNANAK-VIHARCHANDER-VIHARNilothi-110041,have changedmyname toMANJEETKAUR.

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II,,LLoovvllyyGoswami,D/oManojGoswami, H.No.372/369,Colonelganj,Allahabad,UttarPradesh-211002,have changedmyname to LovieGoswami,forall Purposes. 0040618750-5

II,,KKaannhhiiyyaa Lal,S/oRamKrishanAgrawal R/o-H.No.B-3,Block-B,Temple Tank,Krishna-Nagar,Delhi-110051,havechangedmyname toKanhaiyaLal,for all,futurepurchases.

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II,,KKAARRAANNS/o-SHAMLALKANIJO,R/oWZ-283/177MADDIWALI-GALIGALI.NO-6VISHNU-GARDENTILAKNAGARDELHI-110018,have changedmynametoKARANARORA.

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II,,IInnddeerr Jeet,S/oMohinderPal,R/o-35/11, East Patel NagarDelhi-8,have changedmynameto Inderjeet Bedi. 0040618750-2

II,,HHoonneeyyAnandAkaHoneyVasdevAsnani,D/oVasdevAsnani,R/o-Shri Anandpur-Trust BE-91,Shalimar,BaghDelhi-110088,have changedmyname toHoneyAnand,D/oVasdevAswani. 0040618754-6

II,,HHAARRPPRREEEETT SINGHVIJ S/OUPPALJEETSINGHR/O.HNO.12,THIRD-FLOOR,BLOCK-G,POCKET-1,SECTOR-11,ROHINI,DELHI-110085.CHANGEDMYNAMETOHARPREETSINGH.

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II,,GGaauurraavvKumarChhabra,S/oHarbans Lal ChhabraR/oA1-B/77-B, KrishnaApartments,Paschim-Vihar,Delhi-110063,changedmyname toGauravChhabra. 0040618754-10

II,,GGRROOVVEERRCHARU,W/OSUNILGROVERR/O.BQ-156,SHALIMAR-BAGH,DELHI-110088,HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOCHARUGROVER,FORALLPURPOSES. 0040618750-1

II,,BBHHAAKKTTII D/OSAPHALANANTMANAKAPURER/OC-2A/220,POCKET-16,JANAKPURI,DELHI-110058.HAVECHANGEDMYNAMETOBHAKTI SAPHALMANAKAPURE. 0040618758-2

II,,AAsshhwwaanniiMalyanS/oRajbirSinghR/oWP-538,Wazirpur,Village,Ashok,Vihar, Delhi-110052,changedmyson’sname,fromBhavishMalyan toMadhavMalyan.

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II,,AArrttii kalraw/o indersachdeva,A-1840-1841,JahangirPuri,northwest delhi-110033,have changedmynameaarti sachdeva 0040618770-3

II,,AAaakkrriittii KapoorAggarwal,W/oRiteshKanotraR/o.C-237,Vikaspuri,NewDelhi110018,have changedmynametoAakriti Kapoor.

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II,,.. No 14839273WHAV/MTPitambarPujahari OfUnit 5001ASCBN, C/O56APO,Mathura,HaveChangedMyMotherNameFromSairaindariPujahari ToSairendri Pujahari(ProposedNewName)Affidavit Dt 09/06/22BeforeMathuraCourt 0050198827-1

II,, VivekKumar S/oKaruSinghR/oE-611, Inderpuri, J.J.Colony,BudhNagar, NewDelhi-110012,inform thatmy father namewrongly mentionedasBrijnandanSingh inmyEPFO/PFAccountNo.MRNOI00486710000000009,but correct name isKaruSingh.

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II,, Sharmila,W/oRajanMadan,R/o-4429/9, JaiMataMarket, TriNagar, Delhi-110035, havechangedmyname toSHARMILAMADAN for allfuturepurposes.

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II,, SYEDMOHAMMADNOORULHASANS/oSyedTanveerulHasanR/oH.No. B-4/130, GaliNo.4, Brijpuri, Delhi-110094,inform thatmynamewronglywrittenasS.M.NOORULHASAN inmyDriving LicenceNo. DL0520090018054, butmycorrect name is SYEDMOHAMMADNOORULHASAN.

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II Khushi GuptaD/oRupeshGuptaR/o 1708M, RegaliaHeights, Shipra SunCity,Indirapuram, I.E. Sahibabad,Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh -201010, have changedmynametoRupitaGupta

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II,, SATISHKUMARVASHISHTS/O-RAMSAWROOP,HOUSENO-467/DRINGROADAZADPURGAON JHAGIRPURI,DELHI-110033,Changedmyname toSATISHKUMAR. 0040618774-4

II,, RajaKumar, S/oAshishKumarKhalipha, R/o 183A, Gali-No.-6,Block-I, EktaVihar, JaitpurExtn.-1, Badarpur, Delhi-110044, have changedmyname to FardeenKhan.

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II,, Rahul S/oAshokKumarR/oWZ-276-G/6, Inderpuri, NewDelhi-110012have changedmyname toRahul Ahlawatpermanently. 0040618758-1

II,, RAJVEERSINGH,S/O.GURMUKHSINGH,Add:44-B, NAVYUGBLOCKVISHNUGARDEN,NEWDELHI-110018, Changedmyname toJASVINDERSINGHHANSPAL,Permanently. 0040618774-1

AAII,, PushpaW/oVijay Sethi R/oB-6/25 Sector 7Rohini Delhi-110085 have changedmynametoPurnimaSethi.

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II,,Munish Sethi S/oSh. YodhrajSethi R/oHouseNo. A-22, VijayNagar, Single Story, Delhi-110009. Hereby, I declare thatmydaughter name isHarikainsteadofChahel. Shewill beknownHarika in allmanner.

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II,,MukeshRathi, S/o SannaRamRathi, R/oH.No. F-667,Dakshinpuri, Delhi-62, declarethat inmySon’s (Tanuj), birthcertificate hisMother’s nameiswronglymentionedasPriyaRathi insteadof her correctnameVijayaRathi.

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II,,MANMEETSINGHS/o IqbalSinghR/o 323-324, DoubleStorey, NewRajinderNagar,Near TikonaPark, NewDelhi-110060 have changedmynametoMANMEETSINGHKAPOORfor all purposes.

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II,, KamalaGosainW/oVir SinghGosain, R/oK-87, Sector-12,Noida, GautamBudhNagar-201301, U.P. declare that I havechangedmyname toKamlaGosain for all purposes.

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II,, Ishanki D/OParveen Juneja,R/oHouseNo-185,WardNo- 16,GurudwaraWali Gali,Gharaunda, Karnal, Haryana-132114. Declare thatNameofMyMother hasbeenwronglywrittenasReema Juneja inmy10thClassCertificateNo-0787229. Theactual nameofMyMother is Sushila Rani,whichmaybeamendedaccordingly.

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II,, HarishRawat S/OManverSingh, R/oD-321, IndraprasthaAwasiyYojna, Loni Road, LoniDehat, GhaziabadUttarPradesh- 201102, have changedmynameandshall hereafterbeKnownasHarish Singh.

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II,, GunjanKumar,W/oManojKumar, R/oA4/804, EldecoGolfViewApartment, Omega-1,GreaterNoida, U.P., havechangedmyname toGunjanfor all futurepurposes.

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II,, GulamSarbar, S/oMohamedShamsuddin, R/oNewAshokNagarC-146, VasundhraEnclave, East Delhi, havechangedmynameGulamSarbar toGulamSarvar for all.

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II,, AnuAgarwal,W/oMukeshAgrawal, R/oMohallaPansariyan, Jalesar, Etah, UttarPradesh-207302, have changedmyname toArunaAgrawal.

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II,, AnitaRani,W/OMukeshKumarR/oBahmanian,Jalandhar, Punjab-144702. havechangedmynameandshallhereafter beKnownasAnita

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II,, AnitaRani,W/ODineshKumarKhurana, R/OB4GroundFloor,RpsPalm, RpsCity,Sector 88,Faridabad,Haryanahavechangedmyname toAnitaRani Khurana. AnitaRani andAnitaRani Khuranaareoneandthe sameperson. In future ImaybeknownasAnitaRaniKhurana for all purposes.

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II,, AmeetKomarS/oYatendraSinghR/oK-604, EasternGatesAppartments, Sector-4C,Vasundhra, Ghaziabad, UttarPradesh-201012have changedthenameofmyminor sonAARONLAKHWANaliasNAMISHLAKHWANaged11years andhe shall hereafter beknownasNAMISHLAKHWAN.

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II have changedmyname fromShaikhArshyaBegumtoShaikhArshyaBegumMohammadSalim. In future Iwould like tobeknownbymynewname i.e. ShaikhArshyaBegumMohammadSalimW/oAshfaqueAhmadR/oC-3/6,ONGCNorthColony,KaulagarhRoad,Dehradun.

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II VivekChauhanS/oHukumSinghR/oA.E 93Avantika, KaviNagar, Ghaziabad, UttarPradesh - 201002, havechangedmyname toVevekChauhaan

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I Nitish Anjana S/o Ranbir SinghR/o-596, Sector-10A, Gurgaon-122001 have changed my name toNitish Anjna for all purposes

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II SunilMalik S/O, Lt. Kharaiti LalR/o 178C2cPocket 2 JanakPuriNewDelhi110058have changedmyname toSameerMalik forall purposes.

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II ShakeelaW/O,GaffarAli R/oC-12/146, YamunaViharDelhi-110053 have changedmynametoShakila for all purposes.

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II RameshwarChaturvedi S/oJanardhanPrasadChaturvediR/oK-41, ChanakyaPlace, Part-II,UttamNagar,NewDelhi-59declare that RamehwarChaturvedi andRamehwarKumarChaturvedi both are thenameof one&sameperson i.eme. 0040618718-1

II RajeevSaini D/o Joginder PalSaini andW/oAmit JangraR/o1/1066/1, ShardaNagar, NearPostOffice, SimranDairy,Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh -247001, have changedmynametoNisha Jangra 0070790543-1

II Pallavi D/oVinayKumarR/oC-289, Swarn Jayanti Puram,Govindpuram,Ghaziabad,Uttar Pradesh - 201013, havechangedmyname toPallavii

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IIMukul SharmaS/oSh. RavinderKumar SharmaR/oC-5/197,Sector-6, Rohini, Delhi-110085have changed thenameofmyminor son fromHarshamanSharma toHarshit Sharma forall purposes. 0040618673-7

IIMukesh s/o sh. Hari ShankarR/o nearRajivGandhi stadium480, villagebawanaDelhi-110039, thatmywife changedher nameBaby toUsha for allpurposes 0040618669-1

II Jyoti JoshiW/O, SanjeevKundraR/o FlatNo. 2, BuildingNo., 2, ParkviewApartments,Sultanpur,Mandi Road,NewDelhi 110030have changedmyname to Jyoti Kundra for allpurposes. 0040618729-1

II HarsitaAgarwalD/oMrGajendraAgarwal R/O2A/406,RangRasayanAppartments,Sector-13Rohini, NewDelhi-110085 have changed mynametoHarshitaAgarwal for allfuturepurposes. 0040618677-1

II Avita Ratheed/o Jaipal Singh,r/o 136 ShubhEnclavePitampura, NewDelhi -110034have changedmynameandshall hereafter be knownasAvitaKumari for all futurepurposes. 0070790499-1

I,NITINCHOUDHRYS/O.PRAMODKUMAR,ADD-4/107,OLD-TEZABMILL, GALINO.1,BHOLANATHNAGARSHAHDARA,DELHI 110032,Changedmyname toNITINCHOUDHARY,for all futurePurposes. 0040618750-3

I, hitherto knownasPriyaBajwanW/oAmeetKoomarR/oK-604, EasternGatesAppartments, Sector-4C,Vasundhra, Ghaziabad, UttarPradesh-201012, have changedmynameandshall hereafterbe knownasKanupria Bajwan.

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PUBLIC NOTICEThis is to inform the public at large that myclient Karjan Singh S/o Late Ram Kishore R/oH. No. 152, Molarband Village, Badarpur,New Delhi-110044 Mobile No. 9810185739, isready and willing to purchase a land bearingH. No. 104, property measuring 563 Sq,yards, Khasra No. 490/1-2-3/2, Situated in theAbadi of Laldora (1908-9) of Village-Molarband, Teh, Mehrauli, New Delhi andbounded as :- East: Property of Balak Ram,West: Property of Sohan Lal, North: SewingCentre, South: Road from Shri Deepak JainS/o Late, S.C. Jain R/o H.No. B-1/209, SF,Sunrise Apartment, Opposite SachdevaSchool, Sector 13,, Rohini Sector 11, Delhi-110085, who is the Present owner GPAHolder and in possession of above propertywho has purchased the above property fromSh. Rajesh Chopra S/o Sh. Parushotam Lal,who may have any interest, claim or right,whatsoever can contact within 5 days from thedate of the this publication. Whosoever haveany claim, right or interest theafter my clientshall not be responsible & liable for any actsor deeds of that Property as mentioned abovein any manner whatsoever.

Sd/-D.C. SAXENA (ADVOCATE)

Enrolment No. D-616/1990OFFICE CUM RESIDENCE:- B-16/80, GALI

NO. 2, Sai Nagar, Meethapur Extension,Badarpur, New Delhi-110044.

PUBLIC NOTICEI Raj Rani D/o Late Sh. DwarkaDass R/o 1832, Outram Lines,Kingsway Camp, GTB Nagar,Delhi-110009 have lost my (1)Conveyance Deed executed byPOI on 22.11.1965 in favour ofSantu Mal (2) Sale Deed executedby Santu Mal on 14.07.1969 infavour of Bimla Devi & (3) SaleDeed executed by Bimla Devi on17.08.1987 in favour of Sh. AshokKumar W.R.T Property No. 1/384,Punja Sharif, Near Gali RajanKalan, Mori Gate, Kashmere Gate,Delhi-110006. Finders may contactat Mobile No. 9999333317.

PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to whole world at large thatwe, Kailash Shah s/o Late. Ram DevShah, and Indu Devi w/o Kailash Shah,both r/o House No. 39/2, Block -G-1, GaliNo.2, Sai Enclave, Mohan Garden,Uttam Nagar, New Delhi - 110059, havedisowned and disinherited our sonnamely Sandeep Kumar and his wifeMahima kumari, fromall ourmovable andimmovable properties situated in India,w.e.f 15/06/2022. Henceforth, My sonand his wife, their legal heirs or anypersons claiming through them, will nothave any claim, right, title and interest inany of our movable and immovableproperties, saving funds /salaries/pensions/retirement benefits etc w.e.f.15/06/2022. Further from today, we willnot be responsible for any act, actionsand deeds committed by them. ManojKumar, Advocate 13-D, Tyagi Enclave,MohanGarden,NewDelhi-110059

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PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to all through this publicnotice that our Client Sh. GhisaRam S/o Sh. Galaji, R/o T-71, WestBaljeet Nagar, Patel Nagar, NewDelhi, 110008 has debarred anddisowned his Son Sh. NareshKumar, His wife Ms. Archana andtheir daughter Tanishka, from all hisMovable and Immovable properties,due to their disrespectful andunethical behavior towards ourclient. Our client has also severedall her relations with them and ifanybody deals with them, he/shewill do so at his/her own risk, costand peril, and our client shall not beresponsible in any manner.whatsoever, for the same.

Sd/- (N.K. Shangle & Co.)Advocates

Chamber No. 183,Saket Courts, Delhi

PUBLIC NOTICEPublic at large is informed that my ClientSh. Ajay Kumar Singh S/o Lt. Sh. AmbikaPrasad Singh R/o H.No. BH-68, First Floor,Bhavras Devras Yogna, Pratap Vihar,Sector-12, Near NH-24, Vijay Nagar,Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh-201010 hassevered all relations with his son Sh.Sandeep Singh & his wife Smt. AnamikaSingh, due to their non-cooperative, anti-family activities, cruel and violent attitudeand intolerable behaviour. My client Sh.Ajay Kumar Singh has disowned themfrom his all movable & immovableproperties & has no concern with them.They have no lien or right or interest overany properties of my client. Anybodydealing with Sh. Sandeep Singh in respectof any property in whosoever name shalldo so at his own risk and consequences asno property belongs to him. My client shallnot be responsible for any fraudulenttransaction or dealing done by him.

Sd/- Nishant BhamriAdvocate

LAWYERS’ CHAMBER NO. 616,ROHINI COURTS, NEW DELHI 110085

PUBLIC NOTICEMy client SHRI MALKHAN SINGH S/O LATESHRI PREM PAL SINGH R/O A-85,MANGALA PURI, PH-II, PALAM, NEWDELHI-110045, has disowned his youngerdaughter INDU and revoke all relationshipfrom her due to her bad behavior, badintentions, abusing, torturing, disobeying andinsulting, My client has debarred her from allher rights, claims in any manner from his allmoveable and immoveable properties(present as well as in future) and in nearfuture she will have no concern with my clientin any manner with immediate effect. And ifmy client's wife and any family member of myclient shall keep relation with his daughterINDU, he/she shall also disown from hismoveable and immovable properties.Any Persons dealing with her shall be doingso at their own risk and responsibilities.

Sd/- VINOD WADHWA (Advocate)Enrl. No.D/769/2005

PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to all concerned that my clients,Sh. ChoteLalVishwkarma along with his wifenamely Smt. Champa Devi R/o of Samavaran,Siswaraja, Maharajganj, UP - 273302 also atK-180, Gali No. 3, Khadda Colony, SwaroopNagar, Libaspur, Delhi-110042, has severed allhis relation and has disowned/ debarred hisson namely Mahesh Kumar S/o Sh.ChoteLalVishwkarma and his wife namelyLaxmi from his all movable and immovableproperties in Delhi and also at his home towni.e. Maharajganj, UP, due to his bad intentionsand misbehaviour toward my clients. If,anybody will deal with my son, he will do so ofhis own responsibility and my clients will notresponsible for any act done by my above saidson as they have became disloyal, dishonestand disrespectful to my clients.

Sd/- (SHIVA NAND SHARMA)ADVOCATE

Ch. No. 373, Western Wing,Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-54

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Lost Possession Letter andPossession slip of DDA flat,Application no. 192362Address:49, 2nd floor, Block:E-5/Pocket-3/Sec-G/8, Narela Delhiin the name of Mr. Mohit Madans/o Mr. Yashpal Madan, If foundplease contact:+918510004851

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I have changedmyname fromShaikhArshyaBegumtoShaikhArshyaBegumMohammadSalim. In future Iwould like tobeknownbymynewname i.e. ShaikhArshyaBegumMohammadSalimW/oAshfaqueAhmadR/oC-3/6,ONGCNorthColony, KaulagarhRoad, Dehradun."

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New charge onex-cycling coach:National champsays he slapped,harassed herMIHIRVASAVDAMUMBAI, JUNE15

DAYSAFTERatopIndianwomancyclist levelled serious chargesofsexualharassmentagainstna-tionalcoachRKSharma,leadingtohisdismissal,anotherstarper-former has come forward tocomplainthatshewas“slapped”twice, “ridiculed” several timesand “harassed” for years by theex-coach and the team’s assis-tant coach.Deborah Herold, a national

championandinternationalgoldmedallist,toldTheIndianExpressthat shewas removed from theIndian team because the assis-tant coach Gautamani Devi“thought” shewas ina relation-shipwithanotherfemalecyclist.It’snotjustHerold,a27-year-

old from the Andaman andNicobar islands, who has comeupwithfreshallegationsagainstSharma.

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SC to take upJamiat pleatoday againstUP demolitionsEXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE15

THESUPREMECourtwilltakeupon Thursday a plea by Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind against the dem-olition of private properties inUttar Pradesh in thewakeof vi-olent protests over derogatoryremarksagainsttheProphet.Theapplication has been listed be-foreavacationbenchof JusticesASBopannaandVikramNath.Thepleahassoughtastayon

anyfurtherdemolitiondrivethatthe authoritiesmaybeplanningto carry out in Kanpur district,whichwitnessedviolenceduringtheprotestsearlierthismonth.On June12, thePrayagrajad-

ministration cited violation ofbuildingnormsanddemolishedthehouseofactivistMohammadJavedwho,accordingtopolice,isone of the key conspirators be-hindtheviolence inthedistrict.

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SECURINGFUTUREOFMENNOTRETAINED INARMEDFORCES

Soldiers exiting after 4 yearswillget priority in paramilitary: Centre

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE15

ADAYafterthegovernmentun-veiled its Agnipath scheme forshort-term recruitment of sol-diers, sailors and airmen asAgniveers in the Indian Army,IndianNavyandIndianAirForce,the Union HomeMinistry an-nounced that these personnel,uponcompletionof fouryearsofservice under the scheme, willget priority in recruitment fortheCentralArmedPoliceForces(CAPFs)andAssamRifles.The Chief Ministers of BJP-

ruled Uttar Pradesh, Madhya

Pradesh and Assam saidAgniveers, who exit the armedforces after four years, will be

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Himachal Acting Chief Justice’sdaughter held in murder caseSAURABHPRASHARCHANDIGARH, JUNE15

THE CENTRAL Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) onWednesday arrested KalyaniSingh,whoisthedaughteroftheActingChief JusticeofHimachalPradesh High Court, Sabina

Singh, in connection with the2015murderof formernational-level shooter and advocateSukhmanpreetSinghaliasSippySidhu.Officials saidKalyani,who is

a lecturer in a Chandigarh col-lege, has been remanded in po-lice custody for four days for

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BJP reaches out as Oppparties meet to decideon President candidate

SOURAVROYBARMAN&MANOJCGNEWDELHI, JUNE15

ON A day when leaders of 17Opposition partiesmet here tobuild consensus on a joint can-didate for thePresidential polls,senior BJP leaders onWednesday reached out to keyOpposition leaders including

NCP’s Sharad Pawar and NC’sFarooq Abdullah— two of thethree names floated as possiblecandidates at themeeting con-vened by TMC leader andWestBengal Chief MinisterMamataBanerjee.Thethirdnameonthelist was former West BengalGovernorGopalkrishnaGandhi.Earlier, the BJP had autho-

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AMID ITSongoingprotests overpartyleaderRahulGandhibeingquestionedby theEnforcementDirectorate(ED),theCongressonWednesday accused the DelhiPolicepersonnelof “forciblyen-tering” the AICC headquartersand “beating up workers andleaders”. It also alleged that itsleadersandworkerswerebeingbarred from entering the partyoffice.Denyingtheallegationsas

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KalyaniSingh(right)wasaccusedofbeing involved inSippySidhu’s2015murder

PolicedetainCongressworkersoutsidetheAICCofficeonWednesday.PremNathPandey RELATEDREPORT,PAGE8

Police enter AICC office premises,party complains of high-handedness

Pawarsayshe isnotwilling tocontest

HARIKISHANSHARMANEWDELHI, JUNE15

THE UNION government willneed to budget about Rs 4,500croreayearforthe10lakhjobsithas promised inmissionmodeoverthenext18months.Almostentirely, these are existing va-cancies or posts remaining un-filledoverthepastfewyearsduetoagenerallyslowandcomplexrecruitmentprocess,courtinter-ventions, andmorerecently the

Covid-19pandemic.Agovernmentsourcesaid,90

per cent or more of these un-filledjobsorvacanciesareintheGroup C category comprising

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GIVENTHATmanyamongthoseexitingwillhavejustschooleducation, thefu-turecouldlookuncertain.Offeringthemjobsinpara-militaryandpoliceunitsandadegreeprogrammeforcareerprospectswillhelpallayconcerns.

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10 lakh jobs: Existing Govtvacancies to account formost, 90% at lowest levels

HomeMinister,CMsofBJP-ruledstatesassureAgniveers;degreecourseoffered

New Delhi

Soldiers exitinggivenpreferenceinpolicerecruit-mentwhile the Haryana ChiefMinister said the state will givethem "preference in jobs andotherworks".Theannouncementscameaf-

ter concernswere raised on thefutureofthosewhowouldnotberetainedaftertheirfour-yearstint

inthearmedforces.Across the country, Army

commanders held briefings tounderline that the Agnipathschemeisa"transformationalre-form", one thatwill bring para-digmchangesinhumanresourcemanagement. Northern sArmyCommander Lt Gen UpendraDwivedi, SouthWestern ArmyCommander Lt General

Amardeep Singh Bhinder, LtGeneral ArvindWalia, Chief ofStaff,SouthernCommand,LtGenA Arun, General OfficerCommanding, Dakshin BharatArea, were among those whohighlighted benefits of thescheme.InaTwitterpostWednesday,

theofficeofUnionHomeMinisterAmit Shah said the Agnipathscheme is a "visionary andwel-comedecision"byPrimeMinisterNarendraModi for "a bright fu-ture"fortheyouthofthecountry."In this context, today theMinistryofHomeAffairshasde-cidedtogiveprioritytoAgniveerswhohave completed four yearsunderthisschemeintherecruit-mentofCAPFsandAssamRifles,"HMOIndiastated.UP Chief Minister Yogi

Adityanathsaid thegovernmentwill givepriority toAgniveers inrecruitmenttopoliceandrelatedservices in the state. MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan said, "Suchjawans,whowouldhave servedin theArmyunder theAgnipathscheme,will be givenpriority intheMadhya Pradesh Police re-cruitment."AssamChiefMinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma said,"Agniveerswhoreturnafter fouryears of service in the ArmedForceswillbegivenspecialprefer-ence in Assam Police recruit-ment." Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar said,"Haryana governmentwill givepreference in jobs and otherworkstotheyouthwhocompletethisservice."Meanwhile,UGCchairperson

MJagadeshKumarsaidthecom-mission will "work towardsrecognitionof theskillgainedbyAgniveersduringtheirfouryearsofserviceinthearmedforcesun-derAgnipathasperthequalifica-tionframeworkofUGC,sothatitcan be accounted for whenAgniveersjoinintheirgraduationprogramme."PTI adds: The Ministry of

Education (MoE)will launch aspecial three-year skill-basedbachelor degreeprogramme forsuch defence personnelwhichwillrecognisetheskilltrainingre-ceived by them during theirtenure in thedefence establish-ments,officialssaid.

AICC office“absolutely false”, thepolicesaid"noforcewasused".Rahul,whowas questioned

for the third straight day in con-nectionwith an allegedmoneylaundering case related to theNationalHeraldnewspaper, hasbeensummonedbytheEDagainonFriday.Addressingapressconference

at the24,AkbarRoadheadquar-ters of the AICC, ChhattisgarhChiefMinister Bhupesh Baghelsaid: "OnDay1, they (police) al-lowed200people(totheAICCof-fice). Yesterday, they allowedsome leaders. And today, theycrossed all limits, even our staffwere not allowed to enter... Theparty’s office-bearers cannotcometooffice.Iwastoldthatonlythetwochiefministerscanenter,not theothers... It is thefirst timethatleadersandworkersofapo-litical party are being stoppedfromenteringtheirownoffice."Hours later, the Congress re-

leased a video clip showing agroupof policemen, followedbyparamilitarypersonnel, openingthegateoftheAICCheadquarters,entering the premises, andforcibly taking away a person,whowaslateridentifiedasformerLok Sabha MP from Bahraich,Kamal Kishor Commando.Congress leaders said thepolicetried to take awayAdhir RanjanChowdhury too, buthis securitypersonnelfoiledtheattempt."In an act of absolute

goondaismperpetuatedbyDelhiPoliceattheinstanceoftheModigovernment, theDelhi Police to-dayforciblyenteredthenationalheadquarters of INC, beat upworkers and leaders. This ispatently criminal trespass. Thegoondaismof theModi govern-ment and Delhi Police hasreached its zenith," Congresscommunication departmentheadRandeepSurjewalasaid."Thisgoondaismisunaccept-

able.Itwillnotbetolerated.Itwillbeaccountedfor.Letallthepoliceofficers,who are acting as pup-pets of theModi government inorder to please their masters,knowthatthiswillnotgounpun-ished.Wewill remember, andsuitable action, both civil andcriminal,will be taken," he said,addingthatthepartywilllaysiegetoRajBhavansacrossthecountryin protest. The party has de-mandedthesuspension,discipli-naryprobe,andanFIRagainstthepolice personnel. It has given awrittencomplainttothepolice."What the police did at the

AICCofficewasanoutrageousvi-olationof liberty. Thepolicehadnosearchwarrantorarrestwar-rant, yet they entered theoffice,pulledoutCongress leaders andmembers, includingMPs, and

threw them on the road. TheroughingupofMrAdhir RanjanChowdhuryandothershasbeencaptured on video. Every legalnorm and political norm in ademocracywas violated," saidparty leader and formerHomeMinisterPChidambaram."Iwas inside theofficewhen

thepolicecame.Isawthemdrag-gingawaymycolleagues,"YouthCongress leaderSrinivasBVtoldThe Indian Express. "Later, I wasprotestingoutside,whentwoof-ficerspickedmeup.Theypushedme, slappedmeandkickedme.They sent us toVikaspuri policestation.Why can’t we protest?What is thepolice doing toMPsand general secretaries of theparty,"hesaid.Denyingtheallegations,asen-

iorofficerattheDelhiPolicehead-quarterssaid:"Agroupofprotest-erspushedpolicemenandhurledbarricades at themoutside theAICCoffice. A fewof themweredetainedwhile othersmanagedtoescape.Thepoliceonlyopenedthe(AICCoffice)gateandheldoneortwoprotesters.Wedidn’tgoin-side the AICC office building.Therewasnolathichargeagainsttheprotesters.Therewasnoforceused...itwasonlyaminortussle...Someof themset a tyre on fire.Wewere only trying to detainthem.Policepersonnelhavebeeninstructed not to use force andtheyare following this."Apoliceofficerwhowas at the spot toldreporters that "if someone vio-lates theprohibitory orders andruns into theheadquarters thenwewillentertonabhim."TheseniorDelhiPoliceofficer

underlined that prohibitory or-derswere in place around theAICCoffice. Thepolice detained240peopleonWednesday.Meanwhile,severalCongress

leaders, including senior leaderSachin Pilot, alleged that theywerenotallowedtoreachtheof-fice andweredetainedat differ-entpolicestations.In a video released by the

party, Lok SabhaMP fromTamilNadu,SJothimani,allegedthattheDelhi Police had "brutally as-saultedus and toremyclothes...they removedmy shoes. Theycarriedme like a criminal. Theyare takingus to anunknown lo-cation.Wearedyingforwater.Weare repeatedly -- there are 7-8women in this bus -- asking forwater but they have refused togiveuswater.Wearetryingtobuywater fromoutside. The policestopped thepeople fromsellingwatertous.Isthisthewaythepo-licewill behave? This iswhat ishappeningtoawomanMemberofParliament."

PresidentDefenceMinister Rajnath Singhtohold consultationswithotherpartiesforbuildingconsensusonapresidentialcandidateaheadofthepollsonJuly18.OnWednesday, Singh spoke

to Pawar, Banerjee,MallikarjunKharge (Congress), AkhileshYadav(SP),Mayawati(BSP),ShibuSoren (JMM), Odisha ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik (BJD),AndhraPradeshChiefMinisterYS JaganMohanReddy (YSR-CP),and Bihar ChiefMinister NitishKumarwhoseJD(U)ispartof therulingNDAcoalition.AskedaboutSingh’sconversationwithKharge,Congress leader JairamRamesh,whowasamongthosepresentatthemeetingonWednesday,said,"this is a formality that RajnathSinghwas asked to go through,seekingsupportwithoutindicat-inganything".Nadda spoke to Farooq

Abdullah, Meghalaya ChiefMinister Conrad Sangma (NPP),leaders of the All JharkhandStudents’ Union, Naga People’sFrontandafewIndependents.TheBJD,YSR-CP,AAP,TRS,SAD

and SikkimDemocratic Front,whichwere also invited for theOppositionmeeting,stayedaway.Speakingtoreportersafterthe

meeting,BanerjeesaidtherewasunanimityonPawar’sname,buthewasnotwillingtocontest,leav-ingthefieldopenforfurthercon-sultationsinthedaysahead.Pawar later tweeted: "I sin-

cerely appreciate the leaders ofOppositionpartiesforsuggestingmynameas a candidate for theelectionof thePresidentof India,at the meeting held in Delhi.However,IwouldliketostatethatI havehumblydeclined thepro-posalofmycandidature".When contacted,

GopalkrishnaGandhi said "it istooprematuretocomment".A resolution adopted at the

meeting,whichlastednearlytwohours, said: "In the forthcomingPresidentialelectionwhichisbe-ingheld inthe75thyearofIndia’sIndependence,wehavedecidedtofieldacommoncandidatewhocantrulyserveasthecustodianofthe Constitution and stop theModi government from doingfurther damage to the country’sdemocracyandsocial fabric."TermingWednesday’smeet-

ing "as thebeginning", Banerjeesaid the "Opposition stands to-

getheratatimebulldozingisgo-ingonof ourdemocratic systemandevery institution isbeing to-tallymissedpolitically."TMC sources said that

Banerjee,inherspeech,alsocon-demned the ED questioning ofRahulGandhi,saying"hewasbe-ing harassed just like AbhishekBanerjeewhile corruptBJP lead-ersaretreatedasholycows".TheCongress,whichwasun-

comfortablewith the TMC’s at-tempttoleadtheOppositionblocon the issue, sent Leader of theOpposition in RS MallikarjunKharge and its RS MPs JairamRameshandRandeepSurjewalafor themeeting. Kharge said theCongresshadno"particularcan-didate"inmindbutwould"sit to-gether"withotherpartiesto"ar-rive at a candidate."He said theCongresswouldplayaconstruc-tive role inensuringaconsensuscandidate in the next fewdays."Letusbeproactiveandnotbere-active,"hesaid.The Left partieswere repre-

sented by CPI’s Binoy Viswam,CPI(M)'sElamaramKareem,RSP’sN K Premachandran andCPI(ML)'sDipankarBhattacharya.Amongtheotherspresentat themeeting were former PrimeMinister and JD(S) leader H DDeve Gowda and his son H DKumarasamy, SP chief AkhileshYadav, RLD leader JayantChaudhary,PDPchiefMehboobaMufti, IUML’s ETMohdBasheer,JMM’sVijayHansdak,DMK’sTRBaalu, Shiv Sena MP PriyankaChaturvedi andMLC SubhashDesai, and RJD’s Rajya SabhamemberManojJha.TheOppositionleadersareset

toholdanothermeetingontheis-suenextweek, possibly inDelhiorMumbai."Adecisionhasbeentaken to reachout toparties liketheBJD,YSR-CP,TRSandtheAAPtobroadentheOpposition’ssup-port base before thenextmeet-ing,possiblyonJune21.Pawarwilldecidethetimeandvenue," saidasourcepresentatthemeeting.

CJ’s daughterfurther interrogation to identifytheothersinvolved,andfirearmsandthevehicleusedinthecrime.“We have arrested Kalyani

Singh as her involvement cameforth in the case. Shewasexam-ined and arrested.More peoplecan be arrested in the comingdays,”aCBIofficialsaid.Sidhu’s familymembers de-

scribed the arrest as “a step to-wards justice for thevictim”anddemanded that the agency alsoquestion Kalyani’s family. “Wewillmeet CBI officials in this re-gard,” said Jasmanpreet SinghSidhu,thevictim’sbrother.Kalyani’scounselSartejSingh

Narula described the case as“abuse of law” and said the CBIhadin2020filedan“untracedre-port"incourt, indicatingthatthekillercouldnotbefound.“Kalyanihad earlier joined the investiga-tion but nothing incriminating

wasfoundagainsther,”hesaid.Incidentally,while filing the

report in aCBI court, the agencyhadalsosubmittedthattheinves-tigationshouldbeallowedtocon-tinueasithad“thrownupstrongsuspicion about the role of awoman”inthekilling.SourcestoldTheIndianExpress

thatthemurderwasallegedlytheresultofa“personalgrudge”trig-geredbythebreak-upof a“closerelationship” between KalyaniandSidhu.Sidhu,whohada lawfirmnamed Sippy Sidhu LLB inMohali,wasfounddeadwithbul-let injuries at a public park inChandigarh’s Sector 27 onSeptember21,2015.Hewas35.Initially, amurder casewas

registeredby the local police. InApril2016, the investigationwastransferredtotheCBIontherec-ommendationoftheChandigarhadministration.According toCBIsources, Kalyani’s proposal formarriagewasallegedly"rejected”bySidhu’sparents.Theyalsosaidthat Sidhuhadallegedly “leakedobjectionable photographs” ofKalyani,and“causedembarrass-menttoherandherfamily”.According to the sources,

KalyaniallegedlycontactedSidhuonSeptember18, 2015, throughthemobilephonesof othersandgot him tomeet her in thepark.Thesourcesclaimedthatthereis“evidence confirming the pres-enceof theaccusedwith thede-ceasedintheSector27parkintheevening”ofSeptember20.According to the sources, the

investigation “further revealedthat oneunknownassailant andthe accused” allegedly “killedSippy Sidhu using a firearm”.Kalyani and the other assailantwerealsoallegedly“seenrunningfrom the spot”, they claimed.Kalyani was “evasive” duringquestioning,thesourcessaid.

UP demolitionsThepolicehavehandedover

apreliminarylistof37accusedinthe protests to the PrayagrajDevelopmentAuthority(PDA)tocheck for irregularities in theirproperties -- and take action, ifneeded, includingdemolition.TheJamiatapplication,which

hasbeenfiledinapendingmatterin which the apex court hadstayed a demolition drive inDelhi’s Jahangirpuri, said the“adoption of such extra-legalmeasuresisclearlyinviolationofthe principles of natural justice,especially when this Hon’bleCourtishearingthepresentmat-ter”. In the Jahangirpurimatter,theSupremeCourthadrefusedtoorderanyblanketbanondemoli-tionsacrossthecountry.TheJamiatsaidinitsfreshplea

that following the violence inKanpur, “anumberof persons inauthorityhave stated in theme-dia that the properties of sus-pects/ accusedwouldbe confis-catedanddemolished”.Thepleaurged the top court

to direct theUP government to

ensure that “noprecipitative ac-tion be taken inKanpurDistrictagainst the residential or com-mercial property of anyaccusedinanycriminalproceedingsasanextra-legalpunitivemeasure”.Italsosoughtdirectionsforthe

stateto“ensurethatanydemoli-tionexercise of anynaturemustbe carried out strictly in accor-dancewith applicable laws, andonlyafterduenoticeandoppor-tunityof hearing isgiventoeachof theaffectedpersons”.

Ex-cycling coachTwo current Indian team

members toldThe IndianExpressthattheyhavecommunicatedtothe Sports Authority of India’sInternal ComplaintsCommittee,which is hearing the charges ofsexual harassment againstSharma,thatheandDevi“threat-ened andharassed” them“con-stantly for years”, affecting theirperformance.Asked about the allegations,

Devi told The Indian Express thatshe had donewhat the CyclingFederationof Indiahaddirectedhertodo.TheCFIsaidHeroldhadneverraisedtheseallegationsear-lier,andthatitacts“inaccordancewith its constitution and lawoftheland”.Sharmadidnotrespondto requests from The IndianExpressseekingcomment.HeroldwasapartoftheIndian

team set-up from 2012 andtrainedunderSharmafrom2014.According to her, she has been“keptout”oftheteamsince2018despitebeingthecountry’sfastestcyclist in the 200m sprint and500mtimetrialeventsatthena-tionalchampionshipssince2019.“She(Devi)thoughtIwasina

relationshipwithanotherfemalecyclist,andharassedmealot.Shetaunted,ignoredandisolatedmefrom the rest of the cyclists.Eventually, Iwas removed fromthenationalcamp.Intruth,therewas nothing like it... we are justgoodfriends,”shesaid.Herold said she was

“shocked”tohearabouttheinci-dentsdescribedinthecomplaintmade toSAI by theother top cy-clist.ThecomplainanthadallegedthatSharmaforcedher tostay inhis room, offered her a “post-trainingmassage”, “forcefully”triedtopullhertowardshim,andaskedherto“sleepwithhim”dur-ingacampinSloveniainMay.Heroldallegedthatthe“toxic

atmosphere” in the teamunderthe coach “didnot allowour cy-clists to perform to their poten-tial”.“Theassistantcoachandthechiefcoachharassedusmentally.It affected me so much that Istarted losingweight because Icouldn’t eat properly... I waspulled up if I spoke with anyteammate, male or female... Itreacheda stagewhere, on somedays,Istartedeating(alone)inmyhostelroom,”shesaid.Accordingtoher,thefirstinci-

dent took place in 2015, whenSharmaallegedly “slapped”her.

“TheACinmy(hostel)roomwasnot working. So, I went to theroom of one of the boys fromAndamanon the floor above. Sirfound out and slapped me —twice,”shesaid.Themoodintheteam,Herold claimed, deterio-rated further after the “arrival ofGautamani”. She said the assis-tant coach “misunderstood”herfriendshipwith another cyclist.“Therewasnothinglikethat.Shewas also fromAndaman sowenaturallybondedwell,”shesaid.According to Herold, Devi

“taunted” them and passed“snide remarks”, and Sharmastarted“harassingmementally”.The coaches, she alleged, used“rude” and “discouraging lan-guage”while training, accusedherof“exaggeratinginjuries”and“madepersonal comments” onthefriendship.WhencontactedbyTheIndian

Express, Devi did not denyHerold’s allegations. “I didwhatthe federation told me to do.These are all old issues that areresurfacing now, Iwas acting inthebestinterestsofthecountry,”shesaid.AskedaboutHerold’sal-legation that shewas removedfromthe teambecauseof amis-understandingoverafriendship,Devi said: “This wasn’t in myhands.Who am I? Just a coachwho works under the federa-tion...Nothingisinmyhands.Idowhatthefederationtellsme.”Askedto identify theCFIoffi-

cialwho had directed her, Devisaid:“Thesearealloldissues,whosaidwhat...Noridershouldblameanyonelikethis.Anathletelikesacoachifweagreewiththem.Themomentwe scold them,webe-come their enemies. That’swhyIndian athletes do not succeed.OnlythosewholistentothecoachwinmedalsattheOlympics.”CFI secretary-general

Maninder Pal Singh said:“DeborahHeroldneverinformednordid shemakeanycomplaintto the federation against R KSharmaorGautamaniDevi,asal-legedbyher.Theselectionof theteamisnotinthehandsofanyin-dividual,itiscompletelyperform-ance-based anddoneby the se-lection committee through anopen selection trial held in a fairandtransparentmanner.”AskedaboutDevi’sresponse,Singhsaid:“The federation is not aware ofwhat shehas informedyou...af-fairs of the federation are run inaccordancewith its constitutionandlawoftheland.”“Angered” and “frustrated”

thatherperformanceswereget-tingaffected,Heroldsaidshedis-continuedtrainingunderSharmain2018andswitchedfromsprinttoenduranceeventstorevivehercareer.Fromthatyearon,shewasnotselectedintheIndianteam.“Ihope that after this unfortunateincidentinvolvinganotheryoungcyclist, therewill be a change inculture.”

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clerks, peons, and semi-skilledworkers.Thecosttothegovern-ment for a freshGroupC em-ployee is roughly Rs 40,000 amonth. Sources in the govern-mentsaidwhile it isnoteasytoundertake such large-scale re-cruitment in a short spanof 18months, the bigger challengewill bepost-recruitment train-ingandinduction,andlaterpro-motions.“Suchone-shotrecruit-ment will mean all theseemployeeswill be eligible forpromotion together,” said asource.Ananalysisofofficialgov-ernmentdatashowstherewere8.72lakhvacantpostsacross77ministries/ departments as onMarch1, 2020.Of this, just fiveministries or departments—Defence(Civil),Railways,HomeAffairs,PostsandRevenue—ac-countedfor90percent.Thedata sharedby Jitendra

Singh,Minister of State in theMinistry of Personnel, PublicGrievancesandPensions,totheLok Sabha onMarch 30, 2020,

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Commission’s recommenda-tions, the erstwhile Group Dposts,meant for carrying outroutine duties, have beenmergedwiththeGroupC.Thedata shows thatmaxi-

mumofGroupC(non-gazetted)postswerevacantinRailways.Thedatashowsthat78,045

postswere vacant inGroup-B(non-gazetted)and85percentof these were in five depart-ments:Defence(Civil),Revenue,Home Affairs, Mines andScience and Technology. ThenumberofvacanciesinGroupAposts,which “carry higher ad-ministrative and executive re-sponsibilities and include sen-iormanagement positions intheministries/departmentsandfield organisations”, was re-portedat21,255asonMarch1,2020.ThemaximumnumberofGroupA vacant postswere inRevenue(3,973posts),followedby Home Affairs (3,890),Defence (Civil) (3,480),Mines(1,611)andRailways(1,069).

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Group A(G) B(G) B(NG) C(NG) TotalNumberof 1,31,350 1,02,264 2,43,409 35,27,918 40,04,941sanctionedpostsNumberin 1,10,095 85,467 1,65,364 27,71,772 31,32,698positionShortfall 21,255 16,797 78,045 7,56,146 8,72,243(vacant)Shareofthe 2.44 1.93 8.95 86.69 100postintotalvacancies(%)

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DAYS AFTER a brief protestwasheldatJamaMasjidinNewDelhiagainst suspended BJPspokespersonNupurSharmaforher alleged remarks about theProphet, a 72-year-oldman hasbeen ‘bound down’ by DelhiPolice for allegedlymobilisingthe crowd and promoting en-mity between different groups.Initial investigationhasrevealedthat the accused, Anwaruddin,was earlier arrested in a riotingcase.DCP(Centraldistrict)Shweta

Chauhan said Anwaruddin, aresident of JamaMasjid, runs amotorworkshop.“Earlier,wehadarrestedtwo

men –Mohd Nadeem, 43, andFaheem Khan, 37 – and addedSection153A(promotingenmitybetween groups on grounds ofreligion) of the IPC in the exist-ingFIRagainsttheprotesters.Wearelookingfortherestof theac-cused,” shesaid.Last Friday, a group of over

300menstagedaprotestfollow-ing Friday prayers demandingSharma’sarrest.TheDelhiPolicehad earlier said the protestwasheld without their permission

and the men were removedlater.“Anwaruddin is accused of

forcing shopkeepers to closetheir shops inthemotormarketarea. This was done to supportthe protest and demonstrationheld at the JamaMasjid on June10.Wealsofoundthatthemanisahistory-sheeterandisinvolvedin 10 criminal cases, includingthreeunderriotingandthreeun-derattemptedmurder,”saidtheDCP.Thepolicehadalsodeclared

themana“badcharacter” inthearea. The police, during investi-

gation, found that peopleweremobilised throughWhatsAppgroups.“The central district police

havegotvitaldetailsaboutthesegroups and are gatheringmoredetails,”saidaseniorpoliceoffi-cer.Chauhan had said earlier,

“About 1,500 people had gath-ered for Friday namaz, afterwhich 150 of them beganprotesting with placards. Thenumberthengrewto300.Policepeacefullycontrolledthecrowdin 10-15 minutes. Since theprotest took placewithout per-

mission, we will take actionagainstsomepersonswhowereidentified.Thewaypeoplegath-ered after namaz,with bannersandplacards,suggeststhatitwasplanned.”As per CrPC Section 41A, a

police officer may not arrest aperson accused of an offencepunishablebyuptosevenyearstill he continues to join theprobe. However, he can arrestthepersonifhefailstoappearforinvestigationorforreasonstoberecorded that in the opinion ofthepoliceofficerheought tobearrested.

ABHINAVRAJPUTNEWDELHI, JUNE15

AS THEMunicipal Corporationof Delhi completes its firstmonth after unification, it haskept its focus on an imagemakeover by appearing as abody that is more interactive,withanemphasisoncleanlinessandweedingoutcorruption.Thecorporationhasinthepastbeenfacingcriticismoveralackofup-keepofsanitationinthecity,cor-ruption, andnotbeing sensitivetopeople’sproblems.The Jan Sunwai campaign, a

complaint redressal forum,waskickedoff lastweektoresolveis-sues faced by citizens underwhich12zonaldeputycommis-sionersandtwointheheadquar-tersof theMCDmeet thepublicin their office everyMonday toFriday fromnoonto1pm. Ithasbeenoff toaslowstartasreportsof officers delegating cases to

juniorstafforbeingabsentintheinitialdayshavesurfaced.Seniorofficialsinthecivicbodysaidthiswas a project overseen byLieutenant Governor VinaiKumarSaxena.Saxena had earlier said that

additional commissioners andzonal deputy commissionershavebeeninstructedtobeinthefieldbeforetheofficestartstoin-spect and ensurework is beingdone, and be present in the of-fice later tomeet people for anhour to redress theirproblems.A corruption complaint cell

existstodealwiththecomplaintsof corruption againstmunicipalofficials and departments.Throughtelephonenumber011-23225231ande-mailIDcommis-sioner.ccc@mcd.nic.in,onecangetone’s complaint registered.Launchedlastweek,theresultsofthecellareyettocomeout.OnMonday,Saxenalaunched

a joint ‘cleanliness drive’ acrossthe city starting from North

Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar area.The corporation after the driveannounced that itwill be carry-ingoutaspecialcleanlinessdriveinall itszonesfromJune11-26.The unified MCD formally

came into existence onMay 22withIASofficersAshwaniKumarand Gyanesh Bharti assumingcharge as the new civic body'sspecial officer and commis-sioner, respectively. The MCDwas trifurcated in 2012 duringCongress leaderSheilaDikshit'stenure as chief minister. It hasnowbeen reunifiedbymergingtheNorth,SouthandEastMCDs.A senior official said that

while the initial stepshavebeentaken,muchwould depend ontheexecution.“TheMCD’simagehasbeenofaplacewhereofficersdon't meet, files don’t move,alongwithcorruptionindepart-ments. These initiatives alonewould not changemuch until itis practised effectively on a sus-tainedbasis,”hesaid.

THREE INITIATIVESLAUNCHED INAWEEK

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DU: No more wait for printed degrees

Water tanker runsinto 6 in BadarpurNewDelhi:Atleastsixpeoplewereinjuredafterawater tanker ran intoagroupof people inabusymarket inSoutheastDelhi’sBadarpur.Policesaidthetankerdriverlostcontrolofthevehicleandhitthe crowd. The incident took place in the TajpurPahariarea lateonTuesday.Duringenquiry, police found that theoffend-

ingvehiclewasaDelhiJalBoardtanker.TheCCTVfootageoftheincidentshowslocalsbuyingvegeta-blesonastreet linedwithshops.Atanker takesaturn and is seenhitting a groupof people beforestoppingnearthefootpath.Police saidat least sixpeoplewere injured in

theaccident,andtheywererushedtonearbyhos-pitals where they are undergoing treatment. AcaseunderIPCsections297(rashdriving)and337(actendangeringlife)hasbeenregisteredagainstthedriveratBadarpurpolice station.ENS

Securitypersonnelat JamaMasjidonJune10. PTI

Action on 72-yr-old for ‘mobilising Jama Masjid protest’

New Delhi: DU students whocompleted their courses in2021will receive their printed convo-cationdegreesthisyear.Students who had com-

pleted their degrees between2017 and2020were not able toget their printed degrees fromthe university. After students ofthe 2020 batch approached theDelhiHighCourtoverthis, itwasrevealed that the university's

contract with its printers hadended.Themovetoprovideprinted

degrees to students in the yearof their convocation itself willcomeasarelief tostudentswhonormally have towait for yearsfor these. Delhi University offi-cials had stated earlier this yearthatstudentswouldreceivetheirdegrees within 90 days of theconvocation. The university's

98th convocation was held onFebruary26.According to Dean of

Examinations D S Rawat, theUniversity has 85,000 printeddegreeswith it. University offi-cialshavecreatedaroster, start-ingfromThursday, inwhichcol-lege and department staff orofficials can collect the degreesoftheirstudentswhocompletedtheirdegrees in2021.ENS

New Delhi


OBSERVING THAT nobodywantstoadmitunderprivilegedchildren,avacationbenchof theDelhi High Court Wednesdaydeclined to grant any relief to aprivateschoolwhoserequestforexemption from admitting 25%of students in the EconomicallyWeaker Section (EWS) admis-sions was declined byDirectorate of Education (DoE)lastmonth“The difficulty is that no-

bodywantstoadmittheunder-privileged.Areyoutryingtotellthe court that you don’t haveunderprivilegedchildren inthecity,” observed the divisionbenchof Justice Jyoti SinghandJustice Anoop KumarMendiratta during the hearingof an appeal filed by PPInternational School, a privateschool located in Pitampura.AsinglebenchonMay27re-

fusedtostaytheDoEorder,andsaid irreparable loss would becaused to EWS category stu-dents if the order is stayed.The division bench

Wednesday said it doesn’t find

anythingwrongwith the deci-sion as it is in linewith statute.However, the court issued a

noticeontheappealtotheDelhigovernment, andasked it to re-spond within four weeks. Theappeal was listed for the nexthearing on July 27. The matteris listedbeforethesinglebenchon July 22PP International, in its case

before thecourt,hassaid itwasable to admit only 17 studentsin general category, and it wascorrect to admit only five stu-dents in the EWS category foracademic year 2021-22. Theschool cannot be compelled toadmit students beyond 25% ofclass strength on assumptionthat itdeliberatelydidnotfillupseats in general category, itscounsel have argued.However, theDelhi govern-

menthasarguedthattheschoolis requiredto fill25%EWSseatsbased on number of seats ad-vertised, irrespective ofwhether the school has notbeen able to fill up the generalcategory seats. The school hadreceived 761 applications butgranted admission to only 17candidates of the general cate-gory, as per theDoE.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JUNE15

THE DENSE tangle of overheadwires at Kamla Nagar marketnear the Delhi University willsoon be a thing of the past,Delhi’s Deputy Chief MinisterManishSisodiasaidWednesday.Aspartof itsmarket redevel-

opmentproject,thegovernmentis planning to put in place elec-tronic guides for themarket, aplay zone for kids, air purifiersandEVchargingpoints.Sisodiavisited themarketon

Wednesdayand interactedwithtradersandvisitors.He said themarket,which is

popular amongDelhiUniversitystudentsbecauseofitsproximity,willbecultivatedasayouthhang-outzonewithanostalgicwalk.

KamlaNagarmarkethasfourinner markets, and a mall,Sparkle, locatedinthecentre.Themarketisoneoftheoldest

inDelhiandwassetupin1960.Itsellsclothes,accessories,cosmet-ics,andhouseholditems,amongothers. It is alsoknownfor streetfood. It is also home to coachingcentres,especiallythoseofferingcoaching for UPSC exams. Thedaily footfall is between 15,000and20,000, and overweekendsnearly1lakhpeoplevisitthemar-ket.Assuringtradersandthemar-ket association that their ideaswouldbeconsidered,Sisodiasaidthat KamlaNagarwas an essen-tialpartof the ‘DUCulture’.“Whoever studies at DU

spends a significant amount oftimehere.DU students living allovertheworldcherishthemem-oriesofKamlaNagar,”hesaid.

“Wewill redevelop themar-ket as per a themewith such anidentitythatonecanrecogniseitinasingleglimpse.Thiswillhelppeople know and rememberwhatthemarkethastooffer.Weaimtoensurequalityexperienceforourpublic,beitshopping,eat-ing or using public facilities, itshouldallbeworld-class,”hesaid.Earlierthisweek,thegovern-

ment said it had selected fivemarkets for redevelopment.Sisodia said hewill visit allmar-kets to understand and resolvetheproblemsontheground.“Delhi’s economic growth is

ourpriority. InMarch,weprom-ised20lakhjobsandtoboosttheeconomy under rozgar budget.Today,wearetakingonthischal-lenge with conviction.Redevelopingouriconicmarketsis the key to branding them as

globalshoppingdestinationsandproviding large-scale employ-ment,”Sisodiatweeted.Tradersandshopkeeperswel-

comed the government'smoveand said they hoped it makesgoodonitspromise.“Toilet for women, proper

roads,sewage,electricitysystemandsegregatedspaceforparkingof cars, e-rickshaws and autostands are some of our key de-mands.Ourbusinesseswillboostif themarket is revamped,” saidPawan Seth, member of theD-Blockmarketassociation.Manik Arora, who has been

running a footwear shop in themarket for the last15years, said,“Several government officialsfromMCDandpoliticiansvisitedearlierbutnodevelopmentworkhastakenplace.Wehopeitisful-filledthistime.”

Themarketisoneof theoldestinDelhiandwassetupin1960.Archive

Hanging wires to air purifiers, revamping Kamla Nagar

WITH7%POSITIVITYRATE


THENUMBERofCovid-19casesin the national capital shot upoverthelasttwodays,with1,375cases recorded onWednesday.Thepositivityrate–thepropor-tion of samples tested that re-turnedpositive, indicativeof thespread of the infection in thecommunity – stood at 7.01%, asper the Delhi government’shealthbulletin.Thedailyincidenceincreased

from500 toover 1,000 in sevendaysduringthecurrentsurge.Tocompare, it tookonlythreedaysfor a similar change in Aprilwhen cases spiked a little aftermaskmandatesweredoneawaywith. It tookasimilar threedaysin January when Delhi wit-nessed the omicron variant-driventhirdwave.Althoughthe

numbers declined slightly afterthe April spike, they did not re-duce to the levels seen after thethirdwave.Presently, mask mandates

are in thecity.The positivity rate stood at

7.64% at the highest during theslight peak in April. It stood at30.6%during the January surge,meaning one in three personswhowere tested for the infec-tionhad it.The current positivity rate,

experts believe, doesnot reflectthe truepictureasmanypeoplearenowtestingfortheinfectionwithhomekits.Along with the increase in

the number of cases, there hasalsobeenaslight increaseinthenumberofhospitalisations,with160personsinfectedwithCovidcurrently being admitted, ac-cording to thebulletin.City doctors have said that

the symptoms this timearoundare similar to what was seenduring the January wave, withthose admitted to hospitalscominginfortreatmentforcon-ditionsotherthantheviralinfec-tion.Dr SubhashGiri,medical di-

rector, GTB hospital said, "Thenumber of hospitalisations hasincreased slightly, earlier weused to get three to four admis-sions but nowwe see seven toeight every day. But the thing isthese are patients who are ad-mitted to the hospital say for adelivery or some other surgery,andthengetafeverandtestpos-itive for Covid-19. In fact, wehaven't seen a single case ofCovid-19pneumoniaformonthsnow."Thenumberofactivecasesor

those with a current infectionstandsat3,643asperthehealthbulletin.

SUKRITABARUAHNEWDELHI, JUNE15

OVER50mathematics teachersfrom various Delhi Universitycolleges have raised concernover the content and formula-tionprocessof theproposedsyl-labus for the BSc (Honours)Mathematics course under thefour-year undergraduate pro-gramme (FYUP), which is set tobe introduced fromtheupcom-ingacademicsession.The draft Undergraduate

Curriculum Framework was

passedbytheuniversity’sstatu-tory bodies in January, and is tobe implemented from the up-coming academic session. Forthis, the syllabus preparationand finalisation for variouspro-grammesiscurrentlyunderway.The university had directed

the departments to submit thesyllabus for the first twosemes-tersof theFYUPbyJune10.Aftergoingthroughthecommitteeoncourses, the syllabus was pre-sented before the Faculty ofMathematics on both May 20andMay 25, after which it wassubmitted to the university.

Fromhere, ithastobeapprovedby the standing committee onAcademic Matters, then theAcademic Council, and theExecutiveCouncil.A total of 52maths teachers

from various colleges includingSt Stephen’s College, Lady ShriRam College, Hansraj CollegeandKiroriMalCollegehavewrit-ten to the Head of Departmentof Mathematics Ruchi Das rais-ing concern over not being in-volvedinthesyllabusformation.“Widespread consultation

withcollegeteachers,whohavebeen teaching this course and

areawareof theneedsofunder-graduate students, is desirable.For thisaGeneralBodymeetingof all such teachers should beheld, as was done in the past,”theyhavewritten.Das did not respond to

queries fromThe IndianExpress.PankajGarg,whowaspartof

the committee for one of themaths papers, said the syllabusshouldhavebeensenttocollegesfor recommendations fromteachers. “The understandingwas thatwhatever is formedbycommitteeswill be sent to col-legesbutitwasnotimplemented.

These are people who will beteaching this in classrooms buttherewasverylittletimegivenforsuchamajorprocess,”hesaid.Theteacherswhohaveraised

concernshaveflaggedthereduc-tion in lecture credits from corecourses Analysis andAlgebra inthefirst twosemesters.“Under this structure, the

number of lecture credits hasanyway been reduced from 66to 54.While earlier therewere14corepapersacross66credits,there are now 18 core papersacross 54 credits. Even withinthese reduced credits, we have

concernsabouttheprioritisationbeingdone,”saidNanditaNarainfrom St Stephen’s College, whoisoneof thesignatories.They have stated that three

courseswhich are electives un-der the existing system havebeenintroducedascorecoursesin the first twosemesters.“The lecture credits assigned

to the core foundational coursesofAnalysisandAlgebrahavebeendrastically reduced in the pro-posed new structure from 25each to 15 each, whichwill ad-verselyaffecttheconceptualbaseof Mathematics Honours stu-

dents... Three courses thatwereelectives in current LOCF (learn-ing outcome-based curriculumframework)courseandonefromthePGcurriculumhavebeenputinto the core DSC (DisciplineSpecificCore)courses...Thisisnotdesirable, as the introduction ofnewcore courses should not beattheexpenseoftheexistingcorecoursesthatareindispensableforlayinga strong conceptual foun-dation,”statestheirpetition.Theyhavealsoflaggedthatin

several papers, content thatwascovered in five lectures is nowproposedtobecoveredinthree.

Theprogramwillbeintroducedfromtheupcomingacademicsession

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DU’s maths teachers wary of syllabus under 4-year undergrad program


THE DELHI High Court has setaside three orders passed by afamily court in a child custodycaseaftertakingnoteof thecon-duct of the judge, who hadshared his personal contactnumber with the parties andmet one of them in the cham-bers.Thecourtaskedtheprinci-pal judge of the family court ofSoutheast district to take overthecase.Observing that it had no

doubtovertheintegrity,neutral-ity,andjudicial independenceofthe judge, a High Court singlebench said that his conduct hashowever given a cause of ‘rea-sonableapprehensionof bias’.“The judges have to remind

themselves timeandagainthateach conduct is observed andnotedbythelitigantsandthere-fore, knowingly or unknow-ingly they may not act in anymannerwhichgivesrisetoevenslightest of doubt in themindsof the litigants and lawyers,”said Justice Dinesh KumarSharma.

The court said the orderspassed on August 21 andDecember 22, 2021, as well asonMarch 4 this year are liableto be set aside in the interest ofjustice, and for the purpose ofrestoring faith of both the par-ties in the system of interest ofjustice.Themother of the child, be-

fore the High Court, had chal-lengedtheorderthatrestrainedher from taking her daughterfromDelhi and sought transferof thecasetoadifferentcourtofSoutheastdistrict.Later,shealsoappealed against the final deci-sion of the family court in theguardianshippetition.The familycourtonMarch4

had granted visitation rights tothe fatheroneveryWednesdayandFriday,andovernightstayoftheminor on every second andfourth Saturday. The familycourt also passed directionswith regard to vacations, longholidays, and school functionsof the child, who is aged lessthan threeyears.In the petition before the

High Court, themother allegedthatthearrangementcreatedbythelowercourtsolelyfocuseson

the rights of the father and hisfamilyandignoresthecomfortsof thechild.She also told the court that

the family court judge hadshared his personal mobilenumberwith thepartiesduringthe proceedings, and the fatherofthechildmetthejudgeunilat-erally in his chamber. JusticeSharmaobservedthatitwasnotadvisable for the judge to havedoneso.“It is a settled proposition

that justice must not only bedone but must also appear tohavebeendone. The conduct ofthe judgewhile conducting thejudicial proceedings should beaboveboard,” said thebench.Thebenchalsomodified the

interim arrangement of visita-tion rightsof the father.“The principal judge, Family

Court is requested todecide thesaidguardianshippetitionasex-peditiously as possible, prefer-ablywithinfourweeks.LearnedPrincipal Judge, Family Court,may also take assistance of theChild Counselor and interactwith the child before decidingthe visitation rights,” said thebench.

In Covid surge, Delhireports 1,375 cases

Waste toenergyplant startsat GhazipurEXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JUNE15

THEWASTEtoenergyplantnexttotheGhazipurlandfillwasmadeoperationalWednesday,with acapacity to process 1,300metrictonnesofwasteperdayDelhi Lieutenant-Governor

Vinai Kumar Saxena tweeted,“Happy to inform that theWaste to Energy Plant besideGhazipur landfill site has be-come operational today. Of the2,600 MTs garbage generateddaily inEastDelhi, theplantwillconsume 1,300MTs per day &reduce additional burden offreshwaste...”AnMCDofficialsaid,“TheL-G

visited the site about twoweeksago.Duringhisvisit,theoperatorassured that the plantwill startfunctioning on June 15. Once itstartsoperatingtoitsoptimalca-pacity then it’ll process about1,300MTof freshgarbage.”Thiswillhelpinflatteningthe

landfillsiteatafasterrate,hesaid,adding that the height ofGhazipurlandfillsitehasbeenre-ducedbyover15metres.

Nobody wants to admitthe underprivileged: HCon EWS admissions

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI,JUNE15

HARYANA CHIEF MinisterManohar Lal Khattar saidWednesdaythatDelhishouldad-dress “misuse andwastage” ofwater at its end tomeet its de-mands.DelhiandHaryanahavebeen

inatugofwaroverwatersuppliesto the former through theYamuna,evenasNorthwestIndiahas seenasignificant raindeficitover thepast fourmonths.Delhihas blamed Haryana for theshortage,claimingthat ithasnotfulfilled itspromiseof supplyingadequatewater.“My first advice to them is

that they should address themisuseofwaterthattheyareal-ready getting andmanage andconserveitbettertoensurethereis no wastage in Delhi. Watertreatment plants should be setup sowater can be reused andutilisedoptimally.Wehavegiventhem assurance, we’ll sparewhateverwe can in the next 8-

10 days till it rains. We hadsharedsomeextrawaterearlieralso when we had spoken tothem.Whenitcomestohuman-ity,everyoneshouldgetwater…In fact Delhi LieutenantGovernoralsocalledmeandwesaidwhateverwe can sparewewill,” Khattar said in Delhi. Hewas in the city to meet HomeMinister Amit Shah and BJPPresident JPNadda.The rainfall fromMarch 1 to

May 31 over Northwest India,whichincludesthebasinstatesofthe Yamuna,was only 42.3mmagainst a long period average(LPA) of 114.4mm—adeficit of63%forthepre-monsoonseason.

‘Apprehension of bias’: HC onjudge conduct in child custody case

Hotdaysandnights inDelhihavemeantanincreasedpowerdemandoverwholeof thismonth.OnWednesday,Delhi’speakpowerdemandtouched7,334MW,thehighestof theseasonaswellas thehighest recorded in Junetilldate.Accordingtosources,anassessmentbyDISCOMSsaysDelhiwillbreachallpowerdemandrecords thisyear.

2018 7,016

2019 7,409

2020 6,314

2021 7,323

2022* 8,200* (Expected)

7,334MW

Peakpowerdemandat3:35pmonWednesday*

Thiswas thehighest everin themonthof June

■This is the firstyear thedemandcrossed7,000MWinJune■Thedemandcrossed7,000MWsixtimes in Junethisyearandonce inMay■All15daysof Junehaveseenthedemandcross6,000MW■ In2021, it crossedthe6,000mark9times,5 times in2020and3times in2019

50%ofdemand

insummersisbecauseoftheuseofACs,coolers,

fans,saidofficials

PEAKDEMANDINSUMMERS (inMW)

Coolersonsale inDelhi.Themaximumtemperature inthecitywasrecordedas42.2degreesCelsius,while theminimumwas29.4degrees

DELHI’S PEAK POWER DEMAND IN JUNE

2019(June29)

2020(June29)

2021(June30)

2022(TillJune15)

6,314 6,921 7,3346,769

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THECITYTotal Vacant

HOSPITAL BEDS 9,582 9,403ICU BEDS 2,209 2,158

CORONAVIRUSIN THECAPITAL

VACCINATIONS INLAST24HOURS23,613

NOIDAJune 14 June 15

Cases N/A N/ADeaths N/A N/AGURGAONCases 279 406Deaths 0 0

PATIENTS INHOSPITAL: 169OXYGENSUPPORT 42VENTILATORSUPPORT 8

DELHI TOTALCASES19,15,905

Cases Recoveries Deaths TestsJune14 1,118 500 2 17,210June15 1,375 909 0 19,622Total 3,643* 18,86,039 26,223 3,87,96,682*Total active cases inDelhi

ThievescutATMkiosk,stealRs20LNewDelhi: UnidentifiedmenstoleRs20lakhafterbreaking into an ATMkioskusingagascutterinSouthwest Delhi’s SatyaNiketanWednesday,saidpolice. An FIR has beenregistered and a hunt ison to nab the accused,they added. DCP(Southwest)ManojCsaidthey received a PCR callfrom a local resident at3.30 am, saying somepeopleweretryingtocutthe ATM kiosk in theSatya Niketan area, andthat it caught fire.ENS

HighCourtrestrainsAAPMLAremarksNew Delhi: The DelhiHighCourthasrestrainedAamAadmiParty and itsDwarka MLA VinayMishra from publishingorcirculatinganydefam-atory statements in rela-tion to RashtriyaLoktantrik Party’s deci-sion to vote in favour ofindependent candidateandmediabaronSubashChandra in the recently-held Rajya Sabha polls.Justice Anoop KumarMendiratta also directedTwitter to “immediatelymask, block, or suspend”at least 13 tweets ofMishra. It also restrainedAAP and Mishra fromposting any furtherdefamatory or scan-dalousor factually incor-rect tweets in relation tothe issue “without anyclear and cogent evi-dence”. ThecourtpassedtheorderonasuitfiledbyRLP MP HanumanBeniwal and three partyMLAs from Rajasthan.Mishraisaccusedofstart-ing a campaign to dam-agetheirandtheirparty’sreputation.ENS

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ONHISmaidenvisit toAyodhyaafterbecomingaminister intheMaharashtra government, ShivSena leader Aaditya Thackerayon Wednesday said his visitshould not be linked to politicsas he had come to seek LordRam'sblessings.Expressinghiswishtoestab-

lish“RamRajyainordertoservepeople better”, the 32-year-oldson of Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeraysaid his party has been associ-ated with Ayodhya and RamTemple movement with ShriRam being in their hearts.“Ayodhya is the centre of faithin India. In 2018, we gave thisslogan--firsttemple,thengov-ernment. After Shiv Sena's slo-gan, theway for the construc-tionof the templewas cleared.Now, the Ram temple is beingbuilt on the orders of theSupreme Court... We are con-nected to this place, its peoplehere, andBhagwanShriRamisinourhearts...Wehavetoestab-lishRamRajyasothatwecouldservepeoplebetter,”hesaid.“Ourvisit(toAyodhya)isnot

relatedtoanyelection.Also, it isnot a politicalmatter. For us, itis amatter of faith,” Thackeray,whowasaccompaniedbypartyleadersSanjayRautandEknathShinde toldmediapersons, be-foreheading toHanumangarhitoofferpuja.The Thackeray scion's visit

to the temple town assumessignificanceasally-turned-rivalBJPhasbeenaccusingShivSenaof abandoning the Hindutva

causeby joininghandswith theCongress and NCP to form

thegovernmentinMaharashtra.Also, the visit comes days afterMaharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) chief and his uncle, RajThackeray, cancelled hisAyodhya trip, citing health rea-sons. The MNS chief has alsobeenaccusingtheSenaofaban-doning theHindutvacause.WiththeBJPtakingcreditfor

the construction of the RamtempleinAyodhya,Aadityasaid,“We(ShivSena)haddemandedfor a special law to build Ramtemple but it did not happen intheParliament.ButaftertheSC’sdecision,thetempleiscurrentlybeing built. We are happy andwill take it ahead.”During his 2018 visit to

Ayodhya,ShivSenachiefUddhavThackeray had taken on theNarendra Modi governmentover the delay in building Ramtemple at the disputed site andsoughtalegislationorordinancetobuild the temple.Aaditya Thackeray, mean-

while, said that there was “ab-solute clarity” in Shiv Sena’sHindutva.RefusingtocommentonShivSena’s standontheon-

going legal proceedings inGyanvapi and Mathura templecases, Aaditya said rejected re-ports that a section of priests inAyodhya were opposed to hisvisit. “All the saints, priests andpublic of Ayodhya welcomedme...,”hesaid. WITHPTI

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AFTER QUESTIONING RahulGandhi for three straight days inconnection with the NationalHerald case, the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) onWednesdaycalled the Congress leader forquestioningagainonFriday.On Wednesday, too, Rahul

was questioned for nearly 10hours.SourcessaidhewasaskedtocomeagainonThursday,buthesought exemption andwas thuscalledonFriday.Sources said Rahul is being

questionedabouttheownershipof Young Indian (YI) by theNehru-Gandhi family and itsshareholding in AssociateJournalsLimited(AJL), thecom-pany that runs the NationalHerald newspaper. He is beingquestioned about the circum-stancesunderwhichAJLwasac-quired by Young Indian in 2010fora"pittance”,makingitinturntheownerofallassetsownedbytheNationalHeraldnewspaper.Acertain loanofRs1croreby

DotexMerchandise, a companyowned by the RPG Group, toYoungIndian isalsounderprobebytheagency,asitwasusedbyYItotakecontrolofAJL.Rahul's mother, Congress

presidentSoniaGandhi,issched-uledtoappearbeforetheEDlaterthismonth.Rahulhadearlierbeencalled for questioningon June2,whileSoniahadbeenaskedtoap-pearbeforetheagencyonJune8.Bothhadthensoughtmore time

fromtheagency.TheEDcaseisbasedonatrial

court order that allowed theIncomeTaxDepartmenttoprobethe affairs of National Heraldnewspaper and conduct tax as-sessmentofSoniaandRahul.Theorderwas the result of apetitionfiled by BJP MP SubramanianSwamyin2013.Swamy's complaint had al-

legedcheatingandmisappropri-ation of funds on part of the

Gandhis in acquiring the news-paper. Swami had alleged thattheGandhisacquiredpropertiesowned by National Herald bybuying the newspaper's erst-whilepublishers,AJL,throughanorganisation called YoungIndian, in which they have 86-percent stake.The trial court had, on

December19, 2015, grantedbailtoSoniaandRahulinthecase.InSwamy's complaintbefore

the trial court, Sonia, Rahul andothershavebeenaccusedofmis-appropriatingfundsbypayingRs50lakhforYoungIndiantoobtaintherighttorecoverRs90.25crorethatAJLowedtotheCongress.Itwas alleged that YI, which

was incorporated in November2010withacapitalofRs50lakh,had acquired almost all share-holding of AJL, which ranNationalHerald. The I-Tdepart-ment had claimed that theshares owned by Rahul in YIwould lead him to have an in-come of Rs 154 crore, and notaboutRs68lakh,aswasassessedearlier. The I-T department hasalready issuedademandnoticefor Rs 249.15 crore to YI for as-sessmentyear2011-12.

Adhirwrites to SpeakerCongress leader in LokSabha

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury onWednesdaywrotetoSpeakerOmBirla and stated that partyMPRahulGandhihasbeen"undergo-inginexplicabletormentationforthree consecutive days by theEnforcementdirectorateofIndia"andsoughthisintervention.

DELHICONFIDENTIAL

LANKA VISITIN THEmidst of a controversy in Sri Lanka over awind farmcontract to the Adani Group, a visit by RSS functionary RamMadhav to Colombo has triggered curiosity. Madhav, whoholds no official position in the government,met Sri LankanPrimeMinisterRanilWickremesinghe. Theword is theydis-cussedhowSriLankacangetmoreIndianinvestmentandas-sistance. It is not clearwhoMadhavwas representing. But ata time ofmuch political and economic fluidity in the islandnation,whenIndiahasbeenkeentoconveythatitsassistancecomeswithnostringsattached, thereareconcernsaboutthesignals thatavisitbyaprominentpoliticiansendout.

IN A SOUPFORMERPUDUCHERRYGovernor and IPSofficerKiranBedihasfoundherself inhotwaterwiththeNationalCommissionforMinorities.AtaneventtolaunchherbookinChennaiear-lierthisweek,BedicrackedajokeabouttheSikhcommunity.TheNCMhasnowreceiveda complaint, saying the jokehashurt sentiments of the Sikh community. NCMChairpersonIqbal Singh Lalpura has sought a report on thematter fromtheDelhi Chief Secretary, andhas said that theCommissionwill takeactionbasedonthis report.Bedihasalreadyapolo-gisedovertheissueandpostedmultiplepicturesofherpray-ingatgurdwarasevenas sheclaimedherhusbandwasadi-rectdescendentofGuruNanakDev.

THE CANDIDATEATTHEjointmeetingof theOppositiononWednesday,asre-porterswerebusytrackingoccupantsof thecarsenteringthepremises of the Constitution Club of India, an SUV rolled in,bringingamaneveryone failed to recognise. Curiosity grewas the enigmatic figure reached the doorstep of the confer-encehall,wheresecuritypersonnelstoppedhim.Onhiswayback,theself-styledYogi,whoisafixtureatpressconferencesin venues like the Press Club and Foreign CorrespondentsClub,declared thathehadcometoseeksupport forhisowncandidature in the upcoming Presidential polls. “I have gotassurances fromleaders,”heannounced..


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THE INDIANRailwaysbegan themaiden service of privately-run'Bharat Gaurav Trains' fromCoimbatore in Tamil Nadu toShirdi inMaharashtra."TheBharatGauravTrainfrom

Coimbatore North to SainagarShirdiwill commence at 18:00hours on 14th June 2022(Tuesday) and reach SainagarShirdiat07:25hourson16thJune2022 (Thursday)with stoppagesat Tiruppur, Erode, Salem,Yelahanka, Dharmavaram,MantralayamRoad andWadi,"ministryofrailwayssaidinastate-mentonTuesday.Around 1100 passengers

boarded themaiden round tripservicefromCoimbatoretoShirdionTuesday,theministrysaid.Theprivate service is offered

bytheregisteredserviceproviderforan itineraryconsistingof fivedays and it involves a full roundtrip from Coimbatore to Shirdiand back. South Star Rail is theregistered service provider thatoperates the train and theCoimbatore-based company isregistered company and is partof Future Gaming & HotelServicesPvt. Limited.


AWEEKaheadoftheBRICSlead-ers' virtualmeeting on June 24,NationalSecurityAdviser (NSA)AjitDovalonWednesdaypartic-ipated in a virtual meeting ofNSAsofBRICScountries,hostedbyChineseNSAYang Jiechi.Today'smeeting,incidentally,

took place two years to the dayof theGalwanincident inwhich20Indiansoldierswerekilled inclasheswithChinese soldiers ineastern Ladakh. Beijing hasclaimed four Chinese soldierswerekilledintheclashes;Indianassessment is that the numberishigher.While there was no official

readout fromthe Indian sideonthe BRICS NSAs' meeting,Chinese Foreign ministryspokesperson Wang Wenbinsaid, “The Meeting of BRICSNational Security Advisers andHigh Representatives onNationalSecurityisanimportantplatform for BRICS countries toenhance political and securitycooperation.”Aheadof themeeting,Wang

said,“Attheupcomingmeeting,national security advisers andhighrepresentativesonnationalsecurity of the five BRICS coun-tries will have an in-depth ex-changeof views, coordinatepo-sitionsandbuildconsensusonarangeof issues includingmulti-lateralism and global gover-nance, new threats and chal-lenges to national security, andgovernance innewdomains.”“With profound changes in

the international landscape in-terwovenwith a pandemic un-seen inacentury,ourworldhasentered a new phase of turbu-lenceandtransformation.AsthecurrentBRICSchair,Chinalooksforwardtoworkingwith fellowBRICSmemberstoachievepos-itive results through thismeet-ing...,” the Chinese spokesper-son said.

Aaditya in Ayodhya: ‘Here as aRam devotee, not for politics’

PolicestopCongressworkersprotestingoutsidetheAICCoffice inNewDelhionWednesday;RahulGandhi leaves theEDofficeafterquestioning. PremNathPandey/AmitMehra

AadityaThackerayatLucknowairportonWednesday.Hewent toAyodhyabyroadfromthestatecapital.Vishal Srivastav

Doval in virtualNSAs’ meetin run-up toBRICS meeting

NSAAjitDoval

NationalHeraldcase: Rahulquestionedfor3rdday, toappearbeforeEDonFriday

ATTACKED BY both BJPand Raj Thackeray'sMNSofgoingsoftonHindutva,Shiv Senawouldwant touse Aaditya’s Ayodhyatourtoreaffirmtheparty’sHindutva credentials andcounter Raj’s Hindutvadrive. Ahead of Mumbaicivic polls, it is also an at-tempt to woo NorthIndians, whose vote thesena considers tobe criti-cal in its bid to retainpower in BMC. NorthIndians make up about20% population ofMumbai.

SignificanceofAaditya'sAyodhyatripE●EX

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Railways flagsoff first trainunder BharatGaurav scheme

Gandhinagar: Prime MinisterNarendraModiislikelytovisithismotherHirabainGandhinagaronJune 18 as she celebrates her100th birthday. A road inGandhinagarwasnamed forheronWednesday.“WhenHirabaisenteringher

100th year, we have decided tonamean80-meter-roadinRaysanareaasPujyaHirabaMargsothatthenextgenerationtakesinspira-tion fromher life,” GandhinagarMayorHiteshMakwanasaid.Hiraba stays with her

youngest son Pankaj Modi atRaisanvillageon theoutskirts of

Gandhinagarcity.PMModiisonatwo-day visit toGujarat on June17 and18. Abig celebrationhasalso been organised byHiraba'ssonsatVadnagar.According to oneof her sons

PrahladModi, “AsHirabais turn-ingShatayu,wehaveorganisedaNavChandiYagnaand recitationof Sundar Kand at HatkeshwarTemple in Vadnagar. A SangeetSandhyahasalsobeenorganisedatthetempleontheoccasion.”Noted singer Anuradha

Paudval,alongwithotherknownartists, is also likely toperformattheevent. ENS&PTI

Road in Gandhinagarnamed after PM’s mother

New Delhi

MANOJCGNEWDELHI, JUNE15

ASTHEoppositionpartiesbegandiscussionsonfieldingajointcan-didate for the forthcomingPresidentialelections,theirsearchforanacceptableandcrediblefacehas again taken them to thedoorsteps of Gopal KrishnaGandhi, a former administrator,diplomat andGovernor, and thegrandsonofMahatmaGandhi.SourcessaidNCPleaderPraful

Patel, CPI(M) general secretarySitaramYechuryandhisCPIcoun-terpart D Raja spoke to GandhiduringameetingtheLeft leadershadwithNCPchiefSharadPawaronTuesday.Gandhi is learnt to have told

themthathewouldgetbackafterconsultinghisfamilymembers.OnWednesday,WestBengal

CMMamataBanerjeementionedhis name — and also that ofNationalConferenceleaderFarooqAbdullah—atameetingofoppo-sitionparties,thefirstofficialexer-cisetoarriveatacommonname.Whencontacted,Gandhitold

The Indian Express that “it is tooprematureformetocomment”.Gandhiwas in the reckoning

asthejointOppositioncandidatein 2017 aswell, but the parties

fieldedformerLokSabhaSpeakerMeiraKumaraftertherulingNDAannouncedRamNathKovindasits nominee. Gandhi was thenfielded as theOpposition candi-datefortheVicePresident’spost.The Left, sources said, is keen

onGandhiifPawarandAbdullahturndowntherequestsofopposi-tionpartiestobetheircandidate.Pawar has alreadymade it clearthatheisnotinterested.Abdullah,too, is said tobenot interested inthrowinghishatintherace.Gandhiwas theGovernor of

WestBengalduringtheUPA’sfirstterminoffice.Interestingly,there-marksof LeaderofOpposition inRajya SabhaMallikarjunKhargeatWednesday'smeeting signal

thatthepartywasopentotheideaof Gandhi’s candidature.He saidtheOppositioncandidateshouldbesomeonewhoiscommittedtoupholding the “Constitution ofIndia, its values, principles andprovisions in letter and spirit;someone committed to guaran-teeing that all institutions of ourdemocracyfunctionwithoutfearorfavour;someonecommittedtoprotectingtherightsofallourcit-izens andpreserving the secularfabricof...society;someonecom-mitted to speaking out boldlyagainsttheforcesofprejudice,ha-tred,bigotryandpolarisation;andsomeone committed to being apowerful force for furthering so-cial justiceandempowerment.”

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FORM-18[Sub-rule (2) of rule 20]

PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION BY APPROPTIATEGOVERNMENT/COLLECTOR

[UNDER SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 11 OF THE ACT]GOVERNMENT OF UTTAR PRADESH

IRRIGATION DEPARTMENTNOTIFICATION NO-163 /8 – S.L.A.O. /AMROHA/2022 DATE-17-05-2022

NOTIFICATIONUnder sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Rehabilitation andResettlement Act, 2013, whereas the Government of Uttar Pradesh/Collector (for the purpose of AppropriateGovernment) is satisfied that a total of 0-6072 hectares of land is required in the village Slampur Mafi, Nagla Mafi,Khad Gujar and Hoshangpur Gujar, Pargana Dhanoraa,Tehsil Dhanora, District Amroha is required for publicpurpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canal project (Stage-II) though Canal Construction (name of requiringbody).2. Social impact Assessment study was carried out by the state social impact Assessment agency and submits

its recommendations to the Appropriate Government..X which has approved its recommendation on date .X..3. The Summary of the Social impact Assessment Report as follows:

Under Section to 2(1) of the land Acquisition Act, 2013, Social Impact Assessment is not applicable on theIrrigation Department.

4. A total of Zero families are likely to be displaced due to the land acquisition. The reason necessitating suchdisplacement is as under:-……………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………..Deputy Collector/Assistant Collector…………………is appointed as Administrator for the purpose ofrehabilitation and resettlement of the project affected families.

5. Therefore, the Governor is pleased to notify for general information that the land mentioned in the Schedulebelow is needed for public purpose.

SCHEDULE

6. The Government is also pleased to authorize the Collector for the purpose of land acquisition to landacquisition to takes necessary steps to entre upon and survey of land, take levels of any land, dig or sub soilinto the sub-oil and do all the acts required for the proper execution of work as provided and specified undersection 12 of the Act.

7. Under section 15 of the Act, any person interested in the land may within (days) 21(Twenty one) after thepublication of this notification, make an objection to the acquisition of land in the locality in writing to theCollector.

8. Under section 11(4) of the Act, no person shall make any transaction or cause any transaction of land i.e.sale/purchase, specified in the preliminary notification or create any encumbrances on such land from the dateof publication of such notification till such time as the proceedings of land acquisition is completed, withoutprior approval of the Collector.

NOTE: A Plan of land may be inspected in the office of the Collector for the purpose of acquisition.

DISTRICT TEHSIL PARGANA VILLAGE PLOT NO. AREA TO BE ACQUIRED (IN HECT

1 2 3 4 5 6Amroha Dhanora dhanora Salampur Mafi 12 0-0797

5 0-0513Total 0-1310

Amroha Dhanora dhanora Nagla Mafi 10 fe0 0-0800

50 0-0309Total 0-1109

Amroha Dhanora dhanora Khad Gujar 61 0-0845Total 0-0845

Amroha Dhanora dhanora Hosangpur Gujar 119 0-2808Total 0-2808

Grand. Total 0-6072

By order(……………….)

State Government/CollectorUPID No. 177228 Date: 14.06.2022

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FORM-18[Sub-rule (2) of rule 20]

PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION BY APPROPTIATE GOVERNMENT/COLLECTOR[UNDER SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 11 OF THE ACT]

GOVERNMENT OF UTTAR PRADESHIRRIGATION DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION NO-166 / 8 – S.L.A.O. /AMROHA/2022DATE-17-05-2022

NOTIFICATIONUnder sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Right to fair Compensation and Transparency in Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013,whereas the Government of Uttar Pradesh/Collector (for the purpose of Appropriate Government) is satisfied that a total of 1-3035 hectaresof land is required in the village Sarkada Kamal and Jagwa Khurd, Pargana-Amroha, Tehsil-Amroha, District-Amroha is required forpublic purpose, namely, project Madhya Ganga Canal project (Stage-II) through Canal Construction (name of requiring body).2. Social impact Assessment study was carried out by the state social impact Assessment agency and submits its recommendations to the

Appropriate Government which has approved its recommendation on dated.3. The Summary of the Social impact Assessment Report as follows:

…………………………………………..…………………………………………..…………………………………………..

4. A total of ……………… families are likely to be displaced due to the land acquisition. The reason necessitating such displacement is as under:-……………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………..

Deputy Collector/Assistant Collector…………………is appointed as Administrator for the purpose of rehabilitation and resettlementof the project affected families.

5. Therefore, the Governor is pleased to notify for general information that the land mentioned in the Schedule below is needed for public purpose.SCHEDULE

6. The Governor is also pleased to authorise the Collector for the purpose of land acquisition to takes necessary steps to entre upon andsurvey of land, take levels of any land, dig or sub soil into the sub-oil and do all the acts required for the proper execution of work asprovided and specified under section 12 of the Act.

7. Under section 15 of the Act, any person interested in the land may within (days) 21 (Twenty-one) after the publication of thisnotification, make an objection to the acquisition of land in the locality in writing to the Collector.

8. Under section 11(4) of the Act, no person shall make any transaction or cause any transaction of land i.e. sale/purchase, specified inthe preliminary notification or create any encumbrances on such land from the date of publication of such notification till such timeas the proceedings of land acquisition is completed, without prior approval of the Collector.

NOTE: A Plan of land may be inspected in the office of the Collector for the purpose of acquisition.By order

(……………….)State Government/Collector

DISTRICT TEHSIL PARGANA VILLAGE PLOT NO. AREA TO BE ACQUIRED (IN HECT)

1 2 3 4 5 6Amroha Amroha Amroha Sarkada Kamal 194 0-0530

195 0-0038

196 fe0 0-1165

199 0-0400

219 0-1820

293 0-1270

225v 0-0921

225c 0-0179

294 0-1270

304 0-1240

308 fe0 0-1250

314 fe0 0-1000

120 0-0238

120 fe0 0-0074

68 0-0275

191 0-0238

TOTAL OF VILLAGE 1-1908

Amroha Dhanora dhanora Jagwa Khurda 1 fe0 0-0567

4 0-0560

TOTAL 0-1127

G. TOTAL OF VILLAGE 1-3035

UPID NO. 177219 DATE-14/06/2022Website-www.up.gov.nic.in

ORDERIn supercession of order no. F.10 (50)/96-97/Ex/IMFL/PF/1395-1412 dated 07.06.2022, it ishereby ordered that “Dry Days” shall be observed onaccount of Bye-Elections to 39- Rajinder NagarAssemby Constituency of NCT of Delhi by L-1, L-3, L-4,L-5, L-7V, L-8, L-11, L-15, L-16, L-17, L-19, L-20, L-21,L-22, L-23, L-25, L-26, L-27, L-28, L-29, L-31, L-33, L-34, L-35, L-36, L-38, P-10, P-10A, P-10E and P-13Licensees and opium vends located within the 39-Rajinder Nagar Assembly Constituency, NationalCapital Territory of Delhi.

The above shall be observed as “Dry Days” in additionto the Dry Days notified vide Order no. F.10(56)/96-97/EX/IMFL/EX/PF/163-180 dated 24.01.2022.

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ANURADHAMASCARENHASPUNE, JUNE15

A NEW study by the Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR)-NationalInstitute of Virology (NIV) and BharatBiotech shows that a Covaxin boosterdose is effective against both the Deltaas well as Omicron variants BA.1.1 andBA.2 of Covid-19.“The booster dose of Covaxin was

found to improve theneutralising anti-bodyresponseagainstVoCs(variantsofconcern), including Delta and theOmicron. This is a promising study,” DrSamiran Panda, Additional Director-General, ICMR, told The Indian Express.The findings are based on a study

thathasbeenconductedonanimalsandwill be followed up in human trials aswell. The study was conducted earlierbut it takes time togetpublishedaspertheprotocol, saidDr Panda.The ICMR-NIV study has been pub-

lished as a pre-print in bioRxiv andpostedonJune14as“Protectiveefficacyof Covaxin against Delta and Omicronvariants in thehamstermodel”.Researchers from NIV and Bharat

Biotechanalysedtheprotectiveefficacyof Covaxin following second and thirddose immunisations against the Deltavariant and studied the efficacy of thesamevaccine againstOmicronvariantsin a Syrian hamster model (animalmodel to study human-associated dis-eases).In the Delta infection study, re-

searchers compared the protective re-

sponse between the second and thirddose regimens and said that they couldobserve the advantage of the boosterdose vaccination.Although the neutralising antibody

levels were comparable among thegroups, lungdiseaseseveritywasfoundreducedafterthethirddosevaccination.Inthesecondstudy, inwhichprotec-

tive response was assessed againstOmicron variants BA.1 and BA.2 afterthree dose vaccinations, the test casesreported lesser virus shedding, lungvi-ral load and lungdisease severity.

AMILBHATNAGARNEWDELHI, JUNE15

THE 2015 Dadri lynching vic-tim’s daughter recorded herstatementfortheseconddayonWednesdayasthetrialpickeduppace after seven years. Shaista(27), daughter of MohammadAkhlaqwhowasbeatentodeathon the suspicion of eating beefandcowslaughter,recordedhertestimonyatafast-trackcourtinSurajpur during the trial's evi-dencestage.“Testimonies of key wit-

nesses in the case began onTuesday. Akhlaq’s daughter hasrecorded her statement basedon the FIR filed in the case. Shehas corroborated the sequenceof events since shewas presentat thetimeof the incident.Afterher, other familymemberswillgive their testimonies,” saidYusuf Saifi, lawyer representingAkhlaq’s family.According to officials,

Shaista in her testimony hasnamed accused who allegedlyharassed the family followingthe incident and narrated heraccountof seeingAkhlaqbeingdragged out of the house by amobandbeatenup.Earlier,po-licehadrecordedherstatementbefore a magistrate underSection164of theCrPC.The woman was cross-ex-

amined by one of the defence

lawyersaspartof theprocedure,officialssaid.Onceherstatementisrecorded,familymembers, in-cluding Akhlaq's wife Ikramanand hismother Asgari, will alsopresent their testimony,saidof-ficials.Thetestimonyoftheaccused

willberecordedaftertheypres-enttheirevidence.Thenextdatehas been set for Friday duringwhich Shaista’s testimony islikely toconclude.The FIR registered at the

Jarcha police station was filedunder IPC sections 302 (mur-der), 307 (attempt to murder),147 (rioting), 148 (rioting withdeadlyweapon),149(unlawfulassembly), 323 (assault), 504(intentional insult to disturbpeace), amongothers.ASurajpurcourthadin2016

ordered a separate FIR to befiled against the family mem-bers of Akhlaq for alleged cowslaughter.Allthe19accusedinthecase

are currently out on bail. Thecasewas handed over to a fast-trackcourt inApril 2016.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEMUMBAI, JUNE15

THENAGPURpolicehasfiledanFIRagainstformerCongresscitypresidentSheikhHussainforal-legedlyusingderogatorywordsagainst Prime MinisterNarendraModi.The FIR was registered at

Gittikhadan police station inNagpur under sections 294 (ob-sceneactsandsongs)and504ofIPC(intentionalinsultwithintentto provoke breach of peace) onWednesday.WhilecriticisingPM,Hussain

allegedly used abusive andderogatory terms. The Congressleader’s attack onModi was toprotest the EnforcementDirectorate’s summons toRahulGandhi for interrogation inNationalHerald-AJLdealcase.Thecentralagencyhascalled

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi

andRahul Gandhi for question-ing in the National Herald-AJLdealcaseinDelhionMonday.TheCongress took strong objectionsandlaunchedanagitationacrosscountryincludingDelhi,Mumbai,Nagpuramongothercities.The BJP leaders in Nagpur

tookstrongobjectiontoHussain’sallegedabusiveremarksandde-manded his arrest within 48hours. A BJP delegation led bygeneral secretaryChandrashekhar Bawankulewent topolicestation inNagpur.Bawankule said, “We demandimmediate arrest of Hussain. Ifthepolicedonottakeanyaction,BJPwill launchastrongprotest.”BJP city unit chief Praveen

Datkesaid,“Wedemandsternac-tionagainstHussain.Howcanheuse such derogatory languageagainstPMof India.”BJP’s Amravati unit also filed

FIR againstHussain in AmravationWednesday.

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICENEWDELHI, JUNE 15

NEARLY 10 days after conduct-ing a routine test of its nuclear-capable Agni missile, India onWednesdaycarriedoutatestonits other nuclear-capable mis-sile, Prithvi.The government said in a

statement that a “successfultraininglaunchofaShort-RangeBallistic Missile, Prithvi-II” wascarried out at 7.30 pm onWednesdayfromtheIntegratedTestRangeinChandipur,Odisha.“Themissile isaprovensys-

tem and is capable of strikingtargetswith a veryhighdegreeof precision,” the statementsaid,addingthatthe“usertrain-ing launch successfully vali-dated all operational and tech-nicalparametersof themissile”.Prithvi-II is an indigenously

developed surface-to-surfacemissile, which has a range ofaround 250 km and can carryone-tonpayload.The test comes days after

India tested its IntermediateRange Ballistic Missile Agni-IVonJune6,whichcantravelas far as 4,000 km. After the“routineusertraining”launchtest of Agni-IV, the govern-ment had said that the suc-cessful test “reaffirms India'spolicy of having a CredibleMinimum DeterrenceCapability”.The tests come at a time

when globally there appearstobea revampof nuclear ca-pabilities.

In an interview with VARINDERBHATIA, Congress rebel MLA fromHaryana,KULDEEPBISHNOI, whosecross-votingsankpartynomineeAjayMaken's chances in the June10RajyaSabha polls from Haryana, says theCongressisin“self-destructionmode”,andcallsRahulGandhi an “inaccessi-ble” leaderwho “takes decisions un-derpressure”.

What ledyoutorebelagainst theparty?Themajorreasonis that thisparty

isinself-destructionmode.Theyhavebeen repeatedly takingwrong deci-sions across the nation. As far asHaryana is concerned, their decisiontomakeUdai Bhan the president is adisaster.Whenyouchoosetheheadofastate,youshouldpickaknownface...WhoisUdaiBhan?Nobodyknewhimbefore hewas appointed PCC presi-dentIfyoupickaweakleader,howcanyouwinawar?

Yourcross-votingledtoAjayMakenlosinghisRajyaSabhapolls.Ididnotvoteforhim[AjayMaken]

becausethis isnot theCongresspartyof IndiraGandhijiorRajivGandhiji. Ithas becomeHooda Congress. Beforethe June10polling, I toldAjayMakenandpartyaffairsinchargeVivekBansalthat I would not vote for the party.They toldme that RG [Rahul Gandhi]

wouldmeetme,buthedidnot...

AreyouupsetbecauseyouwerenotmadePCCpresident?I never ran after a particular post.

Over a decade ago, I haddeclined thepost of DeputyCM. I likewinningbat-tles... RG had promised me that hewouldletmebuildthepartyinHaryana.Hewas theonewhopromisedmethepost of PCCpresident. But, he failed tokeephispromise...BeforeUdai Bhanwas appointed,

PriyankaGandhi calledmeandprom-isedme that Iwould be the next PCCpresident... They [Rahul andPriyanka]toldme that Bhupinder SinghHoodaand I, together,we can turn the tide inHaryana...But, suddenly they suc-cumbedtopressurefromHooda...AfterUdaiBhanwasappointed,Iex-

pressedmy anger on socialmedia...CongresspresidentSoniaGandhicalledmeandtoldmenottogetangry.ShetoldmethatRGwillmeetme.Heneverdid.

WhydoyouthinkRahulGandhichangedhismind?

That is his problem.He takesdeci-sionsafterconsultingthree-fourpeoplewho are his immediate coterie. Hiswrongdecisionsareresultinginourre-peatedlosses.WhydoyouthinkScindialeft the party? Because RG does notmeetanybody.He[RG]hasabadcoterie.Theyarethepeoplewhodonotunder-standpolitics...

WhydoyouthinkthepartyhighcommandsuccumbedtopressurefromHooda?Hoodahasfailedrepeatedly.Hewas

given a free hand in 2009, 2014 and2019.Hefailed...andcouldnotgetama-jorityforthegovernmentinHaryana...Inameeting chaired by RG about twomonthsago...Ihadpointedoutthathereisthisman[Hooda]whohasrepeatedlyfailed.ItoldRGthatforGod'ssake...givehimanotherjob.

WhatnextforKuldeepBishnoi?BJP?I said the same thing about the

Congress, too. With time, a partychangesandweneedtoappreciatethat.Weneed to leave outwhat's bad andembracegood ideologies andpolicies.Forthenextfewdays, Iwillmeetmoreofmypeople andwhatever they sug-gest, Iwill takeadecisionaccordingly. Ihave been getting offers from theBJP,AAPandotherparties,too.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICETHIRUVANANTHAPURAM,JUNE15

THE KERALA government onWednesdayremovedapoliceof-ficerinKannurdistrictforissuingnotice to a localmosquewhichstated that there should be nohatespeechduringFridaynamaz.TheSHOofMayyilpolicesta-

tion,BijuPrakash,hadissuedthenoticetoalocalmosquecommit-tee against the backdrop of the“situationprevailinginthecoun-try in thewake of the row overremarksagainst theProphet.’’Thenotice said there should

notbeanyhatespeechthatshat-ters communal harmony. TheSHOsaidactionwouldbe takenagainst those who indulge insuch speech. The notice hadevoked protest from variousMuslimoutfits.An official release from the

CMOsaid the notice of the SHOwas"contrary to theviewof theLDFgovernment".“TheSHOhadissuedthenoticewithoutunder-standingthegovernmentpolicy.Hence, the DGP had removedhimfromduty,’’ it said.CMPinarayiVijayansaid the

governmentdidnotbelievethatcommunalpropagandawasbe-ing carried out in mosques.Hence,actionwastakenagainsttheofficer.

Cong leader bookedover ‘derogatoryremarks’ against PM

India test-firesnuclear-capablePrithvi-II missile

PRESIDENTIALPOLLS

Opp leaders speak toGopal Gandhi, he sayspremature to comment

Leadersofoppositionpartiesatameetingheld inNewDelhitodecideonPresidential candidate. Anil Sharma

New Delhi:Government advisorypanelNTAGIwillmeetonThursdayto review data on Covaxin andCorbevax vaccines for the 6-12 agegroupandalsodeliberateonreduc-ingthegapbetweenthesecondandprecaution doses from the currentnine to six months The NationalTechnical Advisory Group onImmunisationwillholditsmeetingamidafreshspikeinCovid-19casesin thecountry. India's drug regula-tor inAprilhadgrantedemergencyuse authorisation for Biological E'svaccineCorbevaxforthoseagedfiveto 12 years and Bharat Biotech'sCovaxin for children in the agegroupof six to12yearsPTI

NTAGI TO REVIEWCOVAXIN,CORBEVAXDATA FOR6-12-YEAR-OLDS TODAY

Case picks up paceafter 7 yrs, Akhlaq’sdaughter testifies

Akhlaqwasbeatentodeathonsuspicionof cowslaughterin2015

Kerala SHO whoissued notice tomosque panelagainst hatespeech removed

RebelCongMLABishnoicross-votedinRS polls

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THE JOBS PUSHWhatisneededisemploymentinmanufacturing,especiallyforlowandsemi-skilledworkers.Privatesectormustleadtheway

T HATINDIAHASajobsproblemisbeyonddebate. In largemeasure, it iswors-ened by the underlying structure of the Indian economy. The rapidly grow-ingservicessectortendsnotonlytobelessemploymentintensive,but isalsomore geared towards absorbing the skilled sections of the labour force. And

thegigeconomy,whichdoesemploytheunskilled,simplydoesn’tcreateenoughjobsforthemillions entering the labour force eachyear. The challengehasbeen, and continuesto be, the inability to facilitate the creation of a labour intensivemanufacturing sectorthat isabletoabsorbthelowandsemi-skilledsectionsof thelabourforce.Withthenextgeneralelectionlessthantwoyearsaway,andgiventhatunemploymentandinflationarethe two biggest economic issues today, the government appears to be nowmoving totackle themwithsomeurgency.On Tuesday, the Centre announced plans to recruit 10 lakh people inministries and

departmentsoverthenextone-and-a-halfyears.Therecruitmentdrivewillostensiblybedirectedtowardstheyouth.However,thisambitiousdrivecouldbecircumscribedbysomefundamentalconstraints—thesizeofgovernment, forone.Accordingtothereportof the7th Pay Commission, the total sanctioned strength of the central government fell from41.76 lakh in 1994 to 38.9 lakh in 2014. In 2021, the strength of the central governmentstoodat34.5 lakhasper theUnionbudget.Moreover, between2006and2014, theaver-age recruitment in thecentral governmentwasa littleoverone lakheachyear. Between2017-18and2021-22, the staff selection commissionand theunionpublic service com-mission recruited only 1.74 lakh and 24,836 candidates, as reported in this paper. Thesenumbersnotonlyraisequestionsovertheabsorptivecapacityof thestate,butalso implythatgovernmentemploymentactuallyformsasmallproportionoftheformallabourforce,andanevensmallerpartof the total labour force. In fact, thePayCommissionreporthadnotedthat “thecentralgovernment isatbestamarginal source foremploymentgenera-tion.”Thus,consideringthescaleofthechallenge,thisrecruitmentdrivewillnotbeenough.Further, not only does this expansion in public sector jobs pose a challenge to the

promise and goal of minimumgovernment, implicit in thismove is also the acknowl-edgment that not enough jobs are being createdby theprivate sector,which should betheprincipaldriverof employmentgeneration.Withroughly12million individualsen-tering theworking age population each year, around 6million jobs need to be createdeachyear, assuminga labour forceparticipation rateof 0.5. But this is just to absorb thenewentrants to the labour force. Employment opportunities for thosewanting to shiftoutof agriculturealsoneedtobe factored in.This requirescreating jobsatascalewhichonly theprivate sector candoefficiently.

A VERY BIG LEAGUEIPL’ssoaringrevenueswilldeepenits inroadsintooverseasmarketsandincreaseaudiencethroughstreamingservices

ONLY 15 YEARS since it became a regular summer spectacle, the IndianPremier Leaguehasexpanded its vistas at ahurtlingpace. The6.20billiondollars auction of its media rights makes it the secondmost expensiveleague, on per-match basis, in theworld. The League, a domestic tourna-

mentofasportplayedprofessionally injustadozencountries,hassupersededthemostwatchedfootball leagueintheworld,theEnglishPremierLeague.EveryEPLmatchcosts11milliondollars,whereasthevalueofeachIPLmatchisanestimated13.82milliondol-lars, secondonly to theNFL,whereeverygamecosts36milliondollarspergame. If thisdoesnotmakecricket—rather the IPL—aglobalplayer,nothingwould.TheLeague’ssoaringrevenueswillaidfar-reachingplansforthenextdecade,aperiod

whenteamownershopetoexpandtheIPL'salreadyrobustcalendar,makedeeperinroadsintooverseasmarketsandincreasetheaudiencethroughstreamingservices.Thereislit-tledoubtthatthealreadywealthyIndiancricketboardwillemergericherandmorepow-erful.WhentheLeaguewaslaunched,thenchairmanLalitModihadlabelleditasamar-riage between cricket and Bollywood. Now cricket — or IPL— turns Hollywood-esque.Cricket, likemost teamsports,will likelybecomeclub-centric.Therewillbecasualties too. It couldpotentiallyhastenthedeathofbilateral limited-

overseriesaswell aspushthe50-overversion intoextinction.Assuch, thecharmof theODIshas faded, except during the timeof theWorldCup. Two-nationT20 series are of-tenconsideredmeaningless,andtheirfrequencycoulddrop.Onlycricketersintheteam-sportworld have this unique challenge of playing different versions of the same game.Perhaps a timewill comewhenonly theoldest andnewestmembers of the family treesurvive—the146-year-oldTestcricketandthe14-year-oldmulti-billionairegreat-greatgrandchild. Therestmightexist, butas faded figures incricket’s familypicture.

DRAWING CLOSERBetterconnectivitybetween IndiaandSri Lankacouldhelpthemrealise the fullpotentialof theirpartnership

CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN SRI Lanka and India seems set to improve, espe-cially between the Tamil areas in the north and Tamil Nadu across the PalkStrait. The projects to link Jaffna by air to Trichy and by boat to Karaikal ontheCoromandelCoastareofapiecewithIndia'sdevelopmentoutreachtoSri

Lankathatfocusesonbuildinglong-terminfrastructureprojectsintheislandnation,be-sidesaid foremergencyneedssuchas fuel, foodandessentialmedicines.MultipletransportlinksexistedbetweenIndiaandSriLankauntilthe1980swhenthe

civil war severely curtailed exchanges and transactions. Before that, a cyclonic storm in1964 destroyed the PambanBridge and the railway terminus and jetty at Dhanushkodithatforcedthegovernmenttoendthepopular“BoatMail”,whichconnectedChennaiandTalaimannarinnorthernSriLankanviaRameswaramthrougharail linkandaferry.Sincethewarended in2009, transportationhasbeenakeyarea that India-Sri Lanka tieshavefocussedon,withrailwaysandports in focus—IRCON,anIndianRailwayssubsidiary, re-storedtheColombo-Jaffnarailwayline,whichwasopenedforthepublic in2014,andhassinceexpanded toKankesanthuraibeyond Jaffna.However, air connectivity fromIndiancities has so far been restricted toColombo. In effect, thismeans that aperson travellingfrom Jaffna toChennai or Trichy/Madurai—a45-minute journeybyair—has todoa sixto eighthour rail or road journey toColomboand then fly out.Direct flights outof JaffnatocitiesinTamilNaduwillsavetraveltimeandmoney,whichcouldgiveafilliptotourism,particularlypilgrimage, inthe Jaffnapeninsulaaswellas in India.Similarly, theproposedferry services betweenKaraikal and Jaffna/Kankesanthurai could at a later stage be up-gradedtofacilitatetransportof cargofromIndiatoSriLanka—atpresent,Colomboistheonly port of entry for Indian goods,which involves extra travel. However, a luxury ferrybetweenTuticorinandColombolaunchedin2011washaltedfor lackofpatronage.Thecurrent crisis inSri Lankahas forcedColomboto recalibrate tieswithNewDelhi

and the latter to emphasise its “Neighbourhood First” policy. The challenge, however,wouldbetoinsulatebilateralrelationsfromregionalpolitics inbothcountriesandbuildon the gains for both. Better connectivity and improved travel facilities could help re-movetheremaining layersofmistrust thathasconstrainedthe India-SriLankapartner-ship fromrealising its fullpotential.

Mini Chandran

Thearmedforcesneedsupportandreform.ButAgnipathdoesnotpass thesmell test

A DAY TO REMEMBERWithUlysses,100yearsago,EnglishnovelsteppedoutofconfinesofVictorianmorality

THE STRUCTURE OF the military has im-menseramificationsforsecurity,andalsoforsocial organisation at large. The Agnipathscheme is a major structural reformwithconsequencesbothforthearmedforcesandsociety at large. Some reforms and restruc-turing of the armed forces was overdue.Sometimes, scepticism about reforms re-flects an underlying status quo bias, ratherthananassessmentofneeds.ButitisalsothecasethatthisAgnipathisasmuchaboutcre-ating a political illusion of reform as it isabout addressing the armed forces' needs.The spin given to the reform needs to betreatedwitha lotmorecaution.For starters, it is being conveniently

glossedoverthatthereformisrootedinapo-litical economy failure. The current rulingdispensationdeeplypoliticisedthequestionofarmedforces'pensionsbymakingitacen-tralelectionissue.TheresultingOROPreformwasahuge fiscal burdenon the state. Thereis a lesson in this. Brazen institutional pop-ulismwill always incur long-term costs forthe institution; and always protecting thebenefitsof incumbentsinthatinstitutionwillcome at the expense of future recruits. Acombination of political populism, and thearmedforces'ownlackofcreativeleadershiponpension issues, has led to the triumphofbureaucratswholikeboththecasualisationof government employment andarepennywisepound foolish.Sometimes,fiscalcrisescanbeleveraged

for creative reform. But the framing aroundthe issue suggests that this is going to benothingof the sort. For one thing, for all thebluster about China andGreat Power com-petition, we have signalled that we simplydo not have the fiscal resources for the biggame.The financetailwillwagthestrategicdogtoomuch.Thesecondframingisthatthearmed forces needed two fundamentalshifts: A shift fromreliance onpersonnel totechnology,andayoungerageprofileof sol-diers.Botharelaudatorygoals.Butisthisthebestway to achieve them? For starters, theissueof technologyversustroopsisonethatshould be dealt with in its own terms, notgoverned just by the logic of cutting yourpensionbill.

And it is also importantnot tobecarriedawaybysimplisticideasthattechnologycanreplace troops on the ground. Prettymuchevery recent war, from Afghanistan toUkraine, is driving that lesson home. InIndia’s case,wehavebeensooften told thatpresenceonalargeinhospitableborderisvi-taltoholdingterritory.Ayoungerageprofilemighthelp.Butsurelythathastobeweighedagainsttraining,experienceandprofessionalbonds.With the new recruiting practices,will itbethecasethat thearmyhastoo longa tail of inexperiencedsoldiers, asLtGenPRShankar pointed out in his article, 'Tour ofDuty:TheKindergartenArmy'?Onemajor reform is recruitment on an

all-India basis, rather than by state allot-ments. This may be a good thing. But twothings have to be kept in mind. First, theIndianArmy’s success as an institution em-beddedindemocracyhasinpartcomefromitsabilitytomaintainsomeregionalbalance,and become the army of all of India. AsStevenWilkinson’s work pointed out, thisbalance is crucial inavoidingethnic conflictand civil war. Second, all-India recruitmentwillrequireamassiveorganisationalandcul-tural shift in the army. Itmight bedesirableandpossibletoachievethis.Buthere,theob-jectives are internally inconsistent. If youwant to create new regimental cultures,sources of loyalty and discipline, you needlongertermsof servicetogetherrather thanshorter ones.We also know from the expe-rience of other institutions that itmight beharder to integrate recruits that are on twodifferentprofessional tracks.Manyarmieshaveshorttoursofdutybe-

causethereisashortageofpotentialrecruits.Inothercases,thereisvoluntaryenlistment.Butherewhatyouaredoingisabsurdlymar-keting the army as a skill developmentschool.Thereistheobviouschallengeofhowmuchitsskillswillbemarketable.Butmoreimportantly:What happens to the idea ofprofessional identitywhere your service issoshort?Doubtless, itcanshapeyou.Butcanit become your professional identity? Thearmedforcesaresustainedbyacombinationofduty,normsandincentives.Butevenmoreimportantisasenseofprofessionalidentity:

“This iswho I am.” Is so short a tour of dutyenoughforthat?Whatdoes itmeantohavean institutionwhere for a largemajority ofrecruits, the institutionwill not be a signifi-cantpartof yourprofessional identity?Andfinally,therearetheramificationsfor

society.Thisoneisadelicateneedletothread.If thearmyexperience is so fabulous thatnocivilian jobafter itmatchesupto its senseofpurposeorworking conditions, youare set-ting up large numbers of young people to alife of frustration. On the other hand, if it isnot a great experience, deeply profession-alised,youarepotentiallymilitarisingalotofyoungpeople,withoutthefuturesafeguardofmilitary discipline. There is ample evidenceof thepotential for themilitarisationof soci-etythatcomesfromprematurelydecommis-sioned soldiers.What happens in the armyhashugesociologicalimplications,andifnothandledwell,wecouldbeplayingwith fire.Governmentcasualnessrecentlybotched

up amuch simpler reform: The creation ofthe post of Chief of Defence Staff. The factthatithasbeensixmonthssinceanappoint-mentwasmadetellsyoueitherthatthepostisnotasimportantaswethink,orthatthereis a dearth of competent people (unlikely),or that there is evenmore politics to thesepositionsthaniswarranted.Indeed,wehavenotevensortedouttheprotocolsforthispo-sition. The three service chiefs are, rightly,senior to thedefence secretary. But theCDSwasmade secretary to the Department ofMilitaryAffairs. In thatcapacityhe is subor-dinatetotheservicechiefs,andyetheissen-iortothem.Thisepisodeinminiaturehasallthe hallmarks of what happenswhen spindominates: No attention to detail, politicallogicoverriding institutional sanity.The armed forces need support and re-

form.But reforms shouldbegovernedbyasound sociological, professional, institu-tional and strategic logic. This reform failsthe smell test on all four. A dose of scepti-cism might be a better act of patriotismthancheerleadingblindly, especially if youwant reforms to succeed.

Thewriter is contributingeditor,The IndianExpress

ONJUNE16,1904,anondescriptmiddle-classhouseholdersteppedoutofhishousetowan-derthroughthestreetsofDublin,andlikeyouandme, kept thinking about the issues thatbotheredhim—this ranged fromthechoiceof soap he had to buy, tomore seriousmat-ters like the death of his son and the sus-pectedinfidelityofhiswife.Theseinnocuoushappenings became the stuff of amodern-dayproseepic, turningthecentral characterLeopold Bloom into amodernUlysseswiththe banalities of hismiddle-class existencebeing transformed into the singular experi-encesof anepicheroonhisquest.Ulysses by James Joyce was deservedly

laudedas the epic of our timeswhen itwaspublishedin1922,althoughBloom’s“adven-tures” as he walked up and down Dublincould not have beenmore remote from theadventures encountered by the hero of theGreekepic.However, in thiscentenaryyear,ithastoberememberedforrewritingthele-gal conceptof obscenity in literature.The novel, before its publication in en-

tirety, had been published serially in theAmericanmagazineLittleReview from1918onwardswhen it began to face allegationsof obscenity. The issues which carried thechapters of “Lestrygonians”, “Scylla andCharybdis”and“Cyclops”wereconfiscatedandburnedby theUSPostOffice. Themid-1920issuewhichhadthe“Nausicaa”chap-ter had to face a worse problemwhen theNew York branch of the Society for theSuppression of Vice lodged a formal com-

plaint against it in court. The SpecialSessions Court, despite the testimonies ofnovelists like JohnCowperPowys,declaredthe novel to be obscene and convicted theeditorsofLittleReview. Thiseffectivelypre-cluded the possibility of the novel beingprinted in theUS.Ulysseswas rescued from premature

deathbySylviaBeach,theownerofthewell-known Paris bookshop, Shakespeare andCompany. Although strict censorship lawsprevented the possibility of Ulysses reach-ing Anglo-American shores, the ban in theUSmanagedtotransformwhatwouldhavebeen a highbrowwork that daunted thefaint-hearted into a controversial book thatwassoughtfor its forbiddencontent.Takingadvantageof thefact that JoycedidnothavelegalcopyrightoverthenovelintheUS,somemagazines began to publish excerpts thathighlighted the sleaze rather than literarymerit. Itsoonbecamea“bootlegclassic”andcontinued tobe so, till RandomHousepub-lishersdecidedtotestthewatersbypublish-ingtheentirenovelin1930.Asexpected,thenovelwasconfiscatedonthegroundsthatitwasobscene.Theensuingcourttrialbecamea landmark incensorshipcasesworldwide.The prosecution contended that the

novelwasobsceneaswellasblasphemous;Joyce, itwaspointedout,wasnotabelieverand wrote with a distinctly anti-Catholicviewpoint.ThedefencelawyerMorrisErnstrightly pointed out that the concept of ob-scenitywasvariable,dependingonthetime

and context. The perception of obscenitycould change fromoneperson to theother,anditwasdifficulttoarriveatacomprehen-sive definition of the concept. However,whatwastobecomeapivotalclause,notjustin this case but for later obscenity trials aswell,washis argument that a literaryworkhad to be judged as awhole andnot on thebasisofexcerptswhenitcametojudgingis-suesof obscenity.JudgeWoolsey’s decision was that the

novelwasnotobscene;despitethepresenceof what are popularly perceived as dirtywords, itdidnotcontain“dirtfordirt’ssake”.Hefeltthatthenovelwasa“somewhattragicand very powerful commentary on the in-ner livesofmenandwomen”. Thisdecisionradicallyalteredthelegallandscapeforbooksaccused of obscenity and led years later tothe liberation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, an-othericonoclasticworkbyamaverickgenius.It was also invoked in India to dismiss thechargeofobscenitymadeagainstTheGodofSmall Things in 1997. The four-letter wordsthat were thought of as obscenity in thosedayshavelosttheirshockvalueandarequiteliberally used not just in literaryworks butthemorepopularmediaof filmsandtelevi-sion serials today. So,when Leopold Bloomstepped out of his house on June 16th, theEnglish novel too was stepping out of theconfines of stuffy Victorian morality tobreathe thepureairof freedom.

Thewriter teachesat IIT,Kanpur

Sometimes, fiscal crises canbe leveraged for creativereform. But the framingaround the issue suggeststhat this is going to benothing of the sort. For onething, for all the blusterabout China and GreatPower competition, we havesignalled that we simply donot have the fiscal resourcesfor the big game. The financetail will wag the strategic dogtoo much. The secondframing is that the armedforces needed twofundamental shifts: A shiftfrom reliance on personnelto technology, and a youngerage profile of soldiers. Bothare laudatory goals. But isthis the best way to achievethem? For starters, the issueof technology versus troopsis one that should be dealtwith in its own terms, notgoverned just by the logic ofcutting your pension bill.

Ulysses was rescued frompremature death by SylviaBeach, the owner of the well-known Paris bookshop,Shakespeare and Company.Although strict censorshiplaws prevented thepossibility of Ulyssesreaching Anglo-Americanshores, the ban in the USmanaged to transform whatwould have been a highbrowwork that daunted the faint-hearted into a controversialbook that was sought for itsforbidden content.

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ARGENTINA SURRENDERSARGENTINA HAS SURRENDERED. TheFalklands have been liberated. The Britishpride, punctured by Gen. Leopoldo Galtieriby seizing control of the South Atlantic is-lands by force, has been retrieved. As theBritishDefenceMinistryofficiallyconfirmedthe news about the Argentinian surrender,the PrimeMinister,Margaret Thatcherwasengulfedwithmessages of congratulationsfromevery nook and corner of the country.Therewasgreatreliefamongthepeoplethatthe war is over. Even her political rivals,Michael Foot, David Owen andDavid Steel,congratulated her in public for her success.

Thejubilationwassowidespreadthatatonetime Thatcher appeared to be attaining thestature of Winston Churchill. But, alreadywithin the country, people are openly say-ingthatherhandsaresoakedwiththebloodof hundredsof youngand innocent lives.

PM PLANS REVAMPINDIRAGANDHI IS thinking of massive re-organisation of the party and importantchanges in the Government soon after thepresidentialelections,accordingtoinformedsources.Thesourcessayassoonasthepres-idential election is over, the process of re-vamping the organisation in various states,

includingchangeof leadership,willbeiniti-ated.Gandhi'smainaimis reported tobe tostrengthenthepartyinviewofanothermini-generalelectiondueearlynextyear.AndhraPradesh,Karnataka,JammuandKashmirandTripura are due to go to the polls next year.There is also a plan to hold elections to theDelhiMetropolitanCouncilalongwiththeseassemblyelections.

THE ISRAELI INVASIONARTILLERYANDTANKcannonduelsbrokeanuneasy truceonBeirut's outskirts as Syria re-jectedanultimatumfromIsraeliinvasionforcestopullitsforcesfromtheLebanesecapital.

JUNE 16, 1982, FORTYYEARSAGO

Playing with Agni

Pratap BhanuMehta

New Delhi

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While subsidisation or thefree provision of essentialand merit goods can bejustified on the grounds ofmeeting social objectiveswhen the list of commoditiesexpands to include suchitems as TV sets, seriousdoubts arise. For example,one unintended consequenceof free power up to 300 unitsis likely to be an undueincrease in the powerconsumption of householdswhich use less than 300units. Perhaps it is advisableto limit the distribution ofcommodities and services athighly subsidised levels toessential and merit goods.

INFLATION IS back with a vengeance inIndia. TheWholesale Price Index (WPI)and theConsumerPrice Index (CPI) showanupward rising trend, annually, at 13.11per cent and 6.07 per cent respectively.Inflationisheretostaybecauseithasmuchto dowith the decline in value of the ru-pee that has fallen to its lowest, whichmakesimportsofoilandgasmoreexpen-sive. Thewar in Ukraine has the same ef-fect and pushes the price of some fooditemsupward.Thisupsurgeof inflationisaffectingthe

poormorethananyothersocialgroupbe-cause some of the commodities whoseprices are increasing themost (likepetrolandcertain food items) representa largerfractionof thebudgetof themostvulner-able sectionsof society. For instance,WPIandCPI inflation rates of foodwere at 8.5per cent and5.9per cent, respectively.As a result, inequalities—whichwere

already on the rise — are increasing fur-ther. Recently, the State of Inequality inIndiareportshowedthatanIndianmakingRs3lakhayearbelongedtothetop10percent of the country’s wage earners. Itadded:“Ifanamountlikethiscomesinthetop 10 percentile, then the bottom-mostcondition cannot be imagined.”Inequalities are also increasing amongsalaried people, who are privileged com-pared to thoseof the informal sector: Thebottom50percentaccountforonly22percentof the total salary income.Thesituationof thelower-middleclass

and poor is deteriorating. A recent reportfromCRISILpointedoutthatthedatafromtheReserveBankof Indiashowsslowfarmwage growth in nominal terms: From anaverageof6.6percent infiscal2021to5.7per cent in fiscal 2022 (April-Novemberaverage). This is below the inflation rate.Further,thenon-farmwagegrowthhalvedto 3.2 per cent from 6.4 per cent — twicebelowthe inflation rate.Inequalities are obvious in many do-

mains, including healthcare— a sector inwhichgovernmentspendingisfacingcuts.India’s spending on healthcare is amongthe lowest in the world. It has a thrivingprivatehealthcare sector, somuchso thatthe country is a hotspot for medicaltourism. But a decent level of healthcareis available only to the ones who can af-forditbecauseof increasingout-of-pocketexpenditure—thepaymentmadedirectlyby individuals for the health service, notcovered under any financial protectionscheme. Overall, these out-of-pocket ex-

pensesonhealthcareare60percentof thetotalexpenditureonpublichealthinIndia,which is oneof thehighest in theworld.Inequalitiesare largelyaresultof poli-

cies. InIndia, this isparticularlytrueof theway the government increased indirecttaxes (suchasexcise taxes). Suchaction isoften themost unfair as it affects every-one, irrespectiveof their income.Taxesonalcoholandpetroleumproductsarecasesinpoint.Thatsomestategovernmentsalsoimposed their own taxes explains whyIndiahadoneof thehighesttaxationrateson fuel in theworld. The share of indirecttaxes in the state’s fiscal resourceshas in-creasedunderNDA II (from2014 to2019)to reach 50 per cent of the total taxes in2019—against39percentunderUPAIand44per centunderUPA II.In contrast, the big companies are

flourishing, again, partly because of cer-tain fiscal policies. The government’sbudget in 2015 substantially lowered thecorporate tax. It has persisted with thispolicy. In September2019, it reduced thistax for existing companies from 30 percent to 22 per cent; for manufacturingfirms incorporated after October 1, 2019,that commence operations beforeMarch31, 2023, the taxwas reduced from 25 to15 per cent— the biggest reduction in 28years. Inadditiontothesetaxcuts,thegov-ernment withdrew the enhanced sur-charge on long- and short-term capitalgains for foreignportfolio investors (FPIs)as well as domestic portfolio investors.Thesepro-richdecisionsweresomeof thereasons why indirect taxes “had to” in-crease.These government policies are clearly

promoting thesupply sideat theexpenseofdemand,whereastheRBI’srecentdeci-sions are already affecting demand andcompanies’ investment capacities. Thecentral bank has raised interest rates andCRRinanattempttocurbdemand,butde-mand in the country is already choking.Thisisalsowhyinvestmentsareindecline.Such measures may precipitate the ap-proachingcrisis.Though the government is opting for

market-basedeconomics,currently, Indianeeds a mixed solution that comprisesprice stability via government channelsand subsidies.For three years, including this fiscal

year, the special category inflation washigherby180basispoints.Ahigheralloca-tionof funds forMGNREGS in rural areas,aswell as the introduction of similar em-ploymentgenerationschemesinurbanar-eas, should, therefore, beapriority.At thestate level, thedevelopmentofmunicipalbondmarkets could be a plausible alter-native. A reduction in the excise duty onfuel prices andeasing the fuel taxburdencould also supplement thedisposable in-comeandreducetheinputcostburdenforproducers.

Chauhan is an independent researchscholar fromKing’s College, London.

Jaffrelot is senior research fellowatCERI-Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris

THENEWLYELECTEDPunjabgovernment’sannouncementofprovidingupto300unitsof freepower toeveryhouseholdhas raisedquestions: What constitutes “freebies”?Shouldtheybeencouraged?Thereis, infact,noconsensusonthedefinitionofa“freebie”.It isalmostapejorativeterm.Theyconstitutea sub-set of goods and services distributedby thegovernment.In India, policymakers have drawn on

budgetary resources for providing supportto low-income households for augmentingtheir consumption of selected goods andservices,andalsoofferingincentivestosup-portselectedcategoriesof investorsandpro-ducers.Theeconomicobjectivesinthesetwocategories arequitedifferent. The first cate-gory would include the free or subsidisedprovisionof foodgrainsandservicessuchashealth and education. The Punjab govern-ment’sannouncementof freepower falls inthis category. Sometimes, these are also re-ferredtoas“freebies”,dependingonthetypeof commodity provided. Thesemay be dis-tinguished from budgetary support for in-centivising investment or production.Examplesofthelattergroupincludethecen-tral government’s recent initiative for pro-duction-linkedincentivestovarioussectorsand tax concessions. In the past, incentivesin the form of reduction of corporate taxeshavebeenofferedtopromoteinvestmentingeneral, or in certain regions such as back-wardareas.Giventheproliferationof theseschemes

in recent times, three important questionsarise. First, what goods and services shouldbe selected for such programmes? Second,whatshouldbetheiridealmodeofdelivery?Third,what should be aprudent fiscal limitfor fundingsuchprogrammes?The practice of providing certain goods

orservicesfreeorathighlysubsidisedpriceshas been common in budgets. Foodgrains,particularlywheat and rice, are supplied totarget groups at a highly subsidised pricethrough thepublicdistributionsystem.Thesubsidyisthedifferencebetweenthepriceatwhich they are procured and the price atwhich they are sold. In the central budget,the food subsidy amounts to Rs. 2.06 lakhcrore.Theprovisionof foodgrainsataheav-ily subsidised price to target groups hasfound general acceptance, particularlyamong political parties, even though thereare some critics of the measure. The keyquestion is to decide what commoditiesshouldbedistributed freeoratasubsidisedlevel andwhat the level of subsidy shouldbe.Sowhatisa“freebie”dependsonthena-ture of the commodity or the services dis-tributed.Asmentionedearlier, thedistributionof

commoditieswhichare considered “essen-tial”,primarilyfoodgrains,facesnocriticism.In fact, there is enoughevidence that suchadistribution has helped to reduce poverty.There is also a category of goodswhich arecalled “merit” goodswhere significant pos-itive externalities are associatedwith theirconsumption—for instance,healthanded-

ucation-related provisions, includingmid-daymeals andbreakfast. In these cases, thebenefitof theuseof suchgoodsextendsbe-yondtheimmediateconsumertothewidercommunity. In such cases, subsidisation isjustified: If onlymarket prices prevail, thecommunitywill consume less thanwhat issociallydesirable.Thus,whilesubsidisationorthefreepro-

vision of essential andmerit goods can bejustifiedonthegroundsofmeetingsocialob-jectives when the list of commodities ex-pands to includesuch itemsasTVsets, seri-ous doubts arise. For example, oneunintended consequence of free power upto300units is likelytobeanundueincreasein the power consumption of householdswhich use less than 300 units. Perhaps it isadvisable to limit the distribution of com-modities and services at highly subsidisedlevels toessential andmeritgoods.Anydis-tributionbeyondthesetwocategoriesmustbe treated as “freebies”. Thewords “essen-tial”and“merit”shouldnotbemadesoelas-tic as to lose theirmeaning.Thequestionofasuitablemodel forpro-

viding budgetary support arises in the con-text of both consumption and production-supporting initiatives. In the first case,budgetary support toa targetedsegmentofthe population for augmenting their con-sumptionofessentialitemsmaybeprovidedeitherthroughdirectincomesupportorbyafreeorhighly subsidisedprovision.Both in-volve fiscal costs. In the former, income israisedforthetargetedhouseholdswhichwillsupportanincreaseinconsumptionaccord-ing to thehouseholdpreferences. In the lat-ter, the consumption of the selected goodsand serviceswill increase.When the provi-sion of subsidised goods is involved, theremay, in general, be a requirement of a pro-curement set-up and a public distributionsystem.Managing procurement and distri-butionbygovernmentagenciesinvolvesad-ditional costswhich tend to be higher thanthecorrespondingsupplythroughthemar-ket because of leakages and avoidable ad-ministrativecosts.In the case of production-related incen-

tives, alternative methods include directbudgetary support and indirect supportthroughtaxconcessions.Bothhaveadiffer-ential impact.Theseschemesalsorequireto

be carefully designed to avoid theirmisuseandminimise their costs. The provision offreepower to farmerswasoftenmisused—it'sacommonpractice, for instance, toleavethepumpsetsrunningfor longhours. Inthecaseof taxconcessions, therehavenotbeenany convincing studies as to whether thestatedinitialobjectiveswereachievedinlinewith the large budgetary costs. TheGovernmentof Indiacomesoutwithastate-ment of forgone revenues in the context oftax concessions. Themagnitudes involvedamountedto1.9percentand2.5percentoftheGDPin2018-19and2019-20respectively.Some argue that productionmay be incen-tivisedmore effectively by othermethodssuchasinfrastructureexpansion.Therefore,in respect of production-related incentivesalso,greatercareisrequiredfordeterminingthe total quantumof support aswell as thespecific formsof suchsupport.It is also important to consider a limit to

thefiscalcostofundertakingsuchinitiatives.We consider here only the case of distribu-tion of commodities that aremeant to sup-port consumption. This question should beconsidered in lightofour limitedbudgetaryresources. In India, therevenuetoGDPratiohas been stagnating over a long period oftime.During2010-11to2019-20,combinedrevenuereceiptsofcentralandstategovern-ments, relative to GDP, have languished inthenarrowrangeof18.4percentto20.3percent. In contrast, in many developed andemergingmarketeconomies,thisratiotendstobemuchhigher. In2019,theseratioswere36percentand30.1percent for theUKandUSA, 48.6 per cent and 43.6 per cent forSwedenandNetherlands, and31.5per centforBrazil.Consideringthesetrends, itwouldbe prudent to limit overall fiscal support tosuchschemes to less than10percentof thetotalexpenditureof thecentralgovernmentand state governments until their revenueGDP or GSDP ratios are successfully in-creased in a sustainedway. Governmentsthat do not pay adequate attention to thestrengthof their fisc eventuallybecomeex-posed to the cost of the choices that theymake.

Thewriter is formerchairman,EconomicAdvisoryCouncil to thePrimeMinisterand

formergovernor,RBI

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MIXED BAGTHIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Force ofchange’(IE, June15).Thisnewinitiativeby theDefenceMinistrywill fulfill tworequirements. Itwillhelpcompletetherecruitmentprocessinashortduration.Itwill also help keep the armed forcesyoung. It is crucial from a budgetaryperspectivetoo.Aroundone-fifthofthedefence budget is spent onpensions.Withthemonetaryrelief thatAgnipathwill bring, theMinistrywillhaveroomtoacquireassetsofstrategicsignificance.Havingsaidthat,theIndianarmedforcesareknownfor theirqual-ity, andcareneedstobetakenthat thisfast recruitmentdrivedoesn't degradethatquality.

DewangGaneshThosar,Raigad

THISREFERSTOtheeditorial, ‘Forceofchange’(IE, June15).Manyretiredarmyofficers have raised questions onwhether the new recruitment plan,Agnipath, will affect existing trainingresourcesandraiseaquality issue.GoIshouldkeepa closewatchonhowthechanges affect ground realities. Themajor issue arising out of this changeis — what will thousands of youngIndians released annually after fouryears of army service do? The fact re-mains that the fastest growing econ-omy is poor at creating jobs. The gov-ernmentmusttakeimmediatestepstoremedy this.

SanjayChopra,Mohali

THISREFERSTOtheeditorial, ‘Forceofchange’ (IE, June15). The 'Agnipath'

scheme aims to create a leaner mili-tary. But what is the rationale behindkeepingtheminimumageat17.5yearsand restricting the tenure to just 4years, regardless of the devotion ren-deredbytheconcernedAgniveer.Also,whyare25percentof the recruitsab-sorbedtoserveforalongerperiodonlyrestricted to 15 years of service?Ostensibly conceived to revamp ourmilitary set up, the open door policyworks against the existing high stan-dards of military recruitment andwouldjeopardiseournationalsecurityconcerns in the long run. The schemeappears tobedevised inhaste, only toboost employment ahead of the gen-eral elections of 2024.

RaviMathur,Noida

ALL THAT GLITTERSTHIS REFERS TO the article, ‘A reformcalled Agnipath’ (IE, June 15). TheAgnipathschemesoundsasvibrantandcaptivating as other schemes of thepresent NDA government. It seems tobemotivated by economic considera-tions, not strategic reasons, though.Four years of service are not sufficienttogetwell-adjusted to thedemandsofthejobortobecommittedtotheethosof thearmedforces.Uncertaintyof thefuturewill keep these soldiersdesper-ate.Devotingearlyyearsof growthinaservice of fleeting rewardswith no fu-ture prospectsmight not attract suit-able candidates, who otherwise in-tendedtomake full timecareers in theArmedforces.

DevendraAwasthi,Lucknow

LETTERS TO THEEDITOR

INDIAEMERGEDasamulti-partydemocracybecause the creators of our Constitutionwanted to ensure that in a large anddiversecountry such as ours, every citizen gets anequalchanceingovernance.Thebasictenetofour Constitution and democracy is to em-powerthepoorestofthepoorsothattheycanalsoreachthehighestpublicoffice.However, from the very beginning, the

foundationsofourmulti-partysystemwereshaky. There are twomain reasons for thisaberration. One, the politicisation of theIndianNationalCongress,primarily formedto steer our freedommovement, led to thetotal control of one dynasty over the party.Second,thebetrayalbytheCongressgovern-mentsofthepeopleinstateswhereitformeditsgovernmentand its totalapathytowardsregionalaspirations.Thelatterledtothegrowthofstate-based

political outfits, whichwere primarily off-shootsoftheCongressorwereledbyregionalsatraps.Unfortunately, all thesepartieswereovertakenbypoliticalstalwartswhodrewlinesof succession from within their families.Internal democracywas completely stifledwithin thesepoliticaloutfits.A trendthat theCongress started in Indianpoliticswas ruth-lesslyadoptedbythesestate-baseddynasts.PrimeMinisterNarendraModihasrepeat-

edlywarnedthenation,whichissodiverseso-ciallyandculturally,isbeingweakenedduetodynasty politics. The timehas come to fightthisevil.Wemustpush formorerepresenta-

tionandparticipationof thepeopleindemo-cratic processes. The need of the hour is tobringmore youngsters fromdiverse back-groundsintopolitics.Inthepastfour-fivedecades,family-based

partieshavechoked talent andcreated road-blockstothedevelopmentofstates.Dynasty-basedpolitical parties haveneither ideologynor vision. Their only goal has been to grabpowerandclingtoit.Thisresultedinthesepar-tiesplayingthepoliticsofvote-banksandap-peasement. TheCongress adopted the samestrategy at theCentre. Today, theCongress isnolongeranationalparty.Ithasbeenreducedtothepartyofabrother-sisterduo.Soengrossedwerethesepartiesinserving

the interests of their kith and kin that theycompletelyignored“overalldevelopment”and“holisticgrowth”.Theyshunnedallthosesec-tionsofoursocietythatneededtheirattention—villagersandfarmers,Dalitsandbackwardclasses,women and youth. Under dynasticrule,thedangerousandnegativepoliticsofap-peasement flourishedwhich led to thepoorgettingpoorerwhile theoppressedwere re-ducedtosecond-classcitizens.It is due to the political idiosyncrasies

of family-basedparties that Indiacouldnotresolve perennial issues like the removalof Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir,freedomofMuslimwomen fromtriple ta-laq, and the construction of a grand Ramtemple inAyodhya.Therootcauseof thesenagging problems was the politics of ap-

peasement and vote-banks furthered bydynasty-based parties.These parties opposed the bills to scrap

Article 370and triple talaq. They alsoplayedwithIndia’ssafetyandsecurity,firstbyweak-eningIndia’sresponsetoterrorismwhentheywereinpowerandlaterbyquestioningtheval-ourofourarmedforcespostthecross-bordersurgicalandairstrikes.Dynastsarenotconcernedwiththeprob-

lems of the country and society. They careonlyabouttheirvotebanksandthe“growth”of their “family”. It is for this reason thatthree-fourthsofourpopulationhadnobankaccountevenafter70yearsof Independence,poorwomenhadnoaccesstoLPGcylinders,the poor had no health insurance, farmerswere fleeced bymoneylenders, crores ofhouseholdshadnowaterandelectricityandthepoorhadnohomes.The commonman had deep anger and

mistrustoverthepoliticsofdynasty,vote-bankandappeasement.His anger started comingout in2014whenhesawinNarendraModiahope for thenationandhimself.Hehas seenthenationanditspoliticschangingfast.Hehasseenbanksgoing to thedoorstepof thepoor,the poor getting houses, freemedical insur-anceandfreerationsduringCovid,andfarm-ersgettingmuch-neededfinancialaiddirectlyintotheirbankaccounts.Post-2014,Indiahasseentwoleadersfrom

very humble backgrounds becomingPresidentandPM.ThisistheNewIndiaabout

whichtheworldistalkingtoday.Indiahasre-claimeditspositionasatruegloballeader.There is adisturbing trend todayasevery

decision of the government is being seenthrough theprismsof regionalismandcom-munalism.Peoplearealsowaryoftheincreas-ingnumber of family-basedparties. Thena-tionneedsbroad-basedpolitical reforms forourdemocracytothrive.PMModihastalkedaboutoverhaulingour

electoral system.Weneed to think seriouslyabout it. A commission onpolitical reformssuggestedareductioninthenumberofpolit-icalpartiesandtheir reorganisationbasedonideology.Butthoughtherehasbeennomove-mentinthisdirection, it'shearteningthattheelectoratehas rejectedparties dominatedbydynasts. The recent election results in fivestatesisthelatestindicatorof thistrend.Ahealthyandvibrantdemocracycangrow

onthestrengthof nationalistparties. TheBJPhas beenpersistently fighting family-basedpoliticaloutfits.UnderthedynamicleadershipofPMModi,wehavebeenabletofightthepol-itics of casteism, dynasty, nepotismandap-peasement. The struggle to rid thenationofdynastypoliticsislongandhard.Itseffectmustbe felt in all parts of the country — fromMaharashtra to Telangana, fromBihar, UttarPradesh,JharkhandtoJammu&KashmirandTamilNadu.

ThewriterisanMPandBJP’sNationalMediaHead

The shadowof dynasty

Good and bad freebiesThreequestionsarise:Whatgoodsandservicesshouldbeselectedforsuchprogrammes?Whatshouldbe

theiridealmodeofdelivery?Whatshouldbeaprudentfiscallimitfortheirfunding?

Trishali ChauhanandChristopheJaffrelot

Anil Baluni

Family-basedpoliticaloutfitsstifleopportunity,blindleaderstoneedsofpeople

Upsurgeaffectsthepoorthemost.Governmentmustretoolpolicytoensurethatinequalitiesdonotdeepen

CRangarajan

CR Sasikumar

New Delhi


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SHUBHAJITROYNEWDELHI, JUNE15

AHEADOF theNATO summit inMadrid on June 28, visitingSpanish ForeignMinister JoséManuel Albares onWednesdaysaid that NATO (North AtlanticTreatyOrganisation),which tra-ditionally only looked towardstheeastern flank,must also lookto the southern flank, and reachouttoallthosecountriesthatlikeIndia, might be good partners,andinterestedinkeepingstabilityintheworld.In an exclusive interview to

TheIndianExpress,Albares–whomet External AffairsMinister SJaishankar –when asked aboutpossible discussions betweenIndiaandtheNATO,said,“Itisnotformetodecide,itisuptotheUNSecretaryGeneral todecidethat.Butofcourse,adialogue,certainlybetweenNATOandIndia,ismostwelcome.”

He said theNATO summit is,aboveall,meantforNATOmem-bers. “But of course, there is al-ways space for partners and al-lies,”hesaid.The Ministry of External

Affairs said that Jaishankar andAlbareswelcomedsigningofthedefencecontractaspartofwhichAirbusSpainwillsupply56C295aircraft, 40 of whichwould beMadeinIndia,andagreedtofur-therdeependefenceandsecuritycooperation.Edited excerpts of the inter-

view:

WhatwerethemaintopicsofconversationwithministerJaishankar?There are threemain topics.

Weagreed thatwehave to rein-force the bilateral relationship.India is a reliable partner and averyimportantcountry,akeyac-tor in the region.Andweagreedthatmore exchangesmust hap-penbetweenbothof us.Andwe

havetoexchangemoreaboutourviewofglobalaffairs,regionalaf-fairs and also exchange ideas onhowtosolveworldproblems.The second one is economy

and investment. There aremorethan 200 Spanish companieshere and Spanish companieshave a know-how that can helpIndia in infrastructure, railway,water and sanitation or renew-ableenergy.Andthethird isglobal issues.

Without India, very importantchallenges like climate change,thefoodsecuritycrisisthatwearefacing cannot be solved. Sincebothof us are attached tomulti-lateralismandhaverespectforin-ternationallaw,wehavedecidedtojoinforces.

OnRussia’s invasionofUkraine:Spain, as all European coun-

tries,hascondemnedtheRussianaggression.ThemainobjectiveofSpainandall theEuropeanpart-

ners is that peace should be re-stored as soon as possible inUkraine, and the territorial in-

tegrity and sovereignty ofUkraine is respected. That is ourmainandonlyobjective.

OnIndia’sposition:I'mnotgoingtotellanycoun-

try since every country is sover-eign. But I thinkwemust all joinforcestoday,tomakesurethatthewarstops,thatpeacegoesbacktoUkraine,andthattheterritorialin-tegrityandsovereigntyofUkrainearerespected.AndI'msurethatallcountriesintheworldmustagreeatleastonthatbasis.What is important is that

India, it isabigcountrythatplaysastabilisingroleinthisregion.AndwemustcountonIndiatofacethechallenges.Todayitisworldpeace,but also the spillover of theUkrainian crisis— food security.SowhatSpainwants,istoengagewithIndia,bothbilaterallybutalsoto reflect and to join forces onglobalissues.Therearethingsthatwillbemuchmoredifficult todoifwedon'tcountonIndia.

OnChina’sactionsintheregionandlessonsitdrawsfromtheRussianinvasionofUkraine:China is a very important

country,apermanentmemberoftheSecurityCouncil.Andweex-pect China to play the role ofworld power and permanentmemberof theSecurityCouncil,topreserveitsstability,andworldpeace. And this is a role that isevenmore crucial in the region,inChina'sownregion.

OnChina’saggressivemoveswithIndia,asatwo-yearborderstandoff isongoing:Whatwe expect from all of

ourfriendsthatareneighboursisthat theyhavethebest relations.Andwealsothinkthatwar,astheUnitedNationchartersays,mustbe avoided to solve anypoliticalconflictofdispute.

OntheNATOsummitinMadrid:

TheNATO summit is, aboveall, meant for NATOmembers.But of course, there is alwaysspaceforpartnersandallies.Thiswill be a very crucial summit.Because there is this documentcalled the Strategic Concept...therearepressingchallengesandthreats on theeastern flank, andalsofromthesouthernflank.Andat the same time, because thereare two countries, Finland andSweden, that they're asking foraccession,allofthatwillmaketheMadrid summit in about twoweeks,averyspecialone.Butmore andmore, we talk

within NATO— of the 360 de-grees NATO. That means thatNATO that traditionally onlylookedtowardstheeasternflank,must also look to the southernflank, and reach out to all thosecountries that like India, mightbegoodpartners,andinterestedinkeepingstability intheworld.But we must not forget thatNATOisadefensivealliance,not

anoffensiveone.

OnIndia’spossibleparticipationindiscussionswithNATO:It is not forme todecide, it is

uptotheUNSecretaryGeneraltodecide that. But of course, a dia-logue, certainly betweenNATOandIndia, ismostwelcome.

OntheperceptionthatNATO’seastwardexpansionledtoRussianactionsagainstUkraine:I rule that out completely.

Ukraine’saccessiontoNATOwasnoton the table.Ukraine isnot athreat to Russian security. NATOisadefensivealliance.So,noonecanfeel threatenedbyitsexpan-sion.Andaboveall,eachcountrymust be sovereign, to decide towhich alliances, organization oraschemeof securityyoubelong.Sono,Idon'tthinkthatisapossi-bility. FULLINTERVIEWONwww.indianexpress.com

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GajendraYadav

Boy rescuedfrom borewellstable, undersepsis treatment

PRESSTRUSTOFINDIABILASPUR, JUNE15

THECONDITIONof Rahul Sahu,10, who was rescued from aborewell in Chhattisgarh'sJanjgir Champa district after anoperation lasting more than ahundred hours, is stable and isbeingtreatedforsepsis,adoctorat the hospital where he is ad-mittedheresaidonWednesday.Usually, treatment of sepsis

takesatleastsevendays.Itisdiffi-culttopredictwhenRahulwillbedischarged,Bilaspur-basedApolloHospital'sseniorconsultant(pae-diatrician)DrSushilKumarsaid.Releasing amedical bulletin

oftherescuedboy,DrKumarsaidRahulhasmultipleinjuriesduetowhichhehas fever. "SinceRahulwas inside the borewell for sev-eral hours, bacteria entered hisbody,causinginfection,"hesaid.Bilaspur’sChiefMedical and

Health Officer Dr PramodMahajan saidRahul is currentlystable and all his body parts arefunctioningproperly.Meanwhile, CM Bhupesh

Baghel, who visited ApolloHospitalandmetRahul’smotherGeetaSahu,saidthegovernmentwillbeartheboy’seducationalex-penses, agovernmentstatementsaid. InRaipur, a governmentof-ficialsaidBaghelwillfelicitatetherescueteamsinvolvedinthesafeevacuation of Rahul. “All thosewho contributed to the biggestrescueoperationinthehistoryofthestatewillbehonouredbythechiefministerduringafunctionathisofficialresidenceonThursday,”theofficialsaid.

RAAKHIJAGGALUDHIANA, JUNE15

GANGSTERLAWRENCEBishnoi,whowas brought under heavysecuritytothestatebythePunjabPolicefromDelhionWednesday,isbeingquestionedinthesingerSidhuMoosewalamurder case.Bishnoi was produced in thecourtofchief judicialmagistrate,Mansa, around 4 am and wassent to7-daypoliceremand.His medical check-up was

carried out at the district civilhospital. From Delhi to MansaandthenfromMansatoKharar,Bishnoi was brought in a bul-let-proof vehicle under heavy

police security. Bishnoi wasthen taken toMohali and isbe-ing questioned at the CrimeInvestigationAgency office.ADelhicourthadonTuesday

granted the Punjab PoliceBishnoi's transit remandto takehimtoPunjab.Bishnoihasbeennamedanaccusedandconspir-ator in themurderof thesinger.The state government on

Tuesday had stated that on thedirections of the CM, theAdvocate General Punjab ap-pearedinPatialaHouseCourt inDelhi and demanded Bishnoi’sremand. ADGP Anti-GangsterTask Force (AGTF) Promod Bansaid theSIT ismakingprogressin the investigation.

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AIRVSROADTRAVELMAJORITYOF thetouristsarearrivinginLehbyair thatgives themalmostnotimetoacclimatiseandincreases theriskofaltitude-relatedsickness.Datashows,97percentof touristswhoarrived inLehtillMarchendthisyearhadreachedbyair.For thosewhotravelbyroadviaKashmirorManali, abitofacclimatisationoccursduring thejourney itself.

MEDICALHELPTHELADAKHUTadministrationhasincreased thenumberof healthofficials atmedicalfacilities inhighaltitude locations.Special ambulanceshave alsobeenmadeavailable totackle emergencies.

Ladakhhaswitnessedmass-tourismbutwehaveovergrown that stage andwitnessingover-tourismnow.

DELEKSNAMGYAL,PRESIDENTOFALL LADAKHTOUROPERATORSASSOCIATION

SPECIALPROBETEAMMAKESFIRSTARRESTS

MANISHSAHULUCKNOW,JUNE15

THREE YEARS after the YogiAdityanathgovernmentsetupaSpecial InvestigationTeam(SIT)toinvestigatecasesrelatedtothe1984 anti-Sikh riots in Kanpur,four persons were arrested onWednesday in connectionwiththetriplemurderthattookplace37yearsago.This is the first arrest made

by the SIT since it was consti-tutedin2019bytheBJPgovern-ment.TheSITsaidthefouraccused

– Safiullah (64), AbdulRehman(65), Vijay Narain Singh aliasBachanSingh(62)andYogendraSingh alias Babban Baba (65) –have been arrested for their al-leged involvement in themur-der of Bhupendra Singh,Satyaveer Singh Kala andRakshpal Singh at Nirala NagaronNovember1,1984.The Kanpur police, which

hadinvestigatedthecasefollow-ing the riots, had filed a closurereportonthegroundthattheac-cusedcouldnotbe traced.“Theroleof the fouraccused

cametolightduringourinvesti-gation.We arrested them aftercollectingsolidevidenceagainst

them.Raidsarebeingconductedto trace other accused involvedin themurder,” SuperintendentofPoliceBalenduBhushan,whoisamemberof theSIT, said.According to the SIT, when

theriotsbrokeoutonNovember1, 1984, a groupof assailants at-tackedabuildingatNiralaNagarwhere12Sikh families resided.“A group of assailants en-

tered the building and killedRakshpal Singh andBhupendraSingh with sticks and sharp-edgedweapons on the terrace.They brought down the bodiesand set them on fire. The as-sailants also attacked buildingowner Gurudayal Singh BhatiaandhissonSatyaveerSinghKala.Satyaveerlaterdiedduringtreat-ment.Theriotersthensetablaze

the house. One of the rioters,identified as Rajesh Gupta, wasalso killed,” the SP said, addingthe rioters had fled with valu-ables fromthehouse.Theanti-Sikhriotseruptedin

Kanpurfollowingtheassassina-tion of then Prime MinisterIndiraGandhi.At least 127 people were

killed in the violence in the dis-trict.In2019, theBJPgovernment

constitutedanSITtoexamineallthe 1,251 cases linked to the ri-ots inKanpur.The SIT shortlisted 40 of the

1,251 cases thatwere of seriousnature.Of the40,Kanpurpolicehad filed chargesheets in 11cases andsubmittedclosure re-ports in the remaining29.The SIT then asked the state

government to file appealsagainstthelowercourt’sverdictin fourof the11 cases.Of the29cases in which closure reportswere filed, the SIT did not findevidence inninecases.“During our investigation

into the 20 cases, we found in-volvement of 96 people.However, 22 of the 96 accusedhaddied.Wehavearrested fouraccusedandraidsarebeingcon-ducted to trace the remaining70,” said theSP.

Thefouraccused– Safiullah(64),AbdulRehman(65),VijayNarainSingh,aliasBachanSingh(62), andYogendraSinghaliasBabbanBaba(65)—whowerearrested inthecase.Express

1984anti-Sikh riots inKanpur:SITarrests4 for triplemurder

MOOSEWALAMURDER

ABHISHEKANGADRANCHI, JUNE15

A GROUP of men, armed withsticks and chanting slogans,stoppedtwobrothers,whowereouttobuypizzafromalocalout-let in Ranchi, asked them theirnames and then allegedly beatthemup severely on finding outthat theywereMuslims, accord-ing to a complaint filedwithpo-licebyoneof thetwobrothers.TheattacktookplaceinSujata

Chowkareaaround8pmonJune

10,hoursafteraprotestinthecityovercontroversialremarksontheProphetturnedviolent.In his complaint at Chutia

Police Station on June 12,MohammadZeeshanAshfi, 24,saidheandhisbrotherFaizan,20,hadgonetotheoutlettobuypizzaaround 8 pm. “Suddenly 20-25peoplecarryinglathiscameoutofSujata Patel Compound, andstartedbeatingusafteraskingusour names...Wewere badly in-juredandthemobwasraising ‘JaiShri Ram’ slogans. Somehowwemanaged to escape and found a

PCRvehicleoutsideandthepolicetook us to Sadar Hospital,”Zeeshansaidinhiscomplaint.Zeeshan,whosufferedafrac-

ture in the face, told The IndianExpressWednesdaythattheyhadsteppedoutoftheirhomeonlyaf-terthesituationarisingoutoftheviolenceeased.“Iamnotawareifthe perpetrators have been ar-rested... IamnotsureifanFIRhasevenbeenregistered,”hesaid.Ranchi SP City Anshuman

Kumar andSSPSurendra Jhadidnotrespondtocallsandtextmes-sages,seekingpoliceresponse.

‘Mob assaulted us after asking our names’

ABHISHEKANGADRANCHI, JUNE15

A DAY after Ranchi Police re-leasedpostersofthosewhowereallegedly involvedintheJune10violenceduringprotests againstremarks on the Prophet, RajivArunEkka,PrincipalSecretarytoChiefMinisterHemantSoren,onWednesday ordered the RanchiSSPtosubmitanexplanationonreasons for doing so despite it“notbeing legal”.In a letter to Ranchi SSP

SurendraJha,PrincipalSecretaryEkka,whoisalsothestateHomeSecretary,said:“...postersofpeo-ple part of violent protestwereput up by Ranchi Police on June

14, in which many people'snames and other informationhavealsobeengiven.This is ille-gal and against the order of theAllahadbad High Court in PIL532/2020datedMarch9,2020.”He asked the SSP to submitwithintwodaystheexplanation.OnTuesday,thepolicehadre-

leased posters of thosewantedfortheJune10violence.However,hourslateritrevokedthedecisionand removed the posters to“makesomechanges”.Thepolicedid not specify the nature ofchangestheyintendedtomake.The police move to release

thepostershadcomeadayafterGovernor Ramesh Bais “sum-moned” DGPNeeraj Sinha andother senior officials at Raj

Bhawanandaskedthemtomakepublicnamesandaddressesofallprotestersanddisplaytheirpho-tographsonhoardingsatpromi-nentplaces.Leadersoftherulingalliance in the state – Congressand JharkhandMuktiMorcha –had termed it “overreach dic-tatedbytheCentre”.Accordingtoarelease issued

by the state Public RelationsDepartment on Monday, theGovernor had told the officials:“Findoutdetailsof allprotestersandthosewhohavebeencaught,make their names/addressespublic,make their hoardings bydisplaying their photographs atmainplacesinthecitysothatthepubliccanalsoidentifythemandhelppolice.”

JUNE10VIOLENCE

Ranchi SSP asked to explain whyposters of suspects were put up

Lawrence Bishnoi sent toseven-day police custody

Prayagraj: After Kanpur police,Prayagraj police onWednesdayreleasedphotographsof59sus-pects allegedly involved in theJune10clashthatbrokeoutdur-ingaprotestagainsttheremarkson ProphetMohammadmadeby now suspended BJP leaders.Police said they collected thephotos of the suspects from theCCTVfootage in theareaandvi-ral videosof the incident.“Photographs of suspects

havebeenreleasedtoseekinfor-mation from the public. Thename and identities of the in-formerswillbekeptsecret,”SSP(Prayagraj)AjayKumarsaid.ENS

Police release 59suspects’ photos

New Delhi: Saharanpur policehaveorderedaprobeintoaviralvideo in which a “policeman”can be seen beating a group ofpeoplewith a stickwhohad al-legedlybeeninvolvedinthelastweek’s violent protests in thecity over the remarks on theProphet.“Wehaveorderedaninquiry

toascertaindetailsof thevideo.The SP (Saharanpur City) willconduct the investigation, andactionwillbetakenbasedonthefacts determined during theprobe,” said Saharanpur SeniorSuperintendent of Police(Saharanpur)AkashTomar.ENS

Probe into police‘brutality’ video

PRAYAGRAJ

Fake letterhead ofHome Minister:FIR registeredDehradun:TheUttarakhandSTFhas registeredanFIR inconnec-tion with a letter written on afake letterhead of Union HomeMinister Amit Shah, in whichUttarakhandCMPushkar SinghDhamiwas instructed to “criti-cally evaluate the emergingthreattothefamilyhouseof for-mer BJP spokesperson NupurSharma in Dehradun and pro-videherZ-security”.Chief Minister’s Additional

Chief Secretary Radha Raturisaid: “ChiefMinisterDhamihasissueddirectionstotakestrictac-tionagainstthepersonresponsi-ble for the fake letter.” The FIRwasregisteredundersectionsofthe IPC, and InformationTechnologyAct. ENS

RITUSHARMALEH, JUNE15

HIGHNUMBERofcasualtiesduetoaltitude-relatedcomplicationsthisyearswasthethetriggerbe-hind the Ladakh administra-tion's recent mandate of 48-houracclimatisationfortourists.Ladakh Autonomous Hill

Development Council (LAHDC)authorities saywithin less thantwomonths of the tourist sea-son,11deathshavealreadybeenreportedfromLeh'shigherloca-tions,includingPangongTsolakeat 4,225metres above sea level,Changla (5,360 metres) andKhardungLa (5,359metres).ChiefExecutiveCouncillorof

LAHDC, Tashi Gyalson, told TheIndianExpress, “11deathsduetoaltitude-related complicationstook placewithin twomonths.Ofthese,fourwerereportedonlyin first tendaysof June.”Data shows that casualties

amongtourists inLehregion tillJune10werethehighestinthreeyears as 15 deaths were re-ported, of which 11were due toaltitude sickness. The numberfortheyears2021and2020wassixandone, respectively.Therehas beena spike in air

travellers, who, experts say, getlesser time to acclimatise. In2021, of the 3.14 lakh tourists,over2.14lakhreachedbyair.Thisyear'sdatatillMarchshows97%touristsarrivingbyair.Localssaytherewas a spurt in the touristinflowsincetheCovid-19restric-tionswereeased,whichtheycall‘revenge tourism’.“Tourists start visiting high

altitude areas right on the daythey land inLehor thenextday.They are under the impressionthat they are fit and nothingwouldhappen,”officials said.

Tourist deaths spur acclimatisation order

SAHARANPUR

HIJABROW

SANATHPRASADMANGALURU, JUNE15

IT’SBEENoverthreemonthsnowandasecond-yearBComstudentof Government First GradeCollege inHaleyangadi (a villageinMangalore taluk of DakshinaKannada)hasnotattendedclassesowingtothehijabcontroversy.After University College of

Mangalore, Government FirstGrade College, Uppinangady, itis now the Government FirstGrade College in Haleyangadiwhere 19Muslim students arefacing loss of education due tothebanonhijabs. Following theKarnataka High Court order of

March 15 that upheld the rec-ommendations of the CollegeDevelopmentCommittee(CDC)thatmadeuniformscompulsory,the Government First GradeCollege in Haleyangadi strictlyprohibitedMuslimgirlsfromat-tendingclasseswearinghijabs.The student argues that the

banonhijabisonlyforPUcollegesanddoesnotapplyfordegreecol-leges. However, theHigh Courtclarifiedthat“theorderisconfinedtosuchoftheinstitutionswhereintheCDCshaveprescribedthestu-dentdress code/uniform”and inthiscasetheHaleyangadicollegehasmandateduniformsforalongtime now. “It has been nearlythreemonths since I attended

classes and I have also paid thefeesforthenextsemester.SinceIhave discontinuedmy studies, Iam planning to join computerclasses to keepmyself engaged.However, I still have hopes thatmycollegewillallowmetoattendclasseswearingahijab,”shesaid.ShridharK,principalofthecol-

lege,said,“Wehavebeenconvinc-ing the girls to complywith theHighCourtorderbuttheyareveryadamant onwearing hijab.Weeven spoke to the parents but itwasofnouse... It isdisappointingto see these girls,who are goodperformers andwhohave stud-iedhere for twoyears, suddenlydroppingout.” FULLREPORTONwww.indianexpress.com

Karnataka: 19 students of Haleyangadicollege continue to miss their classes

New Delhi

SHYAMLALYADAVNEWDELHI, JUNE15

FOLLOWINGA review of the “status of hu-man resources in all departments andmin-istries”byPrimeMinisterNarendraModionTuesday, his office tweeted that the PMhad“instructed that recruitmentof 10 lakhpeo-ple be done by the Government inmissionmodeinnext1.5years”.

Whyhasthegovernmentlaunchedamassiveemploymentdriveatthispoint?Over the last few years, the central gov-

ernment has been going slow on recruit-ments to regular posts. Its representativeshaveinsteadpointedtoemploymentgener-ationthroughPrimeMinister’sEmploymentGenerationProgramme(PMEGP),MahatmaGandhi National Rural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana(PMKVY),GaribKalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan (GKRA),AatmanirbharBharatRozgarYojana(ABRY),PtDeenDayalUpadhyayGrameenKaushalyaYojana(DDU-GKY)andDeenDayalAntyodayYojana-National Urban LivelihoodsMission(DAY-NULM),Mudra loans,StandUp,etc.Buttheyearningforgovernmentemploy-

mentremainsstrongacrossthecountry,seenperiodically in the waves of applicationswhenever posts are advertised, and in theproliferationofcoachingclassesforcompet-itiveexamsforjobsofallcategories.Thegov-ernmenthasbeenfacingcriticismonthis is-sue — several leaders were confronted byyouthsduringtheUPAssemblyelectioncam-paign,andslogansof“Senabhartichalukaro”wereraisedinatleasttworalliesaddressedbyDefenceMinisterRajnathSingh.The announcement on “missionmode”

recruitments recognises this demand fromyounger voters. The 18-monthwindowan-nouncedbythePMextendsuntilDecember2023,oraboutfourmonthsbeforeLokSabhaelectionsareexpectedtobeheld.

Whatisthecurrentstrengthof theCentre’s“humanresources”?TheUnionBudget for2022-23estimated

thestrengthofcentralgovernmentemployeesat34.65 lakhasonMarch1,2022.Accordingtothelatestavailable(2019-20)AnnualReportof theDepartment of Expenditure, approxi-mately 21.75% of the 40.78 lakh sanctionedpostswerevacantasonMarch1,2020.The IndianRailways are thebiggest gov-

ernment employer —with 12.52 lakh em-ployees as of March 1, 2020, and estimatedstrengths of 12.03 lakh and12.01 lakh as on

March1,2021and2022respectively.Almost 92% of the central government’s

manpowerisemployedbythefiveministries/departmentsofRailways(almost40%),HomeAffairs (almost 30%), Defence (Civil) (nearly12%),DepartmentofPosts(almost5.50%),andDepartmentofRevenue(morethan3%).

Is thatall?No, it isn’t. A very large number of em-

ployees have been hired by central govern-mentministriesanddepartmentsoncontractaspertherecommendationsespeciallyofthelast twoPayCommissions.UnionMinister of State for Labour and

EmploymentRameshwarTelitoldLokSabhaonMarch 21 this year that as of 2021, therewere24.30lakhcontractlabourers/workers/employeesinthe“CentralSphere”.Thisnum-berwas13.24 lakh in2020and13.64 lakh in2019. Central government employees in thiscategoryaremainlyMulti-taskingStaff(MTS),andsomeretiredemployees,amongothers.TheMTSbasicallyworkasGroupDstaff,

recruitments for which have been all butstopped—and the group itself wasmergedwithGroupConApril30,2020,basedontherecommendationofthe6thPayCommission.Recruitmentssuchasthoseofdriverstoo

have almost ceased as several departmentsusehiredtaxis inbulk.

Soexactlyhowmanyvacanciesdoesthecentralgovernmenthave?OnFebruary3, 2022,Minister of State in

theDoPTJitendraSinghtoldRajyaSabhathatasonMarch1,2020,asmanyas8,72,243po-sitionswere vacant in the central govern-ment. On July 22 last year, Singh had givenRajyaSabhathefollowingbreak-upofvacan-

cies as of March 1, 2020: Group A, 21,255;GroupB,94,842;GroupC,7,56,146.IntheeliteIAS,1,515postswerevacantas

onJanuary1,2021—DoPT’sannualreportfor2020-21statesthesanctionedstrengthoftheIAS is6,746,but theactualstrength is5,231.EducationMinisterDharmendraPradhan

toldRajya SabhaonApril 6, 2022 that 6,558and15,227teachingandnon-teachingpostswere vacant in the central universities. InSeptember lastyear,hehaddirectedall cen-traluniversitiestofillvacantpostsbyOctober2022.Alargenumberofemployeessuperan-nuateattheendofeverymonth,andifnore-cruitments aremade, theposts lie vacant orare filled by contractual staff or by re-hiringretiredstaff.

Whatisthelevelofvacancies inthearmedforces?DuetotheCovid-19pandemic, theArmy

put its recruitment process on hold forRecruiting Years 2020-21 and 2021-22.Minister of State forDefenceAjayBhatt toldLokSabhaonDecember10lastyearthat7,476postsofofficers(includingAMC/ADC/MNS),and97,177posts of JCOs/ORswere lyingva-cant.ThecorrespondingnumbersfortheAirForcewere 621 and 4,850 respectively, andfor theNavy,1,265and11,166respectively.WhilerecruitmentralliesforGeneralDuty

in theArmyhave been onhold, the govern-ment on Tuesday announced the new‘Agnipath’ scheme.

Howmanypeolehavebeenrecruitedinrecentyears?Minister Singh’s Parliament response of

February3,2022showsthatmorethan2.65lakhwere recruited in 2020-21—13,238 by

theUnionPublicServiceCommission(UPSC),1,00,330 by the Staff Selection Commission(SSC), and 1,51,900 by the RailwayRecruitmentBoards(RRBs).AccordingtotheMinister'sreply,thelastordertofillvacancieswas issuedonJune3,2021.AnotherreplyprovidedbytheMinisterin

RajyaSabhaonMarch17,2022showsalargebacklogofvacanciesasonJanuary1,2021inthe reserved (SC/ ST/ OBC) categories in 10“majorMinistries/Departmentshavingmorethan 90 per cent of the employees of theCentralGovernment”.

Whatarethemainrecruitmentbodies,andhowmanyhavetheyrecruitedinrecentyears?TheUPSC and SSC are the twomain re-

cruiters of central government personnel.UPSCmakes GroupA andGroup B recruit-ments; theSSCrecruits forallGroupB(Non-Gazetted)andGroupC(Non-Technical)postsin centralMinistries/Departmentsand theirAttached and Subordinate Offices, exceptthosespecificallyexemptedfromitspurview.Itconductsseveralotherexaminationsaswell.TheUPSCadvertised27,764postsandre-

cruited 24,836 people in the last five years,Singh told Lok Sabha onApril 6 this year. Inthesameperiod,theSSCadvertised1,85,734postsandrecruited1,74,744people.TheUPSC’slatestavailableAnnualReport

(2020-21)statesthatinthe14examsheldforCivil Services/ Posts andDefenceServices in2020-21, a total 25.03 lakh candidates ap-plied, 11.38 lakh appeared, and 3,986wererecommended for selection. In 2021-22 theUPSCrecommended4,699candidates,aspertheresponsegiventoLokSabhabySinghonApril6,2022.The SSC, as per its Annual Report for

2020-21, conducted 12 All India OpenCompetitive Examinations, for which 1.08crorecandidatesappliedfordifferentstages.The SSC also conducted the CombinedHigher Secondary Level Examination, 2019— its largest examination — for 41.68 lakhcandidatesacross thecountry.Inall, theSSCrecommended68,533can-

didates for appointment to various poststhrough All India Open CompetitiveExaminations and 358 candidates forSelection Posts during 2020-21. In 2021-22recruitmentfell tojust29,653,asperSingh'sApril6,2022response.TwentyoneRRBsrecruitmainlyGroupC

personnel for Railways; and the Institute ofBankingPersonnelSelection(IBPS)isengagedtorecruitfornationalisedandRegionalRuralBanks.IBPSrecruited7,627candidatestocler-icalpostsand4,398officers in2020-21.

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ANONNADUTTNEWDELHI,JUNE15

PEOPLE WHO were infected with theOmicronvariantofthecoronavirusinJanuaryare still susceptible to otherOmicron sub-variants that are nowemerging across theglobe, inparticularBA.4andBA.5that ledtoa fifthwaveof cases in SouthAfrica andarenowspreadinginEurope,aswellasBA.2.12.1thatisdrivinginfectionsintheUnitedStates.All three variants havebeendetected in

India, but BA.2 —which alongwith BA.1caused the Januarywave in India—contin-uestobedominant,accountingfor32%ofallthe genomic sequences submitted to theglobaldatabaseGISAIDoverthelast30days.

So,someonecanbeinfectedwithOmicrontwice?“Yes, peoplewhohavehad anOmicron

infection in Januarymayget another infec-tiononceothersub-variantssuchasBA.4andBA.5start circulating in thecommunity.WehaveseenthesevariantstakeoverfromBA.2to become the dominant variant in othercountries. They are about 13% to 15%moretransmissible thanBA.2which in itselfwasseveral-foldmoretransmissiblethanthewildtypeof the virus,” saidDr Lalit Kant, formerheadofthedepartmentofepidemiologyandinfectious diseases at the IndianCouncil ofMedicalResearch.BA.2.12.1, first detected inNewYork, is

thoughttobeabout27%moretransmissible.DrKant said, “Not only that, the immu-

nity fromOmicron infections in January –whichdidnotcauseseverediseaseandhencewouldhaveledtofewerantibodiesdevelop-ing — must have started going down.Immunityfromvaccinationalsostartswan-ing after five to sixmonths. So, there canbeanincreaseininfections.”

ArethesenewvariantslikelytobecomedominantinIndia?ThefirstcasesofBA.4andBA.5werede-

tectedinJanuaryandFebruaryinSouthAfricaandbecame thedominant variants byMay,suggesting a clear transmission advantage

over thepreviousBA.2.BA.5hasalreadybe-come the dominant variant in Portugal.Althoughtheproportionsofthetwovariantsare lower in other European countries, theEuropean Centres for Disease Control andPrevention says, “Thegrowthadvantage re-

portedforBA.4andBA.5suggeststhatthesevariantswill becomedominant throughouttheEU/EEA,probablyresultinginanincreaseinCovid-19casesincomingweeks.”

Howwellcanvaccinesprotectagainstallthesevariants?Other than their transmission edge, the

currentlycirculatingvariantscanalsocircum-ventsomeoftheimmunitygainedfrompre-viousOmicroninfectionorvaccination.Data from lab studies have shown that

BA.4 andBA.5 aremore distant from theircousinsBA.1andBA.2thatledtotheJanuarysurge in India.What thismeans is that vac-cinesthatusespikesfromtheancestralviruswouldbelesseffective.“BA.4 andBA.5 are less efficiently neu-

tralisedby sera from individuals vaccinatedwith three doses of Covid-19 vaccine(AstraZenecaor Pfizer) or by sera fromBA.1vaccinebreakthroughinfections.Inaddition,

therehasbeenanincreasedrateof re-infec-tioninPortugal,”theEuropeanCDCsaid.Althoughbreakthroughinfections–in-

fectionsaftercompletevaccination–areal-waysexpected,expertssaidthatthesever-ity of disease is likely to be less. “In fact,complete vaccinationwouldbemorepro-tectiveagainstafutureinfectionratherthanan Omicron infection. This is becauseOmicron infectionsweremilderand likelytogive rise to less antibodies. The [elderly]and co-morbid should definitely get theirbooster shots,” saidKant.

So,couldtherebeawavewiththesenewvariants?DrKantsaid, “Ifwegobytheexampleof

othercountries–andanythingaboutCovid-19hasbeennotoriouslyhardtopredict–itislikelythattherewillbesomeincreaseininfec-tionsbutthecasesarelikelytobemilder,lead-ingtofewerhospitalisationsanddeaths.”

The govt jobs situationSIMPLYPUTQUESTION&ANSWER

ThePMhasorderedamillioncentralgovernmentpoststobefilledin ‘missionmode’overthenext18months.Whatisthestatusofvacancies,andhowmanyrecruitmentshavebeenmadeinthelastfewyears?

@ieExplained#ExpressExplainedIf there are questions of current or contemporary relevance that youwould likeexplained, pleasewrite to [email protected]

APURVAVISHWANATHNEWDELHI,JUNE15

THEDEBATE surrounding the comments byBJPspokespersonsNupurSharmaandNaveenJindal haveput the spotlight on the law thatdealswith criticismof or insult to religion.Provisions inthe IndianPenalCode(IPC),pri-marily Section 295A, define the contours offreespeechanditslimitationswithrespecttooffencesrelatingtoreligion.Indiadoesnothave a formal legal frame-

workfordealingwithhatespeech.However,acluster of provisions, loosely termed hatespeechlaws,areinvoked.Theseareprimarilylawstodealwithoffencesagainstreligions.

Section 295A& othersSection295Adefinesandprescribesapun-

ishmentfordeliberateandmaliciousacts, in-tendedtooutragereligiousfeelingsofanyclassbyinsultingitsreligionorreligiousbeliefs.“Whoever,withdeliberate andmalicious

intentionofoutragingthereligiousfeelingsof

any class of citizensof Indiabywords, eitherspokenorwritten,orbysignsorbyvisiblerep-resentationsorotherwise,insultsorattemptsto insult thereligionorthereligiousbeliefsofthat class, shall be punishedwith imprison-ment of either description for a termwhichmay extend to [three years], orwith fine, orwithboth,”theIPCsectionreads.Section295A is oneof thekeyprovisions

intheIPCchaptertopenalisereligiousoffences.Thechapterincludesoffencestopenalisedam-ageordefilement of aplace ofworshipwithintenttoinsultthereligion(Section295);tres-passing in aplaceof sepulture (Section297);uttering,words, etc,withdeliberate intent towound the religious feelings of any person(Section 298); anddisturbing a religious as-sembly(Section296).Section295Ahasbeeninvokedonawide

rangeofissuesfrompenalisingpoliticalsatireand seekingbansonorwithdrawal of bookstoevenpoliticalcritiqueonsocialmedia.ThestateofteninvokesSection295Aalong

with Section 153Aof the Indian Penal Code,whichpenalisespromotingenmitybetween

different groupsongroundsof religion, race,placeofbirth,residence,language,etc,anddo-ingactsprejudicialtomaintenanceofharmonyandSection505oftheIPCthatpunishesstate-mentsconducingtopublicmischief.In cases where such speech is online,

Section 66A of the Information TechnologyActthatpunishessendingoffensivemessagesthroughcommunicationservicesisadded.Inalandmarkverdictin2015,theSupremeCourtstruckdownSection66Aasunconstitutionalonthegroundthattheprovisionwas“vague”anda“violationoffreespeech”.However,theprovisioncontinuestobeinvoked.Thebroad,vaguetermsinthelawsareof-

ten invoked in itsmisuse. Lower convictionrates for these provisions indicate that theprocess—where a police officer can arrestwithoutawarrant—isoftenthepunishment.Criticshavepointedoutthattheselawsarein-tendedforthestatetostepinandrestore“pub-licorder”ratherthanprotectfreespeech.

Origins of the lawColonial origins of thehate speechprovi-

sions are often criticised for the assumptionthat Indianswere susceptible to religiousex-citement.Ina2016paperintheEconomicandPolitical Weekly, legal scholar SiddharthNarrain notes that the First Indian LawCommission, headed by T BMacaulaywhodraftedthe IndianPenalCode,hadwrittentotheGovernor General of India in 1835 that“there is perhaps no country inwhich theGovernmenthassomuchtoapprehendfromreligiousexcitementamongthepeople.”.Section295Awasbroughtin1927.InhisbookOffend,ShockorDisturb,lawyer

GautamBhatiawritesthattheantecedentsofSection295Alieinthe“communallychargedatmosphereofNorth India inthe1920s”.Theamendmentwas a fallout of anacquittal un-derSection153AoftheIPCbytheLahoreHighCourtin1927inRajpaulvEmperor,popularlyknownastheRangilaRasoolcase.

Rangila Rasool caseRangilaRasoolwas a tract—brought out

by aHindu publisher— that hadmade dis-paragingremarksabouttheProphet’sprivate

life.Casesagainstthefirstpamphlet, filedun-der Section 153A, were dismissed by thePunjabandHaryanaHighCourt,whichexam-inedthequestionwhethertargetingreligiousfiguresisdifferentfromtargetingreligions.When a second, similar piecewas pub-

lished,itraisedtensions.Whilethemagistratehad convicted the publisher Rajpaul underSection153A,theLahoreHighCourtheldthata “scurrilous and foul attack” on a religiousleaderwould prima facie fall under Section153A—althoughnoteverycriticism.Thisdebateininterpretationpromptedthe

colonial government to enact Section 295Awithawiderscopetoaddresstheseissues.

Later casesIn 1957, the constitutionality of Section

295AwaschallengedinRamjiLalModivStateof Uttar Pradesh. The SupremeCourt upheldthe lawonthegroundsthat itwasbrought intopreserve “public order”. Public order is anexemption to the fundamental right to free-domofspeechandexpressionandtherighttoreligionrecognisedbytheConstitution.

Ina1960ruling,inBabaKhalilAhmedvStateofUttar Pradesh, theSupremeCourt said that“maliciousintent”oftheaccusedcanbedeter-minednotjustfromthespeechinquestionbutalsofromexternalsources.In 1973, in Ramlal Puri v State of

MadhyaPradesh, the SupremeCourt said thetest to be applied iswhether the speech inquestionoffends the “ordinarymanof com-monsense”andnotthe“hypersensitiveman”.However, thesedeterminations aremadebythecourtandthedistinctioncanoftenbevagueandvaryfromonejudgetotheother.In Baragur Ramachandrappa v State of

Karnataka, a 2007 decision of the SupremeCourt,“apragmaticapproach”wasinvokedininterpreting Section295A. The state govern-ment had issued a notification banningDharmakaarana, a Kannadanovelwrittenbyaward-winning author PVNarayana on theground that itwas hate speech, invoking agamutof provisions including Section295A.Thepragmaticapproachwastorestorepublicorderby“forfeiture”ofabookoverindividualinterestof freespeech.

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THEUNITED Arab Emirates’ decision, re-portedonWednesday,to“suspend”re-ex-port of wheat and flour from grain origi-natinginIndiaisbasicallyanassurancethatwhatever it importswill be used only fordomestic consumption.“Indiadoesn'twant itswheatexported

to Dubai or Abu Dhabi to go out to othercountries,whetherasgrainorflour.Itwouldwantthatwheattobeconsumedlocally,in-cludingthemigrantIndianworkersinUAE,”tradesourcestoldThe IndianExpress.Thiswill, inturn,allowIndiatoprovide

an exception to its wheat export ban andshipoutsomequantitiestotheGulf feder-ation. India, onMay 14, banned export ofallwheat,exceptagainstoutstandingcon-tracts backed by already-issued letters ofcreditandtocountriesoncase-to-casefoodsecurity considerations.India exported 4.71 lakh tonnes (lt) of

wheatvaluedat$136.53milliontotheUAEin2021-22.Thatconstitutedabout6.5percent of its total 72.35 lt shipments of thecerealworth$2,120.27million last fiscal.Whilethequantitiesexportedmaynot

be that big for India, they aren’t small forUAE.TheUSDepartmentofAgriculturehasestimatedUAE's annualwheat consump-tion, which is entirely imported, at 15 lt.The wheat-milling capacity is higher, at16.7 lt, which is driven both by local con-sumption and re-export of flour sold toSaudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Ethiopia,Taiwan and Philippines. Such exportsamount toabout1 lt annually.Morethan50% ofUAE’swheatimports

are from Russia, followed by Canada,UkraineandAustralia.From2020-21,Indiaalso emerged as a key supplier, exporting1.88 lt to theGulf federation. Exports rosefurther in 2021-22, before the export bandecision that came on top of the Russia-Ukraine war, which has disrupted ship-ments fromtheBlackSeaports.The trade sourcespointedout that the

globalwheatsupplysituationshouldeasesomewhat,withtheharvestingandmarketarrivals of Russian and Ukrainianwheatfrom July. The USDA has projectedUkraine'swheatexportstonearlyhalveto10milliontonnes(mt)in2022-23,from19mt in 2021-22.However, it expects a sub-stantial jump in Russia’s exports, from33mtin2021-22toarecord40mtinthenewmarketingyear.

A NEWgenetics-based studyfrom the University ofQueensland, published in theInternational Journal ofEpidemiology, has found thatdrinking coffee during preg-nancy didn’t increase the riskofmiscarriage,stillbirthorpre-maturebirth.Theresearchersreferredto

WHOguidelinesthatpregnantwomenshoulddrinklessthan300mgof caffeine (two to three cups)perday.“Butthat’sbasedonobservationalstud-ies where it’s difficult to separate coffeedrinkingfromotherrisk factors likesmok-ing,alcoholorpoordiet.Wewantedtofind

out if coffee alone really doesincrease the risk of adversepregnancy outcomes, and theresearch shows this isn’t thecase,”amediareleasefromtheUniversity of Queenslandquoted researcher Dr Gunn-HelenMoenassaying.The researchers used a

method called MendelianRandomisation, which usedeight genetic variants that pre-

dictedpregnantwomen’scoffeedrinkingbe-haviourandexaminedwhether thesevari-antswereassociatedwithbirthoutcomes.

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BA.4&BA.5:Sub-variants firstidentifiedearly thisyear inSouthAfrica, ledtoafifthCovidwaveinthatcountry.Althoughthesehavesomemutationsofconcern, ithasn’t ledtomoreseverediseaseormorehospitalisationscomparedtootherOmicronsub-variants.Theyspreadfaster thanprevioussub-variants.

BA.2.12.:Thissub-variantwasfirstdetected inMarch inNewYork. It isestimatedtobe23%to27%moretransmissible thanBA.2 (thevariant that isdominant in India). LiketheBA.4andBA.5sub-variants,

B.A.2.12.1 toocancircumventsomeof the immunity frompreviousinfectionandvaccination.

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INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

1.The Executive Engineer, Bilaspur, Division No.1, HPPWD Bilaspur H.P. on behalf of Governor of H.Pinvites online bids on item rate, in electronic tendering system, in 2 Cover System for the under mentionedwork from the eligible and approved contractors/Firms registered with HPPWD Department.

2. Availability of Bid Document and mode of submission:- The Bid document is available online and bidshould be submitted in online mode on website https://hptenders.gov.in. Bidder would be required to register inthe web-site which is free of cost. For submission of bids, the bidder is required to have Digital SignatureCertificate (DSC) from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities (CA). “Aspiring bidders who have notobtained the user ID and password for participating in e-tendering in HPPWD may obtain the same from thewebsite: https://hptenders.gov.in. Digital signature is mandatory to participate in the e-tendering. Bidders alreadypossessing the digital signature issued from authorized as can use the same in this tender.

3. Key Dates:-

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2. Document Download Start and End Date 29/06/2022 10:30 HRS upto 11/07/2022 10.30 HRS

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5. Cover 1: shall contain scanned copies of all “Technical Documents/ Eligibility Information”.

6. Cover2: shall contain “BOQ/Financial Bid”, where contractor will quote his offer for each item.

5. SUBMISSION OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS: The bidders are required to submit receipt of online pay-ment on account of tender form cost and Earnest money and other Technical Documents in O/o ExecutiveEngineer Bilaspur Division No.1, HPPWD Bilaspur H.P as specified in Key dates Sr. No. 4 on TenderOpening Date, failing which the bids will be declared non-responsive.

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7. The bids for the work shall remain valid for acceptance for a period not less than 120 days after the dead-line date for bid submission.

8. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents. The officer inviting tender shall not be held liable forany delays due to system failure beyond its control. Even though the system will attempt to notify the bid-ders of any bid updates, the Employer shall not be liable for any information not received by the bidder. Itis the bidders’ responsibility to verify the website for the latest information related to the tender.

Executive Engineer,Bilaspur HPPWD Division No. 1,

Distt. Bilaspur HP on behalf ofGovernor of Himachal Pradesh

Sr. Name of Work Estimated EMD Cost of Time EligibleNo. Cost Tender Limit class of

Contractors

1. 6,24,24,000/- 5,00,000/- 5000/- One year Class- A

2. 25,00,000/- 45,000/- 1500/- One year Class- C&D

3. 45.00.000/- 92.500/- 2000/- One year Class- C&D

4. 8,99,277/- 18,000/- 350/- Six Class- C&Dmonths

4. 1,06,60,935/- 1,39,500/- 5000/- One year Class- B&C

Construction of 240 metre span (Jeep able Standard bridgeover Sutlaj River at Bhagrin to connect village Bhatoli in G.P.Malyawar Distt. Mandi (H.P.).

Construction of Health Sub-Centre building with deliveryroom and residence at Pater. (SH:- Construction of buildingportion including W.S.&S.I., septic tank and rain water har-vesting tank).

Construction of additional accommodation block with toilet forDistt. Library Bilaspur (H.P.). (SHL:- Construction of buildingportion W.S.&US.I. and site development).

A/R & M/O to Joginder Nagar Sarkaghat Ghumarwin roadKm. 91/0 to 95/0. (SH:- Beautification and widening ofKuthera Chowk).

Balance work for the Development of plot at Jamthal TehsilSadar Distt. Bilaspur H.P. for NTPC ltd Koldam ProjectBarmana (Jamthal) (SH:- Formation cutting 5/7 metre at Km.0/0 to 0/525 C.D. R/ wall cutting at plot etc.).

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1. Bidding documents can be downloaded from the website http://hptenders.govt.in from 07.07.2022 (5.00PM) to onward. The bids can be deposited in electronic format on the website http://hptenders.gov.in. w.e.f08.07.2022 to 15.07.2022 up to 5.00 PM & documents submission on dated 16.07.2022 up to 10.30 AM.The bids received will be opened at 11.30 AM on 16.07.2022 in the presence of the bidders who wish toattend. If the office happens to be closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will beopened on the next working day at the same time and venue.

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documents completion of technical Contractor(Months)

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2. 11090181/- 144000/- 5000/- One year 11.30 AM Class- B & Con 16.07.2022

3. 4419894/- 74000/- 2000/- One year 11.30 AM Class- C & Don 16.07.2022

4. 4365300/- 73000/- 2000/- One year 11.30 AM on Class- C & D16.07.2022

C/O Newly upgraded 50 Bedded Hospital atGagret Tehsil Ghanari Distt. Una (SH: C/O Mainbuilding including WS & SI, Septic Tank & Rainwater harvesting tank) Deposit work.

C/O Pilgrims facilities at Old Bus Stand atChintpurni (SH: C/O Main building including WS& SI) against temple trust deposit

C/O Aurvedic Health Centre at Mairi Tehsil AmbDistt. Una (SH: C/O Main building including WS& SI & Septic tank) against deposit

C/O One No. type-IV ResidentialAccommodation for Officers/ Officials of ADAAmb Distt. Una (SH: C/O Main building includingWS & SI) against deposit

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Notice Inviting Bid No: 01/2022-23Bids for Supply and Installation of Various Type of Furniture in Govt.Medical College Barmer are invited from interested bidders upto 04:00 PM30-06-2022. Other particulars of the bid may be visited on the procurementportal (http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in, http://sppp.raj.nic.in) of the state; anddepartmental website http://www.education.rajasthan. gov.in/mcbarmer.UBN No.- GMB2223GLOB00001

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HVPNL

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WORK FOR DISMANTLEMENT OF03 NO COLLAPSED TOWERS OF

220KV PANCHGAON-SEC-77-SOHNAROAD LINE BETWEEN TL NO.29TO34(WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUTAT ARAVALI HILL AREA) UNDER

XEN/TS DIVISION HVPNL SEC-1,IMTMANESAR

AMOUNT/EMD (APPROX.)

IN RUPEES

7.89 LACS

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TIME

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REUTERSWASHINGTON,JUNE15

THEUSFederalReserveraiseditstargetinterestratebythree-quar-ters of a percentage point onWednesday to stemadisruptivesurgeininflation,andprojectedaslowingeconomyand risingun-employmentinmonthstocome.The action raised the short-

termfederalfundsratetoarangeof1.5percentto1.75percent,andFed officials at themedian pro-jected the rate increasing to 3.4per cent by the end of this yearand to 3.8 per cent in 2023— asubstantialshiftfromprojectionsinMarch that saw the rate risingto1.9percentthisyear.The ratehikewas thebiggest

madebytheUScentralbanksince1994.“Thecommitteeisstrongly

committedtoreturning inflationto its 2per cent objective,” said astatement.At2:20pmET,theDowJones

was up 154 points, or 0.51 percent, at 30,518.96. Spot goldwasup 3 per cent while 2-yearTreasury yields, sensitive to rateincreases,roseto3.441percent.

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AANCHALMAGAZINENEWDELHI,JUNE15

LABOURINDICATORSofunem-ploymentrateandlabourforceparticipation rate (LFPR)showed improvement in thelatest Periodic Labour ForceSurvey(PLFS)forJuly2020-June2021, but a closer look at thedata reveals the risewas seenmostly in lowquality, unpaidworkwith a higher employ-ment share in agriculture andfemaleLFPRshowinghigherin-crease in rural areas. Thesetrendshavepersisted fromthelastfewyears,withexpertsstat-ingthatthis is indicativeofdis-tresswith surplus labour get-ting absorbed in low-qualitywork and agriculture andstressing on the need for cre-ationofnon-agricultural jobs.ThePLFSdata also showed

thattheshareofthelabourforceengaged in agriculture contin-ued to showa rise in 2020-21,increasingto46.5percentfrom45.6 per cent in 2019-20 and42.5percentin2018-19—are-versal of thedecades-longde-clineinthelabourforcepartici-pation in agriculture. Thissuggeststhatthemovementoflabouroutofagriculture,whichhadgatheredpacepost 2004-05,seemstohavebeenstymiedbytheeconomicslowdownandthepandemic. The reversemi-grationof labour fromcities tovillages would have only in-creasedpressureonagriculturetoabsorbtheworkers.The share of workers in

manufacturing decreased to10.9 per cent in 2020-21 from11.2percentin2019-20and12.1percentin2018-19.Theoverall female LFPR, or

those working or seeking oravailable forworkinthelabourforce,improvedto25.1percentin2020-21from22.8percentin2019-20 and 18.6 per cent in2018-19. Rural areas saw asharperpickup in female LFPRas compared to urban areas,withruralfemaleLFPRrisingto27.7 per cent in 2020-21 from24.7 in 2019-20 and 19.7 percentin2018-19.Incomparison,urbanfemaleLFPRinchedupto18.6per cent in 2020-21 from18.5percentin2019-20and16.1percentin2018-19.The improved female LFPR

in rural areas could be linkedwith a rise in unpaid self-em-ploymentforfemales,whichin-creasedto42.8percentinruralareas in2020-21 from42.3percent in 2019-20 and 37.9 percentin2018-19.Forruralmales,

it increasedto11percent from10.4percent.Inurbanareas,un-paid self-employment for fe-males showeda significant in-crease to 12.4 per cent in2020-21 from11.1 per cent in2019-20,whilethatformalesin-creasedto4.5percent from4.1percent.“The improvedunemploy-

mentrateandincrease inLFPRhastobejuxtaposedwithqual-ity of work. Between2018-19and2020-21,therehasbeena4percentage point increase inemploymentshare foragricul-ture rising to 46.5 per cent,while it contributesonly13-15percentoftheGDP.Thisshowssurplus labourbeingabsorbedin low productivity jobs andpointstoachallengeofproduc-tive job creation. Anemergingeconomy like India should seea creation of non-agriculturaljobs but workers are beingpushed back into agricultureand informalwork. This trendneeds a serious course correc-tion,” RadhickaKapoor, Fellowat IndianCouncil for Researchon International EconomicRelations(ICRIER),said.Employment in theunpaid

self-employedcategorycontin-ued to show an increase in2020-21 to 17.3 per cent from15.9 per cent in 2019-20 and13.3per cent in2018-19. Ruralunpaid employment alsoshowedan increase to21.3percent in 2020-21 from20.0percent inthepreviousyear,whilethatforurbanareasincreasedto6.3per cent from5.7per cent.Informalsectoremploymentin-creasedto76.4percentin2020-21 from75.3per cent in2019-20and73.6percentin2018-19.Theincreaseinshareofagri-

culturalemploymentwasseenmoreforurbanareasthanruralareas. Inurbanareas,maleem-ployment in agriculture in-creasedto5.3percentin2020-21from5.0percentin2019-20,whilethatforfemalesincreasedto10.4percentin2020-21from8.2percent. Inruralareas,bothmales and females recorded aslightmoderationinagriculturalemployment to 53.8 per centand75.4per cent, respectively,from55.4percentand75.7percentinthepreviousyear.

EMPLOYMENTWATCHJULY 2020-JUNE 2021

Moratoriumon e-commtariffs: Indiaseeks reviewENSECONOMICBUREAUNEWDELHI,JUNE15

INDIAHASaskedmembersoftheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)toreviewthecontinuationof themoratoriumoncustomsdutiesone-commercetrade.Speakingatthethematicses-

sion on e-commercework pro-grammeandmoratoriumat the12thministerialconference oftheWTO,CommerceMinisterPiyushGoyal stressed that the financialconsequences of suchamorato-riumhavebeenmostlybornebythedevelopingcountries.WTOmembers have agreed

nottoslapCustomsdutiesonelec-tronics transmission since 1998andthemoratoriumhasbeenex-tendedperiodically.FE

Expertssaidthis isindicativeofdistresswithsurplus labourgettingabsorbedinlow-qualitywork,agriculture

Inside PLFS: Lowquality, unpaid workgains; agri share up,manufacturing down

GEORGEMATHEWMUMBAI,JUNE15

STATEBANKof India has under-takenamajorreshuffleinthetopmanagementof thebankanditssubsidiaries in amove aimed atsteppinguptheefficiencylevels.As part of the exercise, the

portfolios of all fourManagingDirectors have been reshuffled.After Ashwini Kumar Bhatia,MD (Corporate Banking andGlobal Market) superannuatedfrom SBI on May 31 and tookoveras theWholetimeDirectorat the market regulator Sebi,Alok Kumar Choudhary, DMD(Finance),hadbeeninductedasthe fourth MD of SBI. He hasbeen given the charge of RetailBusiness & Operations, accord-ing toofficial sources.SCSetty,whohadbeenlook-

ing after the area of retail busi-ness&digitalbankinguntilnow,has been made MD (Inter-nationalBanking,GlobalMarkets& Technology). J Swaminathan,MD, will now be looking afterCorporate Banking (CAG&CCGand Subsidiaries). AshwiniKumarTewari,MD(IB,T&S)willnow be heading Risk,Compliance and Stressed AssetResolutionGroup.

It’s learnt that PC Kandapal,who is theMD and CEO of SBIGeneral,hasbeenpostedasDMD(P&RE)atthecorporateofficeofSBI. Paritosh Tripathi, GM (IBG),has been elevated as CGM andrecommendedforthepostofMD&CEO, SBIGeneral InsuranceCoLtd. However, this appointmentwill need the approval of insur-anceregulator Irdai.SaloniNarayan,DMD(RB)has

been shifted toDMD (Finance).Amitabh Chatterjee, who hadbeenworkingasCGMandhead-ingtheDelhicircleofSBI,willnowbeworkingastheMDandCEOatSBICapitalMarkets.Hewillbere-placingArunMehtawhoisontheverge of retirement. B. Sankar,whowasworkingasCGM(SME)until now, has been elevated asDMDandpostedasDMD&COO.Pravin Raghavendra, whowas

workingasCGM(MumbaiMetroCircle) until now, has been pro-moted as DMD and posted asDMD (Agri, SME and FinancialInclusion). He has replaced S.Saleewhohas beenmadeChiefCreditOfficer.S. S. Rao has been posted as

ChiefRiskOfficer.VidyaKrishnan,CGM, Bhubaneshwar Circle hasbeenelevatedasDMDandpostedas DMD & CIO. The bank hasposted RumaDey as DMD andGroupComplianceOfficer.SBIhasalsopromotedmarket

recruited executiveswho havebeen associatedwith the sub-sidiaries of the bank for quitesome time. DP Singh, the chiefdistributionofficeratSBIMutualFundhasbeenpromotedasDMDatthesameoffice.SBI has also revised by up to

0.2per cent themarginal cost offund-basedlendingrates(MCLR)with effect from June 15, 2022.The benchmark one-yearMCLRhas been revisedupwards to 7.4percent fromtheexistingrateof7.2 per cent. Most of the con-sumer loans such as auto, homeandpersonal loans are linked toMCLR.It has hiked RLLR to 7.15 per

cent plus credit risk premium(CRP),asagainsttheexisting6.65-percentplusCRP.

To scale up efficiency, SBI,subsidiaries reshuffle top deck

AnSBIbranch,Shimla.File

Resolution: Panel forNCLT call in 30 daysNewDelhi:Asinordinatedelaysinresolutionofstressedassetshitre-covery, the Insolvency LawCommittee suggested that theInsolvencyandBankruptcyCode(IBC)beamendedtostipulatethatthe National Company LawTribunalshouldacceptorrejectaresolutionplaninjust30days.If the adjudicating authority

(AA)failstodoso,ithasto“recordreasons inwriting for the same”.Thepanel, headedbyCorporate

Affairs Secretary RajeshVerma,has recommended a slew ofchanges to the IBC tomake thelawmorerobustandhelpcutde-laywithanaimtopreventfurthererosionofvalueof toxicassets.Meanwhile,asperaPTIreport,

the Insolvency andBankruptcyBoardof Indiaamendedrulesonredressalofgrievancesfiledagainstinsolvencyprofessionals,toputinplace a streamlined complaintsprocedure. FE&PTI

‘Pregnant womentemporarily unfitto join: IndianBank norms’New Delhi: Indian Bank madepregnant women with overthreemonths pregnancy “tem-porarilyunfit” to join thebank.Aspertheguidelinesandcri-

teria forphysical fitness forpre-employmentissued,candidateswould be re-examined sixweeks after delivery for the ap-pointmentof selectedpost.Asaresult, joining of such womenwould be delayed and theywouldloseseniority.RequeststoIndian Bank for comments didnotgetimmediateresponse.PTI

BRIEFLYNordVPNexitNewDelhi:NordVPN willremove servers from IndiaonJune26,followingCERT-In’s securitydirective. ENS

‘GSTpanelmeet’NewDelhi:Thepanelofmin-isters onGST rate rationali-sationissettomeetonJune17onpossible tweaking intaxrates,sourcessaid. PTI

IndiaIMDIndexNewDelhi: India rose from43rdto37thonInstituteforManagement Developm-ent’s annual WorldCompetitivenessIndex. PTI

Qualcomm,EULuxembourg: Qualcommwon its suit against a $1.05billion fine fromEUregula-tors4yearsago. REUTERS

GRSEvesselNewDelhi: JoanAnita Edg-hill,wifeofGuyana’sPublicWorksMinisterJuanEdghill,performedlaunchritualsof70-mOceanGoingPasseng-er and Cargo Ferry Vessel‘MVMaLisha’beingbuiltbyGRSELtdforGuyana. ENS

SOUMYARENDRABARIKNEWDELHI,JUNE15

TAKING THE first step towardsrolling out 5G services, the gov-ernmenthas invitedbidapplica-tionsforspectrumauctionsstart-ingJuly26aftertheUnionCabinetonWednesdayclearedaproposaltoauctionover72,000megahertz(MHz), or 72 GHz, of airwaveswithavalidityperiodof20years.The auctionwill be held for

spectrum in the frequencies of600MHz, 700MHz, 800MHz,900MHz,1,800MHz,2,100MHz,2,300MHz, 3,300MHz and 26GHzbands. At reserve price, theentiretyofthespectrumisvaluedat over Rs 5 lakh crore. “It is ex-pected that the Mid and Highbandspectrumwillbeutilisedbytelecomserviceproviders to rollout5Gtechnology-basedservicescapable of providing speed andcapacitieswhichwouldbeabout10timeshigherthanwhatispos-siblethroughthecurrent4Gserv-ices,”anofficialstatementsaid.The e-auction will be con-

ductedona “simultaneousmul-tiple rounds” ascendingmodel.Bidderswill have to submit anearnestmoneydeposit aheadoftheauction,onthebasisofwhicheachwill be allocated eligibilitypoints. During the auction, thecompanywill be able toplace itsbidsusingtheseeligibilitypoints.Last year, the Centre had an-

nounced a telecomsector reliefpackage, and some facets of theschemehavebeenincludedintheterms of this auction. Amanda-toryrequirementtomakeupfrontpayment by the successful bid-ders has been done awaywith.Payments for spectrum can bemade in 20 equal annual instal-mentstobepaidinadvanceatthebeginning of each year. Bidderswouldbegivenanoption to sur-renderthespectrumafter10yearswithno future liabilitieswith re-specttobalanceinstalments.However, inwhat could be a

potential blow to operators, thegovernmenthaskeptthereservepriceof 5Gairwavesunchanged,according to theNotice InvitingApplication (NIA) issued by the

DepartmentofTelecommunicati-ons(DoT)onWednesday.Telecomoperatorshadasked

for a reductionof around90percent in the reserve price of air-waves from the 2018 levels. Butthe Cabinet’s final approval in-cludesapricereductionofaround35-40 per cent, in linewith theTelecomRegulatoryAuthority ofIndia’s (Trai) recommendations.Lastmonth,theDigitalCommuni-cations Commission (DCC) hadstucktothebasepricingforspec-trumsuggestedbyTrai.Specifically, the regulatory

bodyhadsuggestedthatthebasepriceforprime5Gbandof3,300-3,670MHzbekeptatRs317croreperMHz--35percentlowerthanthebasepriceofRs492croreperMHzannouncedin2018.Similarly,forthe700MHz,the

price recommended by TraicomesouttoRs3,297crore,whichis almost 40per cent lower thanpricesrecommendedin2018.TheCentrehasalsoclearedthe

pathfortechcompaniestoacquirespectrumdirectly from it to testand build industry 4.0 applica-tions, such asmachine-to-ma-chine communications, InternetofThings,artificialintelligence,etc.While telecomoperatorshad

previously opposed the ideaof aprivatenetwork,citingapotentialloss in revenue, companies suchasTataConsultancyServices(TCS)haveexpressed interest inbuild-ingthesenon-public5Gnetworkstodevelop such solutions. Thesenetworkswillnotbeaccessibletothegeneralpublic. Fullreporton

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5G closer to launch,Cabinet approvesspectrum auction

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■Atreserveprice, theentiretyof theover72,000MHz,or72GHz,of spectrum, isvaluedatover`5 lakhcrore

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Exports up 20.55% to $38.94 bn;trade deficit at record $24.29 bnMerchandise exports inMay rose by 20.55% to $38.94billion, while the trade deficit ballooned to a record$24.29 billion, according to CommerceMinistry data

Source:DGCIS,CommerceMinistry/PTI

$63.22BILLION:ImportsduringMay2022,up62.83%year-on-year

$6.53BILLION:TradedeficitinMay2021

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■$123.41billion:Imports, rising45.42%

■$44.69billion:Tradedeficit,against$21.82billionayearago

$19.2billion:Petroleumandcrudeoil imports inMay,up102.72%

$5.5billion:Coal,cokeandbriquettesimports lastmonth,against$2billioninMay2021

$6billion:Goldimports inMay,against$677millioninMay2021

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TheIndiaimpact:FPIinterestmaytakeahit

THE INCREASEof 0.75percentagepointby theUSFederalReserve is the largest since1994.A faster-than-expectedmonetary tightening in theUScouldhavea three-pronged impact:When theFed raises its policy rates, thedifferencebetween the interest ratesof the twocountriesnarrows, thus,makingcountries suchas India less attrac-tive for the currency carry trade.Higher returns in theUSdebtmarkets couldalso trigger a churn inemergingmar-ket equities, tempering foreign investor enthusiasm.There is alsoapotential impactoncurrencymarkets,stemming fromoutflowsof funds. Fromamacroperspec-tive, ahigh rate signal by theFedwouldalsomeana lowerimpetus togrowth in theUS,whichcouldbenegativenews for global growth.

USFed revsup inflationfightwith75-bp ratehike

New Delhi

AUSTRALIA

ForeignministertovisitSolomonsSydney:Australia’s foreignministerwill travel to theSolomon Islands on FridaytomeetwithPMManassehSogavareamidconcernoverthe regional impactof a se-curity deal between thePacific islands and China.Foreign Minister PennyWong said, “I look forwardto discussing thewayswecan continue to makeprogress on various issuesandaddresssharedsecurityinterests”. REUTERS

AustraliaForeignMinisterPennyWong

TOPOFTHEWORLD

RICHARDJACOBSENSANFRANCISCO, JUNE15

INTERNET EXPLORER is finallyheadedout topasture.As ofWednesday,Microsoft

willnolongersupporttheonce-dominant browser that legionsof web surfers loved to hate —andafewstillclaimtoadore.The27-year-old application nowjoinsBlackBerryphones,dial-upmodems and Palm Pilots in thedustbinof techhistory.IE’sdemisewasnotasurprise.

A year ago,Microsoft said that itwas putting an end to InternetExploreronJune15,2022,push-

ing users to its Edge browser,whichwaslaunchedin2015.The company made clear

then itwas timetomoveon.“Not only isMicrosoft Edge a

faster, more secure and moremodern browsing experiencethanInternetExplorer,butitisalsoable to address a key concern:compatibility for older, legacywebsites andapplications,” SeanLyndersay, generalmanager ofMicrosoftEdgeEnterprise,wroteinaMay2021blogpost.Users marked Explorer’s

passing on Twitter, with somereferring to it as a “bug-ridden,insecure POS” or the “topbrowser for installing other

browsers.” For others it was amoment for 90’s nostalgia

memes, while TheWall StreetJournal quoted a 22-year-oldwhowassad tosee IEgo.Microsoft released the first

version of Internet Explorer in1995,theantediluvianeraofwebsurfing dominated by the firstwidely popular browser,NetscapeNavigator.Users, meanwhile, com-

plained that IEwas slow, proneto crashing and vulnerable tohacks. IE’smarket share, whichintheearly2000swasover90%,begantofade.Today,theChromebrowser dominates withroughly a 65% share of theworldwidebrowsermarket, fol-lowedbyApple’s Safari. AP

MICROSOFT SENDS BROWSER TO DUSTBIN OF TECH HISTORY

So long, Internet Explorer: It has finally retired

Microsoftreleasedthefirstversionof InternetExplorerin1995.AP

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No possibilityof signing pactwith US, saysNepal Army

YUBARAJGHIMIREKATHMANDU, JUNE15

IN A rare act, Nepal Army onWednesday said signing theState Partnership Programme(SPP) with the US is neither onitsagendanorwill it everbe.A statement issued by the

Army headquarters lateWednesdaysaidNepalArmywillnever sign any deal for partner-ship that goes against Nepal’snon-alignedforeignpolicyaswellas thecountry’sgeo-strategic lo-cationandstrategicsensibilities.Foreign Minister Narayan

Khadja told Parliament onTuesday that SPPwasnotamil-itarydealand“itwillgosoonaf-ter thecontract isover.”There is speculation that SPP

draft, whichwas sent by theUSseeking collaboration betweenEuta State National Guards andNepal Army to fight natural dis-asterandtrainNAinhighaltitudeandcounterintelligencepurposein2015,willbeformalisedduringPrime Minister Sher BahadurDeuba visittotheUSnextmonth.The PM wastold nottovisittheUS as Parliamentary electionswere less than sixmonths awayand“signing anydealwithpol-icycontentwouldbewrong”.

PRESSTRUST OFINDIACOLOMBO, JUNE15

SRILANKAN AIRLINES onWednesdaypraised its pilots forsafely commandeering a flightfrom London to Colombo onMonday after reports emergedthatanaircraftofnationalcarrieravertedamid-aircollisionwithaBritishAirwaysflightoverTurkey.

The national carrier saidthat the “vigilance of the pilotsandthestate-of-the-artcommu-nicationandsurveillancesystemonboardtheaircraftenabledsafepassage forUL504”on June13.“Further, SriLankan Airlines

commends the timely action ofthepilots,whichensuredsafetyof allpassengers, crew onboardUL504,” theairline said.

The clarificationwas issuedaftermediareportsclaimedthat

UL 504, flying from London toColombo, avoided its biggestpossiblemid-air collisionwhileinTurkishairspace.The reports said the flight

carrying275passengershaden-tered the TurkishAirspace afterleaving Heathrow en route toColombo. Right then, theSriLankan flight detected aBritish Airways flightwith over250 people on board just 15miles away from them flying at35,000feetandinformedtheairtraffic control atAnkara.TheSriLankanpilotsrefused

to climb despite being clearedtwice by Ankara ATC. If the ULcaptain had climbed to the re-quested height, the lightwouldhave faced a mid-on collisionwith the British Airways flight,theDailyMirror reported.

‘Cutting chai’: Pak minister urges people tocut tea consumption to save precious forexPRESSTRUSTOFINDIAISLAMABAD, JUNE15

CASH-STRAPPED Pakistan gov-ernmenthasurgedpeopletocutdowntheconsumptionof teaassipping fewer cups adaywouldhelp reduce the import bill eat-ing into the nation's depletingforeignexchangereserves.The appeal from Federal

MinisterforPlanningAhsanIqbal

came after it emerged thatPakistanconsumedteaworthRs83.88 billion in the fiscal year2021-22, TheNews Internationalsaid. HesaidPakistan,thebiggestimporter of tea in theworld, hastoborrowmoneyto import it.“I appeal to thenation to cut

downtheconsumptionofteaby1-2cupsbecausewe import teaonloan,”Iqbalsaidwhilespeak-ing to reportersonTuesday.The federal budget docu-

mentfortheoutgoingfiscalyearshowed that Pakistan importedRs 13 billionworth of more teathanthelastfiscalyear.Inthefis-calyear2020-21,Rs70.82billionwas spent on the import of tea,theNews Network Internationalnewsagencyreported.Iqbal's appeal did not go

downwell with people as theystarted criticising him on socialmedia. “Did Ahsan Iqbal reallyask the nation to cut down on

chai?Do they really thinkwe’rethat stupid,” aTwitteruser said.“Ahsan Iqbal urging the na-

tiontocutdownonchaiimsorrybutIcannotbeapartofthis,”an-otheruserZohasaid ina tweet.The planningminister said

thetraders'communityhasalsobeen asked to closemarkets by8.30pm to conserve energy.Iqbalsaidthiswillhelpthecoun-try cut the import bill of petro-leumproducts.

REUTERSPARIS, JUNE15

FRANCE ANNOUNCED onWednesdaythatsoldiersfromitsoperationbattlingIslamistmili-tantsintheSahelregionofWestAfrica had captured OumeyaOuld Albakaye, a senior IslamicState figure inMali.TheFrenchArmedForcesmin-

istry saidAlbakayewascapturedbyOperationBarkhaneforcesbe-tweenthenightofJune11andtheearlyhoursof June12closetotheborderbetweenMaliandNiger.Souring relations between

France and themilitary junta initsformercolonyofMalihaveledFrance towithdraw troops thatwere deployed in 2013 to pushbackmilitantslinkedtoalQaeda,and later to IslamicState.

BRAZIL

Missingmen:2ndsuspect arrestedAtalaiDoNorte:Brazil’s fed-eralpolicearrestedasecondsuspect,OseneydaCostadeOliveira, 41 in connectionwith the disappearance ofan Indigenousexpert andaBritish journalist in theAmazon. AP

SOUTHAFRICA

RyanairdropsAfrikaanstestDublin:Ryanairhasdroppeda requirement for SouthAfricanpassengerstoprovenationalitybeforetravellingby completing Afrikaanstest,ChiefExecutiveMichaelO’Learysaid. REUTERS

WHAT ISSUPERMOON

ASUPERMOONoccurswhentheMoon’sorbit isclosest(perigee)toEarthatthesametimetheMoonisfull.Whena

fullmoonappearsatperigeeitisbrighterandlargerthanaregularfullmoon–andthat’swherewegeta ‘supermoon’.

WHERE ALLWAS IT SEENGERMANY,US,Turkey,ChinaandSpain

SUPERMOON DELIGHTS SKYGAZERSSupermooncomesout fromtheCrucedeArinaga,onthe islandofGranCanaria, Spain,onTuesday.Reuters

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SriLankan Airlines praises pilots foraverting mid-air collision over Turkey

Frenchsoldiers leavingGossi,Mali. ReutersFile

Colombo: The US onWednesday announced$120million innewloansto Sri Lanka to grow andsupport small andmedium-sizedbusinessesin thedebt-ridden islandnation. “For seventyyears,theUShasprovidedforeignassistance,loans,andtradeopportunitiestohelpgrowthe Sri Lankan economyandsupportthepeople,”USAmbassador to Sri LankaJulieChungsaid. PTI

USGRANTS$120MNNEWLOAN FOR LANKA

France says captured IS leader in Mali

MOSCOWSTORMSSIEVIERODONETSK

BidengrantsKyivanother$1billionaid forweapons

AGENCIESKYIV,NIU-YORK, JUNE15

UKRAINEIGNOREDaRussianul-timatumtosurrendertheeasterncity of Sievierodonetsk onWednesdayastheUSannouncedmoreweaponsforKyivandurgedits allies also not to “lose steam”inprovidingmilitarysupport.Sievierodonetsk,nowlargely

in ruins, has forweeksbeen themain focal point of the war.RussiahadtoldUkrainianforcesholed up in a chemical plantthere to stop “senseless resist-ance and lay down arms” fromWednesdaymorning, pressingits advantage in the battle forcontrol of eastern Ukraine.Ukraine says more than 500civilians, including 40 children,remainalongsidesoldiersinsidethe Azot chemical factory, shel-tering from weeks of almostconstantRussianbombardment.The mayor of

Sievierodonetsk, OleksandrStryuk,saidRussianforcesweretryingtostormthecityfromsev-eral directions but theUkrainianscontinuedtodefendit and were not totally cut off,even though all its river bridgeshad been destroyed. Those in-sideAzotaresurvivingonwaterfromwells and supplies of foodbrought in, themayorsaid.US President Joe Biden later

announced $1 billion worth ofnewweapons aid for Ukrainethat sources familiar with thepackagesaidincludedanti-shiprocketsystems,artilleryrocketsand rounds for howitzers.Biden, who spoke withUkraine’s President VolodymyrZelenskyy by phone onWednesday,alsoannouncedanadditional $225million in hu-manitarianaid toUkraine.

Ukraine needsstrong signalfrom EU: Macron

REUTERSCONSTANTA, JUNE15

PRESIDENTEMMANUELMacronvoicedatougherlineonRussiaonWednesday and said EuropeneededtosendastrongsignaltoUkraine as he sought to assuageconcerns in Kyiv and amongsome European allies over hispreviousstancetowardsMoscow.Macron arrived in Romania

onTuesday for a three-day tripto Ukraine’s eastern neigh-bours before possibly headingto Kyiv on Thursday on a visitwith German Chancellor OlafScholz, ItalianPMMarioDraghiandRomanian President KlausIohannis, two diplomaticsources said.The symbolic visit would

comeadaybeforetheEUmakesarecommendationonUkraine'sstatusasanEUcandidateonJune23-24. “We are at a pointwhenwe (Europeans) need to sendclear political signals, usEuropeans,towardsUkraineandits people when it is resistingheroically,"Macronsaid.Macron also said that

Moldova's bid to join theEuropeanUnionwas "perfectlylegitimate", speaking at a jointnews conferencewithMoldovaPresidentMaiaSandu.

AHEADOFLIKELYVISIT

In call, Xi reassertssupport for Putin

Beijing:ChinesePresidentXi Jinping reasserted hiscountry’s support forRussiaonissuesof sover-eignty and security in aphone call with Russianleader Vladimir Putin onWednesday, statemediasaid.XitoldPutinthat“allparties should responsi-blypush foraproperset-tlement of the Ukrainecrisis,” according to theofficial Xinhua NewsAgency.XitoldPutinthatChina “iswilling toworkwith the Russian side topromote the steady andlong-term developmentofbilateralpragmaticco-operation,” it added.AP

Ukraine ignoresRussia’sultimatum to surrender,continues fight for city

TO WORK ON SOLO PROJECTS

KOREANPOPBANDBTSTAKESABREAKBTS, the South Korean band that spearheaded a global K-pop craze, is taking a breakas a group to work on solo projects, the singers announced. Band member RM, speak-ing at the annual FESTA dinner , said he had been feeling a need to explore his ownwork without the constant recording and performing required of BTS.

New Delhi

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MUMBAI: INDIAN CYCLING pioneerDeborah Herold believes that her nationalteam stint under coachRK Sharma andhisassistantGautamaniDeviduringwhich,shealleged, shewas “slapped”, “ridiculed” and“harassed”weresomeofthe“toughest”and“most challenging”daysof her life.That'ssayingalot--consideringwhatthe

27-year-oldfromtheAndamanandNicobarislandshadundergonebeforeshetooktothetracks for India.On December 26, 2004, her village

Kakanawaswashed away in the tsunami.Deborah,nineyearsoldthen,climbedapalmtreeandhungon fornearly fivedaysbeforeshewasrescuedbyasearchparty.Once life returned to some sort of nor-

malcy,shestartedcyclingtohernewschoolandbegantoenjoytheactivity. In2009, sheattendedaselectioncamporganisedbytheSports Authority of India (SAI) in Port Blairandgotpicked.From that moment on, she has been a

trailblazer in Indiancycling.After winning the 2012 Nationals,

Deborahwasincludedinthenational team.In the 2013 Asian Championships, she be-camethefirstIndianwomantowinamedalin an individual event in the junior 200msprintcategory.Ayear later, shecametothelimelightbywinningfourgoldmedalsinthewomen’s elite category of the Track AsianChampionship.In2015,sheachievedanotherfirst foran

Indianbyclimbingtoworldnumber4inin-dividual ranking in 500m time trial event.Andin2016,shebecameIndia’sfirstindivid-ual cyclist to qualify for the Track CyclingWorldChampionships,aneventwhereonlythetop20cyclistsintheworldmadethecut.Now,withSharma’scontractterminated,fol-lowingseriousallegationsof sexualharass-ment levelledbyanother top Indian cyclist,Herold, thenationalchampion,hopestore-turn to the team. “No one has been able tobreakmy timing. I will participate in trialsfor the TrackAsia Cup.Whether they selectusornot, isup to them,” shesaid.

—MIHIRVASAVDA

From tsunamisurvivor to cyclingstar of many firsts

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICEJUNE15

A DAY after recording his personal-bestthrow, just70cmshortof 90metres,NeerajChopra feels he’s just one “good” throwaway frombreaching themark.Returning to competition after a 10-

month break, the Olympic gold medallistshowed no signs of rust as he took homesilver with a national record throw of89.30cm at the Paavo Nurmi Games inFinland, inaquality field that includedfourof the year’s five best throwers, includingGrenada’sAndersonPeters, JakubVadlejchofCzechRepublic,Germany’s JulianWeberand Trinidad’s KeshornWalcott.“Since 2018, I have been sensing that I

can hit the 90mmark and always felt thatthrowwould come soon. It’s just amatterof time but I can’t say exactly when. Onethrow with a good angle and in the rightdirection and ho jayega kaam (the 90mmarkwill be achieved),” Chopra said.Chopra isnostranger to rubbingshoul-

ders with the best in the business but ex-pectations fromhimwill nowbe skyhigh.Barring the Tokyo Olympics, never hasthere been so much hype in India for ajavelin competition, with social mediaablaze in anticipation days ahead of theevent.But the 24-year-old has never paid

muchattentiontothebuzzaroundhim.Healmostbrushedoff anytalkofpressurethatmay comewith the stature of an Olympicchampion.“Inmymind, coming to theevent there

was no pressure of being an Olympicchampion. I approached the competitionthe sameway I used to earlier. I gave itmybest. During the competition, you have tojust focusonyour throw.Eachcompetitionis different. It was a really good competi-tionwith aworld-class field,” he said.

DistractionsPostOlympics, Chopra travelled across

thecountry toattendfelicitation functions,receiveawards,andcompletehiscommer-cial obligations.With somuchonhisplateaway from the field, he decided to end hisseasonandtakeamuch-neededbreakun-til he resumed training in the US inNovember. The 2018 Asian andCommonwealth Games champion knewhewouldn’tbeallowedto train inpeace inIndia.“I amgetting toomanywedding invita-

tions in Patiala,” he had joked when ex-plainingwhyheplannedto trainoverseas.But now he is backwhere he belongs and

the first competition this season has defi-nitely eased his nerves.“It feels really good that I have opened

my season with a good throw and thatgivesmea lotof confidence for theupcom-ingevents.Theplan is simple: Iwill just fo-cusonmytechniqueandaimtothrowbet-ter. I ampleased I couldachieveapersonalbest and rewrite my national record. It isalwaysagreat feelingwhenyououtdoyourprevious bestmark,” he says.With thewaters tested, Choprawill be

confidentheading intoa jam-packedcom-petition schedule thatwill seehimpartic-ipate at the Kuortane Games on June 18,followed by the Diamond League inStockholm on June 30. Less than a monthafter the Stockholm event, he will be inOregon for the World Championship.BronzemedallistAnjuBobbyGeroge is theonly Indiantowinanathleticsmedalat theWorlds so far.“It felt really good to return to the field

aftera longwhileafter theOlympics. I triedtokeepmymindclearandjust focusonthethings thatweworkedon inmytechniqueduring training. Thatwas all thatwas run-ning in my head. My throwwas okay… itwasn’t exactly what I wanted, but it wasokay. The javelin drifted a little more to-wards the inside but itwas adecent resultwith the effort I put in.”

Ho jayega kaam: Neerajfeels 90m throw is justround the corner

“Since2018, I havebeen sensingthat I canhit the90mmark andalways felt that throwwould comesoon. It’s just amatter of timebut Ican’t say exactlywhen.One throwwith agoodangle and in the rightdirection andho jayega kaam (the90mmarkwill be achieved).”

NEERAJCHOPRA

DeborahHerold

NAMITKUMARJUNE15

ONPAPER,Liverpool’squarterfinalassignmentinlast-season’sUEFAChampionsLeaguewasconsideredrelativelystraightforward,despitetheReds facingBenficawhohadeliminatedAjaxintheRoundof16andthrownBarcelonaintotheEuropaLeagueinthegroupstage.After adominantawaydisplay in the first

leg,Liverpool’sprogresswasnothamperedbya3-3drawatAnfield,astheyprevailed6-4onaggregate. But despite the team fromMerseysideboastingseveralsuperstars,itwasBenficastrikerDarwinNunezwhotookhomemostof theplaudits.Nunez kept Liverpool’s defenders busy,

scoringtwoofBenfica’sfourgoalsoverthetwolegs,havinganothertwodisallowedinthesec-ond game - oneofwhichwas a contentiousVARdecisionthatcouldhavegivenaglimmerofhopetothePortugueseside.Hismovementwasdizzyinganddangerous;hisabilitytofindspaceintheboxwassomethingJurgenKlopp’swell-drilled Liverpool forward linewouldbeproudof.So, it comes as no surprise that three

monthsafterthetie,LiverpoolhavebetbigonNunez.The22-year-oldhasbeensignedfor64million pounds, which could rise to a clubrecordof 85million. Liverpool fendedoff in-terest from othermajor European clubs –ManchesterUnitedwerealso said tobekeenon theUruguayan. Pressure comeswith theexpensive andhigh-profilemove, but in thepast,Nunezhasnotallowedittoaffecthisper-formances.Hecomesfromahumblebackgroundand

waspickedupbyUruguayansidePenarolasateenager. Despite facingmultiple injury set-backs, he impressedenough toget a transferto newly-rich Spanish second-tier teamAlmeriafor5millioneuros,quicklymakinghismarkthereandearningaclub-record24mil-lionEuromovetoBenficain2020.Benfica isnostranger to thebigEuropean

moves–thankstoacombinationoftheirabil-ity tospot talentandtheir close relationwithsuper-agent JorgeMendes.Nunez’smove toLiverpoolistheclub’ssecond-biggestsale,be-hindJoaoFelix’smovetoAtleticoMadridforareported120millioneurosin2019andaheadofRubenDias’reported68millioneurotrans-fertoManchesterCity in2020.All threeplay-ers are represented byMendes’ Gestifuteagency,andwhiletheremaybeanelementofriskinthedeals,themoveforLiverpool–whoaregenerallyjudiciousinthetransfermarket–seemsaperfectfit.

Klopp’s styleItmaywell takeNunezsometime toget

used to Klopp’s high-tempo, high-pressing

styleofplay.ThePortugueseleagueishardlyas physical as the Premier League, and the22-year-old has not shown as much dy-namisminpressingfromthefront,anaspectof his game thatwill need to be developedwith time.It is his attacking versatility that would

havehadhimhighonLiverpool’sprioritylistthis summer. TheUruguayan canplay as anout-and-out forward, and his impressivescoringcredentialssuggestexactly that.Butat times for Benfica, hewas employed as asecondstrikerandhasalsoplayedontheleftflank thanks to his foot speed and ability toarrive late in the box – both attributes thatworkwell for thewaytheRedsattack.Klopplikeshiscentre-forwardtodropbe-

tweenthelinestomakeroomforthewingerstobecomethemostadvancedduoandlatchontoquicktransitions,aroleSadioManeandMohamed Salah have performed expertly,and givenNunez’s pace, one that he shouldbe adept at too. With fullbacks TrentAlexander-ArnoldandAndyRobertsonpro-viding overlaps on thewings and plenty ofcrosses, Nunez’s ability from the front andback post – 92 percent of his Benfica goalshavecomefrominsidethebox–shouldworkperfectly.Intermsofphysicalityandpressingfrom

the front, Nunezmayhave someway to go,but in terms of his goal-scoring ability andattacking fluidity, Liverpool seem to havefoundtherightman.

Forward shake-upLiverpool’s long-serving frontline of

Mane,RobertoFirmino,andSalah–allthree

ofwhomturn30soon–willneedashake-upsoon.Firminohasalreadystartedplayinglessandless,andManeseemstohaveplayedhislast game for the Reds, inching closer to amove to Bayern Munich. Salah may be aLiverpool superstarandanall-timePremierLeague great, but his contract expires thisyear,andthereisnoupdateonanextension.The Reds have, in part, addressed that

withthreenewplayers.DigoJotahasestab-lishedhimself asamainstayafterhismovetotheclubin2020,andthisyear, theyspenta fee reportedly rising to 60million eurosfor Luis Diaz, another import from thePortuguese league. Jota’s movement andability to take up goal-scoring positions inthebox,andDiaz’senergyandabilitytotakeonplayerswithdeft footworkanddribblinghave provided a new lease of life toLiverpool’s attack. And while Nunez mayseemlikeadirect replacement forMane, itis theReds’ over-relianceonSalah forgoalsthat he can address.Salah scored 31 goals last season, the

highest for anyPremier Leagueplayer, andwhileManeand Jotadid contributea com-bined total of 44goals, itwaswhenSalah’sformdried up that Liverpool struggled go-ing forward. In2022, Salahhasonly scoredninegoals, andwhileManedidpickup theslack by scoring 14 in that period, the Redsoftendugdeepdefensivelytomakedowitha 1-0 or a comeback from a deficit to forcewins.Nunez’s fresh legs and impressive

goalscoring formwould be awelcome ad-dition to this frontline, especially if Salah’sform faces adip any time soon.

Red hot NunezUruguayanstrikersealsbig-moneytransfer fromBenfica toLiverpool, and

couldprovide thecuttingedgeto JurgenKlopp’s forward line

DarwinNunezscored34goals in41appearances forBenfica last season. AP

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ABHISHEKPUROHITMUMBAI, JUNE15

ATTHEIndianPremierLeague2022auction,only four of the ten franchises bid for India’spremierswingbowlerBhuvneshwarKumar.HisoldfranchiseSunrisersHyderabad,whichhadn’tretainedhimaheadoftheauction,wasable to buyhimback for Rs 4.2 crore, at lessthanhalf ofhis retentionpriceofRs8.5crorein 2018. It was an apt indication ofBhuvneshwar’s fallingstockthen.The previous IPL in 2021 had been his

worst ever, with just six wickets from 11matches at an average of 55.83. In IPL 2020,he’dmanaged all of four games. Back, ham-string,thigh…oneaftertheother,partsofhisbodywere giving in to the strain of a careerthathadbegunwaybackin2007.Nowonderthefamiliarpopinhisbowlinghadgonemiss-ing.Meanwhile, hismost direct competitorforaspot intheIndianteam,DeepakChahar,hadbeenrepurchasedbyChennaiSuperKingsfor a chart-busting Rs 14 crore, following afierce biddingwarwith Delhi Capitals andRajasthanRoyals.But thecherryhasswung intheotherdi-

rection,andhow.AninjuredChaharhasbeenout of action since February, andBhuvneshwar’s body, and form, held upthroughout IPL 2022, for 12wickets at aneconomyof7.34.Andafterscything throughtheSouthAfricantoporderintheongoingse-ries, he nowhas the joint-most powerplaywickets ever in Twenty20 internationals,alongside Samuel Badree and TimSouthee.Andnootherbowlerhastakenasmanywick-etsinthepowerplay-sevenataneconomyofjust4.68-ashehasthisyear.Fourmonthsbe-fore the T20World Cup, the oldwarhorse ismaking apretty strong case for beingon theplanetoAustralia.Bhuvneshwar’s33T20Ipowerplaywick-

ets have come at an average of 22.18 and aneconomyof5.63. Inanindicationof justhowsolid these numbers are, the correspondingfigures for Jasprit Bumrah are 20 strikes at28.45and6.11,whileChahar’sninepowerplayvictims have cost him31.33 runs each at an

economyof7.62.

The IPL revivalThesignsofarevivalwerethereduringthe

IPL.Inanabsolutelyunforgivingmoodagainsthis former franchise, Delhi Capitals openerDavidWarnerwas forced to pay respect toBhuvneshwar’s swing and accuracy atBrabourneStadium.Inaninningstotalof207inwhich every other bowlerwent formorethannine anover, Bhuvneshwar returned4-1-25-1. ButwhenanangryWarnermade92against the franchise that hadunceremoni-ouslydumpedhim,andRovmanPowellclat-tered six towering sixes in 35 balls,Bhuvneshwar’s public-sector bank fixed-de-posit reliabilitywas a footnote in the face ofsuchsoaringstocks.Anyway,aT20spellofrun-a-ball unfortunately does not get the samelimelight as a 50off 30-35balls does, but itsmatch impact usually transcends the score-sheet.AgainstMumbaiIndians,Bhuvneshwarbowled awicket-maiden of sharp, pinpointyorkersinthe19thoverof thechase.GranteditcameagainstSanjayYadavand,probablyfit-tingly,Bumrah,butitwaspeakBhuvneshwar,in complete commandof all thatheplanned

andexecuted.Althoughhispowerplaysorceryhasalwaysovershadowedhiscompetenceatthe death, he remains an intelligent, skilfulbowlerduringtheslog.“Themostimportantthingwhenyouare

bowling at the death is to stay calm.Manytimes, if youconcedeaboundary, youcomeunder pressure. So if you can keep a calmmind,itwillhelpyou,”Bhuvneshwarhadtoldteam-mateUmranMalik after that game ina video for the IPLwebsite. “I was trying tobowlyorkers,”Bhuvneshwarhadsaid. “I felttheyorkerwasthebestoptiononthatwickettopreventrun-scoring,if itwasexecutedwell.Luckily,alldeliveries landedinagoodspot.”If anything defines Bhuvneshwar, apart

fromthefamedswing,ofcourse,itisthisabil-itytolandtheminagoodspot. Injurieshaveovertimetemporarilytakenawaythezipoffthepitchthatmakeshisdeliverieshitthebathard even at a pace that has never been ex-press.Butevenwhenthepacewasdown,asitwaslastyear,hehasneverbeeneasytolineupdespite field restrictions. Evenduringhisworst IPL last year, his economywas 7.97.Countless bowlers will be happy to gothroughanIPLwithaneconomybeloweight.

The pace has returned against SouthAfrica, a remarkable feat forabowler,withahistory of injuries, who is into his 33rd yearaswell as his fitness handlers. His bowlingcoachduringtheIPL,DaleSteyn,hasbeenim-pressed."Hewas lacking something a couple of

monthsagoandheseemstohavefounditnow.Helooksalotmoreconfidentnow.WhenIwaswithhimattheIPLacoupleofmonthsback,itlookedlikehehadlostalittlebitofpace,”SteyntoldESPNcricinfo.“Hewasoperatingbetweenthat125to130kph,especiallyatthe(2021)T20WorldCup.WhenwegottotheIPL,heseemedtohaveuppedhispacea littlebit.Hewasop-erating between 133 and 137, sometimestouching140, youknowtheoneoddball.Heplayed every game at the IPL. He got somerhythm,hegotsomeform,andbang!“Hedidn'treallycometoanytrainingses-

sions[attheIPL]becausehewasjustmanag-ing his body, trusting himself," Steyn said."The day of the gamehewouldwalk to themiddleandbowlprobablythreetofouroversofwarm-upbeforethegamestarted,andjustbeatrueprofessional.”

Swing, seam, knuckleThefullrangeof thoseprofessionalskills,

honed until they’ve become second nature,has been on display against the SouthAfricans. Defending just 149 in Cuttack,Bhuvneshwar broke the game openwith apowerplay spell of 3-0-10-3. It is one thingtohavedifferentplansforeverybatsman,itisquite another to get themperfectly in placeas soon as the strike changes. ThreeoutswingerstoTembaBavuma,allofvaryingmovement and variations in line, were fol-lowed by three equally varied induckers toReeza Hendricks. The inswingers had somuch bite they also cut in further off theseam. And the ball that bowled Hendricksdidn’tevenreallyswing,theseamwobbledallthewayintothepitchafterwhichitcutinfa-tally.Itwasalifetime’sworthofpolishedskilldistilledintosixdeliveries.Thespellcouldn’thavepossiblygotanybetter,butitwould,alsoshowing that Bhuvneshwar continues toevolveevenat thisstageofhiscareer.

Remember the name: Bhuvneshwar

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NAMIT KUMARJUNE15

TheBCCInamedHardikPandyaasthecaptainof India's T20 team touring Ireland later thismonthonWednesday, leavingoutKLRahul,RishabhPant,andShreyasIyerfromtheteamentirely. Indiawill play Ireland inDublin onJune26and June28 ina two-matchbilateralseries.BhuvaneshwarKumarhasbeennamedthevice-captain.WhileRahul's next outing for themen in

blue is still up in the air due tohis injury, theomissionofbothPant–whocaptainedIndiainRahul's absence in the T20s against SouthAfrica–andIyerislikelytotriggerspeculationovertheirformandwhetherornottheyhavebeendroppedfromtheside.However,thepostponedTestseriesdecider

againstEnglandisscheduledtotakeplacefromJuly1toJuly5,justthreedaysaftertheconclu-sionof theIrelandtour.BothPantandIyerareincluded in the test squadandwill travel di-rectlytoBirminghamtoworkontheirred-ballgame,which likely explains their omissionfromtheT20team.ThetriohasbeenreplacedbySuryakumar

Yadav,SanjuSamson,andRahulTripathi.ThisseriesisYadav'sreturntotheIndianteamafterinjury ruled himout for SouthAfrica,whileSamsonhas been calleduponce again afterfailingtomaketheteamfortheongoingseries.The27-year-oldledRajasthanRoyalstothere-centlyconcludedIPLfinalascaptain.ThisalsomarksTripathi'smaidencall-uptotheIndianteam. Indiawill be playing three T20Is andthreeODIs in England following the conclu-sionofthelastTest.Theteamselectedforthosematchesislikelytomoreaccuratelyrepresenttheteam'sbestlimited-overssquad.

Theway forwardTwoseparateteamsfortheT20sandTests

could represent theway forward for Indiancricket. Themodel hasbeen trialledonce re-centlywhenIndiatookonEnglandinthestillinconclusive test series last year, and a sepa-rate team–captainedby ShikharDhawan–played a limited-overs series (3ODIs and 3T20Is)withSriLankaathome.

Butwith the IPL's recent record-breakingbroadcastingdeal, the franchise league's sea-son is likely to expand over the upcomingyears. At the same time, theBCCIhasmain-tained that they are committed todevelop-ing India's seniormen's cricket teamacrossall formats, ensuring plenty of bilateral se-ries' everyyear.Withtheschedulepilingup, it isunlikely

forthesamesetofplayerstobeavailableforseries' across all formats at this rate, whichcouldleadtheselectorstoexplorethepossi-bilityofkeepingtheirT20IandTestteamsep-arateduringcertainpartsof theyear.If this is the way forward, it is likely to

have knock-on effects on the developmentof the players. For example, if Rishabh Pantwill feature more heavily in the Test side,Rahul Dravid & co could decide to groomHardikPandya,whoselower-backinjuryhasseverely hampered the number of overs hecanbowlthuseliminatinghischancestofea-tureintests,asIndia'snextlimited-overscap-tain. Thesamecanbesaidabout the likesofIshanKishanandHarshalPatel,whoseplay-ing style is far better suited to the limited-oversformat,andwouldlikelybedevelopedassuch.Themoreseasonedall-formatplay-erslikeRahul,RohitSharma,ViratKohli,andJaspritBumrahwillalsoneedworkloadman-agementwithan increasinglyhectic sched-ule.

Pant, Iyer’s omission likelydue to Birmingham Test

Blatter,PlatinifacesuspendedjailtermsGeneva:ProsecutorsinthefraudtrialofformerFIFApresidentSeppBlatterandvicepresidentMichelPlatini askedonWednesday for bothmen to get 20-month suspended prison sentences.BlatterandPlatini,aformerFrancena-tionalteamcaptainwhowaspresidentof European governing body UEFA,faced sentences of up to five years forfinancialwrongdoing but actual jailtimewas considered to be unlikelyaheadoftheir11-daytrial.VerdictsareexpectedonJuly8.

IndonesiaOpen:Senlosesto PrannoyJakarta: World No 8 Lakshya Sencrashedoutof the IndonesiaOpenaf-ter losingtocompatriotHSPrannoyinanall-IndiasecondroundclashhereonWednesday.Senwascomprehensivelybeaten 10-21, 9-21 by Prannoy in amen'ssinglesmatchthat lastedalittlemorethanhalfanhour.Sen,whoisinared hot form, clinched his first everSuper 500 title this year. The20-year-oldreachedthefinalsoftheprestigiousAll EnglandOpenandwasalsopartofthe Indian'smen team that lifted thehistoricThomasCupcrown.

NaviMumbaitohostU-17Women’sWCfinalNewDelhi:TheDYPatilStadiuminNaviMumbaiwillhostthesummitclashofthe U-17 Women's World Cup onOctober 30while the semi-finalswillbe played in Goa, FIFA and LocalOrganising Committee (LOC) an-nouncedonWednesday.Bhubaneswaris set tohost India's three group stagematchesbeginningonOctober11.Theofficial drawwill take place on June24th. The 24 group stage gameswillconclude on October 18 and thematcheswillbesharedamongallthreehost states - Odisha, Goa andMaharashtra.

Englandslumpto4-0lossagainstHungaryWolverhampton: England suffered itsworsthomedefeatsince1928witha4-0losstoHungaryintheNationsLeague.Less than a year after reaching theEuropeanChampionshipfinalonhomesoil to raucous celebrations, Englandwasbooedbyitsownfansafteraheavyloss to anunheraldedHungary teamthatcompletedadoubleafterupsettingEnglandlastweek.Italyhaditlittlebet-terasitwasbeaten5-2byGermany.

BRIEFLY

ASHISHSATYAMMUMBAI, JUNE15

JEETUTAMOREstill remembers thecallhereceived fromhis son’s coachZakir Shaikh12 years ago requesting him to come andmeet him for a very important issue.Tamore’s wife had decided that their

son Hardik will not be allowed to playcricket anymore as his marks in the fifthgrade were below expectations and hispassion for the gamewas to be blamed.“His coach met me and said, ‘aapka

ladka bahut achha khelta hai (your sonplays very well), don’t stop his cricket. Asfar as his studies are concerned, we allshouldspeaktohimonce,’”Tamorerecalls.Next evening, the Tamore family and thecoach sat together tomakeHardik under-stand the importance of not ignoring aca-demicswhile playing cricket.Hardik understood and his mother al-

lowed him to play cricket. His coachwantedhimtobeawicketkeeper-batsmanbut to play for Mumbai, Tamore had totravel to the metropolis 127 kilometreaway. A few of his friends used to traveldaily by train to Mumbai for practice andTamore senior toounderstood that toplaycricket, his son too will have to go thereeveryday. “Wegothimadmitted at theElfAcademy in Churchgate and that’s wherehis journey began. His day used to start at5 am, and he would reach school by 6:15.The school gavehimahalf-day, soheusedto take the train at 10:30 AM from Boisar,practise in Churchgate and then comehomepost 9pm. Thiswent on for the nextfive years,” Tamore senior says.It was Tamore’s friend Deepak Patil, a

formerMumbai Cricket Associationman-aging committee member, who advisedthe family to shift toMumbai and Tamoremoved fromBoisar to a rented accommo-dation inMahim.Beingacontractor, shift-ing basewasn’t an issue but despitemov-ingtoMumbai,Hardikdecidedtocontinuehis schooling in Boisar. “He played forMumbai under-14s and since then, hasn’tlooked back and the best part was that heperformed well in studies too,” his fathersaid.However,despitedoingwell in localand

age-group tournaments, Tamore couldn’tfindaplace in theMumbaiRanji side.WithAditya Tare as wicketkeeper- batsman inthe team, this continued for years.Butafter therecentquarterfinalagainst

Uttarakhand,Tarewasruledoutof the last-four clash againstUttar Pradesh due to in-jury and Tamore grabbed the opportunitywith both hands by slamming 115 asMumbai posted 393 runs in their first in-nings. In reply,UPare25 for2at stumpsonDay 2.AnelatedTamoresaidhe loves tobat in

tough situations.“Since my junior days, I have loved to

play under pressure. Aage jaake pressuremein khelne ki aadat honi chahiye (in fu-ture, I shouldhavethehabit toplay inpres-sure situations) and that’s how I havepre-paredmentally over the years.“At the same time, scoring big in big

games always matters. I always look forsuch opportunities,” he said.Mumbai started the day on 260 for 5

and went on to score 393 with ShamsMulani, whowas batting on 10 overnight,scoring 50.

Tiwary, Ahmed shinePTIadds:ManojTiwary, veteranofmany-a-fightback,incompanyofutilitymanShahbazAhmed,keptBengalaliveastheyreached197for five after a top-order collapse againstMadhyaPradesh, hereon the seconddayoftheRanji Trophysemi-final.Atstumps,Tiwary(84batting,182balls)

played his best knock of this season, whileShahbaz (72 batting, 149 balls)was equallydefiant as they joined forces at a precarious54forfiveandadded143runsfortheunbro-kensixthwicket.This was after a 64-run seventhwicket

standbetweencenturionHimanshuMantri(165, 372 balls) and Puneet Datey (33) tookMadhyaPradeshtoamorethanrespectablefirst inningscoreof 341.MukeshKumar(4/66)wasBengal'sbest

bowler by a distance.While Bengal's entirehopes rest on Tiwary and Shahbaz but 144runsona thirddaywicket is still a tall climband 14 overs are left before the new ball istaken.OnatrackwhereBengalleft-armspin-ners Shahbaz (3/86 in 20 overs) andhis fel-low spinner Pradipta Pramanik (1/50 in 14overs) failed to troubleMantri, who hit 19foursandasix,Brief Scores: Mumbai 393 (Hardik

Tamore 115, Y Jaiswal 100, S Mulani 50;KaranSharma4/46)vsUttarPradesh25/2;MP 341 (HimanshuMantri 165, MukeshKumar 4/66). Bengal 197/5 (Manoj Tiwary84batting, ShahbazAhmed72batting).

Tamore is Mumbai’shero in Ranji semifinal

HardikTamoreslammed115asMumbaiposted393runs.

HardikPandya. PTI

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