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S purred by the Coviod-19 wake-up call, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman kept her focus on reinvigorat- ing the growth in her third Union Budget with a massive allocation for health and infra- structure sectors and measures to boost agriculture infra- structure with agri infra cess on many products. While leaving the tax slabs unchanged in the first paper- less Union Budget on Monday, the FM provided little joy to the salaried class, but she did open up her purse for the poll- bound States. The Budget gave a huge push for disinvestment by aim- ing to garner 1.75 lakh crore from stake sale in public sector companies and financial insti- tutions, including 2 PSU banks and one insurance company, in the next fiscal year. The FM spelled out eight key areas in the Budget as the “Sankalp of NATION FIRST”. These include doubling farm- ers’ income; strong infrastruc- ture; healthy India; good gov- ernance; opportunities for youth; education for all, women empowerment, and inclusive development. There was some good news for senior citizens of 75 years and above. They will be exempted from filing income tax returns for the financial year beginning April 1. They will also not be required to have pension income and interest from fixed deposit in the same bank. “For senior citizens who only have pension and interest income, I propose exemption from filing their income tax returns. The paying bank will deduct the necessary tax on their income,” Sitharaman said. Addressing reporters, Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said the exemption from filing income tax returns would be available only in case where the interest income is earned in the same bank where pension is deposit- ed. “Persons whose age is above 75 years and who has pension income and interest from fixed deposit comes in the same bank and who has only inter- est income, they need not file income tax return. “Bank will deduct the income tax which he has to pay and deposit to the Government. The condition is the person should have only pension income and interest from fixed deposit should accrue in the same bank,” he said at the post-Budget Press conference. He added that if the senior citizen person has other incomes, he/she would be required to file income tax return (ITR). “Generally, per- sons of 75 years or more have mostly pension income and the money is parked in fixed deposit from which he earns interest. For them, filing return used to be complicated. So, we have made it simpler and said banks will deduct their income tax and they need not file ITR,” Pandey added. Laying out the plan for dis- investment of banks, Sitharaman said, “For start ups, we are allowing 1 per cent companies to grow without any restriction on their paid up capital. Other than IDBI we plan to take up two more banks for disinvestment. LIC IPO will come in 2022. All divestments announced so far, including Air India, BPCL, CONCOR, Pawan Hans, to be completed by 2022.” The entire focus of the budget is on reviving growth with levying additional tax burden. To achieve this, the Budget proposed to give boost to infrastructure and domestic manufacturing. The FM has raised the capital expenditure in the Budget by 26 per cent over the revised capital expen- diture of FY21. Continued on Page 12 M arkets roared back to life on Monday after six days of deep declines as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented an expansionary Union Budget for 2021-22 which sought to pull the economy out of the pandemic- induced slump through increased spending on infrastructure, health- care and farm sectors without resorting to higher taxation. The 30-share BSE Sensex zoomed 2,314.84 points or 5 per cent to finish at 48,600.61. This was its second-biggest single day jump in absolute terms and the best day in almost 10 months. Detailed report on P11 W ith hundreds of protes- tors pouring at Delhi’s Ghazipur and Singhu borders on a daily basis, the Uttar Pradesh and Delhi Police put up cemented nails on the road near the protest sites in a bid to prevent movement of vehicles, amid heavy deployment of security agencies personnel. Farmers announced nationwide agitation on February 6, issuing calls to block roads. At Singhu border, security personnel from the paramili- tary forces, Rapid Action Force and Central Reserve Police Force remained deployed in large numbers on Monday to maintain law and order. Continued on Page 12 M yanmar’s military staged a coup on Monday and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi — a sharp rever- sal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule. An announcement read on military-owned Myawaddy TV said Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing would be in charge of the country for one year. It said the seizure was necessary because the Government had not acted on the military’s claims of fraud in November’s elections — in which Suu Kyi’s ruling party won a majority of the parliamentary seats up for grabs — and because it allowed the election to go ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. The takeover came the morning the country’s new parliamentary session was to begin and follows days of con- cern that a military coup was coming. The military maintains its actions are legally justified — citing a section of the consti- tution it drafted that allows it to take control in times of national emergency — though Suu Kyi’s party spokesman as well as many international observers have said it amounts to a coup. It was a dramatic backslide for Myanmar, which was emerging from decades of strict military rule and internation- al isolation that began in 1962. It was also a shocking fall from power for Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace laureate who had lived under house arrest for years as she tried to push her country toward democracy and then became its de facto leader after her National League for Democracy won elections in 2015. While Suu Kyi had been a fierce antagonist of the Myanmar army while under house arrest, since her release and return to politics, she has had to work with the country’s generals, who never fully gave up power. Continued on Page 12 P ositioning health as one of the six crucial pillars of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self- reliant India), the Government on Monday proposed a Budget outlay of 2,23,846 crore for the sector to be spread over the next six years, a massive increase of 137 per cent from the previous year, which include 35,000 crore for Covid-19 vaccine and 64,180 crore for newly-announced PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Yojana. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who pre- sented the Budget in the Lok Sabha, said the investment on public health, infrastructure has been increased substan- tially in the Budget. Taking a holistic approach, the Government is committed to strengthening three areas — preventive, curative and well- being, she said. Sitharaman said the Prime Minister’s Atmanirbhar Swasth Yojana will be launched for developing capacities for pri- mary, secondary and tertiary health-care systems, strength- ening existing institutions and creating new institutions for detection and cure of new emerging diseases. This, she said, will be an addition to the National Health Mission. The funds under the Atmanirbhar Swasth Mission will be used to support 17,000 rural and 11,000 urban well- ness centres, setting up inte- grated public health labs in all districts, over 3,800 block pub- lic health units in 11 States and establishing critical care hos- pital blocks in over 600 district hospitals and 12 central insti- tutions, she said. Similarly the money will be spent on strengthening National Centre for Disease Control and its five regional units, 20 metropolitan health surveillance units and on expansion of national health information portal, she said. Continued on Page 12 A mid raging farmers’ protest on the outskirts of Delhi over the farm laws, the Modi Government on Monday pro- posed an Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) on certain items to boost agricul- ture infrastructure and also announced that 1,000 more agriculture product marketing committees (APMCs) or man- dis will be linked to e-nation- al agriculture market (e-NAM) and commitment on the min- imum support price (MSP). By this, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has tried to send a message to the agi- tating farmers groups that the Government has no intention of dismantling an established APMC system and MSP and will further be strengthened in the country. The item coming under cess ambit are petrol, diesel, gold, alcoholic beverages, apples, Bengal Gram, and some imported agricultural goods. As per the Budget docu- ment, the agriculture cess of 2.5 per litre has been imposed on petrol and 4 per litre on diesel and 100 per cent on alco- holic beverages. The AIDC is a new cess introduced by the Government in the Union Budget 2021-22 which was presented in Parliament on Monday, which seeks to shore up resources for improvement in agriculture infrastructure in the country. The Government expects 30,000 crore through agri infra cess. However, prices for petrol and diesel won’t change because or reduction in other duties. Consequently, unbrand- ed petrol and diesel will attract basic excise duty of 1.4, and 1.8 per litre respectively. Proposing the introduction of an agri infra development cess while presenting the Union Budget 2021-22, Sitharaman said it would not affect the con- sumers of most of these goods. Continued on Page 12 T he Union Budget has pro- posed massive impetus on infrastructure-building to spur growth. The Budget also gave special attention to the poll- bound States of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and allocated separate packages for infrastructure development in these States, particularly roads and highways. The FM also announced a “National Rail Plan for India - 2030” under which a “future- ready” railway system will be created by 2030. To strengthen urban infrastructure, a new scheme will be launched at a cost of 18,000 crores to sup- port the augmentation of pub- lic bus transport services. Allocating an enhanced outlay of 1.18 lakh crore for the highways sector for 2021- 21, execution of flagship high- ways corridors, as well as pro- jects, are bound to speed up. An allocation of 91,823 crore was made to highways for 2020-21, which was revised to 1.01 lakh crore. More than 13,000 km of roads at a cost of 3.3 lakh crore has already been award- ed under the 5.35-lakh crore Bharatmala Pariyojana, of which 3,800 km have been constructed. “By March 2022, we would be awarding anoth- er 8,500 km and complete an additional 11,000 km of nation- al highway corridors,” she said. The flagship projects that are to be expedited include Delhi-Mumbai Expressway; while for Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway, 278 km will be ini- tiated in the current financial year and construction will begin in 2021-22. The Delhi- Dehradun Economic Corridor work will be initiated in the current financial year, while the Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway work will be initiated in 2021-22. A 277-km Chennai- Salem corridor will be award- ed soon and construction would start in 2021-22. Amritsar-Jamnagar road construction will start in 2021- 22, and Delhi-Katra road con- struction will start in 2021-22. Continued on Page 12 T he Centre on Monday bud- geted 1.75 lakh crore from stake sale in public sector com- panies and financial institu- tions, including two PSU banks and one general insurance company, in the next financial year beginning April 1. The amount is lower than the record 2.10 lakh crore which was budgeted to be raised from CPSE disinvest- ment in the current fiscal year. However, the Covid-19 pan- demic impacted the Government’s CPSE stake sale programme, and the target has been lowered to 32,000 crore in the Revised Estimates. So far this fiscal year, the Government has mopped up 19,499 crore from CPSE stake sale and share buyback. For fiscal year 2021-22, out of the total 1.75 lakh crore, 1 lakh crore is to accrue from selling Government stake in public sector banks and financial institutions. Rs 75,000 crore would come as CPSE dis- investment receipts. Unveiling the Disinvestment/Strategic Disinvestment Policy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said four sectors — atomic energy, space and Defence; transport and telecommunica- tions; power, petroleum, coal and other minerals; and bank- ing, insurance and financial services —would be strategic sectors. There will be bare minimum presence of the pub- lic sector enterprises. The remaining CPSEs in the strate- gic sectors will be privatised or merged or subsidiarised with other CPSEs or closed. In non- strategic sectors, CPSEs will be privatised, otherwise shall be closed. The Minister said that the policy aims at minimising the presence of Central public sec- tor enterprises, including finan- cial institutions and creating new investment space for the private sector. Continued on Page 12

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Spurred by the Coviod-19wake-up call, Finance

Minister Nirmala Sitharamankept her focus on reinvigorat-ing the growth in her thirdUnion Budget with a massiveallocation for health and infra-structure sectors and measuresto boost agriculture infra-structure with agri infra cess onmany products.

While leaving the tax slabsunchanged in the first paper-less Union Budget on Monday,the FM provided little joy to thesalaried class, but she did openup her purse for the poll-bound States.

The Budget gave a hugepush for disinvestment by aim-ing to garner �1.75 lakh crorefrom stake sale in public sectorcompanies and financial insti-tutions, including 2 PSU banksand one insurance company, inthe next fiscal year.

The FM spelled out eightkey areas in the Budget as the“Sankalp of NATION FIRST”.These include doubling farm-ers’ income; strong infrastruc-ture; healthy India; good gov-ernance; opportunities foryouth; education for all, womenempowerment, and inclusivedevelopment.

There was some good newsfor senior citizens of 75 yearsand above. They will beexempted from filing incometax returns for the financialyear beginning April 1. Theywill also not be required to havepension income and interestfrom fixed deposit in the same

bank. “For senior citizens whoonly have pension and interestincome, I propose exemptionfrom filing their income taxreturns. The paying bank willdeduct the necessary tax ontheir income,” Sitharaman said.

Addressing reporters,Finance Secretary AjayBhushan Pandey said theexemption from filing incometax returns would be availableonly in case where the interestincome is earned in the samebank where pension is deposit-ed. “Persons whose age is above75 years and who has pensionincome and interest from fixeddeposit comes in the samebank and who has only inter-est income, they need not fileincome tax return.

“Bank will deduct theincome tax which he has to payand deposit to theGovernment. The condition isthe person should have onlypension income and interestfrom fixed deposit shouldaccrue in the same bank,” hesaid at the post-Budget Pressconference.

He added that if the seniorcitizen person has otherincomes, he/she would berequired to file income taxreturn (ITR). “Generally, per-sons of 75 years or more havemostly pension income and themoney is parked in fixeddeposit from which he earnsinterest. For them, filing returnused to be complicated. So, wehave made it simpler and saidbanks will deduct their incometax and they need not fileITR,” Pandey added.

Laying out the plan for dis-investment of banks,Sitharaman said, “For startups, we are allowing 1 per centcompanies to grow withoutany restriction on their paid upcapital. Other than IDBI weplan to take up two morebanks for disinvestment. LICIPO will come in 2022. Alldivestments announced so far,including Air India, BPCL,CONCOR, Pawan Hans, to be

completed by 2022.”The entire focus of the

budget is on reviving growthwith levying additional taxburden. To achieve this, theBudget proposed to give boostto infrastructure and domesticmanufacturing. The FM hasraised the capital expenditurein the Budget by 26 per centover the revised capital expen-diture of FY21.

Continued on Page 12

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Markets roared back to life onMonday after six days of

deep declines as Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman presented anexpansionary Union Budget for2021-22 which sought to pull theeconomy out of the pandemic-induced slump through increased

spending on infrastructure, health-care and farm sectors withoutresorting to higher taxation.

The 30-share BSE Sensexzoomed 2,314.84 points or 5 percent to finish at 48,600.61. This wasits second-biggest single day jumpin absolute terms and the best dayin almost 10 months.

Detailed report on P11

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With hundreds of protes-tors pouring at Delhi’s

Ghazipur and Singhu borderson a daily basis, the UttarPradesh and Delhi Police putup cemented nails on the roadnear the protest sites in a bid toprevent movement of vehicles,

amid heavy deployment ofsecurity agencies personnel.

Farmers announcednationwide agitation onFebruary 6, issuing calls toblock roads.

At Singhu border, securitypersonnel from the paramili-tary forces, Rapid Action Forceand Central Reserve PoliceForce remained deployed inlarge numbers on Monday tomaintain law and order.

Continued on Page 12

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Myanmar’s military stageda coup on Monday and

detained senior politiciansincluding Nobel laureate AungSan Suu Kyi — a sharp rever-sal of the significant, if uneven,progress toward democracythe Southeast Asian nation hasmade following five decades ofmilitary rule.

An announcement read onmilitary-owned Myawaddy TVsaid Commander-in-ChiefSenior General Min AungHlaing would be in charge of

the country for one year. It saidthe seizure was necessarybecause the Government hadnot acted on the military’sclaims of fraud in November’selections — in which Suu Kyi’sruling party won a majority ofthe parliamentary seats up forgrabs — and because it allowedthe election to go ahead despitethe coronavirus pandemic.

The takeover came themorning the country’s newparliamentary session was tobegin and follows days of con-cern that a military coup wascoming.

The military maintains itsactions are legally justified —citing a section of the consti-tution it drafted that allows itto take control in times ofnational emergency — thoughSuu Kyi’s party spokesman aswell as many internationalobservers have said it amountsto a coup.

It was a dramatic backslidefor Myanmar, which wasemerging from decades of strictmilitary rule and internation-al isolation that began in 1962.

It was also a shocking fallfrom power for Suu Kyi, a

Nobel peace laureate who hadlived under house arrest foryears as she tried to push hercountry toward democracy andthen became its de facto leaderafter her National League forDemocracy won elections in2015.

While Suu Kyi had been afierce antagonist of theMyanmar army while underhouse arrest, since her releaseand return to politics, she hashad to work with the country’sgenerals, who never fully gaveup power.

Continued on Page 12

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Positioning health as one ofthe six crucial pillars of

Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India), the Governmenton Monday proposed a Budgetoutlay of �2,23,846 crore for thesector to be spread over thenext six years, a massiveincrease of 137 per cent fromthe previous year, whichinclude �35,000 crore forCovid-19 vaccine and �64,180crore for newly-announcedPM Atmanirbhar SwasthYojana.

Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman, who pre-sented the Budget in the LokSabha, said the investment onpublic health, infrastructurehas been increased substan-tially in the Budget. Taking aholistic approach, theGovernment is committed tostrengthening three areas —preventive, curative and well-being, she said.

Sitharaman said the PrimeMinister’s Atmanirbhar Swasth

Yojana will be launched fordeveloping capacities for pri-mary, secondary and tertiaryhealth-care systems, strength-ening existing institutions andcreating new institutions fordetection and cure of newemerging diseases. This, shesaid, will be an addition to theNational Health Mission.

The funds under theAtmanirbhar Swasth Missionwill be used to support 17,000rural and 11,000 urban well-ness centres, setting up inte-grated public health labs in alldistricts, over 3,800 block pub-lic health units in 11 States andestablishing critical care hos-pital blocks in over 600 districthospitals and 12 central insti-tutions, she said.

Similarly the money will bespent on strengtheningNational Centre for DiseaseControl and its five regionalunits, 20 metropolitan healthsurveillance units and onexpansion of national healthinformation portal, she said.

Continued on Page 12

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Amid raging farmers’ proteston the outskirts of Delhi

over the farm laws, the ModiGovernment on Monday pro-posed an AgricultureInfrastructure andDevelopment Cess (AIDC) oncertain items to boost agricul-ture infrastructure and alsoannounced that 1,000 moreagriculture product marketingcommittees (APMCs) or man-dis will be linked to e-nation-al agriculture market (e-NAM)and commitment on the min-imum support price (MSP).

By this, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman has triedto send a message to the agi-tating farmers groups that theGovernment has no intentionof dismantling an establishedAPMC system and MSP andwill further be strengthened inthe country.

The item coming undercess ambit are petrol, diesel,gold, alcoholic beverages,apples, Bengal Gram, and some

imported agricultural goods.As per the Budget docu-

ment, the agriculture cess of�2.5 per litre has been imposedon petrol and �4 per litre ondiesel and 100 per cent on alco-holic beverages. The AIDC isa new cess introduced by theGovernment in the UnionBudget 2021-22 which waspresented in Parliament onMonday, which seeks to shoreup resources for improvementin agriculture infrastructurein the country. TheGovernment expects �30,000crore through agri infra cess.

However, prices for petroland diesel won’t changebecause or reduction in otherduties. Consequently, unbrand-ed petrol and diesel will attractbasic excise duty of �1.4, and�1.8 per litre respectively.Proposing the introduction ofan agri infra development cesswhile presenting the UnionBudget 2021-22, Sitharamansaid it would not affect the con-sumers of most of these goods.

Continued on Page 12

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The Union Budget has pro-posed massive impetus on

infrastructure-building to spurgrowth. The Budget also gavespecial attention to the poll-bound States of West Bengal,Tamil Nadu and Kerala andallocated separate packages forinfrastructure development inthese States, particularly roadsand highways.

The FM also announced a“National Rail Plan for India -2030” under which a “future-ready” railway system will becreated by 2030. To strengthenurban infrastructure, a newscheme will be launched at acost of �18,000 crores to sup-port the augmentation of pub-lic bus transport services.

Allocating an enhancedoutlay of �1.18 lakh crore forthe highways sector for 2021-21, execution of flagship high-ways corridors, as well as pro-jects, are bound to speed up.An allocation of �91,823 crorewas made to highways for2020-21, which was revised to�1.01 lakh crore.

More than 13,000 km ofroads at a cost of �3.3 lakhcrore has already been award-ed under the �5.35-lakh croreBharatmala Pariyojana, ofwhich 3,800 km have beenconstructed. “By March 2022,we would be awarding anoth-er 8,500 km and complete anadditional 11,000 km of nation-al highway corridors,” she said.

The flagship projects thatare to be expedited includeDelhi-Mumbai Expressway;while for Bengaluru-ChennaiExpressway, 278 km will be ini-tiated in the current financialyear and construction willbegin in 2021-22. The Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridorwork will be initiated in thecurrent financial year, while theKanpur-Lucknow Expresswaywork will be initiated in 2021-22. A 277-km Chennai-Salem corridor will be award-ed soon and constructionwould start in 2021-22.

Amritsar-Jamnagar roadconstruction will start in 2021-22, and Delhi-Katra road con-struction will start in 2021-22.

Continued on Page 12

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The Centre on Monday bud-geted �1.75 lakh crore from

stake sale in public sector com-panies and financial institu-tions, including two PSU banksand one general insurancecompany, in the next financialyear beginning April 1.

The amount is lower thanthe record �2.10 lakh crorewhich was budgeted to beraised from CPSE disinvest-ment in the current fiscal year.However, the Covid-19 pan-demic impacted theGovernment’s CPSE stake saleprogramme, and the target hasbeen lowered to �32,000 crorein the Revised Estimates. So farthis fiscal year, the Governmenthas mopped up �19,499 crorefrom CPSE stake sale and sharebuyback.

For fiscal year 2021-22,out of the total �1.75 lakhcrore, �1 lakh crore is to accruefrom selling Government stakein public sector banks andfinancial institutions. Rs 75,000

crore would come as CPSE dis-investment receipts.

Unveiling theDis inves tment/Strateg icDisinvestment Policy, FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamansaid four sectors — atomicenergy, space and Defence;transport and telecommunica-tions; power, petroleum, coaland other minerals; and bank-ing, insurance and financialservices —would be strategicsectors. There will be bareminimum presence of the pub-lic sector enterprises. Theremaining CPSEs in the strate-gic sectors will be privatised ormerged or subsidiarised withother CPSEs or closed. In non-strategic sectors, CPSEs will beprivatised, otherwise shall beclosed.

The Minister said that thepolicy aims at minimising thepresence of Central public sec-tor enterprises, including finan-cial institutions and creatingnew investment space for theprivate sector.

Continued on Page 12

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get is in accordance with theintention of public welfare anda self-reliant India. The budgethas taken care of every class,including farmers, middleclass, poor and women. Itwill work to speed up theeconomy and empower everycitizen of the country financial-ly," the chief minister said in atweet.

Governor Anandiben Patelsaid this was the first digitalbudget which would go a longway in promoting transparen-cy, ease of doing business andcurb corruption.

The Governor said it was adevelopment-oriented budgetwhich would help the economybattered by the pandemic as Rs15,700 crore had been provid-ed for the MSME sector. Shesaid the budget would realisethe dream of a self-reliantIndia.

The Governor also wel-comed the vehicle scrappagepolicy for private cars and

commercial vehicles, saying itwould help in curbing air pol-lution.

Yogi Adityanath said theBudget 2021-22 was farmer-friendly and would boost theeconomy and empower citi-zens.

He said at a time when bigeconomies of the world were incrisis due to the COVID-19pandemic, this budget waspractical and development-oriented.

He also hailed the decisionto set up 100 new SainikSchools in partnership withnon-governmental organisa-tions (NGOs), private schoolsand states.

The chief minister alsolauded the Union budget forincluding urban areas in JalJeevan Mission. He said thatthe announcement for settingup mega textile parks wouldhelp generate more jobs.

Yogi Adityanath said thatPrime Minister Narendra Modihad given 1.5 times MSP (min-imum support price) to farm-

ers and the announcement oflinking additional 1,000 APMCwith eNAM would help guar-antee that farmers got 1.5 timesMSP for their produce.

He praised the govern-ment for taking various stepsfor farmers' welfare

Speaking on the announce-ments around MSMEs, YogiAdityanath said that this sector

was considered as an engine ofgrowth. He said the budgetaryprovisions made for the sectorwould prove to be a booster forit.

He also lauded the move tomake the budget paperless ordigital and the allocationtowards the first ever digitalCensus to be carried out thisyear. He said all these stepswould ensure that correct fig-ures were there for all to see.

Yogi Adityanath said thatthis budget would be beneficialfor all strata of society andreflected the vision of SabkaSaath, Sabka Vikas.

UP Finance MinisterSuresh Khanna, while welcom-ing the Union budget, saidthat besides creating fresh jobopportunities, it would helpIndia achieve a 5-trillion USDeconomy status.

He said the budget wasencouraging for all sections ofsociety and besides strengthen-ing the economy it providedrelief to the senior citizens.

Welcoming the allocation

for the infrastructure, Khannasaid Rs 1.18 lakh crore for roadsand highways, Rs 1.10 lakhcrore for Railways, Rs 11,000for 1,016 km of metro rails in27 cities and electrification of46,000 km of railway trackswould be a major booster forthe economy.

Khanna also welcomed themeasures announced for thesimplification of the Goodsand Services Tax and digitalCensus. He said the budget hadstrengthened the spirit of SabkaSaath, Sabka Vikaas and SabkaVishwaas.

Meanwhile, the SamajwadiParty criticised the budget,saying it was directionlessand had disappointed thepoor, women, farmers and theyouth and no relief had beenannounced for the middleclass.

SP president AkhileshYadav also criticised the privati-sation of the public sectorundertakings (PSUs) and mon-etisation of the PSU assets, say-ing the government was mak-

ing efforts to mobilise resourcesby selling family silver. He alsoquestioned the government'sclaim of making India a 5-tril-lion USD economy.

On budget announcementfor opening 100 Sainik Schoolsin association with NGOs, theSP chief said the governmentmight assign the job toRashtriya Swayamsevak Sanghor its affiliate organisations.

SP general secretaryRamgopal Yadav resorted to abizarre line of questioning the

Union budget, as he wanted toknow why the 2021-22 budgetwas paperless.

While presenting the bud-get, Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman replacedthe swadeshi 'bahi khata' andswitched to a tablet.

Ramgopal Yadav categori-cally stated that his party hadno expectations from theCentre regarding the budget.He also asked if the printing ofother documents had beenstopped by the government.

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The Railway Protection Force (RPF) per-sonnel helped a woman, who gave birth to achild on board the Patna Kota Express, inreaching hospital in Unnao on Monday.Senior divisional commercial manager JagtoshShukla said the woman was travelling in asleeper coach and the station master ofUnnao sent an SOS to the staff. The messagewas circulated to RPF post and RPF person-nel Rama Sahu, Hari Pratap Singh and MataPrasad instantly reached the scene. Thewoman and her newborn were taken to thedistrict hospital in Unnao. “The RPF also tookhelp from the GRP and both the mother andher child are healthy and safe,” Shukla said.

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Shandilya, a classVI student ofCity MontessoriS c h o o l ,R a j a j i p u r a mCampus II, hasbeen declaredchampion in theInt e r n at i on a lOnline AbacusC omp e t i t i on .The competitionwas held in the‘ B r a i n o b r a i nFest-2021’ underthe aegis of edu-

cational institute Brainobrain. A large num-ber of students from India and abroad partic-ipated in the competition to showcase theiranalytical skills and Udyansh applied variousabacus tricks to solve mathematical problemswas declared the champion. He was awardeda certificate for his achievement.

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Campus I, is organising the 5-day internation-al literary and cultural fest ‘InternationalEuphoria-2021’ online from February 5 to 9.Students from Russia, Bangladesh, Nepal,

Sharjah, Kuwait and various states of India willbe participating in the event. The internation-al festival will be formally inaugurated onlineon February 5. The objective is to ensure theoverall development of the future generationthrough balanced and qualitative education.

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regional office in Lucknow, as its chief gen-eral manager. He has a rich experience span-ning over three decades in rural developmentbanking. He held important posts inNABARD and BIRD and has worked acrossthe country in various capacities. An alum-nus of Lucknow University, he holds a doc-toral degree in Public Administration besidesbeing a MBA (HR) and postgraduate inBiotechnology. He has to his credit a numberof reputed national and international publi-cations and paper presentations. He has alsoauthored a book on self-help groups. His areasof interest are community-based organisations,natural resource management, rural planningand rural credit.

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Chief Medical Officer Dr SanjayBhatnagar on Monday inaugurated the onlinepayment system at Sarojininagar communi-ty health centre using YONO/BHIM App.

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In a sensational killing, a 24-year-old youth was brutally beaten

with bat and stumps by half-a-dozen miscreants in Amethi onSunday evening. He was rushed tothe KGMU Trauma Centre inLucknow but the doctors pro-nounced him dead.

The shocking incident tookplace just a few steps from theGauriganj Kotwali area but thecops failed to take notice of it intime.

The deceased was identified as24-year-old Kapil Jaiswal.

According to reports, Kapilwas going towards his house fromthe bus stop on Sunday evening

when six rogues riding motorcy-cles attacked him with a cricket batand stumps.

After committing theassailants, all the accused escaped.

On receiving informationabout Kapil's beating, his familymembers reached the spot andtook him to the district hospital.Seeing the critical conditionof Kapil, the doctors referredhim to the Trauma Centrein Lucknow but he died on theway.

Kapil's father said that his sonhad a fight with a man namedNeeraj Pandey of Musafirkhanaroad a week ago but the local peo-ple and the local police had inter-vened and pacified the matter. The

father alleged that Neeraj hadthreatened to kill Kapil.

The police said that somewitnesses also claimed that the vic-tim had a tiff with some youthsplaying cricket in the area so theywere investigating the case from allthe angles.

A case was registered and thebody was sent for post-mortem.

In another incident, the bodyof 30-year-old Abhay Singh akaChhotey of Datai hamlet inMirhachi, was found hangingfrom a tree in Etah district onMonday morning.

The family members said thatAbhay was preparing to contestthe upcoming gram pradhan elec-tion and probably he was killed by

his opponents.Shishupal, father of the victim,

said that his son went out for workon Sunday evening and when hedid not return home, theylaunched a hunt but were shockedto see his body hanging from atree.

Circumstantial evidencepointed to murder as the victimhad several injury marks on thebody. It seems that the body washanged after murder to make itlook like a case of suicide.

Meanwhile, two kids werekidnapped in Firozabad.

Superintendent of Police ofFirozabad, Ajay Kumar Pandey,said that two boys, 4-year-oldYogesh and 6-year-old Kunal hail-

ing from Bhim Nagar localityunder Dakshin police station,went missing after they went outto purchase toffees on Sundayafternoon. When they did notreturn, their families launched ahunt and also informed the policeabout the disappearance of theboys.

Pandey said that the probepointed that the two boys were lastseen sitting on a motorcycle withan unknown youth.

It seems that they were kid-napped though no ransom callshave been received by their fam-ilies so far.

A case was registered and allout efforts were being made totrace out both the boys.

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Aone-sided love story endedon a tragic note in Amroha

where a lovesick constableopened fire on his female col-league and later shot himself tooafter a brief argument, police saidon Monday.

Both were admitted to a hos-pital in Moradabad in a criticalcondition where the lady consta-ble reportedly succumbed to herinjuries while the accused wasstill battling for his life. Hiscondition was stated to be "crit-ical".

According to reports,Constable Manoj Kumar (26)barged into the residence ofConstable Megha Chaudhary(25), in Avantika Nagar Colonyin Saidangali area of Gajraula andshot at her on Sunday evening.He later shot at himself too.

Both were rushed and admit-ted to a hospital in Moradabadwhere the lady constable died inthe night.

Amroha's Superintendent ofPolice Suniti said that both theconstables were of 2018 batch andwere friendly with each other.

Manoj was attached to thepolice response vehicle (PRV) ofSaidangali police station. He tooka day's leave on Sunday andreached the woman constable'shouse and committed the crime.

Further investigations are onand the police are trying to findout the motive behind the crime.

The police are waiting forManoj's condition to stabilisebefore questioning him about the

incident.The lady constable's family

was informed about her death.In another incident, two

teenage lovers ended their livesafter facing opposition from theirparents in Auraiya. Reports saidthat 20-year-old Shivbhan akaDharmendra, hailing fromBijalpur hamlet of Ayana inAuraiya, was having an affair with18-year-old Aasma, residing inthe same locality.

Their families were againsttheir affair and had warned thetwo several times.

However, as the two contin-ued with their affair so the fam-ily members of both decided tosettle their marriages somewhereelse. While Shivbhan's engage-ment was fixed for Mondayevening, Aasma's wedding was totake place next month.

Reports said that upset withtheir parents' move, Shivbhanended his life a few hours beforehis marriage. His body was foundhanging from the ceiling in hisroom on Monday morning.

When this news reachedAasma, she too locked herself ina room.

The family members tried toget in but when they failed, theyraised an alarm but by the timethe neighbours rushed there andmanaged to break open thedoors, the girl had also ended herlife. She too was found hangingfrom the ceiling.

The police rushed to thespot soon after learning about thesuicides and sent both the bod-ies for autopsy.

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Bharatiya Janata Party statepresident Swatantra Dev

Singh said the Union budgetwas going to empower allsections of society as it was apro-poor and pro-people bud-get. He expressed his gratitudeto Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman for pre-senting a grand budget thatfulfilled the expectations of allsections of society, includingvillagers, poor, farmers,traders, youth and women.

"All of us now have tomove forward with a newresolve. This budget is asource of hope and enthusi-asm for the country facing theglobal crisis of COVID-19.The budget will carry forwardthe concept of a self-reliantIndia. The allocation of 137per cent more budget inthe health sector and theprovision of Rs 35 000 croresfor vaccination is a revolution-ary step in the budget," hesaid.

Singh said in order todouble the income of thefarmers, a commitment had

been shown to give at leastone-and-a-half times thevalue of their crops and a pro-vision had been made to pro-vide additional loans.

"It is clear from the figurespresented in the budget that inthe last six years, procurementof wheat, paddy, pulses andother crops on MSP (mini-mum support price) hasincreased manifold," he said.

The BJP's UP presidentsaid that Rs 1.18 lakh crorewould be spent on infrastruc-ture in connection with devel-opment of industrial facilitiesand resources.

"The further expansion ofthe Ujjwala Yojana, whichfrees millions of families fromsmoke by giving them cook-ing gas, shows the commit-ment of the Narendra Modigovernment towards publicwelfare," he said.

Singh said the Union bud-get was development-orient-ed and all-inclusive to realisethe concept of a self-reliantIndia.

"This budget will help inmoving India on the path ofprogress," he said.

Lucknow (PNS): TheFederation of Indian Chamberof Commerce and Industry(FICCI) hailed the Union bud-get for 2021-22 during a budgetdiscussion organised in thestate capital under the joint aegisof the FICCI and Adarsh VyaparMandal, a federation of indus-trial and business organisa-tions.

In the programme, busi-nessmen, industrialists, char-tered accountants and womentraders of the capital watchedthe live telecast of the budgetand assessed it in the discus-sions. After the budget speechof Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman, the officials andmembers of FICCI respondedto the general budget and

described it as infrastructure-strengthening for the nation.FICCI Uttar Pradesh CouncilChairman Sharad Jaipuria saidthe general budget was good forevery section of society.

He said, "The specialty ofthe budget is that even aftergoing through a global crisis likeCOVID-19, the budget attemptsto provide something for all sec-tors. The budget has taken careof every class, including farm-ers, middle class, poor andwomen. It will definitely behelpful in speeding up the econ-omy and financially strengthen-ing every citizen of the country.Provision of Rs 40,000 crore inthe rural infrastructure fund isdefinitely a welcome step. "

FICCI Uttar Pradesh

Council Co-chairman AmarTulsian described the budget asself-reliant and a blueprint forIndia, saying it was a historicand very progressive budget.

"It will certainly embody theaspirations for AtmanirbharBharat. The budget has givenspecial attention to major issueslike revival of the economy andemployment generation. Thegovernment has focused onincreasing investment withoutany additional burden on theindustry and common citizensdespite the pressure. The direc-tion of the budget is towardsincreasing the trust of the com-mon taxpayer. The govern-ment's step in it is a very com-mendable effort," he said.

Former chairman of

FICCI's Uttar Pradesh StateCouncil, LK Jhunjhunwala,while reacting to the budget,said, "The government was fac-ing financial constraints due toCOVID-19 yet the way thegovernment budgeted for thedevelopment of all sectors, it willhave a long-lasting result andimpact. The government shouldhave announced the creation ofa regulatory body for e-com-merce as well; this would cer-tainly give relief to retail traders.Increasing the budget in thehealth sector was the need of thehour, this step of the govern-ment is welcome. "

FICCI Uttar PradeshCouncil head Amit Gupta alsodescribed the budget as anadmiration under pressure.

He said, "For the last oneyear, the whole world has beenfacing the crisis of COVID-19pandemic and during this timeIndia also faced challenges onevery front. The governmentgave special attention to thehealth sector and insurancesector with a visionary step. Thegovernment has made its com-mitment to make the vaccineavailable to all countrymen byproviding Rs 35,000 crores forvaccination; this is a very com-mendable step."

"The proposal to increaseFDI in insurance companiesfrom 49 per cent to 74 per centwill help in providing insurancepolicy to the common citizensat a competitive rate, which isalso a welcome step," he added.

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Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath

and Governor Anandiben Patelhave hailed the Union budgetfor 2021-22.

Yogi Adityanath, onMonday, said that the Unionbudget would work to speed upthe economy and empowerevery citizen of the country

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Ten per cent of the totalfrontline workers will be

covered in the first round ofCovid vaccination meant forthem on February 5. Districtimmunisation officer MKSingh said the frontline work-ers would be vaccinated inthree to four sessions in thesame manner as health work-ers. He said they also expect agood number of health work-ers to get the vaccine shots onFebruary 4 and 5, as the appre-hensions have minimised to alarge extent.

Nodal officer for Covidimmunisation (KGMU) DrNishant Verma said that 2,500out of a total of 5,000 healthworkers have been vaccinatedso far. “In the coming session,MBBS students are scheduledto get the vaccination shots, butsome of them are out of townand many have exams sched-uled for February 5. The stu-dents who are taking exams donot want to be take the shotbecause it may result in feverwhich they want to avoid dur-ing exams,” he said.

Dr Verma said that afterJanuary 29 vaccination, about8-10 beneficiaries complainedof fever that lasted for three tofour days while there was sore-ness in the point where the shot

was administered. “It was aproblem which we had notseen earlier. It could be achance association, but we willhave a clearer picture onFebruary 5. Fever lasting 3-4days was an area of concern forus and it would be difficult tocounsel the beneficiaries undersuch circumstances,” he said.

Nodal Covid officer(KGMU) Dr D Himanshu saidthey have a total of 40 Covidpatients at the moment.

“However, though the num-ber of cases is coming down, theCovid facilities will continue.We still have to keep the sec-ond wave in abeyance. Eventhough the vaccination hasstarted, proper immunity comesin two to three weeks after thesecond dose of vaccination.Besides, we are slowly slashingthe number of wards in the

Covid hospital but not in onego,” he added. Dr Himanshupointed out there has been adrastic dip in the number ofserious patients coming fromother districts and it has nowcome down to just 3-4. “Inother countries such as Brazil,the second wave took 6-7months to raise its head. Wehave to be cautious for the nextthree months because only thehealth workers are being vacci-nated at the moment,” he said.

He said that doctors arefinally having some relief andthey are now working on post-Covid complications. “We arelooking at the post-Covid fun-gal complications in sinus andupper jaw, as seen in somepatients. This is suggestive ofsuppressed immunity,” headded.

On Monday, 32 persons

tested positive for coronavirusin Lucknow while 49 patientsrecovered. The death toll standsat 1,179 while there are 1,152active cases in the district. Thefresh cases included three eachfrom Rae Bareli road &Indiranagar, and two each fromGomtinagar, Jankipuram andChowk. In the state, 171 per-sons tested positive, includingsix in Kanpur, 19 in Ghaziabad,four in Gautam Buddh Nagar,10 in Varanasi, and eight inMeerut, taking the UP tally to6,00,470. There were fourdeaths reported in the state,including one each fromPrayagraj, Moradabad, Gondaand Rae Bareli, taking the tollto 8,662. Besides, 389 patientsrecovered, taking the recoveryfigures to 5,86,505 while thereare 5,303 active cases in thestate.

Meanwhile, the NationalCommission for Womenorganised a felicitation pro-gramme on January 31 forwomen who did exemplarywork to fight Covid. Onewoman from the Healthdepartment of each state wasnominated. Prof Amita Jainfrom KGMU was nominatedfrom UP for the excellent workdone in terms of Covid testing.The award was given by Unionminister Prakash Javadekar atVigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

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The recently launched‘Karmayogi Scholarship’ by

Lucknow University hasreceived a good response,according to DSW PoonamTandon. She said they havereceived over 1,000 applica-tions for the scholarship inwhich students are allowed toearn even as they learn.

She said it’s a good figurebecause nearly 50 per cent of thestudents are already getting

some kind of scholarship andthere are several bars as regardswho could avail of the scholar-ship. There are some criteriawhich have to be met by the stu-dents. “The students shouldnot be receiving scholarshipsfrom elsewhere, their familyincome should not be morethan Rs 3 lakh, they should haveobtained 60 per cent marks inthe previous exams and thereshould be no disciplinary actionagainst them,” she said. She fur-ther pointed out that they have

asked for vacancies from alloffices and departments of LU.

“The Psychology depart-ment has the ‘Happy ThinkingLab’ and two students are

required for its maintenance.The research cell also needs twostudents. Also, for the BEdexaminations this year, we aremulling a call centre which willalso be handled by students whoget the scholarship,” she said.

“The students will beallowed to work for two hoursonly for 50 days. They will begiven Rs 300 for two hours ofwork. The students won’t beworking during class hours aswe don’t want their studies to behampered,” she added.

Lucknow (PNS): Director ofSanjay Gandhi Post-GraduateInstitute of Medical SciencesProf RK Dhiman said onMonday that the seats fornursing students will beincreased from 40 to 100 andmore faculty members will berecruited. He said a PhD pro-gramme will also be startedsoon.

The College of Nursing,SGPGI, celebrated its 13thFoundation Day and 11th lamplighting ceremony on Monday.The programme started off

with the welcome address bychairperson of the steeringcommittee, College of Nursing,Prof Shashi Srivastava. Shespoke about the importance ofthis day, which was followed bylamp lighting by Prof Dhiman.

As many as 40 students ofthe 11th batch of BSs (Nursing)took the ceremonial ‘FlorenceNightingale’ pledge beforejoining the profession. Theprogramme concluded withthe vote of thanks proposed byprincipal of the College ofNursing Usha Rani.

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Two fraudsters were arrest-ed for duping a man of Rs

65 lakh on the pretext of facil-itating a tender for opening acomputer centre insideSecretariat premises andanother for getting ration cardsdata feeding work across the state.

Those arrested were iden-tified as Abdul Khaliq (57) ofGhazipur police station areaand Fasihuzzama (37) of VikasNagar. Police recovered a fakeletter of UP government, a fakeletter of UP Food and CivilSupplies department, a letterrelated to Secretariat adminis-tration, three stamps and a lap-top. The accused reportedlyowned up their crime duringinterrogation.

The victim, identified asAjay Singh Yadav of Chinhat,came in contact with theaccused through a commonfriend. The accused trappedthe victim by the luring offerof tenders. To win Ajay’s trust,the accused pretended to haveaccess to the UP Civil Suppliesdepartment and friendshipwith a minister. They used toboast of their links with seniorgovernment officials as well.

Ajay fell into the trap andgave money to the accused onseveral occasions. However,

they failed to facilitate him ten-ders and Ajay asked them toreturn his money. The accusedopted for dilly-dallying tacticsand later gave a fake workorder to the victim.

In another success, theChowk police nabbed theaccused who had looted apurse from a woman. Theaccused, identified asMohammed Samir andMohammed Shariq (both ofWazirganj), had struck thewoman at Subahsh Marg in thearea on January 18. The policerecovered a country-made pis-tol and cash which they gotafter selling the items lootedfrom the woman apart fromstolen motorcycles.

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and ornaments from a house inJankipuram. There was no onein the house when theft wascommitted. Nitin Dubey ofJankipuram Vistar (sector-6),who lives in Mumbai, told thepolice that his mother andyounger brother had left forMumbai to meet him.

“They left the house onJanuary 27 and on January 28,we were told by a neighbourabout the theft. The thievesdecamped off with Rs 6,000 incash and all the ornamentsfrom the house,” he said.

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There was a mixedresponse from city traders

to the Union Budget whichwas presented on Monday.

Adheesh Jain fromLucknow Sarrafa Associationsaid the budget looks positiveand its benefits wil l beaccrued by people in nearfuture. He said that rational-ising the customs duties ongold and silver will help inremoval of gold in grey mar-ket and increase governmentrevenue.

President of AdarshVyapar Mandal Sanjay Guptasaid the budget is disappoint-ing. “We had high hopes fromthe budget, but it has nothingfor the traders. We were hop-ing for some relief from e-

commerce companies andannouncement of an e-com-merce policy, but there was nosuch announcement made.No change has been made inthe income tax slabs whilethere are no arrangements ofloans for traders. There are nomajor changes or announce-ments regarding GST,” he said.

Head of Adarsh TentCaterers Traders AssociationVijay Kumar said they are dis-appointed with the budget.“We were expecting somerelief in GST since our tradehas been going downhill sincelockdown. This is a majorburden for us because tradersassociated with our work havenot been able to pay the inter-est on loans which they havetaken,” he added.

Meanwhile, Rashtriya Lok

Dal flayed the budget, termingit anti-farmer and anti-people.National spokesman of RLDAnil Dubey said budget willlead to inflation and peoplewill be forced to take loans tomeet their expenses. He saidpeople were hopeful that thebudget would boost their pur-chasing power and create newjob avenues, but it disappoint-ed all.

“The Central governmentincreased tax on fuel price andit seems that the governmentis trying to pay the farmers inthe same coin for the tractorrally which had gone awry onJanuary 26,” he said. He addedthat though the governmenthas exempted people agedover 75 years from income taxreturns, but there was nothingfor youths.

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Bharatiya Kisan MazdoorUnion (BKMU) leader

Manveer Singh Tewatiyaslammed the opposition partiessaying, they want to gain polit-ical mileage out of the ongoingfarmers’ stir and are opting forwait-and-watch tactics insteadof coming to the front.

Tewatiya said the opposi-

tion is watching the farmers’stir as though it is sometamasha (drama). “Why is theCongress not sharing its party’sbanner in the farmers’ agitationif it is really concerned with ourwoes. The same is the case withSamajwadi Party, BSP and oth-ers who have the same point ofview point but different agen-da,” he said.

Taking a jibe at the

Samajwadi Party, he said itspresident Akhilesh Yadav hasbeen merely doing lip service.

Tewatiya also lashed out atfarmer leader Rakesh Tikait,saying the latter is working asan agent of the Central govern-ment. “Tikait shed crocodiletears as he is least botheredabout the farmers’ interest,” healleged, adding that he is try-ing to make the agitation his

fiefdom. “Tikait has only weak-ened the agitation,” he claimed.

The BKMU leader saidthat contract farming is theworst of three farms laws whichshould be repealed.

“The things mentioned inthe farm laws are vague and saynothing about the course ofaction. We suspect that the cor-porates will grab the lands offarmers,” he said.

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A30-year-old man fromKannauj sustained severe

burns following a self-immola-tion bid outside Lok Bhawan inHazratganj on Monday. Hewas rescued by police person-nel and rushed to Civil hospi-tal, where his condition wassaid to be stable.

Around 10 am on Monday,a resident of Indragarh area ofKannauj, identified asUmashankar, reached outsideLok Bhawan. He was said to bepiqued over inaction in a landgrabbing case in his village.

“He set himself ablaze after

pouring some inflammablesubstance on himself. Soon, hewas engulfed in flames,” policesaid. A team of cops rescuedUmashankar and rushed himto Civil hospital.

According to doctors,Umashankar sustained over30 per cent burns. He was shift-ed to the burn ward where hiscondition was said to be stable.The Kannauj DM has beeninformed about the incident.

Meanwhile, the police onMonday closed a bar-cum-restaurant till further ordersafter several videos of a brawlwent viral. Ten security guards,who were standing as mute

spectators, were arrested. Thebar is is located in a high-risebuilding in Vibhuti Khand.

The videos which wentviral on social media showedboth men and womenexchanging fisticuffs while oth-ers were capturing it on theirmobile phone cameras. Thepolice registered an FIR on thecomplaint of the bar owner.

“We are reviewing thevideos doing the rounds onsocial media and CCTVfootage to identify thoseinvolved in the brawl. We havealso asked the management ofthe building for help,” a policeofficer said.

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Avanish was found hang-ing from a tree alongside acanal in Sarojininagar policestation area, with a muffler wastied around his neck, onSunday. His car was also foundnear the crime scene. OnJanuary 30, Avanish’s wifeNidhi had lodged a missingreport with the police after hedid not return home from thefactory. Avanish (38) ofVrindavan Colony under PGIpolice station owned a dalmothfactory in the industrial area inSarojininagar. On Sunday, theSmall Industry ManufactureAssociation had suspected foulplay and threatened a mass agi-tation of the case was notworked out within 72 hours.

Avanish had left his housefor the factory around 7 am onSaturday. He left the workplacearound 7 pm as he had to pur-chase medicine for his ailingson. Later his phone was foundto be switched off. His wifecontacted the employees andrelatives, and later lodged amissing report with the PGIpolice the same night.

Inspector, PGI, said a caseunder Section 302 of IPC wasregistered against unidentifiedmiscreants while further inves-tigation was underway.

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Ballia: Former Uttar Pradeshminister and president ofSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party(SBSP) Om Prakash Rajbhar onMonday claimed that ShivpalYadav, who heads thePragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia, will soon be a part of theBhagidari Sankalp Morcha.

The Morcha is a front oflike-minded political partiesled by Om Prakash Rajbhar, aformer BJP ally. “Two days ago,I met Shivpal Yadav in Lucknowand he is ready to be a part ofthe Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha,”Rajbhar told PTI on Monday.

About whether Yadav willforge ties with the SamajwadiParty, he said, “Shivpal Yadavwill not go with the SP. They arenot giving importance to him.”Shivpal Yadav had formed PSP

(Lohia) in October, 2018, afterparting ways with theSamajwadi Party over differ-ences with his nephew and for-mer UP chief minister AkhileshYadav.

Rajbhar also said that dur-ing the meeting, Shivpal Yadavspoke to AIMIM chiefAsaduddin Owaisi over phone.When asked to elaborate on theconversation between Yadavand Owaisi, the SBSP chiefsaid, “Shivpal Yadav will meetOwaisi in Delhi on February 10.After this meeting, Yadav willjoin the Bhagidari SankalpMorcha.” In December last year,Owaisi announced his party’sintention to fight the nextAssembly elections in UP aspart of a front led by OmPrakash Rajbhar. PTI

Gonda: A woman doctor whoallegedly honey-trapped a med-ical student and conspired in hiskidnapping along with anotherdoctor and others for Rs 70 lakhransom has been arrested, policesaid on Monday.

“Dr Preeti Mehra wasarrested from her Dhaura villagein Jhajjar, Haryana, on Sunday,”Deputy Inspector General ofPolice, Devipatan Range,

Rakesh Singh told reporters.During interrogation, Dr Mehratold police that to earn quickmoney she trapped andbefriended medical studentGaurav Haldhar and with thehelp of Dr Abhishek Singh andothers kidnapped him, he said.

Haldhar, 21, was kid-napped from Gonda district ofUttar Pradesh on January 18for Rs 70 lakh ransom. He was

rescued by police on January22. Five people were arrestedin the case earlier. Haldhar, aresident of Kashipur in thePayagpur area of Bahraich dis-trict, is pursuing Bachelor ofAyurveda, Medicine, andSurgery (BAMS) from theSCPM College of Nursing andMedical Sciences, Haripur inGonda. He was residing in ahostel. Those arrested earlier in

the case included mastermindDr Abhishek Singh, who has aBAMS degree from an institutein Bengaluru, Nitesh Bihari,Mohit Singh, Rohit and Satish.During questioning, DrAbhishek Singh had told policethat he worked at a hospital inDelhi’s Najafgarh and Dr Preeti Mehra, who honey-trapped Haldhar, also workedthere. PTI

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Lucknow: Cold day to severecold day conditions occurred atisolated places over UttarPradesh in the past 24 hours asEtawah registered the coldest inthe state at 2.4 degrees Celsius,the meteorological departmentsaid on Monday.

“Dense to very dense fogoccurred at few places overeastern UP and at isolatedplaces over western UP. Coldday to severe cold day condi-tions occurred at isolated placesover eastern UP and cold daycondition occurred at isolatedplaces over western UP,” theMet department said here. Theday temperatures rose appre-ciably in Allahabad, Lucknow,Bareilly, Jhansi while the mer-

cury during the day fell appre-ciably in Moradabad divisiondivision with no large changein the remaining divisions ofthe state. The highest maxi-mum temperature in the statewas 27.1 degrees Celsius

recorded at Jhansiobservatory.

Night temperatureswent up in Moradabaddivision with no largechange in the remainingdivisions, it said addingthat the lowest mini-mum temperature was2.4 degrees Celsiusrecorded at Etawahobservatory. The Metdepartment has fore-cast dense to very dense

fog at few places over easternparts of the state and at isolat-ed places over west UP onTuesday. Cold wave conditionsare very likely to occur at iso-lated places over eastern UP onTuesday, it said. PTI

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Amidst the shadows of coro-na pandemic affected

economy, the Union Budgetpresented by the FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanhas brought a mixed responsefrom the political parties, entre-preneurs and others. Thoughthe budget was strongly hailedby local Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leaders, most of theopposition parties strongly crit-icised the Finance Minister forpresenting the budget withoutdelivering much to the expec-tations. Though the budgetsurprised many as it avoidedimposing much burdens on thecommon man despite eco-nomic slowdowns due to pan-demic, the mood in all the localoffices of share markets wasjubilant as the stock market sawa huge hope in the budget espe-cially as per the revival of theeconomy is concerned. Theyalso hailed the proposal of dis-investment of some of the pub-lic sector units and nationalisedbanks.

However, many localtraders were not happy in themanner no expected relax-ations on GST were given.There was also mixed views onthe budget among the entre-preneurs and traders who hadmade arrangements of makinglive debates on the budget atmany places. Under the ban-ner Indian IndustriesAssociation (IIA), a live debatewas held at Hotel Clarks wherethere was mixed responseamong the industrialists andothers including experts of thebanking sector and charteredaccountants. Majority of theparticipants though welcomedthe budget presented during

these difficult times, manyraised eyebrows over someprovisions of the budget. Theywere not happy in the mannerin the budget no such focuswas made for boosting theindustrialisation in Purvanchal(eastern UP). Similar, a livediscussion was also organisedat Saroja Palace near PiplaniKatra under the banner ofVaranasi Vyapar Mandal.Besides, under the banner ofRamnagar IndustriesAssociation, a live debate wasorganised in Sundarpur area.

Among the political par-ties, the local BJP leaders wel-comed the budget saying thatit would lead the nationtowards AtmaNirbhar Bharat(self-reliant India) while asexpected almost all the oppo-sition parties criticised thebudget saying that it had givenmajor focus on Tamil Naduand West Bengal like stateswhere the assembly polls are

round the corner and it hasvirtually neglected the back-ward states like UP and Bihar.Vikas Chandra Tiwari of AamAdmi Party (AAP) said thatthe budget has disappointedthe middle class totally.President of Uttar PradeshRajya Vidyut ParishadAbhiyanta Sangh VP Singhand general secretary PrabhatSingh strongly expressed theirconcern over the privatisationproposal of electricity distrib-ution. They said that poweremployees are also not happyin the manner no relief wasgiven on Income Tax. Theysaid that in the name of end-ing the monopoly of powerdistribution companies, thepresence of more than onepower distribution companiesin a region clearly means thatthe power supply will be givento private companies in addi-tion to the government elec-tricity companies. Regional

secretary Jagdish Patel alsocondemned the announce-ment of complete privatisationof some public sector units inthe budget.

This year budget hasmainly focused on conces-sion in compliance instead ofgiving rebate on tax, the char-tered accountant Ajay Mishraviewed adding, the relaxationgiven to persons with the ageat 75 or above in filling returnis a step to be welcomed.Similarly, the relaxation givento educational institutions inthe budget for not submittingapplication to get rebate onincome tax on the receipt of �5crore is also a step whichshould be welcomed. The face-less hearing in appellantauthority is a step ahead toease of business and increasein the budget in infrastructureand health services willenhance the pace of economy,he opined.

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Health teams have found 11devotees staying in two

separate camps at the ongoingMagh Mela in PrayagrajCOVID-19 positive on Sundayevening. Nodal Officer andAdditional Chief MedicalOfficer Dr Rishi Sahai said thatthe infected persons have beenshifted to Covid Level-1 centreat Kalindipuram for treatment.

‘A total of 23 health teamscollected 4,118 samples fromdifferent sectors of the MaghMela area for testing onSunday and 11 of them weretested positive for infection.All the 11 persons who testedpositive are asymptomatic.Covid testing has been inten-sified at all the camps as hun-dreds of kalpwasis are camp-ing in Magh Mela,’ Dr Sahaisaid. Till date, mela health offi-cials have collected 59,111samples (since December 18)and 118 people tested positive.

Dr Sahai said 23 patients,including 11 who tested pos-itive for coronavirus infec-tion on Sunday, are undergo-ing treatment at Covid level-one care centre inKalindipuram.

He added that, ‘Healthteams are tracking the recordof pilgrims (kalpwasis), saintsand seers staying in differentcamps and Covid cards havealso been issued.’ Health teamsare conducting testing of peo-ple on mela campus throughboth antigen and RTPCRmethods. Around 6,000 to7,000 samples are being col-lected daily from the Mela areasince the beginning of Mela,he added.

On Sunday, four mobiletesting vans comprising labtechnicians and health staffhave been engaged to coverkalpwasis for antigen testing at

their respective camps. Apartfrom making them undergo aCOVID-19 test every fort-night during their stay, kalp-wasi are all set to administerprophylactic active dose ofIvermectin shortly. Every kalp-wasi has been allotted a specialcovid card and entries arebeing made regarding theirtesting and result of testing onit on frequent intervals. Atotal of 60 surveillance teams(two members in each team)have been deployed in thecampus, with 12 teams in eachsector.

28 MORE TEST POSI-TIVE IN PRAYAGRAJ : As

many as 28 new cases ofCOVID-19 were detected inthe Prayagraj district in the last24 hours on Sunday night. Atthe same time, nine peoplebeat Corona, while one Covidinfected also breathed his last.

According to CMO DrPrabhakar Rai, on Sundaynight, a corona testing of 5,894people was conducted in thedistrict. The number of infect-ed persons was 28, providingrelief to the Health departmentand city residents. Of the ninepeople who beat Corona, onlyone patient was dischargedfrom various Covid hospitalswhile eight people completedhome isolation.

CMO said that the num-ber of active patients of Covidis continuously decreasing inthe district. This figure nowcomes to 402. At the sametime, the maximum 10 infect-ed patients are admitted to L3SRN Hospital. Four patientsare being treated atKalindipuram Covid CareCenter, no patient is admittedat Beli and three patients atUnited Medicity are admitted.So far 21,387 people havebeen cured by staying in homeisolation in the district.

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In an attempt to check theresale of stolen and looted

mobiles, the city police haveroped in traders dealing inmobile retail shops as well asdistributors and formed aWhatsApp community groupto exchange information.

The aim behind forming agroup on the messaging app isto initiate action against per-sons involved in dubiousmobile resale. Deputy SP (Civil Lines) Shivam Todi saidthat ‘Over 100 traders dealingin the mobile business havejoined the group with theassurance that they would bepassing information to policeon persons involved in thedubious resale of mobiles.’

He added that two separate

groups have been formed intrans-Yamuna and city areas.He said traders are in touchwith a team of policemen whoare assigned to tighten thenoose around mobile liftersgang.

POLICE CLAIMS TOWORK OUT MURDERCASE SOON: The policehave now raised the suspicionover the close relatives in con-nection with the murder of amiddle-aged woman MaharajiDevi in Soraya village ofSoraon in Gangapar area inPrayagraj. The police are inves-tigating the incident at manyangles for working out thecase. The police are also claim-ing of working out the murdercase soon.

In Raiya village, the bodyof Maharaji Devi (55), wife of

Kripa Shankar of the village,was found in a straw in his fieldsome distance away fromhome. She was bludgeoned todeath with a brick by someunidentified miscreants.Blood-stained brick was alsorecovered from the incidentspot. The murder was report-ed to the family members inthe morning by villagers onFriday. Family membersreported the murder to thepolice around 12 noon. Afterinvestigation, the police hadregistered a case against theunidentified killers on theground of the written com-plaint made by husband KripaShankar.

After getting the informa-tion from the family, the policequestioned two members ofthe village in custody and

some new things haveemerged. Police said that thefamily came to know about themurder in the morning, so whywas the information given inthe afternoon. If people believethat after knowing about themurder, the panchayat wassitting in the village to call andnot call the police. Due to thescar on the head, it was neces-sary to inform the police.

During the investigation,the police found many impor-tant clues, in which it wasfound that Maharaji Devi usedto steal something in the near-by fields due to being a men-tal patient, due to which thefamily members were upset.Apart from this, there aremany other facts that the policeare claiming to reach the killerssoon.�� �������������$������L�.�&�0'�

Computer Science &Engineering department

of Ashoka Institute ofTechnology & Managementorganised a five-day virtualFaculty DevelopmentProgramme (FDP) which con-cluded with the remarks onapplication of logistic & linearregression and artificial neur-al network made by Director,Sagar Institute of Technology &Management, Barabanki, Prof

Saurabh Dixit and ProfJyotirmay Patel of SRMCET,Bareli online. Harshita Pandeyand Arvind Kumar conductedthe closing session and DrBrijesh Singh offered a formalvote of thanks at last.

During the five day FDP,the guest speakers spoke onvarious issues. Prof SomaiyaMadakkam from FORESchool of Management, NewDelhi threw light on basicpython programming andlearning environment andProf Sanjay Kumar Singh of

IIT, BHU, Prof Arnab Sarkarof IIT, BHU and PramodKumar Mishra of Institute ofScience, BHU detailed aboutmachine learning, image pro-cessing, medical diagnosticusing machine learning andfundamental of data science.

Prof Vinaytosh Mishra ofFORE School of Management,New Delhi, ProfVindyedshwar Singh of KNIT,Sultanpur and Prof NamrataDhanda of Amity University,Lucknow detai led aboutsupervise and unsupervised

learning computational tech-nical for multi-objective opti-misation, etc. Prof HimanshuKatiyar of GovernmentEngineering College,Sonbhadra, Prof SubhashChandra Yadav of CentralUniversity of Jharkhand,Ranchi and ProfRupeshKumar Debang ofMNNIT, Allahabadthrew lights on artificial intel-ligence robotics, impact ofAI in society and role ofmachine learning in futureeducation, etc.

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There are currently morethan 1.30 lakh policies in

Postal Life Insurance (PLI)including Rural Postal LifeInsurance in Varanasi Regionand during the corona pan-demic period more than 2,500policy bonds were issued,informed the PostmasterGeneral (PMG) of VaranasiRegion Krishna Kumar Yadavwhile speaking at an eventorganised at Cantt Head PostOffice on the occasion of 138thPLI Day here on Monday.

‘The Postal departmentis also working in the field oflife insurance for a long timeas PLI was launched onFebruary 1 in 1884 and it isthe oldest insurance schemefor government and semi-government employees inIndia and now private sectorprofessionals can also takeadvantage of it,’ said Yadav,adding that the Department ofPosts is also setting newdimensions in the field ofinsurance.

According to him, thereare various life insuranceschemes in the post officesaccording to the age and need

of the people. ‘Life insuranceis a mandatory requirement intoday’s era and theDepartment of Posts throughits wide network is resolved toinsure even those living inremote areas. In an innovativeinitiative, it has been made‘Sampoorna Bima Gram’ byinsuring all eligible people in145 villages of Varanasiregion,’ he informed, addingthat the department has alsoadopted online insurance ser-vices.

Highlighted the PLI ben-

ef its , Post Off iceSuperintendent of VaranasiWestern Division Ram Milansaid that the Government’sguarantee on investment secu-rity, income tax exemptionunder Section 80, lower pre-mium and more bonus, loanfacility on policy, online pre-mium depositing facility inany post office of the countryand discount on advance pre-mium is given.

The maximum insuredlimit in PLI is � 50 lakh andin rural postal life insurance

is � 10 lakh. Assistant DirectorShambhu Rai said thatPLI Day was celebrated byholding postal insurance fairsat various places underVaranasi Region, in whichpeople were made aware of theschemes.

The function was alsoattended by senior Postaldepartment officers includingAjay Kumar Maurya, PankajSrivastava, ShasibhushanYadav, Vishmbhar NathDwivedi and RamashankarVerma.

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As many as 12 new COVID-19 patients have been

detected in the district onMonday, increasing the totalnumber to 21,913. No casual-ty has been reported during theday and the death toll remainedat 377. During the day, all the11 recovered patients are fromhome isolation, increasing thenumber to 18,498. As nopatient has been declared neg-ative from any of the hospitals,the number remained at 2,967.The total number of patientswho have been recovered so faris 21,465, leaving 71 activecases. The recovery rate is97.95 per cent, while the mor-

tality rate is 1.72 per cent.In the first report of the

day, six positive patients werefound out of 2,200 reportsreceived. Till then, the totaltest reports received were5,97,710 and the results of4,682 are awaited. Out ofthem, 5,75,803 were negative,while 21,907 were positive.The total number of samplescollected was 6,25,004.

INDUCTION CEREMO-NY HELD: The inductionceremony of newly-enrolledMBBS students (Sixth batch-2020) was held at HeritageInstitute of Medical Sciences(HIMS) at its NH2 (GT Roadbypass) premises here onMonday. A total of 150 stu-

dents from different provincesof the country participated inthis programme.

The opening ceremonybegan with the lighting oflamp by the chief guest DrRana Gopal Singh, along withPrincipal Dr (Col) SudhirSachar, vice-principal DrDhananjay Kotasthane, DrKK Lahiri and Dr SK Pandey.It was followed by a presenta-tion of Saraswati Vandana bythe students.

The Principal Dr (Col)Sachar welcomed the chiefguest and others. He alsohighlighted the achievementsand history of the institute.The chief guest Dr Singhwhile greeting the students for

their bright future, said thatVaranasi has been the birth-place and workplace of manygreat people.

Vice-principal DrKotasthane proposed the voteof thanks. After that, all new-comers and their families wereintroduced to the history andprogress made before theestablishment of the institutein a presentation throughvideo. All the newly-enrolledstudents were provided withsouvenirs and bouquets. DrRicha Rai, Dr RuchiraSetty, Dr Mahendra Prasad,Dr Sravin Singh, VaishaliKotasthane, Dr Ravi etcwere also present on the occa-sion.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) isa rapidly advancing tech-

nology, made possible by theinternet that may soon havesignificant impacts on oureveryday lives. These viewswere expressed by Prof PNagabhushan, Director, IndianInstitute of InformationTechnology Allahabad (IIIT-A)while inaugurating the onlinefive-day faculty developmentprogramme (FDP) on MachineLearning and Optimisation, atDepartment of IT, IIITAllahabad on Monday with thesupport of AICTE Trainingand Learning (ATAL).

He said that machinelearning refers to an artificialcreation of human-like intelli-gence that can learn reason,plan, perceive, or process nat-ural language. These traitsallow AI to bring immensesocio-economic opportunities,while also posing ethical andsocio-economic challenges. Hementioned the importance ofadoptability, understandingand lifelong learning and issuesin machine learning process.

Dr Vijayshri Tiwari, acting

Registrar said that aim of FDPis to introduce the concepts ofmachine learning, optimisationincluding its state of the art,challenges and the futureahead.

Dr Krishna Pratap Singh,Coordinator, FDP said severalexperts from reputed institu-tions like IITs, IIITs, NITs,were taking part in it. As many200 participants across thecountry were attending theFDP.

Dr Pavan Chakraborty,Head of Department ofInformation Technology andProf Shekhar Verma, DeanHuman Affairs also sharedtheir views on learning andoptimisation.

GIVE A MISSED CALLTO BOOK INDANE GASCYLINDERS: Booking ofIndane gas cylinders will nowalso be done through missedcalls. A new connection will beavailable only through missedcalls. Indian Oil has released anew number for this purpose.When people call on theIndane Oil number8454955555 from their regis-tered mobile number, bookingwill be done for the gas cylin-

der. Indian Oil's RegionalManager Vigar Paul said thatthe missed call service hasstarted from February 1. Whenpeople call the stated number,their gas cylinders will bebooked. It is necessary that themissed call should be donefrom the same mobile, whichhas already been registeredwith the gas agency. Indian OilManagement has developed acentre server for this move.Upon making a missed call, thecentre will inform the agencyfrom the server. Along withthis, the information of gasbooking will also come on theconsumer's mobile. Apart fromthis, information will also betaken from the consumer to geta new connection. Accordingto the regional manager, theaddition of a new connectionto the missed call service hasmade Indane gas easier toreach people. Indian Oil hadearlier issued a common book-ing number 7718955555 and7588888826 WhatsApp num-bers. Both these numbers arealso functional.

AU TO WITHHOLDDEGREES IF INMATES DONOT VACATE HOSTELS:

Initiating strict action againstinmates who have forcefullytaken possession of their roomsdespite all the hostels ofAllahabad University andtrusts being closed due toCovid crisis, authorities havedecided to withhold theirdegrees if they do not vacatethe accommodation in threedays. These inmates could alsobe barred from examination.An order to this effect wasissued by AU’s Dean StudentWelfare (DSW) Prof KP Singh.The DSW has written to all thesuperintendents and wardensof the hostels and has sought areport on the action taken inthis regard by Tuesday(February 2). Soon after thelockdown, all the hostels of AUand those of the trusts wereshut and inmates were asked tovacate their rooms. Districtadministration had operated alarge number of buses to takethe inmates back to their nativeplaces. After this, all the hos-tels were closed by the AUadministration and no entrywas allowed. However, severalstudents started living in allot-ted rooms without permis-sion.

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With hallmark mobilityhighest ever Monthly

Interchange of 484.4 freighttrains was achieved duringJanuary 2021 over NCR. NorthCentral Railway is among topthree Zonal Railways w.r.timprovement in originatingfreight revenue over last finan-cial year.

Mobility is our Hallmarkis not merely a slogan but aconscious and continuouseffort on North CentralRailway. In yet another mile-stone in this direction, NorthCentral Railway achieved bestever Monthly Interchange of

484.4 freight trains duringJanuary 2021 against the pre-vious best of average 480 trainsin March, 2019. Moreoverbest ever single day perfor-mance of 573 trains i.e. takenover 284 and made over 289trains was also achieved in thismonth itself on January 10,2021. Excellent mobility oftrains on NCR is also reflect-ed in average speed of goodstrains which has increased by85 per cent over last year’saverage speed and goods trainshave clocked average speed of44.49 Kmph in the current fis-cal year. Similarly, punctuali-ty of passenger trains overNCR has improved by almost

57 per cent over last year’spunctuality performance,’ saidthe General Manager VinayKumar Tripathi.

Comprehensive efforts forincreasing originating freightloading over NCR are alsobearing fruits now. As per theoriginating freight loadingdata released by RailwayBoard, North Central Railwayis third among all zonalRailways w.r.t. improvement infreight revenue as compared tolast year’s performance. NorthCentral Railway in the currentfinancial year till January hasloaded 13.39 million tonnesfreight as against loading of12.36 million tonnes in the

same period of last financialyear. Till January 2021, origi-nating freight revenue of NCRis � 1429.6 crore as against thefreight revenue of �1283.56crores in 2019-20. With 8.33per cent increase in loadingand 11.38 per cent in originat-ing freight revenue, NorthCentral Railway is at 4th and3rd positions respectively inloading and freight revenueimprovement over last yearamong all Zones.

General Manager NCRand NER congratulatedofficers and staff of NorthCentral Railway for this out-standing freight loading per-formance.

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The railway administrationfor the convenience of pas-

senger has revised the timingsof 09039 Bandra Terminus(BDTS)-Muzaffarpur and09040 Muzaffarpur-BDTSAvadh Express triweekly spe-cial trains and extended themtill Barauni. This train fromJanuary 28 is being run fromBDTS every Monday, Thursdayand Saturday and from January31 from Barauni every Tuesday,Thursday and Sunday thrice aweek until further notice . Allcoaches will be of reserved cat-egory and passengers will haveto follow the Covid-19 guide-lines, CPRO PK Singh said.

BDTS-BARAUNI SPL:The 09039 BDTS-Barauni tri-weekly special from January 28every Monday, Thursday andSaturday is leaving BDTS at22.00 hrs, Andheri at 22.10 hrs,Borivali at 22.33 hrs, Boisar at23.34 hrs, second day fromVapi at 00.17 hrs, Valsad at00.45 hrs, Surat at 02.10 hrs,Ankleshwar at 02.41 hrs,Vadodara at 03.53 hrs, Godhraat 05.05 hrs, Dahod at 05.55 hrs,Meghnagar at 06.21 hrs, Bamniaat 06.53 hrs, Ratlam at 07.55 hrs,Khachrod at 08.21 hrs, Nagda at09.02 hrs, Chau Mahla at 10.00hrs, Bhawani Mandi at 10.55 hrs,Dakaniya Talav at 12.28 hrs,Kota at 12.55 hrs, Lakheri at 13.55hrs, Sawai Madhopur at 14.25 hrs,Gangapur City at 15.15 hrs,Hindaun City at 16.00 hrs. Bayanaat 16.35 hrs, Rupbas at 17.10 hrs,Fatehpur Sikri at 17.25 hrs, IdgahAgra Jn at 18.50 hrs, Agra Fort at19.25 hrs, Tundla at 20.45 hrs,Firozabad at 21.05 hrs,Shikohabad at 21.35 hrs, Etawahat 22.25 hrs, Bharthana at 22.41hrs, Phaphund at 23.06 hrs,third day from Kanpur Centralat 01.45 hrs, Unnao. 02.14 hrs,Harauni at 02.44 hrs Aishbaghat 03.35 hrs, Lucknow City at03.44 hrs, Badshahnagar at 04.06hrs, Gomtinagar at 04.14 hrs,Barabanki at 04.48 hrs, Burhwalat 05.20 hrs, Jarwal Road at 05.39hrs, Gonda at 07.20 hrs,Mankapur at 07.48 hrs,Maskanwa at 08.16 hrs, SwamiNarayan Chhapia at 08.26 hrs,Babhnan at 08.40 hrs, Basti at09.11 hrs, Khalilabad at 09.52 hrs,

Maghar at 10.04 hrs, Sahajanwaat 10.24 hrs, Gorakhpur at 11.40hrs , Pipraich at 12.06 hrs,Kaptanganj at 12.30 hrs, SiswaBazar at 13.30 hrs, Khadda at13.48 hrs, Paniahwa at 14.08 hrs,Bagaha at 14.39 hrs, Harinagar at15.13 hrs, Narkatiaganj at 15.35hrs, Bettiah at 16.29 hrs,Bapudham Motihari at 17.17hrs, Chakia at 17.52 hrs, Mehsiat 18.03 hrs, Motipur at 18.15hrs, Muzaffarpur at 21.00 hrs,Samastipur at 21.55 hrs andreaching Barauni at 23.10 hrs.

During the return journeythe 09040 Barauni-BandraTerminus tri-weekly specialfrom January 31 is everyTuesday, Thursday and Sundayleaving Barauni at 07.20 hrs,Samastipur at 07.38 hrs,Muzaffarpur at 09.40 hrs,Motipur at 10.14 hrs, Mehsi at10.26 hrs, Chakia at 10.37 hrs,Bapudham Motihari at 11.09hrs, Sugauli at 11.34 hrs, Bettiahat 11.53 hrs, Narkatiaganj at12.45 hrs, Harinagar at 13.03 hrs,Bagaha at 14.09 hrs , Paniahwaat 14.52 hrs, Khadda at 15.01 hrs,Siswa Bazar at 15.20 hrs,Kaptanganj at 15.55 hrs, Pipraichat 16.18 hrs, Gorakhpur at 17.15hrs, Sahajanwa at 17.44 hrs,Maghar at 17.57 hrs, Khalilabadat 18.10 hrs, Basti at 18.38 hrs,Babhnan at 19.05 hrs, SwamiNarayan Chapia at 19.18 hrs,Maskanwa at 19.28 hrs,Mankapur at 19.58 hrs, Gonda at20.40 hrs, Colonelganj at 21.08hrs, Jarwalroad at 21.26 hrs,Burhwal at 21.47 hrs, Barabankiat 22.35 hrs, Gomtinagar at23.09 hrs, Badshahnagar at23.28 hrs, Lucknow City at23.46 hrs, Aishbagh on secondday at 00.15 hrs, Harauni at00.45 hrs, Unnao at 01.13 hrs,Kanpur Central at 01.50 hrs,Phaphund at 02.47 hrs,Bharthana at 03.12 hrs, Etawahat 03.32 hrs, Shikohabad at04.05 hrs, Firozabad at 04.45hrs, Tundla at 05.45 hrs, AgraFort at 06.25 hrs, Idgah Agra at06.40 hrs, Fatehpur Sikri at07.15 hrs, Rupbas at 07.32 hrs,Bayana at 08.55 hrs, HindaunCity at 09.17 hrs, GangapurCity at 09.55 hrs, SawaiMadhopur at 10.43 hrs, Lakheriat 11.20 hrs, Kota at 12.20 hrs,Dakaniya Talao at 12.33 hrs,Bhawani Mandi at 13.55 hrs,

Chau Mahala at 15.00 hrs,Nagda at 16.20 hrs, Khachrodat 16.32 hrs, Ratlam at 17.15hrs, Bamnia at 17.54 hrs,Meghnagar at 18.23 hrs, Dahodat 18.49 hrs, Godhra at 20.12hrs, Vadodara at 21.25 hrs,Ankleshwar at 22.22 hrs, Suratat 23.30 hrs, the third dayValsad at 00.37 hrs, Vapi at01.00 hrs, Boisar at 02.12 hrs,Borivali at 03.19 hrs, Andheriat 03.37 hrs The Bandra ter-minus and reaching BandraTerminus at 04.05 hrs.

BDTS-BARAUNI SPL:The railway administration hasrevised the timings of 09037Bandra Terminus-Gorakhpurand 09038 Gorakhpur-BandraTerminus running four days aweek Awadh Express specialtrains and extended them tillBarauni. The 09037 BDTS -Barauni special is from January29 every Tuesday, Wednesday,Friday and Sunday until furtherorder leaving BDTS at 22.00hrs, Andheri at 22.10 hrs,Borivali at 22.33 hrs, Boisar at23.34 hrs, second day Vapi at00.17 hrs, Valsad at 00.45 hrs,Surat at 02.10 hrs, Ankleshwarat 02.41 hrs, Vadodara at 03.53hrs, Godhra at 05.05 hrs, Dahodat 05.55 hrs, Meghnagar at 06.01hrs, Bamania at 06.53 hrs, Ratlamat 07.55 hrs, Khachrod at 08.21hrs, Nagda 09.02 hrs, BhavaniMandi at 10.55 hrs, Kota at12.55 hrs, Lakheri at 13.35 hrs,Sawai Madhopur at 14.25 hrs,Gangapur City at 15.15 hrs,Hindaun City at 16.00 hrs,Bayana at 16.35 hrs, Rupbas at17.10 hrs, Fatehpur Sikri at 17.25hrs, Idgah Agra Jn at 18.50 hrs,Agra Fort at 19.25 hrs, Tundla at20.45 hrs, Firozabad at 21.05 hrs,Shikohabad at 21.35 hrs,Etawah at 22.25 hrs, Bharthanaat 22.41 hrs, Phaphund at23.06, third day KanpurCentral at 01.45 hrs, Unnao at02.14 hrs, Harauni at 02.44 hrs,Aishbagh at 03.35 hrs,Lucknow City at 03.44 hrs,Badshahnagar at 04.06 hrs,Gomtinagar at 04.14 hrs,Barabanki at 04.48 hrs, Gondaat 07.20 hrs, Gorakhpur at11.40 hrs, Pipraich at 12:06 hrs,Motipur at 18.15 hrs,Muzaffarpur at 21.00 hrs, AndSamastipur at 21.55 hrs and isreaching Barauni at 23.10 hrs.

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With the belief that NTPC Vindhyachal hasbeen able to establish itself as India’s largest

power station only because of untiring efforts ofits employees, the Vindhyachal managementfelicitated eight of them who superannuated inJanuary. Kamal Kishore Soni, GM (MGR), ChandraShekhar Singh, Senior Manager (C&M), RadheShyam Diwakar, Senior Manager (Fuel Handling),Harjinder Singh, Manager (TMD), Jay KumarBansal, Deputy Manager (Finance-SSC Vindhyachal),Chhote Lal, Engineer SLPS (Operation), Shri RamaShankar Shahu, Operator SLPS (TMD), Janak Dhari,Operator- EG (TMD) superannuated from India’slargest power station. In view of Covid-19 pandem-ic the employees were appreciated for their dedi-cated services by their HoDs with a token of appre-ciation in their respective departments whilestrictly following social distancing guidelines.Executive Director (Vindhyachal) Munish Jauharihonoured them with a letter of commendationfor their dedicated services and for dischargingtheir duties with determination and in takingNTPC Vindhyachal to the zenith of success. GM(O& M) also appreciated their efforts and GM(SSC Vindhyachal- NR) Vipan Kumar thankedthem and wished them good health and luck.

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The Dehat Kotwali policearrested three accused and

recovered 10 kg of ganja fromthem on Sunday. The DehatKotwali police during routinepatrolling spotted the threesuspects in Chheetpur Lauriavillage who tried to hide butwere given a chase and on frisk-ing 10 kg of ganja was recov-ered from them. A case wasregistered the under NDPSAct. After completing the legalformalities the police sent theaccused to jail. They were

identified as Rama ShankarBind of Bangalia Bharatganj vil-lage under Manda police sta-tion in Prayagraj, Hari NarainPrajapati of Karpuri villageunder Meja police station,Prayagraj and Subhawan LalBind of Bihasara village underJigna police station inMirzapur. Meanwhile an earli-er report said that the Jamalpurpolice found six head of cattlein a vehicle late at night recent-ly. Of them one had died. Thepolice team during routinepatrolling on being informedthat a pick-up carrying cattle was

moving in the area swung intoaction and started checkingvehicles. On Meerpur canalroad on seeing the police a vehi-cle tried to flee. However, thepolice gave it a chase, found it atsome distance and on checkingrecovered the six head of cattle.However, one of them had died.Police sent the five head of cat-tle to cow shelter home, seizedthe vehicle and registered a caseunder relevant sections in thisconnection. SO Vijay KumarSaroj said that taking advantageof darkness the driver and oth-ers managed to flee from there.

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Under Road Safety Month under the joint aegis ofRoad Transport department and police a health

camp was organised on Sunday. As many as 63employees of Road Transport and police departmentsand Roadways availed the facility of free check-up. Asper the health condition doctors recommended med-icines and spectacles to them. At the Lonhadai PHCdoctors who took the part in camp were Dr DD Dubey,Dr Rekha Chaturvedi, Dr Ajay Pathak, Dr Preeti Yadavand Dr Preetam Singh. Passenger Tax Officer (PTO)Pramod Kumar and incharge of traffic police AmarjeetSingh Chauhan jointly convened the camp.

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IG Vindhyachal range Piyush Srivastava saidthat it was due to the sacrifice of our freedom

fighters that we took birth in an independentnation. While addressing the unveiling ceremonyof portrait of freedom fighter late Seeta RamGupta at Shaheed Udyan on Sunday as the chiefguest he exhorted the gathering to understandthe value offreedom. Hepraised thespirit of DrChandraketuwho organ-ised the func-tion as an ableson of thef r e e d o mfighter. NPPManoj JaiswalC h a i r m a nthrew light on the life of freedom fighter and saidhe was one of the founders of Lala Lajpat RoyLibrary. President of trustee board of library CPGupta highlighted contribution of those who helpedin making it computerised. President of managementcommittee of the library Shivlal Awasthi rememberedformer EO Nagar Palika late Batuk Nath Agrawalwho paved the way for setting up Shaheed Udyanassociated with the library. The function was con-ducted by Dr Ganesh Prasad Awasthi while the voteof thanks was proposed by convener DrChandraketu.Among those who attended the func-tion were SM Sabah, Dr Rajeev Agrawal, PraveenSethi, Mod. Razi, Rajesh Mishra, Meenu Mishra,Sangeeta Agrawal and Amardeep Singh.

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Veteran BJP leader Manoj KumarSrivastava while addressing a function

organised by Indian Oil said the need of thehour was that we adopt ways to conserve ener-gy. Praising the initiative of Indian Oil whichorganised ‘Urja Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav’to make people aware he appealed to gather-ing to use bicycles as much as possible. In hisaddress assistant manager Ajay Kumar gave tipsto save energy. A bicycle rally was taken outwhich passed through the streets of the city inwhich hundreds of youths took part.

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Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner Raj

Shekhar, on Monday, expressedannoyance at the delay in com-pletion of the works of SmartCity.

Reviewing the Smart Cityworks at Mall Road and CanalRoad, the divisional commis-sioner issued a fresh deadlineof March 2021 and said theentire work had to be com-pleted by then at every cost.

He also directed theauthorities to prepare a 3-Dpresentation of the Smart roadin the next 15 days so that anidea could be formed as to howthe smart roads would appearafter completion of the work.

The divisional commis-sioner said the Smart roadproject of the Smart City com-prised 2.8 kilometres of Smartroad construction at Mall Roadand some portion of the CanalRoad. He said the work com-prised underground cabling ofelectricity lines, sidewalks,kiosks, sitting amenities,divider and smart street lights.

The divisional commis-sioner said although the workwas started 12 months ago butdue to COVID-19 lockdown, itwas delayed by six months. Hesaid as on date the workprogress was only 60 per cent.

The agencies working onthe project had requested forextension till May 2021, butlooking into the immediaterequirements and the problemsfaced by the common man, thedivisional commissioner asked

the agencies, including KESCo,to complete the work withoutany compromise on qualitylatest by March 31, 2021. Hewarned the officials that no fur-ther delay would be acceptedand heavy fines would beimposed on the contractor andshow cause notices would beissued to the officials con-cerned in case the Smart Cityworks was not completed byMarch 2021.

The Kanpur municipalcommissioner informed the

divisional commissioner that asthe Smart City did not have anyfull-f ledged engineeringdepartment for effective andtimely implementation of theproject, a special departmentfor the civil and constructionworks should be nominated.The divisional commissionerthen directed the municipalcommissioner to send the filefor nominating KanpurDevelopment Authority as thenodal department for imple-menting the civil and con-

struction related works of theSmart City project. He alsodirected the KDA vice chair-man to process the thingsaccordingly at the earliest.

Shekhar asked the munic-ipal commissioner and SmartCity CEO to review theprogress of the works everyfortnight with the Smart Citychairman. The divisional com-missioner was accompaniedby zonal officer, KESCo EE andseveral other officials of SmartCity.

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Former chairperson ofKanpur Chapter of the

Institute of CompanySecretaries of India, DaljeetKaur, while expressing herviews on the Union budgettabled in Parliament onMonday, said the budget hadcome at a time when India’seconomy was reeling under theafter-effects of the COVID-19induced lockdown.

She said the encouragingpart was the increased bud-getary allocation of ��2 lakhcrore on health care.

She said in addition tothis, ��1.10 lakh crore for theRailways and exemption fromincome tax return filing bysenior citizens above 75 yearsof age was certainly a welcomestep.

However, the budget hadimposed �� 2.5 per litre agriinfra cess on petrol and ��4 ondiesel.

She said as per theEconomic Survey 2020-21,the government saw theIndian economy growing at 11per cent in the financial year2021-22 (FY22). She addedthat, however, the GDPgrowth rate was estimated atminus 7.7 per cent for theongoing fiscal.

Bhatia said the FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanhad tried to highlight what thegovernment had done for thepoor, the migrants, children aswell as senior citizens undervarious schemes and hadannounced a total spend of �

2 lakh crore on healthcarewhich was certainly the bestfeature of the budget.

She added that the budgetproposals of Part A wouldstrengthen the ‘Sankalp ofAtmanirbhar Bharat’. She saidthe key pillars in focus wouldbe health and well-being,physical and financial capitaland infrastructure, inclusivedevelopment for aspirationalIndia, reinvigorating humancapital, innovation and R&Dand minimum governmentand maximum governance.

She added that the gov-ernment aimed to spend �1.97 lakh crore on various PLIschemes over the next fiveyears, starting this fiscal andthis was in addition to the �40,951 crore announced forthe PLI for electronic manu-facturing schemes.

Bhatia said the finance

minister had also focused onFDI in the insurance sectorthat is proposed to be hiked to74 per cent from the current49 per cent.

Reacting to the new bud-get, noted chartered accoun-tant Jasbir Singh Bhatia saidalthough as expected the fis-cal deficit was far below thebudget estimates, majorexpenditure of capital naturehad been proposed to boostup the economy, which wascertainly a welcome step.

He said a scrapping poli-cy had been announced in theBudget 2021 and the volun-tary vehicle scrapping policyaimed to remove inefficientvehicles so as to reduce vehic-ular pollution and oil importbills.

He said in serious taxevasion cases, they could bereopened till the next 10 years,

only when concealment ofincome was more than �� 50lakh. He said the faceless dis-pute resolution committeeand mechanism was set up toreduce litigations for smalltaxpayers and any taxpayerwith taxable income up to ��50lakh and disputed income upto �� 10 lakh could approachthe committee.

He said, however, in casethe PF amount was deductedbut not deposited by theemployer, it would not beallowed as a deduction for theemployer.

He said the budget alsoraised customs duty on solarinverters from 5 per cent to 20per cent and solar lanternsfrom 5 per cent to 15 per cent.

He welcomed the decisionto withdraw exemption onimport of leather as they weredomestically produced.

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Chief Medical Officer DrAnil K Mishra said 11

more people tested positive ofcoronavirus infection inKanpur Nagar during the past24 hours.

With this, the tally of con-firmed coronavirus infectionsdetected in the city reached32,876 on Monday evening.

The CMO said noCOVID-19 death was report-ed in the city during the past24 hours.

Dr Mishra said 160 activecases were undergoing treat-ment in the city at present. Hesaid 2526 samples were takenin the city on Monday for test-ing.

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He said the budget hadnothing new and there was alsono relief in income tax for thecommon man. He said thiswould reduce the purchasingpower and reflect on the econ-omy of the country.

He said the cess on dieseland petrol would lead to infla-

tion.He said in fact the indus-

try and the corporate sectorshould have been providedrelief which was totally absent.

Kisan Kamgar Sammelanstate president KK Shuklatermed the Union budget 2021as quite discouraging and saidwith the hike in the price ofpetrol and diesel the cost offarm inputs would shoot upand this would be the majorsetback for the farming com-munity. He said the Unionbudget had given a freehand to the private sector andthis would lead to unemploy-ment.

He said on border areas the74 per cent FDI would not fetchany benefit but would richlybenefit the foreign companies.

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The district manager of BataIndia and his two subordi-

nates were accused of mental-ly and physically torturing thestore manager of Lajpat NagarBata Shoe Store.

The victim has lodged anFIR against them at theNazirabad police station.Police have started an inves-tigation.

Store manager SiddharthDwivedi, a resident ofLucknow, is posted at LajpatNagar Bata Shoe Store sinceSeptember 5, 2020. In theFIR, he alleged that districtmanager Onkar Bhasin alongwith employees FawwazAhmad and Amit Tewari wereregularly giving him deaththreats and scuffling with himat his store.

He further alleged thatsince the time of his joining inKanpur, Bhasin was continu-ously harassing him mentallyand physically.

He alleged that on January27, Bhasin forcibly took hissignature on a paper showingcreditors and shortage of stockworth Rs 89,230 and also onhis transfer letter of January25. He said as three otherreports were already lodgedagainst Bhasin at Kotwali,Moolganj and Nazirabadpolice stations and AmitTewari and Fawwaz Ahmadhad criminal history, he wasscared of life attack on him bythese persons.

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The locked house of a slainCRPF jawan was burgled

when the kin of the deceasedwere mourning his death withthe body in Malaun villageunder Chaubepur police sta-tion on Sunday night.

The theft came to light onMonday morning.

It may be recalled thatCRPF jawan Saurabh Katheriaof Malaun village was crushedby some Scorpio-borne youthsin the village on Wednesdaynight.

The seriously injuredSaurabh was admitted toRegency Hospital where hesuccumbed to his injuries onSunday.

The body was taken to hisancestral house in the villagein the night.

When the kin of thedeceased and otherrelatives were mourningthe death of the CRPFjawan, the miscreants brokeinto his newly-builthouse situated opposite therailway station and committedtheft.

The neighbours found thelocks broken on Mondaymorning and informed the kinof the deceased about it.

The CPF jawan’s brothersaid cash, jewellery andother household goods werestolen.

Taking a serious note ofthe theft, Superintendent ofPolice (Rural) BrijeshSrivastava directed theChaubepur SHO to work outthe case soon with the help offorensic experts.

��������������������������� �������������KANPUR (PNS): StateMinister for Information andTechnology Ajit Pal, whileaddressing the swearing-in cer-emony of the newly-electedbody of Kanpur Udyog VyaparMandal (IT Cell) on Monday,assured the traders that themain demand of the VyaparMandal relating to obtainingdrug licence would be taken upwith the government and sim-plified.

He said the UP govern-ment was committed to thedevelopment of trade and com-merce and thus it would makeevery effort to solve the pend-ing issues.

Pal said the primary aim ofdrug regulation was protectionof public health. He said asmedicines were not normalcommodities and they metfundamental health needs,access to essential medicineswas according to the guidelinesof the World HealthOrganization. He said medi-cines had additional socialvalue and appropriate use of

medicines required a learnedintermediary to prescribe themand a trained person to dis-pense them appropriatelybefore the consumer tookthem.

Pal said the market forpharmaceuticals was thereforenot a usual market in economicterms and there were majorinformational asymmetries andmonopoly behaviours by sup-pliers that include patent rightsand data exclusivity and theclauses that further strength-ened monopolies.

He said in addition to thequality, safety and efficacyrequirements, and thereforethese were the arguments forregulating the pharmaceuticalindustry more generally, andcontrolling what it supplied.

The general secretary saidthe process of obtaining a druglicence was a long complicatedprocedure which made a per-son unable to obtain licenceeasily to carry out trade.

He said the Vyapar Mandalappealed to the government to

ensure it simplified the processfurther so that those who wereinto the trade could carry outthe business smoothly.

Prominent among thosewho expressed their views wereMLC Arun Pathak, MukundMishra, Tikam Chand Sethia,Rajendra Shukla, RahulSharma, Rajat Gupta andDevansh Bhatia.

FRESHERS’ PARTY:Chhatrapati Shahu Ji MaharajUniversity Registrar Dr AKYadav, while addressing thefreshers of the new batch of stu-dents pursuing Bachelor inPhysiotherapy from theUniversity Institute of HealthSciences, said in the presenttimes of urbanisation andmechanization, physical trau-ma was a major cause of con-cern. He said after the role ofthe orthopedist stepped in therole of physiotherapist whomanaged to put the personback in shape.

Dr Yadav welcomed thenew students and hoped theywill excel in the field of BPT.

Addressing the students,head of department Dr PravinKatiyar said physiotherapistshelped people affected byinjury, illness or disabilitythrough movement and exer-cise, manual therapy, educationand advice. He said the phys-iotherapists maintained thehealth for people of all ages,helping patients to managepain and prevent disease. Hesaid the institute took pride inwelcoming the new batch ofstudents and hoped that theywould pursue a career in phys-iotherapy. He said there was aclear requirement for collabo-ration among health workersfrom different professionalbackgrounds as no one wasable to deliver care to meet thecomplete needs of the patient.

The freshers later present-ed a colourful cultural pro-gramme and participated invarious events. The best wasMr Fresher and Ms Freshercontests in which Sonu andShivansi Singh, respectively,were the winners.

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Senior Central ministers andBJP leaders called the

Budget growth-oriented andthe one that “increased ease ofliving”. BJP president JP Naddasaid, “The budget 2021 hasbeen presented in an unprece-dented situation. It is inclusiveand is dedicated to the welfareof all people of India.”

Several BJP leaders praisedthe focus on capital investmentand health care. Senior BJPleader and defence ministerRajnath Singh welcomed thebudget presented by NirmalaSitharaman as the“Aatmanirbhar Bharat” budget,arguing that it would strength-en the economy.

Union Home MinisterAmit Shah said the UnionBudget 2020-21 will contributesignificantly in fulfilling theModi government’s resolve todouble the income of farmersand provide unprecedentedrelief to the taxpayers.

In a series of tweets, Shahalso said world-class highways,railways, ports, airports, met-ros will be built in the countrywith the allocation of �100 lakhcrore. “In this budget, the Modi

government has taken effectivesteps to rationalise the tax sys-tem, boost the basic infra-structure, strengthen the bank-ing system, promote invest-ment and ease of doing busi-ness, which will further theModi government’s resolve tomake India a five trillion-dol-lar economy,” he said.

Shah said the budget willcontribute significantly in ful-filling the Modi government’sresolve to double the income offarmers by making provisionfor irrigation and grain storageto the farmers of the country,as well as a fair price for theirproduce.

The home minister saidwith the allocation of �100 lakhcrore for basic infrastructure inthe country, world-class high-ways, railways, ports, airports,metros will be built in the coun-try, which will not only improvethe lives of common people butalso give a significant boost toeconomic activities.

“Taking forward the cam-paigns like home, electricity,toilets, gas and health facilitiesto all, I welcome Modi ji’sresolve to provide clean drink-ing water to everyone. The allo-cation of �3.60 lakh crore in

this scheme shows the com-mitment of Modi ji, whichwill improve the life and healthof common people,” he said.

Shah said through ‘KisanRail’ and ‘Kisan Udaan Yojana’,the farmers will join the nation-al and international marketsand their products could besold at a better price at the righttime without damage. Thisscheme will especially benefitfruit and vegetable growers,particularly our tribal andnortheast farmers.

“In this budget, by provid-ing a provision of �85,000crore for Scheduled Castes andOther Backward Classes and�53,700 crore for ScheduledTribes, the Modi Governmenthas shown its sensitivitytowards the development of theneglected section of the societyand connecting them to themainstream,” said Shah.

BJP leader JyotiradityaScindia said the FinanceMinister had presented a well-planned plan to get the econ-omy back on track while partyGeneral Secretary BhupenderYadav said the budget wouldprovide a significant boost toIndia’s infrastructure, agricul-ture and health care.

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Many Opposition partiescriticised the Budget on

Monday saying it had nothingfor the common man.

The CPI(M) and CPIblamed the Government forgoing on a “selling spree” ofpublic sector institutions whilethe Samajwadi Party said theBudget proposals will increaseproblems for farmers and thecommon. The BSP said thereis nothing attractive in theBudget for the common manand workers even as BJP’s one-time ally Shiv Sena said that thebudget failed and disappoint-ed the common man

“The Union Budget 2021-22 is a betrayal of the peoplecaught in the double crisis ofpandemic and recession,” CPI(M) general secretary SitaramYechury said.

The CPI(M) polit bureau ina statement said: “It is a classicillustration of the ModiGovernment’s unshakeablecommitment to promoting theinterests of a handful of big busi-ness houses at the expense ofincreasing distress and miseryfor the working people. This isreflected in the refusal of theGovernment to increase publicexpenditure notwithstandingits bombastic claims. The bud-geted Central Government’stotal expenditure of 34.8 lakhcrores in 2021-22 is identical innominal terms to that in 2020-21 - which amounts to slashingexpenditure in real terms. Thisrepresents the complete abro-

gation by the Government of itsresponsibility towards the peo-ple but shoring up the fortunesof a privileged few includingthrough their greater controlover the nation’s productiveassets.”

The CPI(M) said that thepanacea for “this Governmentis to sell off India’s nationalassets and privatize even prof-it making public sector com-panies. The monetisation pro-ject announced in the budgetincluded sale of valuable landheld at present by public sec-tor companies. The target is tomobilise 1.75 lakh croresthrough disinvestment. Theincrease in FDI in insurance to74 per cent is highly objec-tionable. This drive for pri-vatisation is a subversion of thenational interests and a mock-ery of the slogan of atma nirb-harta, said CPI(M).

CPI general secretary DRaja said: “This budget is thecontinuation of the aggres-sive, pro- corporate economicpolicies the Modi governmenthas been pursuing. It is a pro-corporate, pro-big businessesbudget. It is pro-internationalfinance capital, the FDI. So, thisbudget has nothing for thepoor, for the suffering masses.”

Reacting to the UnionBudget Bahujan Samaj Partysupremo Mayawati said thatcrores of poor people,farmersand working class of the coun-try are tired of attractivepromises and hollow claims.She said it would be better ifthe government implemented

its stated policies on theground. “Will the budget of theCentral Government present-ed in Parliament today be ableto deal with poverty, unem-ployment and inflation, etc?.On this basis, the activities ofthe government and thisBudget will be judged,”Mayawati said in a tweet.

The Samajwadi Party saidthat the Modi government has“lost its credibility” and accusedthe BJP of working for corpo-rates. “Its (BJP’s) every move isaimed at snatching away every-thing from the common manand giving it to the corporategroups. Its budget is also direct-ly and indirectly dedicated tocorporate groups,” Leader ofOpposition in the Uttar PradeshAssembly and senior SP leader,Ram Govind Chowdhury,alleged in a statement.

Shiv Sena leader and RajyaSabha member PriyankaChaturvedi said the budget isdisappointing and fails toaddress the concerns of the cit-izens of the country- be itfarmers, entrepreneurs, youth,women or children. “The gov-ernment has yet again over-looked the Aam Janta whichwas the most affected due tothe COVID impact and thelockdown,” Chaturvedi said.

She alleged the push to cre-ating new infrastructure andboost connectivity is appreciablebut was sadly reduced to con-centrate only on the electiongoing states of 2021 very similarto free COVID vaccine promisedduring the Bihar elections.

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Terming the Union Budgetas “directionless”, the

Congress on Monday said itwas a case of “wrong diagno-sis and prescription”, andFinance Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman could have been“brave” by extending help tothe poor, but chose to be“timid”. Asserting that the

Union Budget was a “let downlike never before”, the grand oldparty claimed that it will unrav-el soon, and described theimposition of cess on petroland diesel in the budget as“vengeful act” against the thou-sands of farmers who took outthe tractor rally.

While former Congresschief Rahul Gandhi hit allegedthat the Narendra Modi gov-ernment plans to handoverIndia’s assets to crony capital-ists, party colleague formerfinance minister PChidambaram said the FM“deceived” those who were lis-tening to her speech, especial-ly the MPs, had no clue that shehas imposed cesses on a largenumber of products includingpetroleum and diesel. “Forgetputting cash in the hands ofpeople, Modi governmentplans to handover India’s assetsto his crony capitalist friends,”Rahul said after the presenta-tion of the Union Budget.

Chidambaram also took ajibe on Sitharaman saying thatthe FM used the same TamilTirukkural couplet used by himin one of his budget speech inUPA tenure. He also pointed thatSitharaman made a reference tothe prime minister 14 timesand to the farmers 11 times.

Reading out a party state-ment at a AICC press confer-ence, Chidambaram saidSitharaman did not mentiondefence at all, “as if the Chinesehad vacated occupied Indianterritory”. The oppositionparty said it was a case of“wrong diagnosis and pre-scription”, and that FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamancould have been “brave” byextending help to the poor, but

chose to be “timid”.“It was a vengeful act

against the thousands of farm-ers who took out the longesttractor rally in history. It wasalso a cruel blow to federalismbecause the states do not get ashare of the revenue from cess-es,” the former finance minis-ter said while addressing aPress conference. He said thiswas a “cruel blow” to the aver-age citizen, including farmers.

“She deceived the people ofIndia, especially the poor, theworking class, the migrants, thefarmers, the industrial unitsthat had been closed down per-manently, and those who hadlost their jobs, both regular andinformal, and are still lookingfor jobs,” he alleged.

Chidambaram did notmention that the defenceexpenditure in 2021-22 will notsee any significant rise. “TheFM had promised a budget ‘likenever before’. Her mandate wasto present an annual state-ment of revenue and expendi-ture for 2021-22. What she did,however, was to estimateexpenditure over 2 years or 3years or 4 years or, in one case,over 5 years,” he said.

Senior Congress leader andDeputy leader of Opposition inRajya Sabha Anand Sharmatweeted, “the FM could havebeen brave but chose to betimid. The nation needed a boldbudget and more direct transfersto the weaker sections to revivedemand, restart job creation.”

He added ‘One Nation,One Ration Card’ andincreased spending on publichealth were two bright spots inan otherwise “directionless”budget which will be forgottenin a few weeks.

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There were quite a few firstsduring the presentation of the

Union Budget — the first in anew decade in the new millen-nium — in the Lok Sabha onMonday. The House also saw theMPs, meeting after a prolongedperiod, indulging in some chit-chats post-Budget presentation.

For the first time, the Budgetwent paperless and memberswere provided soft copies of thespeech and documents. FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanread out her 110-minute speechfrom a tablet even as the Househad seating arrangements intune with social distancing normsduring the pandemic.

Clad in a red and cream-hued saree with patterns,Sitharaman continued with thepractice of carrying the red-coloured ‘bahi khata’. Only thatthis time around, tablet replacedpapers in the red bag.

Unlike earlier occasions, theminister stood in the second rowof the Treasury benches as sheread out the speech from a tabletplaced on a short lectern. Duringthe 110-minute-long speech, shepaused a few times to sip waterand a plate with candies was keptnear the lectern.

It was also the shortestspeech by Sitharaman, who haddelivered the longest speech lastyear. Her first Budget speech inJuly 2019 went on for around 137minutes and in 2020, it went onfor more than 160 minutes andwas cut short after she felt unwell.

With seats demarcated toensure adequate social distancingamong members, some of theUnion ministers, includingRailway Minister Piyush Goyal,were sitting in Rajya Sabha dur-ing the Budget speech.

Reading out her thirdstraight Union Budget speech, theminister quoted from works ofRabindranath Tagore and Tamilclassic Thirukkural while someOpposition members made cer-tain remarks during the speech.

Many of the Budgetannouncements, including somerelated to taxation, were greetedwith thumping of desk by the rul-ing party members.After thepresentation of Budget, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, whowas wearing a blue mask, went tothe minister and congratulatedher. Many other members werealso seen chatting withSitharaman after completion ofher speech.

Next to Sitharaman wasUnion Minister Harsh Vardhanand on the same row was min-isterial colleague Pralhad Joshi.Apart from Prime MinisterModi, Union ministers AmitShah and Rajnath Singh were alsoseated in the front row.

Amid the ongoing farmers’protests against the three newfarm laws, Shiromani Akali Dalleaders — Harsimrat Kaur Badaland Sukhbir Singh Badal —along with RLP’s HanumanBeniwal sought to raise the mat-ter. They were seen holdingposters demanding that theCentre take back the ‘black’ laws. All of them, whowere till recently part of the rul-ing NDA, stood in the aisle for afew minutes and later walked outof the House soon after thefinance minister started herspeech. Congress leader RahulGandhi, Samajwadi Party patri-arch Mulayam Singh Yadav,National Conference leaderFarooq Abdullah and variousother people from theOpposition were present in theHouse.

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Continuing with its thrust onpiped water supply to all, a

whopping �50,000 crore hasbeen earmarked for the JalJeevan Mission in Budget 2021-22, even as Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman Mondayannounced the scheme’s urbansegment that aims to providetap water connections to 2.86crore households.

The Drinking Water andSanitation Department underthe Jal Shakti Ministry hasbeen allocated �60,030 crore

while �9,022.57 crore has beenearmarked for the Departmentof Water Resources, the RiverDevelopment and GangaRejuvenation. The DWS hasseen a hike of more than threetimes in its budget allocation.In 2019-20, the DWS was allo-cated �18,264.26 crore.

It came down marginally to�17,023.50 in 2020-21. In thecoming fiscal year, the DWShas been earmarked �60,030crore.

Launched in 2019, the JalJeevan Mission, a flagship pro-gramme of the Modi

Government, aims to providetap water connections to ruralhouseholds by 2024. So far, tapwater connections have been given to 3.3 crore ruralhouseholds.

In this budget, �50,000crore has been earmarkedfor this scheme. Additionally,Sitharaman announced theurban segment of thisscheme.

The ambitious urban seg-ment of the mission will beimplemented over five yearswith an outlay of �2,87,000crore.

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Commuting to be easier. In a majorboost to public transport in urban

areas, the Union Budget 2021-22 pro-posed a new scheme of �18,000 crore forpublic bus transport services, centralfunding for Kochi, Chennai, Bengaluru,Nagpur and Nashik metro rails, newtechnologies ‘MetroLite’ and ‘MetroNeo’to be deployed in tier-2 cities andperipheral areas of tier-1 cities at muchlesser cost with same experience, safetyand convenience.

The government has also allocated23,500 crore for the projects related toMass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) andMetro services in the country. TheNational Capital Region TransportCorporation, which is executing thecountry’s first Regional Rapid Transit

System (RRTS) project, has been allo-cated �4,472 crore as against 2,487crore in the revised 2020-21 estimates.

Presenting her first ever paperlessUnion Budget in the parliament for thefinancial year 2021-22, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman said that the metrorail network of 702 km is already oper-ational across the country, and another1,600 km of the metro rail network isunder construction in 27 cities.

“MetroLite and MetroNeo will bedeployed to provide metro rail systems atmuch lesser costs with the same experience,convenience and safety in Tier 2 cities andperipheral areas of Tier 1 cities also,” shesaid. Sitharaman said that the govern-ment will work toward raising the shareof public transport in urban areasthrough expansion of metro rail networkand augmentation of city bus service.

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Despite continuing hostili-ties at the Line of Actual

Control (LAC), the DefenceBudget got a modest hike forthe next fiscal. The overalloutlay for 2021-22 was peggedat �4.78 lakh crore as against�4.71 lakh crore for the ongo-ing financial year.

However, the armed forceswere assured of no shortage offunds during the coming yearas it happened when tensionswith China escalated sinceMay last year.

It is evident from the factthat while the Budget estimatefor 2020-21 for capital alloca-tion was �1,13,734 crore, therevised estimate saw a jump ofmore than 17 per cent with thearmed forces getting �1,34,510crore. The additional financeswere allocated during last yearfor the armed forces to main-tain operational readiness whilefacing China all along the4,000-km-long LAC.

The total budgetary allo-cation announced by FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanon Monday included pension

amounts to �4.78 lakh crore. Ifthe burgeoning pension bill iskept aside, the capital and rev-enue budget along with civilheads comes to �3,62,345 crore.

In order to sustain thepace of modernisation, thecapital budget for the comingfinancial year is �1,35,060crore. This will enable thearmed forces to meet ongoingcontractual obligations besidesgoing for new weapon plat-forms. The capital allocationfor the last fiscal was �1,345,10crore. Incidentally, the entirecapital budget for the currentfinancial year was utilised indi-cating a healthy trend.

There are some weaponssystems to be procured in thecoming years including 114multi-role fighter jets to be builtwithin the country under thestrategic partnership pro-gramme. This contract is worthover ten billon dollars.Similarly, the Navy is to acquiresix conventional submarinesand the deal is worth over�50,000 crore. These sub-marines will also be built in theIndian dockyards.

Besides these big ticket

items, the army is carrying onwith its plan for fast moderni-sation of the infantry by procur-ing rifles, machine guns andother close quarter battleweapons. Moreover, the induc-tion of the long-range artilleryguns is also on the cards in thecoming year and the capital out-lay will to some extent enablethe Army to sustain the tempo.

However, the major shareof the budget like previousyears was taken by revenueexpenditure including expens-es on payment of salaries andmaintenance of establishments.The revenue budget for 2021-22 is now �2,21,027 crore whilethat in 2020-21 was �2,09, 312crore. The pension bill for theongoing fiscal is �1, 25,000

crore while for the next finan-cial year it is �1,15,850 crore.

The break-up of the capi-tal allocation for the threeServices indicated that the IAFgot the major share with a bud-get of �53,214 crore. The Armygot �36,481 crore while theNavy was given �33,253 crore.

Defence Minister RajnathSingh thanked Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman forincreasing the defence budget to�4.78 lakh crore, which includescapital expenditure worth �1.35lakh crore. “It is nearly 19 percent increase in Defence capitalexpenditure. This is highest everincrease in capital outlay forDefence in 15 years,” the DefenceMinister said.

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Setting up a Central univer-sity in Leh, 100 new Sainik

schools and Higher EducationCommission of India, increas-ing collaboration with foreigninstitutions as well as strength-ening over 15,000 schools asper new the New EducationPolicy (NEP), are among themajor announcements fromthe education sector in theBudget for 2021-22 announcedon Monday. The Ministry ofEducation has received a totalof �93,224.31 crore this year. In2020-21, it was allocated�99,311.52 crore.

In order to promoteenhanced academic collabo-ration with foreign highereducational institutions, thebudget has also proposed toput in place a regulatorymechanism to permit dual

degrees, joint degrees,t w i n n i n g

arrange-

ments and other such mech-anisms. Sitharaman alsoannounced that the CBSEboard exam reforms will beimplemented from 2022-23academic session in a phasedmanner.

“For accessible higher edu-cation in Ladakh, I propose toset up a Central University inLeh,” Sitharaman said. While15,000 schools will be qualita-tively strengthened, establish-ment of 100 new Sainik Schoolsin partnership with NGOs,private schools and State gov-ernments are on the anvils.

“In Budget 2019-20, I hadmentioned about the setting-

up of Higher EducationCommission of India.

We would be intro-ducing legislation

this year to imple-ment the same. It

will be an umbrella body hav-ing 4 separate vehicles for stan-dard-setting, accreditation, reg-ulation, and funding,”Sitharaman mentioned.

In the Budget, the blanketexemption in annual receiptsfor charitable trusts runningeducational institutions, hasbeen increased from �1 croreto 5 crore. “Many of our citieshave various research institu-tions, universities and col-leges supported by theGovernment of India.Hyderabad for example, hasabout 40 such major institu-tions. In nine such cities, wewill create formal umbrellastructures so that these insti-tutions can have better syner-gy, while also retaining theirinternal autonomy. A GlueGrant will be set aside for thispurpose,” Sitharaman said.

“The FM rightly saidyouth of the country haveabundant skills and it needsproper channelisation. Theeducation budget and stepsannounced for effective imple-mentation of NEP, increasedfocus on the role of technol-ogy will provide furtheropportunities for growth andsustained development of thesector and students,” said RishiAhuja, founder of Klip VRImmersive Tech.

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In the Budget 2021-22, theUnion Environment

Ministry got a marginalincrease in funds, up by near-ly five per cent from 2020-21,with no change in the amountallotted to pollution abatementand climate change action plan.

Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman allocated�3,100 crore for the Ministryout of which �460 crore wereallotted to control pollution,which is the same as the moneyit received in the last budget.

Control of pollution has

been conceptualised to providefinancial assistance to Pollutioncontrol Boards/Committeesand funding to National CleanAir Programme (NCAP).

Similarly, the budget forpollution abatement, whichwas cut by 50 per cent last yearfrom 2018-19, remainedunchanged at �10 crore. Theminister also announced thatstates, which are formulatingand implementing plans forensuring cleaner air in citiesabove one million populationshould be encouraged.

“Parameters for the incen-tives to be notified by the

Ministry of Environment,Forests and Climate changeand the allocation for this pur-pose is �4,400 crore for 2020-21,” Sitharaman said.

However, a top officialfrom the environment ministrysaid this amount has notreflected in the budget yet. ForClimate Change Action Plan,an amount of �40 crore hasbeen allocated, which is thesame as last fiscal.

The budgetary allocationfor National Mission for GreenIndia has been raised from�240 crore in the last financialyear to �311 crore this time

with the national afforestationprogramme alone being allot-ted �246 crore, higher than lastyear’s amount of �179 crore.

In the wildlife arena, thegovernment-initiated projects— Project Tiger and ProjectElephant — saw some changeswith the former gettingreduced by �50 crore and theother being raised by �5 crore.

The fiscal’s allocation of�350 crore for Project Tiger, aninitiative for conserving thewildcat, reduced to �300 croreand �30 crore for ProjectElephant, which was launchedto conserve jumbos across the

country, is now �35 crore.The budget for National

Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA), a statutory body underthe ministry responsible fortiger census and conservation ofwild cats, saw a minor raise of�50 lakh from �10 crore lastyear to 10.5 crore for 2020-21.

The budget for NationalCoastal Mission aimed toensure livelihood security ofcoastal communities was alsoraised slightly with theGovernment allotting it �103crore this year, compared to�95 crore in the last fiscal.

However, the total allocation

for the five autonomous insti-tutes under the Ministry hasbeen reduced in the UnionBudget 2021-2022. The bodiesin question are GB PantHimalayan Institute ofEnvironment and Development,Indian Council of ForestryResearch and Education, IndianInstitute of Forest Management,Indian Plywood IndustriesResearch and Training Instituteand Wildlife Institute of India.

The allocation of �305.5crore announced in UnionBudget 2021-22 is not just lowerthan the previous Budget (�340crore), it is also lower than the

actual expen-diture in2019-20(�326.5crore).It is,h o w -e v e r ,highert h a nt h erevisedestimatefor 2020-2 0 2 1( � 2 8 9 . 4 5crore), said anofficial.

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Already hit hard by Covid-19, the tourism sector had

more disappointment comingits way on Monday as the bud-getary allocation for the min-istry of tourism was slashedfrom �2,500 crore in 2020-21to �2026.77 crore this year, a 19per cent decline.

With the coronavirus cri-sis restricting not just foreigntourist footfalls into the coun-try but also keeping domestictourists at bay, the budget hasfocused on pushing funds forpromotion and publicity tohelp woo the tourists back. Thebudget has also allocated�1,088.03 crore for develop-ment of tourism infrastructure.

Out of the � 668.72 croreallocated towards promotionand publicity, � 524.02 crore isfor the overseas market and �144.70 crore has been kept fordomestic tourists.

With the coronavirus cri-sis bringing the tourismsector to its knees,the union budget hasallocated a sum of �63.65 crore for capac-ity building for ser-vice providers and ̀138.65 crore fortraining and skilldevelopment.

FAITH, the policy

federation of all the nationalassociations representing thecomplete tourism, travel and

hospitality industry of Indiasaid that “lack of immedi-

ate direct support in budgethas disappointed the

Indian travel andtourism indus-try”.

In a statement,Nakul Anand,

Chairman-FAITH saidthere was a need of cor-

pus of at least �2,500crore for globalbranding budget toenable sub branding

of three tourism segments —Indian MICE, Indian adven-ture, Indian Heritage under theIncredible India main brand toenhance each of these verticals’global outreach.

“Not addressing any ofthese critical measures in thebudget announcement hasthrown the industry into astate of shock and deep dismay.The tourism, travel and hospi-tality industry is battling theworst in century crisis from theimpact of Covid 19, revivalfrom which will not be seenminimum for the next financialyear till vaccination is fullyundertaken with no observedside effects in all source anddestination markets,” the state-ment said.

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The Centre on Monday allo-cated over �257 crore in the

annual Budget for thePersonnel Ministry for the nextfinancial year for domestic andforeign training of bureaucratsand augmented provisions ofnecessary infrastructure.

Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman said of the totalallocation of �257.35 crore for2021-22, �178.32 crore hasbeen earmarked for upgrada-tion of the Lal Bahadur ShastriNational Academy ofAdministration (LBSNAA) inMussoorie to a centre of excel-lence, augmentation of trainingfacilities at the Delhi-basedInstitute of Secretariat Trainingand Management (ISTM), andthe National Programme forCivil Services & CapacityBuilding — MissionKarmayogi, among others.

The LBSNAA and theISTM conduct several trainingprogrammes for IndianAdministrative Service (IAS)officers and all other levels ofsecretarial functionaries withexposure to rules, regulationsand aptitude.

The Union Cabinet had inSeptember last year given nodto the Mission Karmayogi,dubbed as the biggest bureau-cratic reform initiative, aimedat capacity building to makeGovernment employees more

“creative, proactive, professionaland technology-enabled”.

A total of �79.03 crore hasbeen provided for to the min-istry for 2021-22 to meet estab-lishment-related expenditureof the ISTM, the LBSNAA andtraining division of theDepartment of Personnel andTraining (DoPT).

A sum of �136.69 crore hasbeen allocated under the“autonomous bodies of DoPT”head. The provision includesgrants-in-aid assistance to GrihKalyan Kendra, the CentralCivil Services Cultural & SportsBoard and the NationalRecruitment Agency (NRA).

The Union Cabinet had inAugust 2020 decided to set upthe NRA, a multi-agency body,for conducting a CommonEligibility Test (CET) to screenor shortlist candidates forthe Group B and C (non-technical) posts in thecentral government.The CentralAd m i n i s t r a t i v eTribunals (CATs),which are entrust-ed with the redres-sal of grievances ofpublic servants,have been allocat-ed � 122.03 crorefor 2021-22 to meetestablishment-relat-ed expenditure.

“This also includesprovision for purchase of

land and construction of build-ing for various benches ofCAT,” the Budget documentsays. It has been given �121.03crore for the current financialyear, as per the revised esti-mates for 2020-21.

The Staff SelectionCommission (SSC), whichconducts various recruitmentexamination for central gov-ernment jobs, has been allo-cated �382.59 crore for 2021-22to meet establishment-relatedexpenditure, including those onthe conduct of examinationsfor recruitment of staff in cen-tral ministries or departments.It has the revised estimatedbudget of �382.40 crore for thecurrent fiscal.

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The Centre has allocatedabout �1,66,547 crore to the

Union Home Ministry for the2021-22 fiscal, a dip of �703crore as compared to the allo-cation for the last financial yearwhen it had received �1,67,250 crore.

A major part of the fundswill go to the police forces anda substantial amount for cen-sus related works.

According to the budget,�30,757 crore has been allo-cated to Jammu & Kashmir and�5,958 crore for Ladakh — thetwo newly created UnionTerritories.

The Ministry has beenallocated �1,66,546.94 crorefor the next fiscal with�1,03,802.52 crore for the cen-tral armed police forces like theCRPF, BSF, CISF etc. and�3,768.28 crore for censusoperations. The work for thecensus 2021 has been post-poned due to the Covid-19pandemic.

Central sector schemesand projects of the Ministrygot �1,641.12 crore, while �481.61 crore has beenallocated for disaster man-agement. The UnionTerritories of Andamanand Nicobar Islands hasbeen allocated �5,317.41crore, Chandigarh

�4,661.12 crore, Dadra andNagar Haveli and Daman

and Diu �2,204.59 crore,Lakshadweep �1,440.56 croreand Puducherry �1,729.79 crore.

The Central security forcesguarding the India-Pakistan,Indo-China and other fron-tiers have received an increasedamount of funds amidst con-tinuous tension with India’swestern and northern neighbours. The Centre hasallocated a total of �1,03,802.52crore to the Central ArmedPolice Forces which is anincrease of 7.1 per cent from thelast budget when the paramili-tary forces got �92,848.91 crore.

�20,729.54 crore has beenallocated to the BSF in 2021-22,in comparison to �19,377.83crore allocated in 2020-21 —an increase of 6.97 per cent.

The BSF secures the fron-tiers with Pakistan andBangladesh. Infiltration of mil-itants and cross border firingfrom Pakistan have been reg-ular features along the 3,323km-long frontier of which,barring the 740 km-long Lineof Control, all are guarded bythe BSF.

The 4,096 km-long Indo-Bangladesh border, guardedby the BSF, also witnesses ille-gal infiltration, smuggling ofcows, contraband and other items.

The air wing of the BSFreceived �140.15 crore in com-parison to �54.75 crorereceived last year — an increaseof 155 per cent. The ITBP,which guards 3,488 km-longSino-Indian border, received�6,567.17 crore in comparisonto �6,150.15 crore received lastyear — an increase of 6.78 per cent.

The CRPF, which isdeployed for internal security,maintenance of law and orderand anti-terrorist operations inJammu & Kashmir, received�26,197.90 crore in comparisonto �24,788.28 crore allocated in2020-21 which is an increase of5.6 per cent as compared to lastyear’s allocation.

Meanwhile, the CentralBureau of Investigation, whichis under the Ministry ofPersonnel , received �835.39crore in the Union Budget onMonday, a nominal cut from�835.75 crore it received as perrevised estimates for 2020-21.

The CBI had received�802.19 crore initially in thelast budget and it was increasedto �835.75 crore in the revisedestimates for 2020-21.

The agency has been allo-cated �835.39 crore to manageits affairs in 2021-22, a nomi-nal dip of �36 lakh, accordingto the Budget.

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The Centre on Mondayannounced in its annual

Budget the much-awaited vol-untary vehicle scrapping poli-cy to phase out old and pol-luting vehicles. Presenting theBudget for 2021-22 inParliament, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman said undervoluntary vehicle scrappingpolicy, personal vehicles wouldundergo fitness test after 20years while commercial vehi-cles would require it after com-pletion of 15 years.

Welcoming the policy, RoadTransport, Highways andMSMEs Minister Nitin Gadkarisaid the policy will lead to newinvestment of around �10,000crore and create as many as50,000 jobs. He further said thepolicy would cover over 1 crorelight, medium and heavy motor

vehicles.“The policy would cover an

estimated 51 lakh light motorvehicles (LMVs) that are above20 years of age, while another 34lakh LMVs are above 15 years.It would also cover 17 lakhmedium and heavy motor vehi-cles, which are above 15 years,and currently without valid fit-ness certificates,” Gadkari said.

These vehicles are estimat-ed to cause 10-12 times morepollution than the latest vehicles,he said. Outlining the benefits ofthe policy, Gadkari said it wouldlead to recycling of waste metal,improved safety, reduction in airpollution, lower oil imports dueto greater fuel efficiency of cur-rent vehicles, and stimulateinvestment.

He said the finer details ofthe policy will be unveiled with-in 15 days. During her speech,Sitharaman said that details of

the scheme will be separatelyshared by the Road Transportand Highways Ministry. “We areseparately announcing a volun-tary vehicle scrapping policy tophase out old and unfit vehicles.This will help in encouragingfuel efficient, environmentfriendly vehicles, thereby reduc-ing vehicular pollution and oilimport bill. Vehicles wouldundergo fitness tests in auto-mated fitness centres after 20years in case of personal vehicles,and after 15 years in case of com-mercial vehicles,” she added.

President of AutomotiveRefinishes and Wood Coatings,Nippon Paint India, SharadMalhotra said our sector has gota favorable boost in form of FM’svoluntary vehicle scrappage pol-icy announcement. “Fitness test-ing for both PVs and CVs is apositive move that will not onlygenerate employment oppor-

tunities but also ensure a clean-er environment,” Malhotra said.

On July 26, 2019, the gov-ernment had proposed amend-ments to motor vehicle normsto allow scrapping of vehiclesolder than 15 years in a bid tospur adoption of electricalvehicles. “We have submittedthe proposal and I am expect-ing that we will get approval asearly as possible for the scrap-ping policy,” Gadkari had saidon January 15.

The minister had also saidthat once the policy is approved,India will become an automobilehub and there will also be reduc-tion in the prices of automobiles.He had said recycled materialfrom old vehicles will helpreduce the prices, adding thatthe automobile industry’sturnover, which is �4.5 lakhcrore with �1.45 lakh croreexports, will get a boost.

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supplying millions of doses ofCOVID vaccines, manufac-tured in India, to its neighboursand nations around the world.”

It is important for all citi-zens to know and digest thesefacts if only to ward off the neg-ativity that is being spreadindiscriminately and irrespon-sibly by some politicians and,in particular, by Congressleader Rahul Gandhi.

In fact, while developednations like the US, the UK,France and Spain are flounder-ing in their efforts, the Modi-led Union Government and theGovernments in all States andUnion Territories, which arerun by a variety of parties, havedone remarkably well to joinhands and tackle the biggesthealth crisis in centuries.

Rahul first criticised thelockdown imposed in March2020 and later ridiculed theModi Government for lifting it.To buttress his argument, he putout graphs of COVID-19 preva-lence in countries like Germany,France and the UK to claim thatthe virus incidence had comedown in those countries afterthey lifted the lockdown, but inIndia it had shot up. Thereafter,he has been persistently criticis-ing India’s efforts to tackleCOVID-19. What Rahul doesnot realise is that his pettypolitical attacks are hurting our

image. Looking at the plight ofthese nations today, one won-ders what he has to say now.

Thus far, over 100 millionpeople have been affected glob-ally. India accounts for 10 mil-lion cases, but has managed bet-ter control. It reported 13,044new cases a day on January 30after touching a high of 97,894cases per day on September 14,2020. The last four months haveseen a steady decline in cases.Against this, the countriesRahul was praising are in a realmess. Currently, the UK andFrance have two million and 2.7million active cases, respective-ly, as against 1.78 lakh in India.The US has reported 25 millioncases, of which nearly 10 mil-lion are active.

Strangely, even as the casesare declining, Rahul againattacked the Centre for its “fail-ure” to tackle COVID-19. The“unplanned lockdown”destroyed millions of lives, hesays, but the truth is that Indiahas one of the lowest death ratesin the world during this pan-demic. As against 10 millionpatients, India has reported 1.53lakh deaths, accounting foraround 1.5 per cent fatalities.Fortunately, most ChiefMinisters are not toeing his line.

Meanwhile, theIndependent Oversight andAdvisory Committee for the

WHO Health EmergenciesProgramme has submitted aninterim report in which it hascriticised “the rising politicisa-tion of the pandemic response”,which means reckless attemptslike the ones being made byRahul are harming the cause.

The WHO panel has right-ly observed that a successfulresponse “hinges on inter-con-nected global systems and net-works” and scientific expertise,and contends that the WHOcan’t succeed without unifiedglobal political support duringthe next phases of the pandem-ic. It says the world is “at a crit-ical juncture” and will “notdefeat this virus without greaterglobal solidarity and strongermultilateral cooperation”.

It is tragic that the leaderof India’s oldest political partyis consistently out to under-mine the efforts of the Centreand all State Governmentsand lakhs of health workers,who have staked their lives toserve COVID patients. This isdestructive politics at its worst.Fortunately, there are wisermen and women in his party,including Chief Ministers, whoare not toeing his line andworking selflessly to rid thecountry of this terrible scourge.

(The writer is an author spe-cialising in democracy studies. Theviews expressed are personal.)

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������������� �� �������� �Sir — This refers to the editorial ‘No laugh-ing matter’ (February 1). Our nation is asecular country where pluralism flourish-es and there is peaceful coexistence of peo-ple belonging to various religions, faiths,regions, castes and creed. The age-old tra-dition of peacefully living together for cen-turies has won India the ‘Unity inDiversity’ epithet that it really merits.

However, the Indian Constitutionprovides no room for the laceration of reli-gious sentiments of any individual or com-munity. As far as showing controversialscenes in movies or serials is concerned,it must be kept in mind that the huge unac-counted money invested by the filmmak-ers and directors in their movies makesthem try every trick so as to attract themedia and public attention. However, outof apprehension that their efforts will notpay them expected dividends at the boxoffice or when any controversy arises, theywilly-nilly render apologies given that theirgoal is achieved after all, even if the con-troversial scenes are cut.

The writers, producers and actorsshould ideally be wary that their money,labour and precious time do not go in vainfollowing unwarranted controversies.Their intention should be to entertain theirfans and not to hurt the religious feelingsor sentiments of any community or soci-ety at large.

Azhar A Khan| Rampur

����� ����������������Sir — Arvind Kejriwal’s national ambitionto systematically make inroads into otherStates is laudable. He has announced thatthe party would contest elections in sixStates, including Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh,Goa and Gujarat, which will go to polls inthe next two years.

The AAP cadres can focus on the poll-going States without having to bother aboutDelhi. Kejriwal is hoping that the “anti-incumbency” factors in all the election-going States might benefit his party. TheDelhi Chief Minister is not a novice look-

ing at Government-formation in theseStates, a far-fetched proposition. However,a remote possibility of turning into king-maker in at least one of these States can-not be ruled out. Time and power havemellowed an argumentative Kejriwal,much to the glee of his supporters whowere worried that he would throw away thehard-earned gains in politics. However, theAAP has already increased its activities inPunjab and Uttar Pradesh, which go topolls early next year.

In these States, the AAP will hard-sellits Delhi governance model. The party willalso have to increase its presence at theground-level politics in these States forwhich it must increase the number of partyworkers and volunteers. The AAP must notforget that its fight is with regional satrapsand traditional parties like the Congressand BJP.

Ganapathi Bhat| Akola

�� ������ �� �������Sir — For the first time Finance Minister

Nirmala Sitharaman has not been con-strained by self-imposed norms of fiscaldeficit. The NDA Government has right-ly surmised that the private sector willnot invest. They will keep going back tothe Government for all kinds of support.The Government has taken the onus toput serious money into infrastructure,health and wellness and generally intodevelopment. It has actually gone theother way and is improving tax admin-istration to ensure better compliance.

Budget 2021 is pragmatic and com-mitted to the healthcare sector whichneeded a deliberate boost after theCOVID-19 outbreak last year. Theannouncement of a centrally fundedscheme—Aatmanirbhar Health Yojana—with an outlay of �64,180 crore over sixyears in addition to the National HealthMission is a welcome step.

CK Subramaniam | Mumbai

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Adhanom Ghebreyesus hasthanked India and PrimeMinister Narendra Modi for thecountry’s “continued support tothe global COVID-19 response”.In a recent tweet, he said: “Onlyif we act together, including shar-ing of knowledge, can we stop thisvirus and save lives and liveli-hoods.” The WHO chief waslauding India’s decision todespatch COVID-19 vaccines toseveral neighbouring countries,including Bangladesh, Bhutan,Myanmar and Nepal, besidesSaudi Arabia, Brazil and others.

This was the fourth time inthe past year that the WHO chiefhad hailed the Government’sdecisions to contain the pandem-ic. Last July, he praised India’sefforts to contain the outbreak inDharavi — considered the biggestslum in the world. He cited thisas an example of how, even whenthe outbreak was very intense, itcould be brought under control.Last September, he again praisedModi for his speech to the UNGeneral Assembly in which hesaid that as the largest vaccine-producing country, India wouldutilise this strength to distributeit across the world and help theglobal community. In November2020 when Modi spoke to theWHO chief, the latter praisedIndia’s efforts and the AyushmanBharat programme. In fact, wayback in May 2020, the WHO rep-resentative in India had describedIndia’s efforts as being “enormous,very impressive”. The WHO alsolauded the Uttar PradeshGovernment’s COVID manage-ment and contract-tracing effortsand said they are worthy of emu-lation by other States.

Many other internationalentities are lauding India’s efforts.The United States described Indiaas a “true friend” for deploying itsadvantage in the pharma sectorto meet the vaccine needs of othercountries. The State Departmentsaid: “We applaud India’s role inglobal health, sharing millions ofvaccine doses in South Asia.”Applauding India, CongressmanBrad Sherman tweeted: “Great tosee our ally India purchasing and

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Taking a cue from the prescription that theChief Economic Advisor (CEA),Krishnamurthy Subramanian gave in the

Economic Survey: 2020-21 that “the Governmentshould come up with more fiscal measures forshort-term support to the economy and business-es”, Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman hasgone ahead with some “big bang” measures. She hasnot just attempted to give a boost to industries andbusinesses in the short-term but has also given anindication of her intent to put them on a high growthtrajectory in the medium to long-term.

Apart from giving a boost to the healthcareinfrastructure (�64,180 crore allocated for newhealth schemes besides �35,000 crore for theCOVID vaccine) and education, this push is man-ifested in big plans in the field of infrastructure suchas roads, highways, railways, ports, gas pipelines andso on; production-linked incentive schemes (PLI)for 13 sectors; launch of seven Mega TextileInvestment Parks over the next three years and mea-sures to give a boost to start-ups and so on.

Sitharaman has tried to demonstrate that theGovernment is really serious about pumping moremoney into the economy. Hence, the Budget hasprovided for capital expenditure of �5,54,000 croreduring 2021-22 which is an increase of 35 per centover the Budget Estimate (BE) for 2020-21 at�4,12,000 crore. Unfortunately, even at this level, itis minimal when compared to the mammothrequirement of over �100 lakh crore over five yearsor �20 lakh crore per annum under the NationalInfrastructure Pipeline (NIP) project.

For garnering resources, the FM has outlineda detailed blueprint for asset monetisation — bothgreenfield projects as well as brownfield ones — cov-ering almost every infrastructure sector one couldthink of like roads, highways, railways, ports, powertransmission lines, gas pipelines and so on. She hasalso mooted setting up of a new DevelopmentFinancial Institution (DFI) termed the NationalBank for Financing Infrastructure and Development(NaBFID) Bill, 2021.

This is intended as a provider, enabler and cat-alyst for infrastructure financing and as the mainfinancial institution and development bank forbuilding and sustaining a supportive ecosystemacross the life cycle of infrastructure projects. TheGovernment will infuse �20,000 crore in NaBFIDas budgetary support which will be leveraged to gen-erate a financing capability of over �5,00,000crore.

Given the cumbersome processes involved inundertaking sale of State assets as also lack of mar-ket appetite, it is unlikely that these would materi-alise soon. As regards raising resources via settingup of a DFI, the idea — abandoned decades ago(then, we had IDBI and ICICI as institutionsinvolved in long-term lending) — is a welcomemove, all the more because it is free from the kindof asset-liability mismatch which banks suffer from.But it will take long before the NaBFID will be ableto contribute in a meaningful way.

In the Economic Survey, the CEA has asked theGovernment to remain focused on propellinggrowth even if it means the Fiscal Deficit (FD) get-ting out of control. The irony is that during 2020-21, despite the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) con-tracting by 7.7 per cent, the FD has spiraled to awhopping 9.5 per cent of the GDP. This is almost

three times the Budget estimate of 3.5per cent, which itself was 0.5 per centhigher than the three per cent thresh-old required as per FiscalResponsibility and BudgetManagement (FRBM) and justifiedby Sitharaman in terms of the “far-reaching structural reforms withunanticipated fiscal implications.”

At 9.5 per cent, FD is even high-er than a widely expected figure ofaround 7.5 per cent. This is largelybecause the Government has takenon its balance sheet the so-called off-Budget liabilities or loans taken byState agencies (on its behalf) includ-ing from the Food Corporation ofIndia (FCI). Since 2016-17, the FCIhas been borrowing from theNational Small Savings Fund (NSSF)to finance unpaid food subsidy duesfrom the Centre.

As on March 31, 2020, its cumu-lative borrowings from the NSSFstood at �3,30,000 crore. All of this,plus the loans taken during 2020-21get transferred to the Centre’sbalance sheet. For the future also, theFCI will not have to borrow from theNSSF.

The FD for 2021-22 is put at 6.8per cent of the GDP. Considering thatthe nominal growth of the GDP isprojected to rebound to over 15 percent and correspondingly the tax rev-enue — both direct and indirect —will also increase sharply, this figureseems to be pretty high. With this, theFM has also drastically altered thetrajectory of fiscal consolidation bytargeting a FD of 4.5 per cent dur-ing 2025-26. Compare this with 2.5per cent for 2022-23 as recom-

mended by the NK Singh Committeeon review of the FRBM. To legitimisethis fiscal splurge, the Governmentwill have to make further amend-ments to the FRBM Act (it was lastdone through the Finance Bill 2018-19 prescribing a FD target for 2020-21 as three per cent plus 0.5 per centfor unanticipated events).

The announcement of a policyon divestment of the Government’sshareholding in Central Public SectorUndertakings (CPSUs) that aims atselling all CPSUs in “non-strategic”sectors and restrict its presence in“strategic” sectors to the bare mini-mum has been in the works for near-ly five years. It was started by NITIAayog who will now have to work onthe details. It does not instil confi-dence as the current approach of link-ing divestment to the FD target sim-ply won’t work.

Faced with a sharp increase inNon-Performing Assets (NPAs) post-pandemic (according to IndiaRatings and Research, as proportionof the outstanding debt, NPAs willincrease from 11.57 per cent to18.21 per cent by the end of 2021-22),the Budget has resurrected the ideaof “bad bank” recommended in2018, by a committee headed by theformer Chairman, Punjab NationalBank, Sunil Mehta. A “bad bank”buys the NPAs of other banks andthereby helps clear their balancesheets. It does not solve the problembut merely transfers the stress fromthe latter to the former.

The proposed Electricity(Amendment) Bill, 2021, to de-licence the distribution business,

bring in competition and give powerto the consumer to choose his/hersuppliers does not inspire. TheElectricity Act (2003) also had pro-visions to empower consumers butit never worked. Further, the realintent behind the �3,00,000 croreelectricity distribution reform pro-gramme is to give money to thebeleaguered power distribution com-panies or discoms so that they canclear dues to power generators andother suppliers; it has little to do withimproving their efficiency, as stated.

The FM has enumerated all thatis being done to help farmers; thatincludes massive increase in buyingby State agencies at the MSP. But,majority of small and marginal farm-ers (they are 86.2 per cent) don’t ben-efit from it. Likewise, agriculturalcredit (now raised to �16.5 lakhcrore) is cornered mostly by largefarmers i.e. those with farms over 10hectares.

On the taxation front, the Budgetproposes minor changes such asextension of tax holiday for start-upsby one more year; exempts dividendpayments to Real Estate InvestmentTrusts and Infrastructure InvestmentTrusts from tax deduction at source;deduction of tax on dividend incomefor Foreign Portfolio Investors at thelower treaty rate and so on.

To conclude, even as the FMwants to go for the kill in terms ofreinvigorating growth, she wants todo it at the cost of fiscal de-stabili-sation; even then, one is not surewhether the sustained rapid growthwill come as a huge resource gapremains.

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Anniversaries are a day welook back and also lookto the future. The world

remembered one year of theCOVID–19 outbreak onJanuary 21, when the first caseof the Novel Coronavirus wasreported in Wuhan. As it spreadto other countries, the WorldHealth Organisation (WHO)declared it a pandemic. TheNovel Coronavirus was indeednovel and scientists and doctorscannot find the real reason forits spread till today. Now mil-lions of people are getting vac-cinated amidst myths and truthabout the efficacy of variousvaccines doing the rounds ofsocial media.

The Corona story in Indiabegan last January with a stu-dent who returned fromWuhan. Union Health MinisterHarsh Vardhan took manymeasures to arrest the spread ofthe virus. The Narendra ModiGovernment also imposed a

hard nationwide lockdown onMarch 25. However, the lock-down was not without econom-ic cost to the country. In linewith global measures againstthe virus, the Governmentbanned domestic and interna-tional travel. It also orderedshutting up of shops, malls, cin-ema halls, schools, colleges,offices and all factories and con-struction activities. Millions ofjobs were lost and the GrossDomestic Product shrank,resulting in a massive econom-ic collapse. The Governmentstarted easing the hard lock-down in June and announcedmany booster doses for reviv-ing the economy. The countryrecorded the highest number ofCoronavirus cases in the worldafter the US and India report-ed 10.7 million infections and1,54,147 deaths. Fortunately,India started its immunisationprogramme on January 16.Though the inoculation drive

began much later than in othercountries, our rate of vaccina-tion has been higher. This isbecause India has learnt manyimportant lessons from its polioimmunisation drive and is oneof the world’s most effectivevaccine and drug makers. Thisis why many countries havealready approached it for vac-cine supply. According to theHealth Minister, nearly twomillion doses of Covishieldvaccine manufactured in Indiawere dispatched to Brazil andanother two million doses weresent to Morocco last week.Half a dozen neighbouringcountries, including Nepal andMyanmar, were also suppliedwith vaccines.

As it happens during anypandemic of this kind, somethings did not go right. It wasmostly due to poor administra-tive decisions or the lack ofeffective communication. Forinstance, the lockdown could

have been handled much bet-ter. The handling of migrantlabour was another big mess upthat led to untold suffering forlakhs of workers and embar-rassed the country.

However, as each crisisteaches us something, theimportant lesson learnt thistime was the need to ramp upthe crumbling healthcare infra-structure, become self-reliantand prepare the country to dealwith future pandemics, whichthe Government did effective-ly. The Government used tele-phone messages to reach out to

117 crore people and urgethem to adhere to Coronavirusprotocols like social distancing,hand washing and maskingup. The message was conveyedfast, even in rural areas.

On the political front, Modirightly took all the ChiefMinisters into confidence, heldover six meetings andaddressed the nation more thanhalf a dozen times. The PrimeMinister and Chief Ministersworked together, keeping asidetheir political differences. Afterall, it is the States which imple-ment central regulations andtheir support is very necessary.

The Government strength-ened the medical staff, convert-ed most hospitals to COVIDfacilities and spent more on thehealthcare sector.

Harsh Vardhan says, “Themost important lesson we learntis that you have to be vigilantall the time and innovative. TheGovernment also simultane-

ously activated scientists andmedical researchers. At onepoint, almost a million Covidtests a day were being done.”

Telemedicine, too, receiveda boost and became the newway of getting medical help. Itis good that this year’s UnionBudget has allocated morefunds for the Health Ministryand, for the first time, theFinance Commission also hada separate chapter on health.

Overall, India hasn’t faredas poorly as many had feared atthe start of the outbreak, andthe lessons learnt will go a longway in handling health emer-gencies in the future. Many doc-tors say that we have to live withthe Coronavirus as we livewith other viruses. Avoiding afuture pandemic, developing aneffective vaccine and medica-tions as well as reliable data aresome of the precautions forIndia and the world in a post-Corona world.

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Over 1.4 lakh jobs are esti-mated to be created

between March 2019 andMarch 2021 in various CentralGovernment departments,according to the Union Budgetpresented on Monday.

The strength ofGovernment establishmentswas 32,71,113 as on March 1,2019, which is estimated toincrease to 34,14,226 by thefirst day of next month — anincrease of 1,43,113, it said.

The Budget documentshave given a break-up of thejobs estimated to be created inCentral Government depart-ments between 2019 andMarch 2021.

As many as 2,207 jobs areestimated to be createdbetween March 2019 andMarch 2021 in the Department

of Agriculture, Cooperationand Farmers’ Welfare. Its actu-al strength of 3,619 as on

March 1, 2019, has been esti-mated to be increased to 5,826by March 1, this year.

Similarly, 1,058 jobs areestimated to be created in theMinistry of Civil Aviation by

the beginning of next month.Its actual strength of 1,254 onMarch 1, 2019, would increaseto 2,312 by March 1, 2021, itsaid.

As many as 12,537 newcivil jobs are likely to be creat-ed in the Defence Ministry. Itsstrength was 80,463 in March2019 and is estimated toincrease to 93,000 by March 1,2021.

The Culture Ministry is

estimated to add 3,638 jobs,2,859 by the Ministry of EarthSciences, 2,263 by the Ministryof Environment, Forests andClimate Change, 2,204 by theMinistry of External Affairs,2,139 by the Department ofCommerce and 1,452 by theMinistry of Electronics andInformation Technology,between this two-year period,according to the Budget 2021-22. A total of 4,072 jobs are esti-

mated to be created in theDepartment of Health andFamily Welfare, as its actualstrength of 20,907 on March 1,2019, will be 24,979 by March1, this year, it said.

As many as 2,419 jobs areestimated to be created by theMinistry of Labour andEmployment, 1,848 by theMinistry of Information andBroadcasting, 1,456 by theDepartment of WaterResources, River Developmentand Ganga Rejuvenation, 995by the Department of AnimalHusbandry and Dairying and651 jobs in the Department ofFisheries between March 2019and March 1, 2021, the docu-ments said.

A total of 5,305 jobs arelikely to be created in theMinistry of Mines, as its actu-al strength of 7,980 as onMarch 1, 2019 is estimated to

be 13,285 by March 1, 2021, itsaid.

As many as 2,684 jobs arelikely to be created in theMinistry of Personnel, PublicGrievances and Pensionsbetween 2019 and 2021,according to the Budget docu-ments.

The Prime Minister onMonday hailed the UnionBudget, saying it has the visionof ‘Aatmanirbharta’ (selfreliance) and addresses all sec-tions of society, while keepingfarmers and villages at its heart.

The Budget will bring sev-eral positive changes for indi-viduals, investors, industry andthe infrastructure sector, thePrime Minister said in his tele-vised remarks on the Budget2021-22 presented by FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanin Parliament.

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The Government has allo-cated �830 crore for the

Fund of Funds for Startups inthe Budget 2021-22, which ishigher then the revised esti-mate of about �430 crore.

The Government has setup a Fund of Funds for Startups(FFS) with a corpus of �10,000crore. The Small IndustriesDevelopment Bank of India(SIDBI) is the operating agencyfor the FFS.

The allocation for the fundof funds in Budget 2020-21 was�1,054.97 core, but it wasrevised to �429.99 crore.

According to the Budgetdocuments, the allocation forStartup India programme hasbeen increased marginally to�20.83 crore for 2021-22 fromthe revised estimate of �20crore in 2020-21.

Startup India initiativeaims at fostering entrepre-neurship and promoting inno-

vation by creating an ecosystemthat is conducive to the growthof budding entrepreneurs.

On the other hand, thegovernment has earmarked Rs300 crore for credit guaranteefund.

The cumulative allocationfor the Department forPromotion of Industry andInternal Trade (DPIIT) hasbeen hiked to �7,782.24 crorefor 2021-22 as against therevised estimate of �7,583.06crore in 2020-21.

Similarly, the cumulativeallocation for the departmentof commerce has also beenincreased to �4,986 crore for2021-22 as against the revisedestimate of �4,600 crore in2020-21.

The total allocations forexport promotion schemes,such as Market Access Initiativeand Interest EqualisationScheme, has been increased to�2,365 crore for 2021-22 asagainst the revised estimate of�2,175 crore in 2020-21.

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The Union Budget present-ed by Nirmala Sitharaman,

Finance Minister, on Mondayis focused on lives & livelihoodin the backdrop of economyravaged by Covid-19Pandemic, said NikhilSawhney, Chairman, CIINorthern Region. At CII, weappreciate the fine balancingdone to soothe the economy aswell as boost it by way ofincreased capital expenditure,focus on creating physicalinfrastructure, healthcarespending.

“The Government has con-tinued on its path of block-buster reforms to boost devel-opment, the economy andinvestment sentiment, anddelivered an excellent Budget inthe middle of a crisis” saidAditya Berlia, Chairman-CIIDelhi State .

“My complements to theGovernment for the BOLD,forward looking Union Budget2021. This is the directiontowards going for becoming 5

Trillion Economy” saidKanwaljeet Jawa, cice chair-man, CII Delhi State. Budgetwill certainly revive growthwith big push on health sectorand infrastructure develop-ment be it Roadways orRailways. India is truly movingtowards becoming “Self-ReliantBharat”, he further added.

CII Northern Region ishappy to note that the Budgetticked all the right boxes oflives, livelihood and growthwhich would propel the econ-omy to an inclusive growth tra-

jectory. We expect the reformprocess to continue beyond thebudget announcements. Wewelcome the �1,18,452 cr grantto meet the Revenue Deficit to

17 States during the year 2021-22, aas this will help the statesin meeting their developmentand capital expenditure planwhich suffered due to lowerGST collections.

Speaking on the Budgetannouncements for theNorthern states, he said maynorthern states are the hub ofMSMEs, and there are manypositives for the sector such asrationalisation of custom dutystructures will boost the sector.Another Budget proposal toestablish 7 textile parks will

help many textile hubs in NorthIndia such as Ludhiana,Bhilwara, Gurgaon, Panipat intheir technological upgradationand export competitiveness.

The Northern Region ofthe country is land locked,and the stress on expansion ofphysical infrastructure will golong way in connecting Northwith the rest of the world. CIIwelcome the deadline to com-plete the Eastern and WesternDedicated Freight Corridors byJune 2022. These Corridors willlink Northern Region stateswith ports in Western &Eastern India.

Announcement of bringing1,000 more mandis under thee-NAM umbrella and enhanc-ing agricultural credit target to�16.5 lakh crore in FY22 willgreatly benefit the agrarianstates of Punjab, Haryana, UP,Rajasthan etc. The announce-ment for setting up of CentralUniversity in Leh (Ladakh)will greatly help in meeting theaspirations of the youth ofnewly carved UT, Sawhneyadded.

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India Inc on Monday hailedFinance Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman’s Budget for 2021-22 as a reformist one thatreimagines India’s self-reliancelike never before and will driverevival of the economy fromthe impact of the pandemicwith enhanced spending.

The focus on growth overfiscal consolidation, health-care spending and steps tofurther help the startup ecosys-tem came in for praise fromindustry leaders across differ-ent sectors.

“Coming in the backdropof a global pandemic of thecentury, it boldly spells the gov-ernment’s growth agenda anda march towards building anew and prosperous India. Thebudget clearly has the stamp ofour Prime Minister with aclarion call for ‘Sabka SaathSabka Vikas’ and ‘Vocal forLocal’,” Founder and Chairmanof Bharti Enterprises SunilBharti Mittal said.

The first budget of this newdecade reimagines India in theform of Aatmanirbhar Bharatlike never before, he added.

Echoing similar views,Vedanta Resources ExecutiveChairman Anil Agarwal tweet-ed, “Congratulations to@narendramodi and FM@nsitharaman for a veryreformist #Budget2021 withmany big ideas includingstrategic disinvestment of twopublic sector banks & oneinsurance company. Thrust oninfrastructure will boostgrowth.”

Mahindra GroupChairman Anand Mahindrasaid in a time of unprecedent-ed economic stress, the gov-ernment’s responsibility wasto spend enough to revive theeconomy or else face enormoushuman suffering.

“So I had one expectationfrom this budget: that we

should be very liberal in termsof the targeted fiscal deficit.Box ticked,” Mahindra tweeted.

Lauding the finance min-ister for the focus on healthcarespending and immunizationespecially for Covid-19 and thepneumococcal vaccines, SerumInstitute of India CEO AdarPoonawalla said this will helpIndia recover rapidly from thispandemic. “Hopefully, this willalso encourage more innova-tion and expansion in the sec-tor,” he added.

Apollo Hospitals GroupChairman Prathap C Reddysaid Sitharaman’s announce-ments to develop primary, sec-ondary and tertiary health-care systems will provide accessto medical care for all in India,fuel job creation and boosteconomic momentum.

Bringing in the cricketingangle, RPG EnterprisesChairman Harsh Goenkatweeted,”Combination ofPujara & Pant innings - con-sistency and flamboyance!Steady focus on infra, com-mercial laws, ease of businesswith big shots of monetisingPSU assets, new divestments,insurance FDI. India won inAustralia. Now India shall riseabove in new world order”.

Terming the budget vision-ary and growth-oriented, ITCChairman and ManagingDirector Sanjiv Puri said it pro-vides further impetus to buildIndia’s competitiveness as alsofoster inclusive growth.

“The courageous move forhigher borrowing for capitalexpenditure along with includ-ing, but not limited to, focusedinvestments, monetization,incentives for FDI and a methodto clean up stressed assets alongwith a focused tax regime sig-nals liberal direction on fiscalmanagement, encouraging freeand fair competition, and gen-eral welfare,” said Lal Bhatia,Chairman of David & GoliathGroup and Hilshaw Group.

New Delhi: The CorporateAffairs Ministry has been allo-cated �712.13 crore for thefinancial year 2021-22, slight-ly higher than the revised allo-cation in the current fiscal.

While initially, the alloca-tion was �727.62 crore for thisfinancial year, it was laterrevised downwards to �680crore. The ministry has beenallocated �712.13 crore for thefinancial year starting April 1,according to the Union Budgettabled in Parliament onMonday.

As per the Budget docu-ment, the Insolvency andBankruptcy Board of India(IBBI) has been allocated �39crore, while the amount is �46crore for the CompetitionCommission of India (CCI).

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For every rupee in the gov-ernment coffer, 53 paise

will come from direct andindirect taxes, 36 paise fromborrowings and other liabilities,6 paise from non-tax revenuelike disinvestment and 5 paisefrom non-debt capital receipts.

According to the UnionBudget 2021-22 presented inParliament by Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman onMonday, goods and services taxwill contribute 15 paise inevery rupee revenue, whilecorporation tax will contribute13 paise to each rupee earned.

The government is alsolooking to earn 8 paise forevery rupee from Union exciseduty and 3 paise from customsduty. While, income tax willyield 14 paise to every rupeecollection. The collection fromborrowings and other liabilitieswill be 36 paise, as per theBudget 2020-21.

On the expenditure side,the biggest outlay componentis interest payments at 20 paisefor every rupee, followed by thestates’ share of taxes and dutiesat 16 paise. Allocation for thedefence stood at 8 paise.

Expenditure on central sec-tor schemes will be 14 paise,while the allocation for cen-trally-sponsored schemes willbe 9 paise. The expenditure onthe Finance Commission andother transfers is pegged at 10paise. Subsidies and pensionwould account for 8 paise and5 paise, respectively, in eachrupee spending.

The Government willspend 10 paise in every rupeeon other expenditures.

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In a move to boost real estatesector amid pandemic of

Covid-19, the ModiGovernment on Mondayextended the additional taxdeduction of �1.5 lakh oninterest paid on housing loanfor purchase of affordablehomes by one more year toMarch 31, 2022, tax exemptionfor migrant workers for afford-able housing, tax holiday forone more year for affordablehousing projects.

The additional deductionof �1.5 lakh over and above �2lakh was introduced in the2019 Budget. This was allowedfor those buying homes for thefirst time and of up to �45 lakh.In the Budget speech for 2021-22 fiscal year, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman said thegovernment sees ‘Housing forAll’ and affordable housing aspriority areas. “In the July 2019Budget, I provided an addi-tional deduction of interest,

amounting to �1.5 lakh, forloan taken to purchase anaffordable house. I propose toextend the eligibility of thisdeduction by one more year, to31st March 2022,” she said.

The Minister said the addi-tional deduction of �1.5 lakhshall therefore be available forloans taken up till March 31,2022, for the purchase of anaffordable house. Now, a personpurchasing an affordable housewill get an enhanced interestdeduction of up to �3.5 lakh.“Further, to keep up the supplyof affordable houses, I proposethat affordable housing projectscan avail a tax holiday for onemore year — till 31st March,2022,” Sitharaman said.

The Minister said that theGovernment is committed topromote supply of affordablerental housing for migrant work-ers. “For this, I propose to allowtax exemption for notifiedAffordable Rental HousingProjects.” These two Budgetproposals are aimed at increas-

ing demand as well as supply inthe affordable housing segment,which has already been accord-ed with the infrastructure status.

According to property con-sultants and data analytic firms,housing sales across major 7-8cities fell around 40-50 per centduring the 2020 calendar yeardue to the Covid-19 pandem-ic. However, demand has beensteadily improving since Julylast year on pent up as well fes-tive demand.

“As anticipated, affordablehousing and rental housinggot a big boost with the govt.extending the period for extradeduction of INR 1.5 lakhavailable for loans up to 31stMarch 2022. This will keepdemand buoyant for affordablehousing in 2021 as well.Further, the extension of the taxholiday for affordable housingprojects for one more year willhelp bring in more new supplywithin this segment,” AnujPuri, Chairman — ANAROCKProperty Consultants said.

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Union Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar on

Monday hailed the UnionBudget 2021-22 allocation toagriculture sector saying thisBudget has cleared all the con-fusion regarding new farmlaws and the minimum supportprice (MSP) and theGovernment is fully committedtowards development of agri-culture sector while farmersunions termed it anti farmers’as the budget has proved theirapprehensions right — thatthis government is on a path ofwithdrawing support to agri-culture, not strengthening it.

Farmers said they are onlyconcerned about their com-mon goal of having the threefarm laws repealed, and whathas been offered to the agri-culture sector in the UnionBudget does not matter.

Tomar said that the

Narendra Modi is committedto working for the interest offarmers. “Every year the focusis not only on increased bud-get allocation, but also theimplementation of schemes,” hesaid. Tomar further stated thebudget will help in doubling thefarmers’ income. It has therequired provisions to raisethe income of farmers,” hesaid.

The Budget is focused ondeveloping infrastructure inagriculture sector. He said thatthe budget has given APMCsaccess to agriculture infra-structure fund (AIF) for devel-opment of marketing infra-structure in mandis.

“I appeal to the politicalparties to not engage in politicsevery time. Those who playpolitics on every matter meetthe same fate as that of oppos-ing parties presently,” he saidadding it’s a common manBudget.

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Markets roared back to lifeon Monday after six days

of deep declines as FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanpresented an expansionaryUnion Budget for 2021-22which sought to pull the econ-omy out of the pandemic-induced slump throughincreased spending on infra-structure, healthcare and farmsectors without resorting tohigher taxation.

The 30-share BSE Sensexzoomed 2,314.84 points or 5per cent to finish at 48,600.61.This was its second-biggestsingle day jump in absoluteterms and the best day inalmost 10 months.

On similar lines, the broad-er NSE Nifty soared 646.60points or 4.74 per cent to fin-ish at 14,281.20.

The benchmarks were pro-pelled by across-the-board buy-ing, with banking and financestocks leading the charge.

IndusInd Bank topped theSensex gainers’ chart with ajump of 14.75 per cent, fol-lowed by ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finserv, SBI, L&T andHDFC.

Only three index compo-

nents closed in the red — DrReddy’s, Tech Mahindra andHUL, shedding up to 3.70 percent.

Tabling the Budget for2021-22 in Parliament, thefinance minister proposedmore than doubling healthcarespending, enhancing capitalexpenditure to �5.54 lakh crore

and and introduced an agriinfra cess of up to 100 per centon some goods to create post-harvest infrastructure forimproving farmers’ income.

But to reduce the burdenon consumers, the customs orimport duty on these items wascut.

A cess of �2.5 per litre on

petrol and �4 per litre on dieselwas also slapped but this wasoffset by a reduction of anequivalent amount in the exciseduty — making it price neutralfor consumers.

The Government project-ed a fiscal deficit of 9.5 per centof the GDP for the current fis-cal, hit by the Covid-19 pan-demic, and 6.8 per cent in2021-22 as it sought to strike abalance between supportinggrowth and maintaining fiscaldiscipline.

“It has been a great Budgetin the current pandemic.Market has given a clearthumbs-up. One couldn’t haveasked for more, of the total bor-rowings of �1,50,000 crore awhopping �1,20,000 crore isgoing for investment. Clearlythe government has sacrificedfiscal deficit for growth.

“No tinkering on taxes,including personal tax and agiant leap of divesting twostate-run banks and openingup of market by making wayfor the LIC IPO and foreignownership in insurance com-panies has been a welcomemove and the primary reasonfor the rise in stock market,”said Jaideep Hansraj, MD &CEO, Kotak Securities.

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Mumbai: The rupee depreci-ated by 6 paise to close at 73.02against the US dollar onMonday due to fiscal concernsafter the government project-ed a higher fiscal deficit for2020-21 and increased bor-rowing in the budget present-ed by Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman.

A stronger dollar in over-seas markets and firm oil pricesalso weighed on the rupeesentiment. A strong rally inequity markets, however, lim-ited the rupee losses.

At the interbank forex mar-ket, the domestic unit openedat 72.89 against the US dollarand witnessed an intra-dayhigh of 72.84 and a low of73.15. The local unit finally set-tled at 73.02, registering a fallof 6 paise over its previousclose, even as the domesticequity market settled with sig-nificant gains on the Budget day. PTI

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New Delhi: Gold in the nation-al capital on Monday tumbled�1,324 to �47,520 per 10 gramon a day when the Governmentannounced cut in import dutyon gold and silver, according toHDFC Securities.

In the previous trade, theprecious metal had closed at�48,844 per 10 gram.

Silver, in contrast, jumped�3,461 to �72,470 per kilogramfrom �69,009 per kilogram inthe previous trade.

In the international mar-ket, gold was trading in thegreen at $1,871 per ounce andsilver also quoted with gains at$29.88 per ounce.

The Government onMonday announced a cut inimport duty on gold and silver,a move that will help bringdown prices of these preciousmetals in the domestic marketand boost exports of gems andjewellery.

“Gold and silver presentlyattract a basic customs duty of12.5 per cent. Since the dutywas raised from 10 per cent inJuly 2019, prices of preciousmetals have risen sharply.” PTI

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Amid raging farmers’ proteston the outskirts of Delhi

over the farm laws, the ModiGovernment on Monday pro-posed an AgricultureInfrastructure and DevelopmentCess (AIDC) on certain items,including petrol, diesel, gold,alcoholic beverages, apples,Bengal Gram, some importedagricultural products to boostagriculture infrastructure byrestructuring custom duties inthe Union Budget 2021-22.

As per the Budget docu-ment, the agriculture cess of �2.5per litre has been imposed onpetrol and �4 per litre on diesel.The AIDC is a new cess intro-duced by the Government in theUnion Budget 2021-22 whichwas presented in the parliamenton Monday, which seeks toshore up resources for improve-ment in agriculture infrastruc-ture in the country.

However, prices for petroland diesel won’t change becauseor reduction in other duties.Consequently, unbranded petroland diesel will attract basicexcise duty of �1.4, and �1.8 perlitre respectively. Proposing the

introduction of an agri infradevelopment cess while pre-senting the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament, FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamansaid that it would not affect theconsumers of most of thesegoods. The cess will be applica-ble with effect from February 2.Later addressing a press confer-ence, Sitharaman said that acomponent to develop farminfrastructure has been added tothe cost of petrol and diesel.

To make up for the cess,basic excise duty on petrol hasbeen revised to �1.4 per litrefrom �2.98 per litre and on dieselfrom �4.83 per litre to �1.8 perlitre. Further, special excise dutyhas been brought down by �1per litre each on the two fuels to�11 per litre on petrol and �8 perlitre on diesel. Prices of the twofuels have risen to all time highsin the last fortnight thanks large-ly to a steep hike in taxation bythe Government in the last oneyear. Currently, a litre of petrolin Delhi costs �86.30 per litrewith excise duty which goes tothe centre accounting for �32.98per litre and VAT, which goes tothe state, accounting for anoth-er 19.92 per litre.

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Script Open High Low LTPTATAMOTORS 270.4 281.95 255.55 279.75INDUSINDBK 857.35 981 857.35 971.1RELIANCE 1845.2 1904.7 1845.2 1895.35ICICIBANK 550.2 609.5 550.2 603.95BAJFINANCE 4766.05 5077.9 4666.3 5059.9SBIN 284.55 315 282.75 311.1LT 1360 1461 1337.75 1449.45IDEA 11.13 11.79 10.82 11.71AXISBANK 663.5 716.85 654.5 710.25HDFCBANK 1400 1482 1400 1477.2MARUTI 7250 7473.9 7155 7399.95SAIL 58.7 64.2 57.65 63.6TATASTEEL 604 639.9 597.45 636.15DLF 260.2 288.95 255 281.95BAJAJFINSV 8712.15 9830 8636.8 9699.8PNB 33.65 36 33.1 35.7HDFC 2410 2602.3 2394.6 2582.55ITC 205 217.85 201.8 215.95RBLBANK 215.05 238.85 212.45 236.85TCS 3104 3165 3045.1 3140.7INFY 1246 1277.65 1240.55 1261.45IRCTC 1466.15 1496 1451.15 1460.45BANKBARODA 69.05 74.35 67.7 73.9SUNPHARMA 596 598.9 579.65 590.1TATAELXSI 2720 3015.55 2701 2954.75SRTRANSFIN 1279.65 1345 1266.95 1334.2LICHSGFIN 403.9 440.8 392.65 432.95EICHERMOT 2744.85 2868.45 2699.95 2843.85CANBK 134.8 143.3 132 142.15IOC 95.5 96.5 93.45 95.85KOTAKBANK 1730 1810 1696.25 1801.35UPL 553.9 553.9 510.05 533.9DRREDDY 4577.2 4577.2 4395 4428.6ASHOKLEY 112 123.4 108.45 122.25HCLTECH 916 933.55 896.1 929.6BPCL 387.05 398 380.85 392.85ULTRACEMCO 5320 5793.25 5261.8 5742.15ASIANPAINT 2435 2465 2376.7 2446TVSMOTOR 560.2 587 553.1 577.5FEDERALBNK 73 77.4 71.75 77.2NAUKRI 4399.95 4665.85 4211.3 4544.4HINDUNILVR 2265 2286 2226.55 2249.15PVR 1549 1549 1438.3 1524.95CIPLA 818.5 830.95 785.55 805.55WIPRO 416.7 423.75 408.35 421.25M&M 750.5 808.55 741.35 795.35MRF 85435.2 88713 83941 88200.8DMART 2680 2893.25 2638 2806.8BHARTIARTL 561.5 581.3 549.55 579.15IBULHSGFIN 193.9 207.2 187.95 206.15IDFCFIRSTB 46.5 47.1 43.8 46.6BANDHANBNK 311.95 325.8 304.8 323.25SUNTV 482.5 506.5 474.05 502.8APOLLOTYRE 199.75 216.3 192.3 214.05DIXON 14300.4 15450 14191.8 15172.25RECLTD 133.1 138.85 131.65 138TECHM 965.65 965.65 921.4 941.55ADANIPORTS 511 545.5 500.2 542.85ICICIPRULI 481.15 510 478 490.25TATAPOWER 76.9 81.15 74.5 79.85JINDALSTEL 262.5 280.45 257.5 277.5BEL 130.25 134.75 125.65 133.55IDBI 28.7 32.7 28.7 31NCC 60 68 58.7 67ESCORTS 1274.9 1274.9 1185.65 1264.9SBILIFE 870 897 852.05 875ZEEL 223.5 229.4 214.45 227.25HDFCLIFE 677.85 713 668.5 699.05ABBOTINDIA 14190 14652.65 14190 14288.05CHOLAFIN 403 448.35 401.55 443.5TITAN 1421.05 1507.9 1421.05 1502PEL 1337.9 1409 1308 1403.9ADANIENT 513.95 542.1 497.9 537.85TATACHEM 478 496.75 466.4 493.65ONGC 88.75 91.15 88.45 90.85DIVISLAB 3389 3520 3311.2 3470.7LUPIN 1005.35 1010.25 978.15 988.3CUMMINSIND 666.55 736.75 653.7 730.4M&MFIN 155.5 162.55 153.15 161.45BHEL 36.85 38.5 35.45 38.2GAIL 125 129 124.4 127.55BIOCON 372.05 382 363.3 379.6BAJAJ-AUTO 4050 4136.75 3977.7 4114.1HEG 959.85 1061.9 937.25 1048.2L&TFH 86.4 92.45 84.55 91.55TATACONSUM 561.5 589.25 554.55 584.45JSWSTEEL 356 384.4 356 380.7VEDL 162.9 172.5 161.45 171.25NTPC 89.5 92.3 88.4 92AUROPHARMA 915 926.6 889.05 922.2GRASIM 1063.85 1130 1048 1126.1MOTHERSUMI 149 154 143.35 153.25HAVELLS 1047 1086.9 1033.75 1061.2AUBANK 890 950 890 939.45MUTHOOTFIN 1100.2 1164 1090.25 1157.1INDIGO 1574 1659.95 1559.65 1642.5HINDALCO 227 243.95 226.8 241.35HEROMOTOCO 3301 3359 3218.7 3344COALINDIA 126.3 129.75 125.8 129.1AMBUJACEM 248.95 262 242.35 261.15OBEROIRLTY 535 546 528 538.75HDFCAMC 2870.05 2985.35 2843.45 2958.9HINDPETRO* 219.2 222.35 212.5 217.95RADICO 503.8 515.1 490.35 510.75MFSL 679.65 714.15 659.2 705.2JKTYRE 128.1 134.7 121.4 129.6BOSCHLTD 15500 16438.7 15246.3 16154

BANKINDIA 50.85 55.3 49.7 53.4ICICIGI 1340 1382.15 1295 1368.35BHARATFORG 585.1 621.25 576.4 612.65SBICARD 990 1019 976.75 1006.3SHREECEM 23170 24650 22710 24479.05BLISSGVS 184.8 187.5 182.35 186.75KNRCON 371.9 417 369.4 406.4KRBL 201.05 217 191 202.6JUBLFOOD 2615 2646.95 2545 2610.25CENTURYTEX 418.2 444.25 417.65 433.8DABUR 517 536.1 516 525.3ACC 1630 1695 1584.35 1685.05IIFL 150 176.25 150 176.25APOLLOHOSP 2570 2675 2530.75 2660.6PHILIPCARB 186.2 208.85 183.05 202.2AMARAJABAT 917.9 940.7 899 933LAURUSLABS 347 354.6 333.25 350.05HAL 937.5 947.55 906.2 908.8RVNL 32 32 29.6 30.3CADILAHC 451.8 457.6 442.5 455.6TATAMTRDVR 106.35 113.5 102.35 111.85SRF 5399.95 5537.15 5298.35 5490.1NMDC 107 110.4 103.6 108.9MANAPPURAM 160.85 166.2 155.35 164.7CEATLTD 1465.05 1547.45 1416.65 1464.3EXIDEIND 195 196.4 187.65 194.65VOLTAS 908.5 949.35 903.5 937.55JUSTDIAL 600 613.1 563 603.95IGL 510 538 510 534.4GLENMARK 475 482.5 464.1 479.45BRITANNIA 3505 3557.9 3483.85 3521.45NATIONALUM 48 49.45 47.35 49.25TORNTPOWER 317 317 304.6 307.75DHANUKA 748 756.45 729.45 736.15SHRIRAMCIT 1049 1190 1049 1155.45CONCOR 441 456.7 426.85 453.95BIRLACORPN 718.85 773 708.4 764.35INDIANB 89.4 95.4 87.55 94.65BALKRISIND 1576 1649 1564 1639.3NESTLEIND 17162.1 17277 16996.45 17096.95TRIDENT 14.6 14.87 14.21 14.44GMRINFRA 24 24.95 23.5 24.85MINDTREE 1645 1697.25 1616.45 1690.25PIDILITIND 1670 1731.8 1665 1716.75PFC 110.35 117.2 108.5 116.5

PCJEWELLER 26.35 27.9 25.95 27.25IPCALAB 1860.15 1907.95 1820.45 1871.45PNCINFRA 190 206.3 186.75 196.15HINDZINC 288.1 292.45 281.85 288.7GSPL 209 209 196.7 202.4BATAINDIA 1509 1536.15 1477.3 1529.55COLPAL 1604 1610 1573 1599.65STAR 810 819.55 777.8 800.15TATAMETALI 723.05 755.95 680.65 751.7INDUSTOWER 235.6 241.65 231.6 240.1COROMANDEL 857.45 857.45 818.25 829.9SPICEJET 83.6 85.5 83 84.75SWSOLAR 237.85 243 234.6 240.05INDIACEM 156.8 163.8 154.65 162.55HFCL 29.3 30.15 28.35 28.45GODREJPROP 1255.15 1340 1242.3 1322.5FRETAIL 79.25 80.65 79.15 79.5GRAPHITE 314.1 333 308.5 329.9IBREALEST 74.45 81 73.8 80.55RCF 55 57.2 53.7 55.75SCI 87 90.6 85.35 88.3MGL 1035.8 1074 1021.35 1069.15INDIAMART 7850 7853.9 7433.25 7778.5DEEPAKNI 971.5 1005.05 943.9 990.05PIIND 2050.05 2050.05 1992.8 1999.35TORNTPHARM 2650 2650 2499.35 2533.25ABCAPITAL 81 86.45 79.75 85.85BERGEPAINT 716 726.3 698.2 721.8JSL 79.1 81.85 68.95 74.7INFIBEAM 77.4 78.5 74.6 77.35POWERGRID 185 189.5 182.5 189SIEMENS 1585.55 1699.6 1568.45 1688.95COFORGE 2360.05 2441.15 2325.6 2423.5PAGEIND 27880 28326 27077.8 27810.3ISEC 412 413.3 396.45 404.4BEML 919.8 929.85 898.6 920.55INDHOTEL 122.4 123.6 121.65 122.55SONATSOFTW 380 387.7 353.95 370.15KANSAINER 569.7 594.2 553.4 581.6FORTIS 161.6 165 161.2 163.75ALKYLAMINE 4864 4985 4805.7 4959.85

UBL 1300 1311.05 1256.1 1282.55PETRONET 238 242.55 234.9 240.65POLYCAB 1246 1258.5 1202.4 1250.23MINDIA 19334.65 19334.65 18800 19137.55EMAMILTD 488 502 468 473.55UNIONBANK 31.9 32.45 31.1 32.3GODREJCP 746 761.85 746 753.4ADANITRANS 463.3 491.55 456.45 482.3ABFRL 153 154.25 148.6 152.25BOMDYEING 74.15 76.35 73 75.8PFIZER 4650 4655.8 4520.8 4539.85BAJAJHLDNG 3249.85 3355 3189.8 3306.45WELCORP 123 125.5 117.85 122.8ADANIGREEN 1008 1040.55 1007 1022.9SYNGENE 574.95 574.95 558.85 561.65CHAMBLFERT 240 240 232.35 234.4ASTRAZEN 3659 3696 3598.75 3648.45HAWKINCOOK 5555.45 5639 5492.15 5551.9NAM-INDIA 327.9 334.45 318.55 330.2MAHABANK 15.11 15.65 13.2 14.86DALBHARAT 1156.6 1223 1137.3 1219.35VAIBHAVGBL 2627.95 2815.95 2625.15 2809.45LTTS 2469 2486.3 2419 2474.8GRANULES 339.9 339.9 324.15 325.7SOUTHBANK 8.3 8.64 8.25 8.55CYIENT 612.9 644.4 611 619.95NAVINFLUOR 2349 2377.4 2257.65 2346.15NBCC 31.65 32.1 30.95 31.85ASHOKA 87.4 98.2 87.4 97DCBBANK 102.25 109.4 100.3 107.85HONAUT 38801 41064.6 38200 40933.2MPHASIS 1547.8 1554.3 1511.05 1533.05AMBER 2649 2670 2580 2621.25ADANIPOWER 51.9 52.95 51.05 52.35UJJIVAN 248.5 258.45 240.5 255.8IDFC 44.2 44.2 41.9 43.4JUBILANT 893 933.15 871 925.2INOXLEISUR 333.5 336.7 326.1 329.5KPITTECH 144.5 144.5 132.15 137.95FSL 88.15 91 84.25 89.1JKPAPER 128.1 133.45 122 130.35DELTACORP 148 152.5 144.8 150.55QUESS 581.5 611 561.7 605.7TRENT 621.15 650.6 621 634.6GICRE 131 143.7 131 138.75IEX 247 248.45 244.85 247.35MARICO 417.95 420.5 414.7 417.5RAYMOND 324.05 328.95 318.7 323.6NIACL 127 142 127 138.3CGCL 366.5 370 365 366.1MCX 1651 1661 1590.2 1598.9ATGL 382 390.9 382 387.75GUJGAS 384.7 384.7 357.1 359.05HINDCOPPER 61.6 64.7 58.2 64.2VBL 874 916.3 874 900.5CESC 617.5 626.7 603.2 623.45NATCOPHARM 892.65 898.85 865.05 890.65HSCL 44.7 45.8 44.45 45.55AVANTI 511.4 531 509.55 521.8BSOFT 249 252.45 243 249.75WOCKPHARMA 482 487.6 477 484.25LTI 3990 4048 3907 3939.25APLLTD 948 961.95 937.15 955.25RAMCOCEM 782.05 838 768.65 835.9GNFC 213 215.3 209.25 210.8SUZLON 6.61 6.61 6.61 6.61DBL 433 449.5 424.35 439.95WHIRLPOOL 2570 2600 2476.2 2550.35NOCIL 146.1 147.85 142 147.3KTKBANK 60 63.55 58.3 61.65IRB 108.4 113.4 106.35 107.35RAIN 127 129.9 124.1 129.35CARBORUNIV 404 435.15 384.8 429.4CROMPTON 427.75 427.75 409 416.2ALKEM 3007 3024.95 2908.85 2925.85ATUL 6380 6574.4 6366.05 6532.35AFFLE 3645.05 3828.15 3630 3823.5KAJARIACER 830 841 805.7 830.7CENTRALBK 13.55 14.54 13.55 14.26STLTECH 180.8 183.8 175.8 180.65ORIENTELEC 264 276.9 258.5 271.15CANFINHOME 488.8 496.3 477.9 484.15TIMKEN 1196.65 1305.95 1185.95 1294.25INTELLECT 328 344.6 323.45 344.25EDELWEISS 61.3 65.2 61.3 64.9SUNTECK 322 349.55 319.9 344.05JSWENERGY 72 72 69.4 71CASTROLIND 128.15 128.9 125.55 126.55HEIDELBERG 222.3 225.65 217 223.4JSLHISAR 136.7 141.15 122 123.5WABAG 187 198.4 185.5 194.2TATACOMM 1005.5 1005.5 951.1 984.1NHPC 24.45 24.5 23.5 23.75RAJESHEXPO 478 480.15 476 477.2J&KBANK 27.95 28.7 27.2 28.7CUB 169 173.2 167.1 172.55SWANENERGY 128.75 135 127.35 134.65PERSISTENT 1558 1558 1505.4 1546.8IRCON 85.85 88 83.5 84.75FCONSUMER 8.3 8.52 8.2 8.3GODFRYPHLP 915 951.1 904.65 927.25JKCEMENT 2210 2210 2089.15 2184.15MMTC 28.9 29.3 28.1 28.95PHOENIXLTD 755.65 826.95 741.2 810.8HUDCO 44.2 44.2 42.5 43.05RELAXO 838 843.85 818 830.9BALRAMCHIN 170 179.75 165.75 176.5LALPATHLAB 2300 2315.55 2213.65 2296.1

DCAL 124.3 127.05 119.25 124.15METROPOLIS 2091.9 2199.15 2025 2033.85NLCINDIA 51.2 52.4 50.9 51.5BAJAJELEC 722.5 752.5 714.55 739.2MEGH 79.5 80.5 78.35 79.8ENGINERSIN 72.1 73.5 72.1 72.85SPARC 179.9 184.25 178.35 182.05SUPREMEIND 1809.1 1815 1790 1796.45LAXMIMACH 5310 5492 5271 5379.5REPCOHOME 245 255 239.9 253.35AARTIIND 1165 1198.95 1144.05 1169.8VIPIND 340 352.25 339 348MRPL 36.2 36.5 35.05 35.45PNBHOUSING 335 347.2 333 338.4BLUEDART 3950 3992 3821 3964.85TV18BRDCST 28.5 28.5 27.8 28OIL 113.9 113.9 110.75 112.05CREDITACC 662 755 662 743.4AAVAS 1815.65 1955 1788.45 1909.75THYROCARE 906 906 871.25 877.8VGUARD 234.4 234.4 223.45 231.5CHENNPETRO 94 94 90.1 92.9MIDHANI 189.95 191.6 187.3 190.55ITI 122 125.35 120.65 122.75BDL 334.75 339.85 331 332.55VENKYS 1532.75 1552 1520.1 1540COCHINSHIP 359 359 346.05 352.55UJJIVANSFB 37.55 37.55 35.3 36.4KEI 468.35 474.75 460.95 472.45BALMLAWRIE 120.95 123 120.45 121.95MINDACORP 89.25 92.8 87.6 91.5TATACOFFEE 110.45 113.85 108.7 112.6KEC 362.15 370 355.1 367.85SUNDRMFAST 555 581.5 543 568.7GREAVESCOT 87.45 87.45 84.55 86.95ASTRAL 1748 1748 1708 1724.3GESHIP 261 268.6 255.05 267.4SUMICHEM 313.75 321.4 312.9 319.35JKLAKSHMI 327 337.15 312 334.55SHANKARA 355.25 355.65 339.3 347.2ABB 1400 1400 1359.7 1380.9SCHNEIDER 95.75 102.7 93.5 100.65JMFINANCIL 80.85 84 80.1 83.2CSBBANK 219 230.85 215.6 227.6APLAPOLLO 931.95 955.15 891.7 931.15PGHH 11175 11346.35 11175 11298.95JINDALSAW 69.35 73.9 69.35 72.9FINOLEXIND 584 604 580.3 592.75MINDAIND 459.85 471.45 445.45 466.6VARROC 421.1 429.5 415 426.85BAYERCROP 5330 5469.15 5330 5381.3PARAGMILK 110.05 117.9 110.05 115.7DISHTV 12.4 12.4 11.9 12.2AJANTPHARM 1750 1786.45 1730 1756.6DEEPAKFERT 155.85 158.3 153.3 156.45FORCEMOT 1350 1393.65 1338.65 1380.1JAMNAAUTO 61.65 64.85 60.8 64.3GSFC 77.75 79.25 75.55 78.25JAICORPLTD 85.5 88.35 83.9 87.45IFCI 8.95 9.14 8.76 9.08ENDURANCE 1395.15 1411 1370 1387.2CENTURYPLY 265.4 265.65 255.5 260.15ORIENTCEM 84.5 87.8 83 86.95GMM 3553 3593.15 3540 3549.1BAJAJCON 209.15 216.95 209.05 215.25GODREJIND 437.5 445.45 428.25 443.25HERITGFOOD 283.95 286 280 280.85DCMSHRIRAM 448 455 420.5 453.75BLUESTARCO 743 787 727.7 778.3SANOFI 7825 7941.3 7825 7909.95CAPPL 468.6 468.6 450.5 459.1TAKE 55.05 56.75 53.1 56.25GMDCLTD 55.45 57.2 54.55 56.7EQUITAS 71.5 75.75 70.45 74.75GODREJAGRO 538 543 522 542.1EIHOTEL 92.45 93.25 90.9 91.1OFSS 3328.2 3328.2 3187.5 3254.95SUDARSCHEM 512 512.1 494.3 504.05GDL 160 167.95 152.3 161.1ZENSARTECH 230.8 234.55 222.55 229.85ECLERX 980.15 994 942.75 977.5BBTC 1208 1250.95 1205.65 1239.1TATAINVEST 1029.1 1087.7 1016.1 1074.4ADVENZYMES 316 317 310.05 315.25RITES 260 260 255.5 257.7SPANDANA 725.25 749 707.95 738.1SOBHA 461.15 472.9 459 465.2MOTILALOFS 631 631 612 618.6FINCABLES 366 371 360 369.05WESTLIFE 461.5 471.1 450.6 454.15JTEKTINDIA 88.25 90.2 86.05 88.85JBCHEPHARM 1036.95 1036.95 957 987.6PRESTIGE 276 282.2 270.9 278.8GILLETTE 5700 5700 5555 5600.75SHK 120.8 123.45 119.3 122.2UCOBANK 12.83 13.16 12.83 13.03PTC 60.75 60.9 59.6 59.85SJVN 25.35 25.4 24.95 25.15MOIL 136.8 140.75 135.35 138.8VINATIORGA 1218 1241 1198.2 1232.6AKZOINDIA 2190 2240.05 2173.2 2189.8ERIS 610.85 627.25 585.05 609.05NBVENTURES 59.8 59.8 57.25 58.2MHRIL 223 232.5 220 226.6EIDPARRY 344 351.55 337.75 348.55RALLIS 274.15 275 269.5 271.8SOLARINDS 1189.75 1200 1125 1187.2GUJALKALI 334.4 334.4 318.6 328.25

SFL 2344 2344 1939.5 1958.45CCL 241 247.95 234.5 241.5SKFINDIA 1800 1825 1740 1819.4BRIGADE 242.85 254.5 236.15 246.15KALPATPOWR 316.85 323.5 309.3 322.2HIMATSEIDE 147 152.35 141.75 149.85IOB 10.91 11.2 10.85 10.96JYOTHYLAB 162.05 163.1 157.5 162.5JCHAC 2469.95 2489.1 2399.75 2468.15INDOSTAR 330.05 345.6 328 336.45GARFIBRES 2246.2 2314.85 2207.25 2297.55ALLCARGO 130 131 128.05 130.45GRSE 184 187.15 181.8 184.4HATHWAY 32.35 32.35 29.75 30.6UFLEX 358 358.55 348.75 349.75LINDEINDIA 900 930 886.6 922.1LEMONTREE 41.45 42.25 41.1 41.2AIAENG 1955 1955.85 1920.75 1928.8TTKPRESTIG 5978 5988.15 5878.6 5919.5CHOLAHLDNG 497.85 509.05 489.3 503.45ARVINDFASN 144.6 146.05 143.3 143.8NESCO 603 603 568 581.5FINEORG 2368 2400.8 2352 2358.2ZYDUSWELL 1945 1968.4 1912 1949.3NH 447 479.4 446.2 468.65CARERATING 493 500 478.05 495.35KPRMILL 915 945 900 931.55IFBIND 1383.35 1390.55 1337.1 1368GET&D 117 120 115.9 118.4TIMETECHNO 53 53.25 51.5 52.7GHCL 206.2 207.6 197.6 206.6REDINGTON 138 138 135.5 135.95SCHAEFFLER 4293 4318.05 4288.05 4310.45LUXIND 1639.9 1650 1613.75 1647.7CERA 3398.55 3498.4 3358.75 3460.65WELSPUNIND 67.45 67.95 66.15 67.35VSTIND 3522 3651.85 3509.85 3613.05RATNAMANI 1490.1 1551.4 1459 1527.4MAHINDCIE 162 165.9 158.7 163.7PRSMJOHNSN 89.2 91.65 85.8 91.3VMART 2433.05 2486.9 2376.6 2457.35VRLLOG 196.15 196.15 188.55 195.25GLAXO 1460.25 1477.9 1456.5 1467.25DBCORP 83.65 84.7 82.6 84.3PGHL 7099 7175 7063.2 7142.4SUPRAJIT 208 212.3 203.8 209.25MAHSCOOTER 3538.25 3810.5 3538.25 3763.55GULFOILLUB 689.65 690 667.2 675.3EPL 257 257 240.5 245.15SYMPHONY 1004 1018.3 992 1010.55ITDC 304 308.9 298.65 301.85NAVNETEDUL 81.95 85 81.35 83.45MAHSEAMLES 278.7 281.8 277.5 278.35INDOCO 295.4 307.15 295.3 306MAHLIFE 390.5 396 388.3 390.85MAHLOG 471 476 452.3 458.5BASF 1570 1609.5 1555 1588.4FDC 290.25 295 290 292.25TIINDIA 782.95 805.4 753.6 795.4SHOPERSTOP 201.65 201.7 196.95 199.5VTL 1035 1067.25 1010.65 1032.6IIFLWAM 1019.3 1055.35 1015 1041.35TEAMLEASE 2880.1 2880.1 2772 2783GALAXYSURF 2050 2116.05 2030 2107.25GPPL 88.9 88.9 86.15 87.85ESABINDIA 1898.95 1898.95 1723.6 1764.9THERMAX 977 1002 957.35 994.05SIS 401.1 403.2 396.05 396.65POWERINDIA 1215.1 1247.4 1202.55 1241.95AEGISLOG 283.3 287 277.5 283.5TASTYBIT 11600 11858.3 11479.3 11795.5TVSSRICHAK 1924.75 1980 1913 1962.45ORIENTREF 218 218 213.25 216.9GEPIL 266.7 273.55 263.75 270.65STARCEMENT 100 100 96 98.55FLUOROCHEM 571.5 583.1 561 577.95TCIEXP 905 905.35 876.15 892.85JAGRAN 41 41.45 40.5 41LAOPALA 216.85 221.25 214 217.5KSB 634.4 641.65 626.7 639.25MASFIN 876 901.3 875.8 889.5TNPL 120.3 121.1 118.1 121WABCOINDIA 5400.2 5457.1 5359.55 5448.2SOMANYCERA 374.3 384.5 367.7 382.4ASTERDM 158 159.6 152.5 154.75CRISIL 1906.4 1928.2 1901.35 1920.1OMAXE 76.1 76.45 72.8 74.05TCNSBRANDS 400 409.05 394.75 395.3NILKAMAL 1488 1507 1479.05 1501.05TVTODAY 243.9 245 241.3 244.25GRINDWELL 693.95 710 686.3 703.75

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Bangkok: The man installed by armyleaders as Myanmar's president afterMonday's military coup is best knownabroad for his role in the crackdown on2007 pro-democracy protests and for histies to still powerful military leaders.

Myint Swe was the army-appointedvice president when he was named onMonday to take over after the militaryarrested civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyiand other leaders of her party.

Immediately after he was namedpresident, Myint Swe handed power tothe country's top military commander,Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing.

Under Myanmar's 2008 constitution,in cases of national emergency the

president can hand power to the mili-tary commander in chief. That is one ofmany ways the military is assured ofkeeping ultimate control of the country.

Min Aung Hliang, 64, has been com-mander of the armed forces since 2011and is due to retire soon. That wouldclear the way for him to take a civilianleadership role if the junta holds electionsin a year's time as promised. The mili-tary-backed Union Solidarity andDevelopment Party's humiliating loss inlast November's elections would likelyhave precluded that. The military justi-fied the coup by saying the governmentfailed to address claims of electionfraud. AP

Naypyitaw: Aung San Suu Kyi'spolitical party is urging Myanmar'speople to oppose Monday's “coup”and any return to “military dicta-torship.”

The National League forDemocracy released a statement onthe Facebook page of its party head,Suu Kyi, saying the military's actionswere unjustified and went against theconstitution and the will of voters.

It was not possible to confirmwho posted the message as NLDmembers were not answering phonecalls.

Myanmar military television saidMonday that the military was takingcontrol of the country for one year,while reports said many of the coun-try's senior politicians including SuuKyi had been detained. AP

New Delhi: India on Monday expressed deepconcern over the military coup in Myanmarand detention of its top political leaders, andsaid the rule of law and the democraticprocess must be upheld in the country.

In its reaction to the fast-paced devel-opments in Myanmar, the Ministry ofExternal Affairs (MEA) said India is moni-toring the situation closely and that it has beensteadfast in supporting the democratic tran-sition in that country.

According to reports from Myanmar, thecountry's powerful military grabbed powerin a coup against the civilian government andimposed a state of emergency after detain-ing Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi andother leaders of her National League forDemocracy (NLD) in the early hours onMonday.

“We have noted the developments inMyanmar with deep concern. India hasalways been steadfast in its support to theprocess of democratic transition inMyanmar,” the MEA said. PTI

Washington/Dhaka: Myanmar's mili-tary on Monday seized power afterdetaining de-facto leader Aung SanSuu Kyi and other top members of hergoverning party, triggering an avalancheof condemnation and a demand for therestoration of democracy in the coup-prone country from leaders and organ-isations across the world.

The announcement on military-controlled Myawaddy TV came after anearlier declaration that because nation-al stability was in jeopardy, all govern-ment functions would be transferred tomilitary chief Senior Gen. Min AungHlaing. It was also announced that themilitary had taken control of the coun-try for one year and Myanmar's leaderSuu Kyi and other senior figures fromthe ruling party have been detained inan early morning raid, the spokesmanfor the governing National League forDemocracy (NLD) was quoted as say-ing in the media. PTI

Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court on Mondayrejected the Government's request to suspend the orderto release British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed OmarSaeed Sheikh and his three aides in the brutal murderof American journalist Daniel Pearl, days after itannounced to formally join the review proceedingsagainst the acquittal of the accused amid mounting inter-national pressure.

The court, however, extended the interim detentionorder of main accused Sheikh and his aides - FahadNaseem, Sheikh Adil and Salman Saqib- by one day tohear the government's position on the case.

During the hearing on Monday, the AttorneyGeneral of Pakistan requested the Supreme Court to sus-pend the decision to release the accused so that he couldargue the case in detail. The apex court rejected therequest, according to a report in The Express Tribune.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered therelease of the accused by dismissing appeals against theiracquittal by the Sindh High Court. The judgement wasdenounced by Pearl's family as “a complete travesty ofjustice”. PTI

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Budget proposes to set up a DevelopmentFinance Institution. The focus on mon-etising existing assets will also providegreater funds for growth.

The Budget has also taken up themuch-debated issue of setting up a “badbank”, details of which will be announcedsoon. The increase in the FDI limit ininsurance to 74 per cent and laying out ofa roadmap to privatise the public sectorcompanies as against the “disinvestment”are twin measure that could go a long wayin meeting fund for infrastructure build-ing.

Sitharaman said the Government willborrow about Rs 12 lakh crore in 2021-22.She said expenditure for the next fiscal yearhas been pegged at Rs 34.83 lakh crore,which includes Rs 5.54 lakh crore of cap-ital spending.

Sitharaman also said States will get 41per cent share of taxes as per the 15thFinance Commission recommendationand the Government has accepted the rec-ommendation. From Rs 1.03 lakh crorehighway projects for Tamil Nadu to Rs65,000 crore works for Kerala - four poll-bound States found special mention in theBudget speech of Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman on Monday.

Sitharaman in her speech specificallyannounced Rs 2.27 lakh highway projectsfor four States - Tamil Nadu, West Bengal,Assam and Kerala amid approachingAssembly elections.

The Finance Minister said theGovernment will infuse Rs 20,000 croreinto public sector banks (PSBs) in 2021-22 to meet the regulatory norms. For thecurrent financial year also, theGovernment had made a provision of Rs20,000 crore for recapitalisation.

“To further consolidate the financialcapacity of PSBs, further recapitalisationof Rs 20,000 crores is proposed in 2021-22,” she said while presenting the Budget2021-22 in the Lok Sabha.

The Budget also proposed to increaseforeign direct investment (FDI) limit in theinsurance sector to 74 per cent, a moveaimed at attracting greater overseas capi-tal inflows to help enhance insurance pen-etration in the country.

Sitharaman said under the new struc-ture, the majority of directors on the boardand key management persons would beresident Indians, with at least 50 per centof directors being independent directors,and specified percentage of profits beingretained as a general reserve.

Drawing inspiration from the recentperformance of the Indian cricket team inAustralia under trying circumstances, theFinance Minister Nirmala asserted thatIndia is well-poised to truly be the land ofpromise and hope in the post-Covid-19world.

The FM said as it had happened afterthe two World Wars, there are signs thatthe political, economic, and strategic rela-tions in the post Covid-19 world arechanging. She noted that the country’s fightagainst the pandemic continues into 2021and the country is all set to bring in twomore vaccines for the infectious disease.

“Today, India has two vaccines avail-able, and has begun medically safeguard-ing not only her own citizens againstCovid-19, but also those of 100 or morecountries. It is an added comfort to knowthat two or more vaccines are also expect-ed soon,” Sitharaman said.

The Budget proposed that individualswhose provident fund contribution is Rs2.5 lakh or more in a financial year, willnot be able to seek tax exemption on theinterest earned from the next financial year.While presenting Budget Sitharaman said,“In order to rationalise tax exemption forthe income earned by high incomeemployees, it is proposed to restrict taxexemption for the interest income earnedon the employees’ contribution to variousprovident funds to the annual contributionof Rs 2.5 lakh.”

Currently, interest earned on providentfund is exempted from income tax.

“EPFO is for welfare of workers andworkers will not be affected by this move.It is only for big ticket money which comesinto EPFO which has tax benefit and alsoassured 8 per cent return,” Sitharaman saidwhile addressing the post-Budget Pressconference.

The Budget also unveiled the much-awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping pol-icy to phase out old and polluting vehicles.The FM said that under voluntary vehiclescrapping policy, personal vehicles wouldundergo fitness test after 20 years while

commercial vehicles would require itafter completion of 15 years.

Welcoming the policy, RoadTransport, Highways and MSMEs MinisterNitin Gadkari said the policy will lead tonew investment of around Rs 10,000crore and create as many as 50,000 jobs.He further said the policy would cover over1 crore light, medium and heavy motorvehicles.

“The policy would cover an estimat-ed 51 lakh light motor vehicles (LMVs)that are above 20 years of age, while anoth-er 34 lakh LMVs are above 15 years. Itwould also cover 17 lakh medium andheavy motor vehicles, which are above 15years, and currently without valid fitnesscertificates,” Gadkari said. These vehiclesare estimated to cause 10-12 times morepollution than the latest vehicles, he said.

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In addition, Raipur-Visakhapatnam464-km project passing throughChhattisgarh, Odisha and north AndhraPradesh will be awarded in the current yearand construction will start in 2021-22.

Terming the Budget a pragmatic one,Road Transport, Highways and MSMEsMinister Nitin Gadkari said the provisionsfor augmenting infrastructure will go along way in laying a sound infra for thecountry.

While proposing investment in infra-structure projects in the four poll-boundStates, Sitharaman also provided Rs 1,000crore for the welfare of tea workers espe-cially women and their children in Assamand West Bengal for which a specialscheme will be devised.

Sitharaman announced Rs 25,000crores Budget for roads and nationalhighways (NH) in West Bengal withemphasis on upgradation of the road fromKolkata to Siliguri. Besides she announced3,500 km corridor in Tamil Nadu, 1,100km in Kerala at an investment of Rs 65,000crore and 1,300 km in Assam in the nextthree years.

The 3500 kms of national highwayworks in Tamil Nadu would involve aninvestment of Rs 1.03 lakh crore. Assemblyelection in Tamil Nadu is due to be heldin April-May this year as along with WestBengal where the BJP is leaving no stoneunturned to wrest the power from MamataBanerjee and is focusing to retain powerin Assam. The Left Democratic Front-ledKerala Legislative Assembly goes to pollsalso by April-May.

A 1,100 km of NH in Kerala with aninvestment of Rs 65,000 crore, including600 km section of the Mumbai-Kanyakumari corridor has beenannounced. Former Congress chief RahulGandhi is a Lok Sabha MP from Waynadin Kerala.

Sitharaman also announced increasedallocation for rural infrastructure devel-opment to Rs 40,000 crore for the next fis-cal from Rs 30,000 crore in FY21. She saidthe operation green scheme will cover 22more perishable commodities whileannouncing the development of five majorfishing hubs.

The Centre also announced a Rs18,000 crore scheme to augment publictransport in urban areas. She said theGovernment would work towards raisingthe share of public transport in urban areasthrough the expansion of the metro railnetwork and the augmentation of city busservice. It will facilitate the deployment ofinnovative public private partnership(PPP) models to enable private sector play-ers to finance, acquire, operate and main-tain over 20,000 buses.

The metro train services are expand-ing all across the country at a rapid pace.Total 702 km of conventional metro isoperational and another 1,016 km ofmetro and regional rapid transit system(RRTS) is under construction in 27 cities.Sitharaman said the Government plans todeploy two new technologies -- ‘MetroLite’and ‘MetroNeo’ --to provide metro rail sys-tems at much lesser cost with same expe-rience, convenience and safety in tier-2cities and peripheral areas of tier-1 cities.

The Budget proposed Central coun-terpart funding to Kochi Metro RailwayPhase-II of 11.5 km at a cost of Rs1,957.05 crore, Chennai Metro RailwayPhase -II of 118.9 km at a cost of Rs 63,246crore. Besides, it proposed such fundingto Bengaluru Metro Railway Project Phase2A and 2B of 58.19 km at a cost of Rs14,788 crore, Nagpur Metro Rail ProjectPhase-II and Nashik Metro at a cost of Rs

5,976 crore and Rs 2,092 crore, respectively.

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“Post disinvestment, economic growthof Central Public Sector Enterprises(CPSEs)/ financial institutions will bethrough the infusion of private capital,technology, and best management prac-tices. Will contribute to economic growthand new jobs,” the Budget said.

In her 2021-22 Budget speech, she saidstrategic disinvestment of BPCL, AirIndia, Shipping Corporation of India,Container Corporation of India, IDBIBank, BEML, Pawan Hans, NeelachalIspat Nigam Ltd, among others would becompleted in 2021-22.

“Other than IDBI Bank, we propose totake up the privatisation of two public sec-tor banks and one general insurancecompany in the year 2021-22. This wouldrequire legislative amendments and I pro-pose to introduce the amendments in thissession itself,” she said.

Also the legislative amendmentsrequired for launching IPO of LIC wouldbe brought in the ongoing session ofParliament.

To fast-track the disinvestment poli-cy, NITI Aayog would work out on thenext list of Central public sector compa-nies that would be taken up for strategicdisinvestment.

Also to similarly incentivise States tostart disinvestment of their public sectorcompanies, the Government will work outan incentive package of Central funds forStates.

Besides, to ensure timely completionof closure of sick or loss making CPSEs,a revised mechanism would be brought in,she said.

“Idle assets will not contribute toAatmanirbhar Bharat. The non-core assetslargely consist of surplus land withGovernment Ministries/Departments andPublic Sector Enterprises.

“Monetising of land can either be byway of direct sale or concession or by sim-ilar means. This requires special abilitiesand for this purpose, I propose to use aSpecial Purpose Vehicle in the form of acompany that would carry out this activ-ity,” Sitharaman added.

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mococcal vaccine, which is currently lim-ited to only 5 States, across the country,helping the country to avert more than50,000 child deaths annually.

In the Union Budget, �71,268.77 crorehas been allocated to the Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare, as against�65,011.8 crore allocated in 2020-2021.However, later the budget was revised andincreased to 78,866 crore because ofCovid-19.

An allocation of �2,663.00 crore hasalso been made to the Department ofHealth Research in the 2021-22 Budget.The Ministry of AYUSH has been allocatedRs 2970.30 for the next fiscal as against Rs2,122.08 crore proposed for 2020-2021 fis-cal.

Investment in health infrastructure inBudget 2021-22 has increased substantially,Sitharaman said.

Hailing the Budget proposal, UnionHealth Minister Harsh Vardhan said theallocation of Rs 35,000 crore for Covid-19vaccines and commitment to providingfurther support will help end this pan-demic and expedite economic recoverywhile the Minister of State for HealthAshwini Choubey termed the budget“historic” and said it was for the welfareof the public.

Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the RegionalDirector WHO South-East Asia Region,said, “The thrust and focus to health inIndia’s Budget announcement is a testi-mony to the country’s commitment to notjust fight back the Covid-19 pandemic, butto build a stronger and resilient health sys-tem. India has been demonstrating this.”

However, Kapil Banga, Assistant VicePresident, ICRA Limited felt that the bud-getary allocation for the healthcare sectorfor the fiscal year 2022 will translate intoa 10 percent drop in the allocation, if com-pared to the revised estimate for 2021.Nonetheless, the allocation translates to agrowth of 11 per cent, if it is compared tothe Budget estimates for 2021.

“The Government has launched PMAtma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana(PMANSBY) and has also allocated Rs.35,000 crore towards the cost of the vac-

cine. However, as the total allocationtowards the healthcare sector has comedown vis-a-vis revised estimates for 2021,this could translate into cutting of expen-diture on other avenues within the sector.

“The continuing modest allocationtowards the healthcare sector would makeit challenging for the Government to meetits target of public sector healthcareinvestment of 2.5 percent of the GDP by2025,” Banga added.

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The cess will be applicable with effectfrom February 2. Later addressing a pressconference, Sitharaman said a componentto develop farm infrastructure has beenadded to the cost of petrol and diesel.“Consequent to imposition of AgricultureInfrastructure and Development Cess(AIDC) on petrol and diesel, basic exciseduty and special additional excise dutyrates have been reduced on them so thatoverall consumer does not bear any addi-tional burden,” Sitharaman said.

The FM announced nine measures forthe agriculture sector including makingavailable the Agriculture InfrastructureFund to APMCs for augmenting theirinfrastructure facilities, increasing theagriculture credit target from Rs 15 lakhcrore in 2020-21 to Rs 16.5 lakh crore in2021-22 and extension of the Swamitvascheme to all states and Union territories.

During her third Budget speech,which lasted around one hour and 50 min-utes, Sitharaman said the Government iscommitted to the welfare of farmers andthe Minimum Support Price (MSP) regimehas undergone a change.

The statement of Finance Minister issignificant at a time when a large numberof farmers are protesting for a legal guar-antee to minimum support (MSP) pricefearing that the Government will end theMSP system after implementation of thethree farm laws aimed at freeing up theagriculture markets. The reforms arebeing seen as steps to support the agri-culture sector and were introduced amidconstant disruption from opposition par-ties. The Opposition as well as farmer lead-ers had been skeptical that the BJP-ruledstates were trying to weaken APMCs bythrowing agriculture markets open for pri-vate participants, triggering protests fromfarmers.

The Finance Minister reiterated theGovernment is ready for talks with theprotesting farmers as discussion is the onlyway forward. “We can understand whyfarmers are sitting at the border. If anyfarmer has any question, AgricultureMinister (Narendra Singh Tomar) hasnever denied opportunities for talk,”Sitharaman said in reply to a query dur-ing her post Budget briefing. TheGovernment is open for discussion. ThePrime Minister before the commencementof Parliament session said the offer is stillon the table,” she said.

In an attempt to address the concernsof farmers demanding the repeal of thethree controversial farm reform laws,Sitharaman presented data on risingGovernment spending for purchasinggrains and pulses at support prices, andpromised to strengthen the State-regulat-ed markets, or APMCs, further. TheBudget promised to add 1,000 more reg-ulated markets to the electronic nationalagriculture market, or e-NAM platform,where 17 million Indian farmers havealready been registered. Besides, theFinance Minister said regulated wholesalemarkets, or APMCs, will be allowed to tapinto the Rs 1 trillion agriculture infra-structure fund to upgrade and strength-en their facilities.

“In case of wheat, the total amountpaid to farmers in 2013-2014 was Rs 33,874crores. In 2019-2020 it was Rs 62,802crores, and even better, in 2020-2021, thisamount, paid to farmers, was Rs 75,060crores. The number of wheat growingfarmers that were benefitted increased in2020-21 to 43.36 lakhs as compared to35.57 lakhs in 2019-20. For paddy, theamount paid in 2013-14 was Rs 63,928crores. In 2019-2020 this increased Rs1,41,930 crores. Even better, in 2020-2021,this is further estimated to increase to Rs172,752 crores. The number of farmersbenefitted increased from 1.24 crores in2019-20 to 1.54 crores in 2020-21,”Sitharaman said while citing data on gov-ernment purchase at MSP. In pulses,Sitharaman said Rs 236 crore was paid tofarmers in 2013-14. “In 2019-20, this was

increased to Rs 8,285 crore. Now in 2020-21, it is at Rs 10,530 crore, more than 40times increase from 2013-14.” Similarly,Rs 90 crore was paid in 2013-14 to cottonfarmers while Rs 25,974 crore has beenpaid in 2020-21 as of January 27.

The Finance Minister’s announce-ments were focused to counter the criti-cism that the three reform laws passed byParliament in September will weakenState-regulated mandis and lead to lowerGovernment purchase at support prices.A robust e-NAM and better facilities inwholesale markets can help farmers real-ize better prices. Around 1.68 croresfarmers are registered and Rs 1.14 lakhcrores of trade value has been carried outthrough e-NAMs. APMCs will also to getaccess to Agriculture Infrastructure Fund.

However, beyond states such asPunjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh andAndhra Pradesh, most farmers still do notbenefit from the assured purchases at sup-port prices. The budget does little toaddress the most recurrent complaint offarmers that crop prices are non-remu-nerative while costs of farming are rising.The Budget also reiterated theGovernment’s ambitious goal to doublefarm income by 2022 (with 2015-16 as thebase year), but did not disclose how it farit is from achieving the target.

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While the 75-year-old has remainedwildly popular at home, Suu Kyi’s defer-ence to the generals — going so far as todefend their crackdown on RohingyaMuslims that the United States and oth-ers have labeled genocide — has left herreputation internationally in tatters.

For some, Monday’s takeover wasseen as confirmation that the militaryholds ultimate power despite the veneerof democracy. New York-based HumanRights Watch has previously describedthe clause in the constitution that the mil-itary invoked as a “coup mechanism inwaiting.”

The embarrassingly poor showing ofthe military-backed party in theNovember vote may have been the spark.

Larry Jagan, an independent analyst,said the takeover was just a “pretext forthe military to reassert their full influenceover the political infrastructure of thecountry and to determine the future, atleast in the short term,” adding that thegenerals do not want Suu Kyi to be a partof that future.

The coup now presents a test for theinternational community, which hadostracized Myanmar while it was undermilitary rule and then enthusiasticallyembraced Suu Kyi’s government as a signthe country was finally on the path todemocracy. There will likely be calls fora reintroduction of at least some of thesanctions the country had long faced.

The first signs that the military wasplanning to seize power were reports thatSuu Kyi and Win Myint, the country’spresident, had been detained beforedawn.

Myo Nyunt, a spokesman for SuuKyi’s party, told the online news serviceThe Irrawaddy that in addition to Suu Kyiand the president, members of the party’sCentral Executive Committee, many ofits lawmakers and other senior leadershad also been taken into custody.

Television signals were cut across thecountry, as was phone and internetaccess in Naypyitaw, the capital, whilepassenger flights were grounded. Phoneservice in other parts of the country wasalso reported down, though people werestill able to use the internet in many areas.

As word of the military’s actionsspread in Yangon, the country’s biggestcity, there was a growing sense of uneaseamong residents who earlier in the dayhad packed into tea shops for breakfastand went about their morning shopping.

By midday, people were removing thebright red flags of Suu Kyi’s party thatonce adorned their homes and busi-nesses. Lines formed at ATMs as peoplewaited to take out cash, efforts that werebeing complicated by internet disrup-tions. Workers at some businesses decid-ed to go home.

Suu Kyi’s party released a statementon one of its Facebook pages saying themilitary’s actions were unjustified andwent against the constitution and the willof voters. The statement urged people tooppose Monday’s “coup” and any return

to “military dictatorship.” It was not pos-sible to confirm who posted the messageas party members were not answeringphone calls.

The military’s actions also receivedinternational condemnation and manycountries called for the release of thedetained leaders.

US Secretary of State AnthonyBlinken expressed “grave concern andalarm” over the reported detentions.

“We call on Burmese military lead-ers to release all government officials andcivil society leaders and respect the willof the people of Burma as expressed indemocratic elections,” he wrote in a state-ment, using Myanmar’s former name.

The office of the U.N. Secretary-gen-eral called the developments as a “seri-ous blow to democratic reforms.”

A list of people believed to have beendetained, compiled by political activists,included several people who were notpoliticians, including activists as well asa filmmaker and a writer. Those deten-tions could not be confirmed. (AP)

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The Police however also installedirons rods on the main highway to restrictmovement of vehicles.

The farmers protest site at theGhazipur border had also been turned intoa fortress with multi-layer barricades andhundreds of security personnel includingthe Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC)and RAF.

As people including farmers fromWestern Uttar Pradesh, Haryana andRajasthan continued to join the protestorsat Ghazipur border, the police also useddrones to monitor the situation. Police dur-ing the day also checked vehicles standingin the area.

A senior police official said police ison alert and it is taking every step to avertany kind of incident. “We are focusedtowards the protection of every citizen,” hesaid.

Apart from the barricades, barbedwire has been installed to stop peoplemoving on foot. Ghaziabad DistrictMagistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey andSenior Superintendent of Pol iceKalanidhi Naithani reviewed the situa-tion on the ground as they visitedGhazipur, Seemapuri and DilshadGarden areas amid the ongoing farmers’stir at Delhi-UP borders,” an officialstatement said.

Pandey and Naithani also held meet-ings with senior officers of the DelhiPolice and the administration to discussthe situation and review preparedness,it added. Inspector General (MeerutR ange) Praveen Kumar touredGhaziabad, where he visited the UP Gateprotest site and the Kaushambi policestation, officials said.

“The IG has issued necessaryinstructions to the local police and thepolice officials deployed at the protestsite,” an official said.

Meanwhile, the police in Shahdaradistrict police have been given ironbatons, just like shape of word, andmetal hand guard to protect them-selves from attacks by sharp-edgedweapons According to a senior policeofficial, the initiative was taken by sta-tion house officers (SHOs) of all 11police stations falling under the juris-diction of Shahdara district.

“Each police station distributedaround 12 iron batons to its personnel.The aim is to protect our personnel fromattacks by any sword or sharp-edgedweapon. It is for their self-defense.This initiative was taken by SHOs of therespective police stations of Shahdaradistrict,” he said.

Farmer leaders at the site, however,asserted that the barricades won’t cagetheir spirit. Balwinder SinghSirsa, a farmer leader from Sirsa inHaryana, urged protesters not get demo-tivated by what happened on January 26,claiming it was “orchestrated” by somepeople to denigrate the protest. Awoman protester f rom Har yana,addressing a large gathering from thedais, said the alleged conspiracy on thatday failed to weaken the movement andhas rather injected “a new lease of life”in it. Randhir Singh, 85, a farmer fromHaryana, said, “We are not terrorists orKhalistanis. We are fighting for ourrights. Attempts are still being made todefame and weaken us.”

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Studies sug-gest that drinkingcoffee may helpprotect againstType II Diabetes. Also,various studies haveshown that caffeine,which is present in coffeeand many other beverages,may help protect againstParkinson’s disease.

One team concluded thatmen who drink over four

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Amid COVID pandemicwhen fear of infection isrife, treatment of cancerpatients has been suffered

at many levels. Cancer is already aprevailing challenge long beforeeven COVID came. WHO’s studyconfirms one in 10 Indians willdevelop cancer in their lifetime.Considering the fact that cancerpatients are immune compromised,the risk of complications is verymuch high after catching any infec-tion. Their caregivers should beextra cautious in this regard. Sowhat are the concerns if a cancerpatient catches COVID especiallyif she/he is undergoing treatment?

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In a country which has the unenviable record of having thelargest number of blind people in the world, Cataract has often

been cited as being most responsible for this life-crippling ocu-lar condition. With estimates attributing 50 to 80 per cent of thebilateral blindness cases in India to cataract, this must be treat-ed as a matter of utmost and even exigent concern. In fact, cataractis also said to be the biggest cause behind what is called avoid-able blindness. Globally too, cataract is the single most impor-tant cause of blindness, and the second most common cause ofmoderate and severe vision impairment (MSVI).

Cataract implies an eye condition which entails clouding ofthe lens in the eye which could occur on account of protein inthe lens breaking down and clumping together leading to a block-age and weakness in vision. If not intervened at the opportunemoment, it can even cause permanent blindness. Because it devel-ops slowly, chances of being identified earlier is slim and as suchit poses a silent threat to the long-term health of our eyes. It canoccur in either one or both eyes. Some of the symptoms includeblurry vision, sensitivity to bright lights, frequent perception ofhalos and rings around light entering the eye, dim and hazycolours, double vision or diplopia, frequent changing of power

for glasses and lenses etc.While cataract is purely

an ocular condition, there arecertain non-eye related factorsthat aggravate the risk of gettingthis disease. For instance, if youexpose your eyes excessively tothe sun or any radiation with-out protection, you risk mak-ing things worse. Or if you havebeen taking steroids or if youare a smoker, the risk for get-ting cataract increases. At thesame time, some non-com-municable lifestyle diseasessuch as diabetes can also accel-erate development of cataract.

Treatment: In the earlystages, regular eyeglasses canhelp. Lifestyle modificationmeasures such as getting the

room or the place better lighting, wearing anti-reflective glass-es during night driving can help to a certain extent when thecataract is at an early stage of development. However, even afterthese measures if you are having difficulty in reading, or in dri-ving or any regular household or official activity, you need togo for surgery. The most commonly performed surgery in thecurrent times, particularly in the urban areas isPhacoemulsification which can be done with or without the assis-tance of Femtosecond Laser for added precision. A safe and lowcost alternative in the rural scenario is the Manual Small IncisionCataract Surgery (SICS).Cataract surgery is one of the most com-monly performed surgeries in India.

Barriers to care: As regards barriers to care, while cost hasbeen one big barrier, lack of awareness is another major reasonbehind such high prevalence of cataract in the country. Also, poorinfrastructure or non-availability of equipped operation theatrefor ophthalmic microsurgery in rural and remote areas and thelow presence of trained ophthalmologists in the country are otherbarriers to access care.

Therefore, while it is up to the healthcare authorities toimprove infrastructure and mount awareness campaigns toaddress cataract, lay people should also be equally alert to thiscondition. That it is preventable and timely intervention can fore-stall blindness, a most debilitating life condition, must be upper-most in everyone’s minds.

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happened to most of us atleast once. It is not onlypainful but also leaves youin a lot of discomfort.While it is alwaysadvisable to visityour doctor,here are a fewhome reme-dies that cancome inhandy.

One, usewarm andcold compress.A heating pad ordamp washcloth can beused to relieve pain. Thismethod is safe for bothchildren and adults.

Place the ice pack orwarm compress over theear and alternate betweenwarm and cold after 10

minutes. If you prefereither cold or warm, youcan use just one compress.

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Ageing is a natural process broughtabout by a combination of physio-logical and environmental factors.

As we age, the skin’s natural ability to repairand regenerate itself slows down. At thesame time, the body’s capability to gener-ate the vital elements of a youthful skin alsostarts declining. The skin’s extracellularmatrix weakens with the loss of its scaffold-ing proteins. Collagen being a primary oneof them. In fact, collagen is one of the mostabundant proteins in the human body thatplays multiple functions. As a componentof the connective tissues of the bones, mus-cles, ligaments and the skin, it is essential-ly the protein that holds the body togeth-er.

An ageing skin is characterised by slow-er generation of collagen. Less collagendirectly translates into sagging or lax skinwhich loses its youthful firmness andtightness. Not just natural ageing, butenvironmental factors such as exposure tosmoking and UV radiation also results incollagen decline. At the same time, mentalstress is also associated with collagenbreakdown, wrinkle formation and loss ofelasticity.

If you are worried about appearance ofsigns of ageing such as skin laxity, saggingand loss of volume, loss of collagen mightbe the cause. Here are few ways you canboost collagen generation in your body:

Anti-oxidant rich foods: Oxidativestress that results from oxidation and pro-duction of free radicals is a daily process.Ageing, mental stress and other environ-mental stressors accelerate the process ofoxidation in the body. The free radicalsreleased due to these chemical reactions areunstable atoms that damage cells andaccelerate the ageing process. Antioxidantsare compounds that inhibit this oxidationprocess by neutralising free radicals. Theyplay a vital role in fighting off the ageingprocess. Antioxidants are primarily vita-mins, polyphenols and flavonoids foundabundantly in fruits and vegetables, whichhelp contain collagen degeneration byeliminating free radicals from tissues.Vitamin C or ascorbic acid, Vitamin B3, andVitamin E are among the most importantantioxidants for skin health and collagenprotection.

Aloe vera: Aloe veragel or the pulp ofaloe planthas has long been known for itsability to accelerate wound healing orsooth skin burn. A series of researches havealso established aloe vera’s ability to boostcollagen generation, precisely how it helpswound healing. Whether consumed orallyor applied topically, aloe vera gel strength-ens the skin’s extracellular matrix andhelps slow down wrinkle formation throughits collagen boosting ability.

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Monty Panesar, the manwho co-plotted India’s

last defeat at home in 2012,feels England would be makinga mistake if they don’t play theexperienced Moeen Ali along-side left-arm spinner JackLeach in the first Test begin-ning in Chennai on Friday.

Leach and offie Dom Bess,both of whom have played 12Tests each but none in India,featured in England’s 2-0 seriessweep in Sri Lanka. Ali, whohas played 60 Tests, was infect-ed with Covid-19 ahead of theSri Lanka series and did not geta game.

“Jack Leach is likely toplay since India have a lot ofright handers and I will pickMoeen Ali over Dom Bess asthe off-spinner in the eleven ashe has done well in India andhas the required experience. Hecan also bat,” Panesar said.

“Having not played in SriLanka, Ali is fresh and hungry.India would not like facing Ali,they would be happy facingLeach and Bess.”

Ali has a six-wicket haulagainst India, his second bestfigures coming in the homeseries back in 2014. Of late, hehas not been a regular in theTest line-up with his lastappearance coming during theAshes almost 18 months ago.

The expectations are morefrom a formidable Englandpace attack, like they were in2012, but Panesar and GraemeSwann then rose to the occa-sion to ensure a rare series winin India.

The cricketer of Indianorigin said he would want

to see England spinnersconsistently flight theball and avoid bowling

flatter lines.“They should be aiming to

bowl good length but how itis getting there also matters.

Bowling too flat will makethings easy for the batter, so

I would flight the ball. Themargin of error also increasesif you flight the ball on a goodlength,” said Panesar, whopicked up 17 wickets from

three Tests in the 2012 tour ofIndia.

“Give the ball some air andbring the batsman forward.You can bowl arm balls andcross seamers to mix things upbut not too frequently especial-ly when the ball is soft.”

Panesar also stressed onthe importance of field place-ments, something that was keyin his success in 2012.

“Joe Root should temptthe Indian batsmen to step outand go for big hits. You havemen in the deep and have closein fielders at the same time.Have long on, man on thedrive, have your close in field-ers.

“The more the Indian bat-ters try to accelerate, the batacceleration will increase andprobability of getting the edgeincreases. I would also want toensure the Indians defend withhard hands. That will happenwhen you will encourage themto go aerial.

“Our spinners are used tobowing with the much harderdukes balls so lets see how theyfare with the SG Test,” addedPanesar.

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Lionel Messi underlined hisworth to Barcelona by scor-

ing a sensational free-kick onSunday but Atletico Madridare in charge of La Liga afterbeating Cadiz to stand 10 pointsclear at the top of the table.

Messi’s stunning effort in a2-1 win over Athletic Bilbao hadbeen matched by theArgentinian’s friend and formerteammate Luis Suarez, whoearlier curled in a superb free-kick of his own in Atletico’s 4-2 victory over Cadiz.

Atletico end the weekendeven further ahead after RealMadrid’s defeat by Levante onSaturday, which meansZinedine Zidane’s side are nowlevel with Barca on points, bothof them struggling to keep pacein the title race.

Yet Barca’s win at leastmaintains their momentum,while Messi’s goal may have car-ried some extra satisfaction forthe Argentinian, who had thedetails of his contract pub-lished in the Spanish newspaper

El Mundo on Saturday night.Few can argue with Messi’s

contribution on the pitch, withthe 33-year-old showing againstBilbao why the club havegone to such lengths tokeep him.

Bilbao briefly drewlevel through a Jordi Albaown goal early in the sec-ond half but AntoineGriezmann’s strike securedBarca their third consecutivevictory, with Ousmane Dembele

and Frenkie de Jong bothimpressive again.

But Barcelona continue tobe haunted by the spectre of

Suarez, whose tremendousfree-kick and then a penal-ty helped Atletico pushtheir advantage into doublefigures.

He was the drivingforce again, his two goals mak-ing it nine in his last eight gamesand 14 now for the season.

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The BCCI and the TamilNadu Cricket Association

have decided to allow 50 percent spectators at the secondIndia-England Test to be heldat the M A Chidambaram sta-dium here, a top TNCA officialsaid on Monday.

The issue was discussed bythe TNCA members after freshCovid-19 guidelines on easingof public movement and entryof spectators into sportingvenues were issued. The movewas cleared in a meetingbetween TNCA and BCCI offi-cials.

“We discussed the issue ofallowing spectators for the sec-ond India vs England Test fol-lowing fresh Covid-19 guide-lines by the CentralGovernment permitting

crowds at sporting venues andalso the state government’sSOPs given on Sunday,” theTNCA official told PTI.

“It has been decided by theBCCI and TNCA to allow 50per cent spectators for the sec-ond Test by following all safe-

ty protocols.”The M A Chidambaram

stadium has a capacity of50,000.

The first Test begins onFriday while the second matchstarts on February 13. Crowdshave already been allowed for

the third and fourth Test inAhmedabad.

The official also said thatmedia would be allowed tocover both the Tests from thepress box at the stadium.However, media conferenceswould still be held virtually.

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Serena Williams admitted onMonday that she might have

been forced to skip theAustralian Open if it hadn’tbeen delayed over the coron-avirus, saying she needed extratime to shake off the achillesinjury which cut short her2020 season.

Williams, who beat DariaGavrilova in her Yarra ValleyClassic opener in Melbourne,suffered the injury at last year’sUS Open then withdrew fromthe French Open before thesecond round, ending her 2020campaign. But the 39-year-

old, who will launch her latestattempt for a record-equalling24th Grand Slam title nextweek, got extra time to recov-er when the Open was post-poned for three weeks overcoronavirus complications.

“I couldn’t practice becauseof my achilles,” she toldreporters.

“I needed time. I don’tthink I would have been hereif it was during the regular sea-son.

“(The delay) was anunwanted blessing.

An aggressive Williamsshowed no outward sign ofinjury as she beat home hope

Gavrilova 6-1, 6-4 in the build-up tournament on Monday.

The seven-time AustralianOpen champion started slug-gishly, losing the first threepoints on serve, before quick-ly overpowering the Australian.

The American had all theanswers and it was a sharp per-formance from Williams, wholifted the intensity in her sec-ond match back after defeatingworld number three NaomiOsaka in an exhibition inAdelaide on Friday. Williams,looking to get matches underher belt before the AustralianOpen, will next play TsvetanaPironkova in the round of 16.

In the night match, worldnumber two Simona Halepwore down Anastasia Potapovafrom Russia with a 6-4, 6-4 vic-tory in the Gippsland Trophy.

Earlier, teenage sensationCoco Gauff showed onlyglimpses of the form thatfuelled her dazzling run at lastyear’s Australian Open duringa gruelling three-sets victoryover Jil Teichmann at theGippsland Trophy.

The 16-year-old overcamea mid-match stutter to win 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/5) in twohours and 45 minutes.

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India’s Sumit Nagal beganhis 2021 season with an

opening round defeat at theMurray River Open, losing instraight sets to RicardasBerankis, here on Monday inthe run up to the AustralianOpen.

Nagal, who does not giveup easily, suffered a rathertame 2-6, 2-6 defeat in the$320775 ATP250 event.

The Indian, ranked 139 inthe ATP singles chart couldconvert none of the two breakchances he earned whiledropped his serve four timesin the match against the worldnumber 72 from Lithuania.

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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq does-n’t want his team to get complacent ahead

of second Test against South Africa.The home side fought back from 27-4 in

its first innings at Karachi to beat the Proteasby seven wickets and take a 1-0 lead the two-match series. The second Test starts at PindiCricket Stadium on Thursday.

Yasir Shah and 34-year-old left-arm spin-ner Nauman Ali, playing in his first match,shared 14 wickets between them against astruggling South Africa batting line-up.

“It was a much-needed victory,” Misbahsaid. “The team came back from a difficultposition, but we don’t want to be complacent.South Africa is a tough team and we know theywill come back hard at us.”

Since taking over as head coach in 2019,Misbah has lost three away Test series —against Australia, England and New Zealand— but his Pakistan side has beaten less formi-dable teams like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh athome.

Misbah and bowling coach Waqar Youniswere summoned by the Pakistan Cricket Boardafter the team lost a Test series 2-0 in NewZealand last month. Both coaches were givenanother chance, but their longer-termfutures were tied to the outcome ofthe current home series againstSouth Africa.

“My focus is on this series,”Misbah said. “We will put all ourenergies in this Test match andsee how we can win. Otherthings are uncontrollable andthere is no point in thinkingabout it.”

The conditions inRawalpindi will be muchcooler than they were inKarachi and Misbah saidthe team may change itsbowling lineup to includefour fast bowlers and onlyone spinner.

If Pakistan opts for afourth fast bowler, Haris Raufis a possible option to make hisTest debut in his hometown.

“Haris is bowling well withthe old ball,” Misbah said.

“If the need arise we will seehim.”

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first outdoor session sincearriving here, ahead of theopening Test against Englandbeginning on Friday.

The Indian players, whocompleted their six-day quar-antine period in the city onMonday, began preparationsfor the four-match Test serieswith an outdoor session, theteam’s local media officialsaid.

The first Test begins onFriday at the M AChidambaram stadium herewhile the second match willalso be played at the samevenue from February 13.

The Virat Kohli-led hometeam will hit the ground run-ning with net sessions fromTuesday (10am to 1pm).

The Indian team, freshfrom the Test series victory inAustralia, entered the bio-bubble at a city hotel onWednesday.

The full England team isexpected to train for the firsttime since arriving in the cityon Tuesday from 2pm,according to an ECBspokesperson.

Members of both theIndian and England teamshave returned three negativetests for Covid-19 duringtheir quarantine period.

England players such asBen Stokes, Jofra Archer andRory Burns, who did nottravel with the team to SriLanka for a Test series, com-pleted their quarantine earli-er and have been training.

Chennai: Bowling quicker in the airbrought success to Monty Panesar in the2012 tour of India but England left-armspinner Jack Leach feels thesame tactic may not work forhim on his maiden seriesagainst the mighty hosts.

Panesar and GraemeSwann bowled quicker thantheir Indian counterparts in2012, engineering a famousaway Test series win forEngland.

However, Leach said hewould like to stick hisstrengths.

“Monty and Swann aretwo bowlers I love to watch.I watch a lot of spin videos totry and take things from thespinners. Monty bowled ata quicker pace in India andthat could be very tricky ona spinning wicket,” saidLeach in an online media

interaction after the team completed itssix-day quarantine on Friday.

“I am probably not going to be bowl-ing the same speed. It is probably moreabout how the ball gets to the batsman

in terms of trajectory. There havebeen other successfulbowlers who didn’tbowl as fast as Monty

did.“It is about sticking to my

strengths and knowing what myoptimum pace and then going upand down a little bit from there.Everyone has an optimum pace. It’simportant to stick to that as muchas possible,” said Leach who took10 wickets in the recent series inSri Lanka.

Bowling in India is as toughas it gets for a visiting spinner

but Leach is looking for-ward to the “ultimate” chal-lenge.

“They are obviously a

quality side and have come back off agreat win in Australia, but I think it is justa great opportunity for all of us to testourselves against probably the best sidein the world and to do here in India, myfirst time in India.

“This is what the dream you have, tocome to places like these. Obviously, itis a fantastic opportunity, and I want toenjoy,” said the 29-year-old fromSomerset.

He may not bowl as quick as Panesardid but a fellow left-arm spinner doingwell in India does inspire a lot of confi-dence.

“I definitely think I can make animpact in this series, obviously we havegot three days training and I am not surewhat the wicket is going to be like or any-thing, so not looking too far ahead...

“...But definitively want to make animpact and they have got quite a lot ofright-handers, so I see that as a goodthing for me,” said Leach, who hasplayed 12 Tests.

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Jose Mourinho admitted his“sad” Tottenham flops “lacked

energy” after Leandro Trossardrocked their top-four challengeas the Brighton forward sealeda shock 1-0 win on Sunday.

Mourinho’s side were hop-ing to get back on track after los-ing to Liverpool on Thursday,but instead they suffered a dam-aging second successive defeat.

Trossard netted in the firsthalf at the Amex Stadium and,with Tottenham’s Harry Kanesidelined by injury, the visitorslacked the quality to salvage anequaliser.

Tottenham are languishingin sixth place, with just two winsin their last nine PremierLeague matches. They trail sixpoints behind fourth-placedLeicester, albeit with a game inhand, after only their seconddefeat in 10 away league gamesthis season.

Mourinho conceded hisplayers were feeling sorry forthemselves and couldn’t find the

drive to rescue a point.“We didn’t start well. In the

first half, I felt the team wasprobably too sad with the goalconceded and the situation,”Mourinho said.

“There was a lack of ener-gy. In the last 25, 30 minutes,they gave everything, but ofcourse, with some limitations.

The title bid that lookedpossible for Tottenham inDecember is fading fast as lead-ers Manchester City are now 11points clear of the northLondoners.

A victory against seventh-placed Chelsea on Thursday isessential to halt Tottenham’ssudden decline away from theChampions League places.

Meanwhile fourth-bottomBrighton moved seven pointsclear of the relegation zoneafter extending their unbeatenleague run to three matches.

The Seagulls were the onlyteam in the top four divisions inEngland without a home leaguevictory this season, but theyfinally ended that dismalsequence at the 11th attempt.

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Lucknow (PNS): Hindustan Times edged pastMedia Photographer by a narrow margin of threeruns in the opening match of the Inter-Media CricketTournament at KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium onMonday. Electing to bat, HT piled up a decent totalof 130 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allot-ted 20 overs, with Anshul (31) being the top run-getter. Sharad Shukla claimed four scalps. In reply,despite of a brilliant half-century by Kashif Hasan,Media Photographer could score only 127 runs forthe loss of eight wickets. Earlier, Deputy CM DineshSharma inaugurated the event. Others presentwere BBD group chairman Viraj Sagar Das, direc-tor (Sports) RP Singh and UP Olympic Associationgeneral secretary Anandeshwar Pandey.BRIEF SCORES:HT: 130 (Anshul 31, Rohit 18, Sharadeep 15; Sharad23/4, Ashish 26/2)MP: 127 (Kashif 52, Kayam 13; Manish 19/2, Anshul30/2).

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