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CM INAUGURATES MOBILE SCHOOLS
FOR CHILDREN BEGGING ON ROADS
SIGNAL SCHOOL
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Chief
Minister Bhupendra
Patel on Sunday inau-
gurated 30 mobile
schools in which beg-
ging children on streets
will be given education
through a joint venture
between the Gujarat
State Legal Service Au-
thority and the
Ahmedabad Municipal
School Board.
Speaking at the
launch, CM Patel said
that he wished for the
project to quickly
spread to other parts of
the state, as well, so that
no poor children are left
without an education.
“Education should
enlighten the life of eve-
ryone. There are many
children from poor fam-
ilies, who cannot step
into a school for socio-
economic reasons. They
end up roaming the
streets or begging at bus
stop, railway stations
and crossroads. They
should be brought back
to schools,” he said.
High Court Chief
Justice Aravind Kumar,
who was also present at
the launch, cited the
Karnataka Turn to P2
CM Bhupendra Patel at the inauguration, flanked by Education
Minister Jitu Vaghani and Supreme Court Justice MR Shah on
his right, and Supreme Court Justice Bela Trivedi and Gujarat’s
Advocate General Kamal Trivedi on his left.
Apart from schooling, 30 buses
will provide regular health
checks and mid-day meals
Op Ganga proof of our
influence in world: PM
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA IS READY FOR TALKS AND THAT
UKRAINE ‘OPERATION’ WILL ONLY STOP IF HIS DEMANDS ARE MET
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The voting for the seventh phase of assembly polls in
Uttar Pradesh will be held on Monday. The counting of
votes will take place on March 10. Around 2.06 crores
voters are eligible to exercise their franchise. The exit
polls will be released after 7 pm on Monday.
POLLING FOR
SEVENTH AND
LAST PHASE IN UP
TO BE HELD TODAY
Mukul Arya, India’s representative at Ramallah, passed
away on Sunday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
said. Deeply shocked to learn about the passing away
of India’s Representative at Ramallah, Shri Mukul
Arya,” Jaishankar tweeted.
MUKUL, INDIA’S
REPRESENTATIVE
AT RAMALLAH,
PASSES AWAY
ERDOGAN DIALS PUTIN, URGES
FOR ‘URGENT CEASEFIRE’
NEARLY 16K INDIANS
EVACUATED
FILL GOOGLE FORM:
EMBASSY TO STUDENTS
INDIANS UNABLE TO
USE CEASEFIRE ROUTES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
appealed for an urgent general ceasefire in
Ukraine when he spoke on Sunday to Rus-
sian leader Vladimir Putin by telephone,
Erdogan’s office said. The two heads of
state spoke several days ahead of a diplo-
matic forum in the southern city of Antalya
on March 11-13 that Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to attend.
New Delhi: Under ‘Operation
Ganga’, 2,135 Indians have
been brought back today
by 11 special civilian flights
from Ukraine’s neighbouring
countries. With this, more
than 15,900 Indians have
been brought back since Feb-
ruary 22. Among the special
Civilian flights today, 9 landed
in New Delhi while 2 reached
Mumbai.
New Delhi: The Indian em-
bassy in Ukraine on Sunday
advised all students stranded
in the war-hit country to
fill up an online form on an
“urgent basis”. “All Indian
nationals who still remain in
Ukraine are requested to fill
up the details contained in
the attached Google Form
on an URGENT BASIS,” the
embassy said in a tweet.”
New Delhi: Russia and
Ukraine announced on Satur-
day a ceasefire — they called
it a “regime of silence” —
and humanitarian corridors
for civilians to leave the cities
of Mariupol and Volnovakha,
but Indians stranded in east-
ern Ukraine were unable to
use these exit routes. Ukraine
said the Russians violated the
agreement.
UKRAINE MAKING NUCLEAR ‘DIRTY
BOMB’ IN CHERNOBYL: RUSSIA
Russian media cited an unnamed source on
Sunday as saying that Ukraine was close to
building a plutonium-based “dirty bomb”
nuclear weapon, although the source cited no
evidence. The TASS, RIA and Interfax news
agencies quoted “a representative of a compe-
tent body” in Russia on Sunday.
MACRON, PUTIN HOLD TELEPHONE
TALKS FOR OVER AN HOUR
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday
held new telephone talks with Russian President
Vladimir Putin over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The call, which a presidential official said lasted
1 hour 45 minutes and was at Macron’s request,
was the fourth time they had spoken since the
Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Pune: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Sun-
day said the ongoing
evacuation of students
from war-torn Ukraine
is a proof of India’s
growinginfluenceinthe
world. Modi was speak-
ing at the Golden Jubi-
lee programme of the
Symbiosis University in
Pune. Modi said that
morethan1,000students
have been evacuated
from Ukraine till date.
“At a time when other
countries are finding it
difficult to rescue its
citizens, we managed to
get our people out. This
proves the increasing
influence of India in the
world,” Modi said.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
pays homage to the
statue of Mahatma
Jyotirao Phule in
Pune on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
Indians unable to use ceasefire routes, Government seeks safe corridor for students.
Indian students stranded in Ukraine receive humanitarian
assistance in Sumy on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
R
ussian Presi-
dent Vladimir
Putin warned
Ukraine on Sunday that
Russia’s military oper-
ation would only be
halted if Kyiv stopped
resisting and fulfilled
all of the Kremlin’s de-
mands. Putin stressed
that Ukraine’s negotia-
tors should take a more
“constructive” ap-
proach. Ukrainian am-
bassador to the United
States, Oksana
Markarova called Rus-
sia a “terrorist state” in
an interview with Fox
News on Sunday
.
Putin: I WILL STOP... only if...
Police inspect Warne’s room hours after his death. —FILE PHOTO
BSF jawan
shoots dead
4 colleagues,
kills self
Amritsar: A Border Se-
curity Force (BSF)
jawan allegedly opened
fire inside the force’s
headquarters in Khasa
in Punjab’s Amritsar
district Sunday morn-
ing and killed four of
his colleagues before
turning the weapon on
himself, the police said.
Amritsar Rural police
senior superintendent
of police (SSP) Deepak
Hilori confirmed the
five casualties, includ-
ing that of the jawan
who opened fire. Anoth-
er BSF personnel was
also critically injured
in the firing and is un-
der treatment at a pri-
vate hospital in Amrit-
sar. The BSF has not
released any statement
so far, however, sources
said that the jawan, who
opened fire was upset
with his duty hours.
CISF should develop model
to train pvt agencies: Shah
Warne’s room had blood stains on
floor and bath towels: Thai Police Ghaziabad: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday pitched
for a “hybrid” security
model where the CISF
could train and certify
private security agen-
cies so that they can
take over the task of ef-
ficiently guarding vari-
ous kinds of industrial
and manufacturing
units in the country
.
Speaking at the 53rd
Raising Day celebra-
tions of the CISF, Shah
said the CISF worked
like a silent “karmayo-
gi” to ensure the coun-
try’s industrial develop-
ment and secured the
private manufacturing
production units.
Bangkok: Thailand po-
lice have reportedly
found “blood stains” on
the floor of Shane
Warne’s room and on
bathtowelswhilesearch-
ing the villa where the
legendary Australian
cricketerdiedwhileholi-
daying. Warne was de-
clareddeadbydoctorsin
the Thai International
HospitalonFridaynight,
after friends tried to re-
vive him in his luxury
villa hours earlier.
Home Minister Amit Shah
WoMEN in BLUE
strike high!
The Men and Women
Indian cricket team
won their matches
against Sri Lanka and
Pakistan respectively
as both the national
squads displayed su-
perb game skills. Pooja
Vastrakar’s 59-balls
67 and Sneh Rana’s
unbeaten 53 (48)
helped India register a
thumping 107-run win
over Pakistan in their
opening ICC Women’s
World Cup match at
Mount Maunganui.
India continued their
unbeaten run against
Pakistan in women’s
ODIs, winning all their
11 matches, with
four of those being in
World Cups.
Indian team players click selfie with Pakistan skipper
Bismah Maroof and her daughter Fatima after winning
the ICC Womens World Cup 2022 match against Pakistan
Women, at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.
India’s Ravindra Jadeja celebrates the dismissal of Sri
Lanka’s Niroshan Dickwella on the 3rd day of the first test
match between India and Sri Lanka, at PCA Stadium, in
Mohali on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY ANI
‘RIVERS OF BLOOD’ FLOWING
IN UKRAINE, SAYS POPE FRANCIS
Pope Francis on Sunday rejected Russia’s use of the
term “special military operation” for its invasion of
Ukraine, saying the country was being battered by war
and urging an immediate end to the fighting. “In Ukraine,
rivers of blood and tears are flowing. This is not just a
military operation but a war which sows death, destruc-
tion and misery,” the pope said in his weekly address to
crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

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First India Bureau
Navsari: Police on Sat-
urday arrested a youth
for allegedly posting ob-
jectionable comments
against Islam on social
media.
The accused, identi-
fied as Shailesh Sa-
rang— a resident of
Bander road in Billimo-
ra taluka— was arrest-
ed based on a complaint
filed by one Zahir
Ahmed Kasli—a resi-
dent of Jawahar road in
Billimora—in Navsari
on Saturday
.
In his complaint, Ka-
sli alleged that Sarang
had posted an objection-
able message against
Islam on a WhatsApp
group.
Following the arrest,
a large number of Mus-
lims reached Billimora
police station, officials
said.
“We have called a
meeting with the Mus-
lim community leaders
and assured them of ac-
tion against the ac-
cused. We have seized
the mobile phone used
by the accused,” Billi-
mora Police sub-inspec-
tor KM Vasava said.
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: The
state’s public debt is set
to increase by Rs1 lakh
crore over a span of just
two years, taking the cu-
mulative debt to a whop-
ping Rs4,49,810 crore by
the end of fiscal 2024-25.
The Gujarat govern-
ment’s cumulative pub-
lic debt shot up to an
astronomical Rs3,20,812
crore in the current fi-
nancial year, and is like-
ly to rise to Rs3,49,789
crore—Rs 1,05,824 crore
more than the total
budget of Rs2,43,965
crore presented by Fi-
nance Minister Kanu
Desai here on Thurs-
day—in the coming fi-
nancial year.
According to a state-
ment by the govern-
ment submitted in the
Assembly under the Fis-
cal Responsibility Act,
2005, the state’s estimat-
ed public debt of
Rs3,49,789 crore for 2022-
23 is expected to rise to
Rs4,09,810 crore in 2023-
24 and further to
Rs4,49,810 crore by the
end of 2024-25.
This means Gujarat’s
public debt at the end of
fiscal 2025 would be 2.5
times that of the
Rs1,80,743 crore seen in
2015-16.
The current public
debt of Rs3,20,812 crore
comprises Rs2,64,703
crore in market borrow-
ings and power bonds,
Rs28,497 crore in Na-
tional Small Savings
Fund (NSSF) loans,
Rs17,812 crore in loans
from financial institu-
tions and banks, and
Rs9,799 crore in loans
and advances from the
Central government.
At the same time, the
Gujarat government
has also seen constant
increases—at an annual
average of Rs10,000
crore—in revenue,
which increased from
Rs20,265 crore in 2004-05
to Rs1,63,020 crore in
2021-22 as per the re-
vised estimates, in the
past decade.
The state has claimed
that it relies more on
market borrowings to
take advantage of com-
petitive interest rates.
“The composition of
debt stock has under-
gone a change in the pe-
riod from 2008-09 to
2020-21, with the propor-
tion of Central govern-
ment loans falling to
2.94% from 11.87%. Sim-
ilarly
, the share of NSSF
Loans has reduced to
10.75% from 51.59%,
while the share of mar-
ket loans has increased
to 80.72% from 32.20%,
highlighting the shift
towards an increased
reliance on market
loans,” a person famil-
iar with the issue told
First India.
“The analysis of the
state’s debt portfolio
shows that the bulk of
the total public debt of
Rs2,98,810 crore is on ac-
count of market loans,
whichcomprises80.72%
of the total public debt.
The revised estimate for
the total debt stock in
fiscal 2021-22 is
Rs3,20,812 crore,” state
data said.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Even as
people in Gujarat are
experiencing hot days
and cold nights, the
weatherman has now
predicted off-season
rains for the period of
March 7-10, with light
rainfall likely to hit Sau-
rashtra, South Gujarat
and Central Gujarat.
“Light rains are like-
ly in Chhota Udepur,
Narmada, Tapi, Dang,
Surat, Bharuch, Vals-
ad, Bhavnagar, Amreli,
Anand, Vadodara, Da-
hod, Panchmahal, Va-
dodara, Mahisagar,
Aravali, Kheda and
other districts from
March 7 to March 10,”
the India Meteorologi-
cal Department said in
its bulletin on Sunday.
Cold winds may blow
in other parts of the
state during this time, it
added.
However, the weather
in Ahmedabad will be
clear, with the tempera-
ture hovering around 35
°C, during this period.
On Sunday
, Ahmedabad
recorded a maximum
temperature of 37 °C,
three degrees above nor-
mal, and a minimum
temperature of 16 °C,
one degree below nor-
mal for this time of year.
The meteorological
department's forecast of
unseasonalrainshasled
to fears of damage to
winter crops among
farmers.
Notably, the depart-
ment has also released a
report on heat condi-
tions from March to
May
, which has predict-
ed that “record heat is
unlikely to occur in the
summer season from
March to May in North
Gujarat”.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: Former
Dang ruler Dhanrajsinh
Suryavanshiof Vasorna
has announced his deci-
sion to quit the Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP)
and retire from active
politics. “For us blue-
blooded Rajputs, keep-
ing promises is every-
thing,butforpoliticians,
failure to keep them
means nothing,” stated
Dhanrajsinh, while ad-
dressing media persons
on Sunday
.
Dhanrajsinh and
three erstwhile rulers
Chhatrasinh Suryavan-
shi of Linga, Kiransinh
Pawar (Gadhvi), Tri-
kamrao Pawar had all
joined the BJP in Octo-
ber 2020, two months be-
fore bypolls of eight
state assembly seats. In-
cidentally
, Dhanrajsinh
has experience serving
as a village sarpanch for
20 years, and he was also
a member of the BJP
state executive and for-
mer vice president of
the BJP’s tribal cell.
According to sources,
Dhanrajsinh resigned
because he felt that the
party had failed to keep
its promises made to the
erstwhile rulers and Pa-
tel police personnel of
Dang. “I believe in prin-
cipled politics, and can-
not continue with a par-
ty that has not kept its
promises,” he said. All
four former rulers had
joinedtheBJPwithade-
mand to increase their
monthly pension, which
is between Rs6,000 to
Rs9,000 per month. An-
other demand put forth
by them was an increase
in profits of wood and
drugs sold by various
cooperative societies.
They wanted their pay-
outtoincreasefrom20%
to 35% and also wanted
a hike in remuneration
of Patel community’s
police personnel in the
district.
BJPhadwontheDang
constituencyby-election
with a margin of 60,000
votes in 2021. This was a
historicalvictoryforthe
party, who had lost two
successive elections in
2012 and 2017 state as-
semblypollstoCongress
candidateMangalGavit.
Local sources from
Dang said that the BJP
candidate had won the
by-election with a land-
slide victory because of
these former rulers and
their support. “Dhanra-
jsinh’s resignation
might just be the begin-
ning. If the party does
not take corrective
measures or do damage
control,itmayloseDang
in upcoming general
elections this year,”
warned a source.
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: One of
the leaders of the All
India Majlis-E-Ittehadul
Muslimeen party was
attacked and injured by
a group of people after
he intervened in a fight
in a market in
Ahmedabad on Sunday
.
Shamshad Pathan,
who was recently made
vice president of
AIMIM’s Gujarat unit,
has been hospitalized
and his condition is sta-
ble, a police official said.
“Pathan sustained in-
juries after being at-
tacked with a spade by
four people when he in-
tervened in a fight in
Gurjari Bazaar. He has
been hospitalized. Two
other people also sus-
tained minor injuries in
the incident. One Faizu
Babu and his associates
are allegedly involved
and an FIR is being
lodged,” said Police In-
spector Vijaysinh Zala,
Riverfront (East).
Pathan, a lawyer by
profession, told media
persons that Fiazu Baba
and others were beating
up some persons and he
had intervened to stop
them when he was at-
tacked.
State’s public debt to reach `4.5 L cr by 2024-25
This means Gujarat’s public debt at the end of FY 2025 would be 2.5 times that of the `1,80,743 crore seen in FY 2016
Year Cumulative public
debt (` cr)
2015-16 1,80,743
2016-17 1,99,338
2017-18 2,12,591
2018-19 2,40,651
2019-20 2,67,095
2020-21 2,98,810
2021-22 3,20,812
2022-23 3,49,789 (projected)
2023-24 4,09,810 (projected)
2024-25 4,49,810 (projected)
CONSISTENTLY ON THE RISE…
First India Bureau
Surat: A state-of-the-
art multi-speciality hos-
pital will be set up in
Althan area of the city
by a local NGO Chhany-
ado. The groundbreak-
ing ceremony was con-
ducted by Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)
state unit president CR
Patil on Sunday, accom-
panied by Gyanvatsal
Swami, a motivational
speaker and saint from
BAPS Swaminarayan.
To be built on 2,300
square metres, the land
for the project has been
donated by family mem-
bers of the late Has-
mukh Hojiwala, found-
er of the city’s leading
business group.
The multi-special
hospital will serve mid-
dle-class households
and migrants residing
in Udhana, Pandesara,
Bamroli, Dindoli,
Sachin, and Althan ar-
eas. The 100-bed hospi-
tal will be constructed
at a total cost of Rs50
crore.
In the first phase, the
hospital will begin op-
erations after setting up
its cardiac department
equipped with a state-
of-the-art cath lab, op-
eration theatre, high-
tech 3D and 4D echo
machines, MRI, CT
scan, sonography
, X-ray
,
pathology, and other fa-
cilities. In the second
phase, the hospital will
begin providing servic-
es for general medicine,
neurology, pediatric,
orthopedic, ophthal-
mology, urology, and
other departments.
The hospital will be
named after ‘Late
Padmaben Hasmukhlal
Hojiwala’, wife of late
Hasmukh Hojiwala.
Bharat Shah, Presi-
dent, Chhanyado, said,
“The hospital will have
facilities including ICU,
ICCU, and NICU. In the
future, a nursing school
and college courses in
hospital management
will also be established
to fulfill the vision of an
‘A a t m a n i r b h a r
Bharat’.”
Surat NGO to set up high-tech hospital in Althan
NEW BEGINNINGS
BJP Guj Prez CR Patil laying the foundation of the hospital project
on Sunday.
Youth held for posting
comments against Islam
Shamshad Pathan being transported to a hospital in an
ambulance; (inset) With a fellow party leader.
—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
AIMIM leader attacked,
injured in A’bad market
Erstwhile Dang ruler quits BJP,
politics over ‘unfulfilled’ demands
Dhanrajsinh Suryavanshi addressing media persons on Sunday.
Unseasonal rains likely this week in parts of Gujarat
Ahmedabad is already seeing temperatures exceeding 35 °C.
—PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
CM inaugurates
example said education
should reach the last
person in society. Also
speaking on the occa-
sion, Supreme Court
Justice MR Shah said
the concept of caring
and sharing should be
implemented in letter
and spirit.
These 30 mobile
school buses will be
parked at different ar-
eas in the morning and
evening hours. In addi-
tion to schooling, they
will provide children
with regular health
check-ups and mid-day
meals for a year,
after which they will be
admitted to main-
stream schools, offi-
cials said.
Each “Signal School”
bus is equipped with a
blackboard, table and
chair for the teacher,
LCD TV, WiFi, CCTV,
drinking water and a
mini fan.
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GUJARAT
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First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: In the
previous three years,
the Gujarat Anti-Ter-
rorist Squad (ATS) con-
fiscated narcotics
worth Rs2,170 crore
and arrested 73 indi-
viduals, including a
number of Pakistani
nationals, the ATS stat-
ed on Sunday.
According to the
ATS, Pakistani nation-
als attempted to carry
narcotics along the Gu-
jarat coast many times,
but each effort was pre-
vented.
The Gujarat ATS
conducted coordinated
operations with the In-
dian Coast Guard and
local police to foil
many such efforts, ac-
cording to a press state-
ment from the anti-ter-
ror organisation.
Narcotics worth
Rs1,466.18 crore were
recovered in 2021 alone,
whereas drugs worth
Rs704.04 crore were
confiscated in the pre-
ceding two years, ac-
cording to the release.
According to the
ATS, several of these
seizures were made in
operations carried out
in the Arabian Sea off
the coast of Gujarat,
near the international
maritime boundary
with Pakistan.
The amount does not
include a narcotics sei-
zure of Rs21,000 crore
made by the Directo-
rate of Revenue Intel-
ligence (DRI) in Sep-
tember last year at the
Mundra port in Kutch
district. The National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) is currently look-
ing into the situation.
According to the an-
nouncement, the state
ATS confiscated
427.3kg of heroin,
6.65kg of MD (a syn-
thetic stimulant), and
3.54 kg of brown sugar
between 2019 and 2021.
In 2019, the ATS re-
covered 100kg of hero-
in worth Rs500 crore in
an operation conduct-
ed 178 nautical miles
off the Gujarat coast in
the Arabian Sea. Ac-
cording to the ATS, fur-
ther inquiry resulted
in the recovery of 5kg
of MD valued around
Rs25 crore from New
Delhi.
According to the re-
lease, the ATS captured
a suspicious boat near
the state coast in 2020
and found 35kg of her-
oin worth Rs175 crore.
The number of op-
erations conducted in
the Arabian Sea in-
creased dramatically
in 2021, with 60kg of
heroin worth Rs300
crore confiscated in
two major operations
involving 15 Pakistani
people, according to
the ATS.
ATSseizeddrugsworth`2,170crin3years
Narcotics worth `1,466.18 crore were recovered in 2021, while contraband worth `704.04 crore was confiscated 2019-21
SEPARATE CASE
ATS seized around 30kg of heroin and arrested seven from Iran in September. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Vadodara: City-based
Nisha Kumari set a
brilliant example of
women empower-
ment, ahead of Inter-
national Women’s
Day
, by winning the
night marathon held
in Ahmedabad on Sat-
urday night. She ran
a total of 78km by
running 13 rounds of
6km each in 12 hours.
The 28-year-old
mountaineer took first
place in the “girls “cat-
egory of Adani Night
Ultra Marathon held
at Shantigram. A na-
tional-level event, the
marathon was organ-
izedbytheAhmedabad
Distance Runner Insti-
tute, and runners of
other states also par-
ticipated in it.
The marathon was
held in three catego-
ries, wherein runners
covered distances in
four, six and 12 hours.
Kumari ran in the 12-
hour category from 7
pm to 7 am the next day
and completed 13
rounds of 6 km each in
12 hours. A total of 180
runners participated
in the 12-hour run.
“I regularly run for
8 to 10 kilometres daily
and have been working
hard to complete my
goal to climb Mount
Everest. I dedicate this
achievement to Inter-
national Women’s Day.
In the past, I have com-
pleted 12-hour unin-
terrupted races more
than once,” said the
proud runner.
Coming from a de-
fence background, Ku-
mari wanted to join the
Army, but due to cer-
tain limitations, her
dream did not come
true. Undeterred, she
took up walking, cy-
cling and running with
a passion and went on
adventure trips to
snowy Himalayas.
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Guja-
rat reported 71 COV-
ID-19 cases in the 24
hours ended 5 pm on
Sunday, which in-
creased the tally to
12,23,262, while one
death in Surat took
the toll to 10,935,
the state’s health de-
partment said in a
release.
So far, 12,11,413 peo-
ple have been dis-
charged post recovery,
including 140 during
the day, leaving the
state with an active
tally of 914.
Ahmedabad report-
ed 31 new cases, Va-
dodara 16, Tapi four,
Banaskantha three,
Rajkot two and Surat
one, among others, the
statement added.
A government re-
lease also said 36,843
people were vaccinat-
ed against COVID-19
in the last 24 hours,
taking the total num-
ber of doses adminis-
tered so far in Gujarat
to 10.34 crore.
V’dara woman runs 78km to
win 12-hour marathon in A’bad
Guj registers 71 new nCoV cases, one
death; active tally falls further to 914
3 injured in cylinder blast
in Devbhoomi Dwarka
First India Bureau
Devbhoomi Dwarka:
Three people were in-
jured after a gas cylin-
der exploded in a house
in Khambhaliya town
of Devbhoomi Dwarka
district on Sunday, po-
lice said.
The LPG cylinder,
kept in a room on the
ground floor of the
house, exploded after
the gas leaking from it
came in contact with an
electric spark, an offi-
cial from Khambhaliya
police station said.
The persons, aged 18,
19 and 22, suffered burn
injuries and they were
rushed to a private hos-
pital for treatment, he
said.
The room where the
cylinder was kept was
destroyed following the
blast, but the other
parts of the house were
not damaged, he added.
REMARKABLE FEAT
Nisha Kumari with her first-place medal after the marathon.
12,11,413
TOTALRECOVERED
140 MORE
IN A DAY
12,23,262
TOTAL CASES
71 CASES
IN A DAY
31 MAX
CASES IN
A’BAD
ACTIVE CASES
10,935
TOTAL DEATHS
914
01 DEATH
IN A DAY
COVID-19 UPDATE
TOTAL
71 CASES
Man,sonmurdermotherforapieceofland
First India Bureau
Panchmahal: Jam-
bughoda police on
Saturday evening ar-
rested Rajesh Bari-
aya and his son Ra-
hul for the murder
of the former’s
mother over a piece
of land in Jotvad vil-
lage. They have in-
voked sections of
the Indian Penal
Code for murder,
criminal intimida-
tion, voluntarily
causing hurt, provo-
cation to break pub-
lic peace, and abet-
ting against the duo,
who are now in po-
lice custody.
According to a com-
plaint filed by Sanjay
Bariaya, the younger
brother of Rajesh,
their mother Ganga-
ben gave each of her
sons a part of the fam-
ily’s farmland after
the death of her hus-
band Vechtabhai three
years ago, and kept a
small part for herself.
Since she was liv-
ing with Sanjay, he
would cultivate the
land. However,
Rajesh wanted
Gangaben to split
her share of the land
between her sons.
The mother rejected
this request, leading
to periodic quarrels
between Gangaben
and Rajesh, Sanjay
told the police.
On Thursday night,
Rajesh and his son Ra-
hul entered the home
of Sanjay, where he
was having dinner
with his wife Nayna-
ben and Gangaben,
and began to abuse
Sanjay and Gangaben.
Rajesh and Rahul
then started kicking
Gangaben in the abdo-
men and, then also
beat and threatened to
kill Sanjay and Nayna-
ben when they tried to
intervene.
Sanjay also told
the police that when
he found that his
mother had fallen
unconscious, he
called for an ambu-
lance and rushed
her to Jambughoda
hospital. The doctor
there referred her to
SSG hospital, where
she was declared
dead. He then filed a
police complaint on
Friday morning. By
Saturday evening,
the police had round-
ed up the accused.
Police Sub Inspector
MM Thakor is leading
the investigation into
the case.
Rajesh and Rahul Baraiya are in police custody.
A woman is tested for nCoV in
Ahmedabad. —FILE PHOTO

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Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
Saddened by the passing away of Shri
Shiv Kumar Pareek Ji. Firmly rooted
in our Party’s ideology, he devoted
himself to service, nation-building
and worked closely with Atal Ji. Will
cherish my interactions with him over
the years. Condolences to his family.
Om Shanti.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
The dream of farmer welfare is being
fulfilled, India is becoming prosperous
and happy as its own.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Believe nothing, no matter
where you read it, or who
said it, no matter if I have
said it, unless it agrees
with your own reason and
your own common sense.
—Buddha
IN-DEPTH
STREET DOGS’
RIGHT TO FOOD IS
IN THE HANDS OF
SUPREME COURT
an’s best friend finds
himself abandoned
by the Supreme
Court of India, at
least for the time be-
ing, which stayed the Delhi High
Court’s directions for the wel-
fare of stray dogs. In 2021 the
high court allowed stray dogs to
be fed in residential societies
and said that street dogs also
“have the right to food and citi-
zens have the right to feed com-
munity dogs but in exercising
this right, care and caution
should be taken to ensure that it
does not impinge upon the rights
of others or cause any harm”.
This, incidentally, went against
a 2015 order of the Supreme
Court restraining high courts
from passing any order relating
to the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act, 1960 “and the 2001
rules pertaining to dogs”.
Street dogs become a menace
once they start breeding and
civic officials do nothing to ster-
ilise them. Their increased num-
bersposearisktomotor-cyclists,
cyclists and even pedestrians.
Yet, should they be starved?
TOP TWEETS
M
he war in Ukraine
is set to rend a
jumbo-sized hole
in our pockets.
The biggest con-
tributor will be the rising
price of crude but there will
also be other commodities
which will take a hit. Ana-
lysts warn that crude may
touch $150 a barrel in the
event the West puts sanctions
on Russian energy supplies.
At present Brent crude was
selling at $118 a barrel. It is
anticipated that oil compa-
nies will raise prices by Rs 15
to Rs 22 per litre to meet its
revenue losses. India imports
85 percent of its oil and the
rising prices mean a rising
import bill and a consequent
ripple effect on inflation.
Cooking oil prices have al-
ready seen a jump of Rs 25/
litre in the aftermath of the
Ukraine crisis. In 2021, about
13 percent of India’s edible oil
(mainlysunflower)camefrom
Ukraine and Russia. Prices of
other oils like mustard and
palm may also see a spike.
While mustard, sunflower
and refined oil prices will di-
rectlyimpacthouseholdbudg-
ets, leading producers of
palm-oil based commodities
are likely to raise prices as it
has also become costlier.
In the case of wheat, the
war is proving to be a boon.
With disruption in supplies
from Russia, which is the sec-
ondlargestexporterof wheat,
Indiahassteppedupitswheat
export.Wheatfromthegrana-
ries of Gujarat, Rajasthan
and Uttar Pradesh is meeting
the requirement. However, if
steps are not taken to check
unlimited outflows from
warehouses of Food Corpora-
tion of India, supplies in the
domestic market will be ad-
versely impacted.
WAR IN UKRAINE IS
PUSHING PRICES
The war in Ukraine is
set to rend a jumbo-
sized hole in our
pockets. The biggest
contributor will be the rising
price of crude but there will
also be other commodities
which will take a hit.
Analysts warn that
crude may touch $150
a barrel in the event the
West puts sanctions on
Russian energy supplies
T
RAJ DHARMA 4
FROM PAST PRECEDENTS
TO FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
special high-
light of the
first Aarambh
were the ses-
sions with the
faculty from
S i n g u l a r i t y
University an
institution that
believes that ‘exponential
technology can give anyone,
anywhere, the ability to cre-
ate a positive impact in which
people and planet work in
harmony rather than at cross
purposes. Rather than worry
about ‘disruption’, it advo-
cates looking at the future
from the point of view of dis-
ruptive technologies, and
their impact on products, ser-
vices, and entrepreneurship.
The second Aarambh fo-
cused on the related themes
of Ek Bharat – Shresth
Bharat: Cultural diversity
and synergy in India as an
Influencer; Economic diver-
sity and oneness as strength,
Atma Nirbhar Bharat: In En-
ergy, Health and building
large systems for handling
black swan events and
Naveen Bharat: Research
Innovation in Education, In-
dustry, and Administration.
Officer Trainees made pres-
entations on these themes to
the Prime Minister.
‘Moving towards a sustain-
able Five trillion-dollar econ-
omy’ was the theme for the
third Aarambh held at SoU
on January 11 and 12. The is-
sues discussed included driv-
ers and constraints to
growth, strengthening the
Infrastructure pipeline, scal-
ing up the investment in the
private sector, new education
policy, and skilling and holis-
tic social protection infra-
structure.
In all the three Aarambh
programs, the key message
was that while it is good to
keep the past precedents in
mind, it was equally, if not
more important to look at the
possibilities which the future
held. Thus, even as the coun-
try celebrates the Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav, the next
twenty-five years are envi-
sioned as the Amrit Kal – the
dawn – for India’s century
2047-2147 which would see
the resurrection of India as
the knowledge hub and
thought leader of the world.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
A
SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer is Distinguished Fellow, USI Delhi
and Historian Policy Analyst. Also former
Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy
of Administration, Mussoorie
This phase marks the beginning of an IAS officers’
professional training in the Service. In addition to the
traditional attachments with the armed forces, the public
sector, municipal bodies, voluntary agencies, tribal areas,
Non-Government Organizations(NGOs) officers also see
new age infra projects in PPP mode. Thus, even as Yoga
Karmasu Kaushalam (YKK) remains the leitmotif – the
platforms and agendas are totally different: while at
Bengaluru ( then Bangalore)the 1985 batch trained with
the HMT (which is now defunct), the 2020 batch were
attached to the Bengaluru International Airport Limited
(BIAL), a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created with
LT, Siemens, Zurich airport and 13% share each of the
Union and Karnataka governments to establish a world
class airport in the PPP mode.
In this phase, officers develop actionable skill sets to dis-
charge administrative responsibilities in the first decade
of their career. This is usually as field functionaries in the
District Administration, or as CEOs in Zilla panchayats
or Municipal corporations. The focus is on partnerships
, working with people, non-adversarial communication,
and technology driven public systems which offer trans-
actions at near zero costs and a guaranteed time frame.
Over the years, district training has become more struc-
tured, and while the role of the DM as the mentor to the
officer trainee continues as before, institutional training
at ATI, attachments at the Secretariat and independent
charges have ensured that they get a 360-degree view
of the district administration. After a series of attach-
ments with the Collectorate, Zila Parishad, SSP, District
Session Judge, DFO, CMO, PWD, Municipal Corporation/
Council, officers are given independent charges, viz. that
of BDPO, Tehsildar and in some cases those of Executive
Officer in a Municipal Council.
Having spent a year with an ‘ear- to- the- ground’, this
phase is designed to ‘analyse individual and collective
experiences of District Training through a process of
structured reflection’. They also make a presentation
of their Action research reports in the district which
are evaluated by their peers, internal faculty and an
external domain expert.
An important highlight of this course is the ‘effective
SDO seminar’. It involves bringing one SDO from all
cadres from batches immediately prior to the one be-
ing trained. They share their experiences and provide
a nuanced view of the problems likely to be seen in
the field.
Till the outbreak of Covid, Officer Trainees also went
on a week-long Foreign Study Tour (FST) to the Civil
Services College, UK and the KDI at South Korea to
understand global best practices. On return, they write
a group paper highlighting the administrative practices
that can be adapted or replicated in the Indian context.
The Academy awards a Masters’ Degree in Public
Management (recognized by the Jawaharlal Nehru
University) to Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Officer Trainees on completion of their two-year long
induction training.
From 2015, the Department of Personnel and Training
has been entrusted with ASAP on completion of their
phase II Training at LBSNAA, Mussoorie. It must
be clarified here that the ASAP – is not training, but
an on-the-job assignment. The idea was to expose
officers to the actual implementation, monitoring and
review of policies and programmes of Government
of India implemented at the district and sub- district
levels. Officers are assigned important Desks in the
Ministries and report to Deputy Secretaries/Directors.
It must also be placed on record that several state
governments, including West Bengal, Telangana and
Tamil Nadu had expressed initial reservations on this
training as they felt that younger officers are best sent
to the field after the Mussoorie training.
YOGA KARMASU KAUSHALAM:
YOGA IS A SKILL IN ACTION
THE DISTRICT TRAINING:
LEARNING BY ‘SEEING AND DOING’
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONALS
MAKING SENSE OF THE JIGSAW: THE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY’S
ATTACHMENT PROGRAM (ASAP)
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
YOU READ RAJ DHARMA 3 IN FIRST INDIA
ON FEBRUARY 22, 2022
In 3 Aarambh programs, key
message was that while it is
good to keep the past
precedents in mind, it was
equally, if not more
important to look at the
possibilities which the future
held. Thus, even as country
celebrates Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav, the next
twenty-five years are
envisioned as the Amrit
Kal – the dawn – for
India’s century 2047-
2147 which would see the
resurrection of India as the
knowledge hub and thought
leader of the world
Officers also work on assessing the ground level
implementation of programs like Swachh Bharat or
Poshan Abhiyan The 2018 batch studied the status of
brick kiln workers to understand the gap between the
legal norms and entitlements for migrant workers and
their children, and the ground reality. From 2019, offic-
ers have been assigned the responsibility of identifying
commodities, products and processes which have /
can have the GI tag and document the forward and
backward linkages

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INDIA
05
Abhishek Mishra
Lucknow: Ever heard
the Hindi saying “Teen
Tigada, Kaam Bigada”?
Well the BJP may wit-
ness such a ‘Kaam
Bigada’ in days to come
as three BJP MPs in Ut-
tar Pradesh are very
angry and it has been
declared also. The BJP
is assessing the impact
of their displeasure on
voting and BJP leaders
are of the view that at
least in their own area
and in the areas nearby
to their own constitu-
ency, there must have
been some significant
impact of this disgrun-
tlement. The reason for
this is that these three
MPs are relatively pop-
ular and influential.
Voting has been com-
pleted in the Lok Sabha
constituencies of these
three MPs.
Sultanpur MP Mane-
ka Gandhi, Pilibhit MP
Varun Gandhi and
Budaun MP Sanghmi-
tra Maurya have
worked silently or ac-
tively against the BJP.
Maneka Gandhi has not
given any statement but
everyone knows that
she is upset over being
dropped from the Union
Cabinet. She has not
even got a place in the
party organisation and
the party has not asked
her to campaign in Ut-
tar Pradesh. Therefore,
there is a possibility of
loss to the BJP in the
five assembly seats of
Sultanpur i.e. her con-
stituency
.
Her son and Pilibhit
MP Varun Gandhi has
openly opposed the poli-
cies of the central and
state government and
made a statement
against it. He has been
tweeting continuously.
Therefore, there is a
possibility of loss to the
BJP in his area and the
surrounding Terai are-
as. The case of Sang-
hamitra Maurya is dif-
ferent from these two.
Swami Prasad Maurya,
father of Badaun MP
Sanghamitra Maurya,
has joined the Sama-
jwadi Party. That is
when Sanghamitra, de-
spite being a BJP MP,
has openly sought votes
against the BJP. So,
there is a possibility of
damage to the saffron
party in areas other
than these MPs’ con-
stituencies.
‘TeenTigada’ofBJPMPs,‘KaamBigada’inUPpolls!
INTERNAL RIFT WITHIN BJP
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh is witnessing a
four-cornered contest
this Assembly election.
While the ruling
Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party
(BJP) un-
der the
leadership
of Chief
Minister Yogi
Adityanath is seeking a
second consecutive
term, it is a do-or-die
battle for the Samajwa-
di Party led by Akhile-
sh Yadav and BSP led by
Mayawati. Uttar
Pradesh has voted al-
ternatively voted for
the SP and BSP before
2017 when the BJP
pulled off a stunning
win, dethroning the SP
government.
This time, the BJP is
hopeful that the coun-
try's most populous
state will break this
trend and vote over-
whelmingly in its fa-
vour, delivering a clear
majority again. The
Congress which is con-
tinuously losing its
ground since its 2014
loss, is also expecting a
change in its fortune
with general secretary
Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra spearheading
the campaign.
Besides Uttar
Pradesh, Assembly
polls are also being held
in Uttarakhand, Pun-
jab, Manipur and Goa.
Barring Punjab, the re-
maining states are
ruled by the BJP.
PM’S LS SEAT VARANASI SET FOR SPOTLIGHT
TheVaranasidistrictiswitnessingamulti-corneredcontestamongtheBJP,SamajwadiPartyandCongress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi. —FILE PHOTO
LAST PHASE OF UP POLLS TODAY
Rush of political leaders at
Kashi temple in final phase
Varanasi (PTI): As
the fiercely contested
Uttar Pradesh assem-
bly elections enter
the final round, the
Kashi Vishwanath
temple here is wit-
nessing a rush of po-
litical leaders.
They have been mak-
ing a beeline at the fa-
mous shrine dedicated
to Lord Shiva since the
past few days in Vara-
nasi, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s parlia-
mentary constituency
and the focus of the sev-
enth phase of the As-
sembly elections.
Friday was a busy
day for the temple as
Modi, Congress leaders
Rahul Gandhi and Pri-
yanka Gandhi Vadra
and Union minister
Smriti Irani came to of-
fer prayers.
The Prime Minister,
who held a roadshow in
the city on Friday to
drum up support for
BJP candidates, went to
temple before the mega
programme ended.
Hours before Modi,
Rahul Gandhi and Pri-
yanka Gandhi paid a
visit to the temple. Irani
had come earlier.
Samajwadi Party
president Akhilesh Ya-
dav, who was in the tem-
ple town to hold a road-
show on Friday
, reached
the shrine at night to
seek blessings.
On Wednesday, West
Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee ar-
rived in Varanasi and
paidavisittothetemple.
Thiruvananthapuram
(PTI): Indian Union
M u s l i m
L e a g u e
President
and promi-
nent spir-
itual lead-
er Panak-
kad Sayed Hyderali
Shihab Thangal died
at the age of 74 on Sun-
day. Thangal remained
indisposed for the last
few months. He passed
away at a private hospi-
tal at Angamali in Er-
nakulam district.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath on
Sunday met Indian stu-
dents who have been
braught from war-torn
Ukraine, at his official
residence. The students
were evacuated under
the government of In-
dia’s special “Opera-
tion Ganga” mission.
During the interac-
tion, the students from
different parts of Uttar
Pradesh who have re-
turned from the war-
hit Ukraine expressed
their gratitude to
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi and Chief
Minister Yogi Adity-
anath and lauded the
government for rescu-
ing them when they
had lost all hope. “Modi
hai toh Mumkin hai”,
they said.
“It is shameful that
some ‘politicians’ in In-
dia do not want our In-
dian students to return
safely. They are still do-
ing politics amid the
ongoing Ukraine-Rus-
sia crisis,” Yogi said.
IUML chief Sayed
Hyderali Shihab
Thangal dies at 74
Modi hai toh mumkin
hai: Rescued students
Assam civic elections: Over 50% polling till 2 pm
Guwahati: Over 50
per cent voter turnout
has been registered till
2 pm, as polling for 80
civic bodies in Assam
progressed peacefully
on Sunday, a State
Election Commission
official said.
Though the voting
percentage was low at
20.73 per cent in the
first three hours of
polling, which com-
menced at 8 am, it has
been on an increasing
trend, he said.
Voting will end at 4
pm. “The voter turn-
out till 2 pm has been
50.23 per cent,” the of-
ficial said.
Electronic Voting
Machines are being
used for the first time in
the history of civic elec-
tions in the state.
No report of any un-
toward incident has
yet been received, the
official said.
A total of 2,532 candi-
dates are in the fray,
with the ruling BJP hav-
ing the maximum num-
ber of 825 nominees.
Kolkata (ANI): West
Bengal Governor
Jagdeep Dhankhar and
Assembly Speaker Bi-
man Banerjee had an
hour-longinteractionon
Sunday regarding the
session of the House
commencing from Mon-
day
, as the state’s consti-
tutional head wrote to
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee seeking a dia-
loguewithherattheear-
liest. The governor had
invited the Speaker for
an interaction on,
among other things, live
coverage of his address
to the House on Monday
complaining that it had
been “blacked out on
earlier occasions.
“There was (an) inter-
action at Raj Bhawan
todaybetweenGovernor
and Assembly Speaker
for an hour regarding
the upcoming assembly
session, Dhankhar
tweeted. The Assembly
has been summoned by
the governor at 2 pm on
Monday after an im-
passe over the timing of
the sitting of the House
with the Governor tak-
ing the stand that a typo-
graphical error in an
earlier communication
that gave the unearthly
2 am as the time of com-
mencement of the budg-
et session, could only be
changed if the cabinet
met again and passed
another resolution cor-
recting the time while
following all constitu-
tional procedures.
WB Guv talks to Assembly Speaker
JP NADDA CHAIRS MEET WITH BJP'S NAT’L GEN SECRETARIES
New Delhi (ANI): BJP national president
JP Nadda on Sunday chaired a meeting
with national general secretaries at the
party headquarters in the national Capi-
tal. This comes on the eve of the last
and seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh
Assembly elections, which will see poll-
ing in Varanasi the Lok Sabha Assembly
constituency of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. Eight Assembly seats in Varanasi
will be in the focus in the last phase of
the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
BJP chief JP Nadda with other party leaders
in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Refurnished temple complex of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.
WhenwilltheMaharashtra
Government ‘retaliate’?
Moni Sharma
Mumbai: The loud-
mouth leaders of the
Shiv Sena-led MVA
government of Maha-
rashtra are shooting
verbal barbs and cau-
tioning BJP every day
.
Shiv Sena has said
that the names and
exploits of ‘Dirty Doz-
en’ of BJP will be re-
vealed. That is, a doz-
en BJP leaders will be
exposed. Party MP
Sanjay Raut has said
that a cell is being pre-
pared for four senior
BJP leaders in jail.
Such things are being
heard for the last sev-
eral months and in
the meantime, the
BJP-led central gov-
ernment has started
cracking down on
Shiv Sena, NCP and
Congress leaders.
The state govern-
ment sent a BMC team
to probe the alleged
illegal construction
of BJP leader and Un-
ion minister Narayan
Rane’s bungalow in
Juhu and within two
days, senior state
minister Nawab Ma-
lik went to jail. Earli-
er, a BMC team had
demolished an alleged
illegal construction at
the house of film ac-
tress Kangana Ranaut
and a few days after
that, Anil Deshmukh,
who was the state’s
home minister, was
put in jail. Raids have
been conducted on
Sanjay Raut’s rela-
tives and close friends
and many people, in-
cluding Praveen Raut,
are in jail.
Last week, the In-
come Tax Depart-
ment conducted a
raided on Shiv Sena
councillor Yashwant
Jadhav. His wife
Yamini Yashwant is a
legislator from Shiv
Sena. Prior to that the
Income Tax and ED
team had raided the
family members of
Sharad Pawar. That
is, the action of the
central government
agencies is increas-
ing and on the other
hand the rhetoric of
Shiv Sena leaders is
also increasing in the
same proportion.
Now it is to be seen
when, if at all, the
Shiv Sena-led govern-
ment retaliates. It is
believed that the way
Mamata Banerjee has
controlled the BJP
leaders in her state,
she has shared the
same mantra with
Sharad Pawar also.
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav
Thackeray with NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station for
the municipal polls. —PHOTO BY PTI
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party
(BJP) un-
der the
leadership
of Chief
UP
UP
UNION MIN SONOWAL CASTS
VOTE IN LOCAL BODY POLLS
Dibrugarh (ANI): Union Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday
expressed confidence over the
victory of BJP candidates in the
ongoing Municipal Corporation
polls in Assam as he visited a
polling booth station in Dibrugarh
district to cast his vote. Public is
happy with the development initia-
tives taken up by the Central govt
led by PM Modi, said Sonowal.
Discusses live coverage
of his address; writes
to CM Mamata seeking
early dialogue

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: Two phases
of polling are pending
in Uttar Pradesh and
one in Manipur. Voting
will end on March 7.
The results will come
on March 10. If we un-
derstand from the pre-
vious example, then
two days after the re-
sults are out, the prices
will start rising. On
May 2 last year, the elec-
tion results of West
Bengal and four other
states were declared
and two days after that,
the prices of petrol, die-
sel started increasing.
Afternearlytwomonths
of stability, prices start-
ed rising in such a way
that the fuel price, in
most parts of the coun-
try
, crossed the hundred
mark, while the price of
crude oil at that time
went up to $ 73 a barrel.
Now crude oil is at one
hundred dollars per
barrel. So, after the re-
sults of March 10, there
will be an increase in
inflation.
Its small tremors are
just beginning to be felt.
Just as there are small
aftershocks before a big
earthquake, similarly
small tremors are felt
before the rapid rise in
inflation. As the price
of milkincreased.Amul
and Verka have in-
creased the price of
milk and soon the price
of Mother Dairy and
other brands will in-
crease. The prices of
commercial LPG ie 19
kg and 5 kg cylinders
have increased. The
price of 19 kg cylinder
has increased by Rs 105
percylinder,afterwhich
its price has reached
above two thousand in
Delhi and above 21 hun-
dred in Chennai. Simi-
larly
, the price of five kg
cylinder has increased
by Rs 27 per cylinder.
The price of domestic
LPG i.e. 14 kg cylinder is
at nine hundred in Del-
hi, which is expected to
go to a historic high this
month. It is not possible
to even guess how much
the price of petrol, die-
sel will increase.
Elections over: Is it time for price rise?
MODI FLAGS OFF PUNE METRO, TAKES A RIDE
PM buys Metro ticket for inaugural ride, ensures convenient and comfortable travel for people of Pune; cost of project is over `11,400 crore
Pune (Agencies): Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday flagged
off the Pune Metro Rail
and later took a ride
from the Garware col-
lege to Anandnagar
metro stations. Prior to
boarding the metro
train, Modi unveiled a
plaque relating to the
project, took a review
of the entire project
from a senior official.
On board the train,
Modi interacted with
specially-abled children
during the 10-minutes
journey at Anandnagar
metro station. The PM
reached the Garware
metro station after un-
veiling a statue of
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj at the Pune
municipal corporation
headquarters. He was
accompanied, among
others, by Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Singh
Koshiyari, deputy chief
minister Ajit Pawar,
Leader of Opposition
and former CM Deven-
dra Fadnavis, Minster
for Urban Development
Department Eknath
Shinde, Pune Mayor
Murlidhar Mohol and
other dignitaries.
ALL IN A DAY
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Pune
Metro Rail Project, in Pune on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi enhancing Pune’s
development journey and rides in Pune Metro with the
school children after inaugurating it, in Pune on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY ANI
PM WITH YOUNG FRIENDS!
PM Modi unveils Shivaji Maharaj statue
Pune (PTI): Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi on
Sunday unveiled a stat-
ue of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj on the
premises of Pune Mu-
nicipal Corporation.
The statue is made up of
1,850 kg of gunmetal
and is about 9.5-feet tall.
Making a pitch for
the rejuvenation of riv-
ers, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Sun-
day called upon people
to observe ‘Nadi Utsav’
in urban cities once a
year to spread aware-
ness among people for
water conservation in
society
.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays floral tributes to the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj after
unveiling it on the premises of Pune Municipal Corporation, in Pune on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
PM DEDICATES
150 ELECTRIC
BUSES FOR
TRANSPORT
Pune (ANI): Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Sunday
dedicated a fleet of
150 electric buses,
manufactured by
Olectra Green, for
public transport.
Besides, PM Modi
also inaugurated
a state-of-the-art
electric bus depot
and charging station
in the Baner locality
of Pune during an
event, the Hyderabad-
based manufacturer
of e-buses said.
MAHARASHTRA DY CM’S NEW DIG AT GOVERNOR IN FRONT OF PM
Pune (PTI): Maha-
rashtra Deputy
Chief Minister Ajit
Pawar on Sunday
said some people
holding high posts
were making unnec-
essary comments
and this was not ac-
ceptable to the peo-
ple of the state.
NCP leader Ajit
Pawar made the com-
ments, apparently
aimed at Maharash-
tra Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari, at
Pune’s MIT College
ground, where PM
Narendra Modi and
the governor were
present during the
inauguration of var-
ious projects.
On Sunday, before
PM Modi’s public ad-
dress, Pawar said, “I
want to bring one
thing to the PM’s no-
tice. Of late, some
people holding im-
portant positions are
making unnecessary
comments which are
not acceptable to
Maharashtra.”
“ChhatrapatiShiva-
ji Maharaj and his
mother Rajmata Ji-
jau formed Swara-
jya. Mahatma Jyoti-
ba Phule and Kranti-
jyoti Savitribai Phule
(both social reform-
ers from Maharash-
tra) laid the founda-
tion for women’s ed-
ucation. We need to
carry forward their
legacy without hold-
ing grudges against
anyone and without
bringing politics into
the development
works,” the NCP
leader said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated by Maharashtra
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. —PHOTO BY ANI
IN THE COURTYARD
Rape case: SC stays death sentence,
orders psychological evaluation
New Delhi (PTI): The
Supreme Court has
stayed the operation of
the death sentence
awarded to a man con-
victed for raping and
murdering an 11-year-
old girl in Dehradun in
2018. The SC, which was
hearing an appeal filed
by the convict against
the January 2020 ver-
dict of the Uttarakhand
High Court which had
confirmed the death
penalty awarded to him
by a trial court, directed
that psychological eval-
uation of the appellant
be done and its report
be placed before it.
“Issue notice of lodg-
ment of appeal to the
state of Uttarakhand,
returnable on May 4,
2022,” a bench headed
by Justice UU Lalit
said.
SC UPHOLDS
DISMISSAL
OF CISF
CONSTABLE
New Delhi (PTI):
The Supreme Court
has upheld a 2001
order sacking a CISF
constable, who had
allegedly assaulted
an officer after he
reprimanded him
for sleeping during
patrolling duty,
saying a sense of
integrity, discipline
and camaraderie is
“paramount” given
the nature of the
force.
MEDIA UNDER ATTACK: EX-TOP COURT
JUDGE’S DON’T ‘TOE THE LINE’ ADVICE
New Delhi (PTI): For-
mer Supreme Court
judge Justice Madan
B Lokur noted on Sat-
urday that the media is
under attack “in many
ways” in the country
but the freedom of
press is a fundamental
right guaranteed un-
der the Constitution
and journalists must
stand up to protect it.
Addressing a pro-
gramme organised to
present the IPI-India
awards for excellence
in journalism, he said
a series of events, in-
cluding lodging of
FIRs against scribes
and putting them un-
der arrest for doing
their job, has had “a
chilling effect” on me-
diapersons, forcing
them to become “far
more cautious than
they ought to be”.
Prez Kovind flags off fitness
run at Rashtrapati Bhavan
New Delhi (PTI): Pres-
ident Ram Nath Kovind
on Sunday organised a
run at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan here to promote
fitness and health con-
sciousness as part of
‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahot-
sav’ celebrations, an of-
ficial statement said.
‘Azadi Ka Amrit Ma-
hotsav’ is an initiative
of government of India
to commemorate 75
years of independence.
The run was flagged
off by the President and
First Lady Savita Ko-
vind, the statement is-
sued by the President’s
office said. The 5-km
run started from the
Rashtrapati Bhavan
forecourt and ended at
the Rashtrapati Bhavan
sports complex, it said.
Along with the Presi-
dent, senior officials
and staff of the Presi-
dent’s Secretariat par-
ticipated in the run, it
said.
President Ram Nath Kovind flags off a run in New Delhi on
Sunday. First Lady Savita Kovind also present. —PHOTO BY ANI
WILL WE WITNESS ANOTHER
WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS?
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: Is the Cov-
id-19 pandemic over or
there is still a possibil-
ity of its return? Now
less than 10,000 new
cases are being record-
ed in India every day
and the death toll due to
infection has also come
down significantly. De-
spite this, a study has
been done by IIT Kan-
pur, according to which
the Covid-19 pandemic
may spike again. Ac-
cording to this study,
the fourth wave of Cov-
id-19 may start around
June 22 and peak from
mid to late August. If it
comes, then its effect
will be there for the
next two months.
Keep in mind that the
third wave was not very
deadly
. It was definitely
contagious but not
many people died in it.
This was because the
Omicron variant that
caused the third wave
was not lethal. But it
can’t be said that if any
next wave comes, it will
be similarly less lethal.
Situation can also be
like the second wave. It
depends on the variant
and its potency
. If a new
variant comes, it can be
dangerous too. Accord-
ing to the study by IIT
Kanpur, the nature of
the variant and the sta-
tus of vaccination will
ascertain how the
fourth wave will
behave.
Keep in mind that
when the world is con-
sidering the virus to be
over, it has caused hav-
oc in Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, under
the zero covid policy,
everyone has got the
vaccine. Despite this,
there has been an epi-
demic of corona and
the administration
there is preparing for a
very strict lockdown
like China. Therefore,
it can be dangerous to
consider that the Cov-
id-19 pandemic is over
as of now.
—FILE PHOTO
Week after Imran met Putin,
Pak NSA’s visit to UK cancelled
New Delhi: Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran
Khan’s visit to Moscow,
which coincided with
the Russian invasion of
Ukraine, seems to have
caused a diplomatic re-
percussion for the coun-
try — the cancellation
of National Security
Adviser Yusuf Moe-
ed’s official trip to the
United Kingdom.
Moeed was supposed
to land in London Sat-
urday to meet his Brit-
ish counterpart, he
could do neither of the
two events in person.
According to news re-
ports from Pakistan,
the UK government
cancelled the proposed
visit due to the coun-
try’s stance on Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine.
The Pakistan PM’s
two-day visit to Russia,
along with his first-ever
summit meeting with
President Vladimir Pu-
tin, had run concur-
rently with the invasion
on 24 February
.
3 killed, 36 injured after bus
carrying labourers overturns
Shahdol (PTI): Three
passengers, including a
minor girl, were killed
and 36 others injured
after a bus carrying la-
bourers from Chhattis-
garh to Uttar Pradesh
overturned in Shahdol
district of Madhya
Pradesh.
The accident took
place around 11.30 pm
onSaturdayatPathkhai
Ghat, some 35 km from
the Shahdol, when the
private bus was on way
to the Lucknow,
Sinhpur police station
in-charge Rameshwar
Uike said.
—FILE PHOTO

New Delhi (PTI):
Czech carmaker Skoda
is mulling to drive in
electric vehicles in the
Indian market as it ex-
pects the green
mobili-
ty segment to pick up
significantly in the
country over the next
few years, acc to a sen-
ior company official.
The automaker,
which is witnessing a
turnaround in its do-
mestic business, how-
ever, has
no plans to get into the
CNG space in the im-
mediate future.
“We will have to (get
into the EV segment)
because we plan a long
term future in India,”
Skoda Auto India
Brand Director Zac
Hollis told when asked
if the company is look-
ing to launch electric
vehicles in the coun-
try.
“We estimate that
by 2030, 25-30% of
the market would be
electric cars and we
need to make sure
that we play our
part, so we will
bring EVs to the
market,” he added.
Hollis noted that
group firms like Audi
and Porsche have al-
ready started to launch
high-end electric vehi-
cles in the Indian mar-
ket.
“The electric car
launches from the
group enable us to see
how the technology is
working in the Indian
road conditions and
climate and also it will
help us learn from the
dealer aspect as well,”
he started.
When asked about
the launch timelines,
Hollis said: “Can’t give
a timeline as it is still
under discussion.”
On the introduction
of CNG models, he
stated: “We have no
short term plans for
CNG...the problem is
that with our platform,
technology and TSI en-
gines we cannot be
competitive and a CNG
car is predominantly
at a lower end of the
market.
“I think that is the
issue we need to look
at.. so no plans in the
short term but we will
keep reviewing it.”
Many domestic car-
makers are expanding
their CNG product
lineup in the country
amid an increase in
fuel prices and a drop
in diesel car sales.
BIZ BUZZ
07
Promoted by
AU Small Finance Bank
UKRAINE CONFLICT LIKELY TO AFFECT
GROWTH: RBI MPC MEMBER VARMA
New Delhi (PTI): Emi-
nent economist Jay-
anth R Varma on Sun-
day said the Russia-
Ukraine conflict is
likely to have adverse
effects on both econom-
ic growth as well as in-
flation and policy mak-
ers must remain alert
and ready to respond
rapidly to the emerging
situation.
Varma, who is also a
member of the Mone-
tary Policy Committee
(MPC) of the Reserve
Bank, in an interview
to PTI said inflation is
higher than target,
though it is within the
tolerance band.
Listing challenges
faced by the Indian
economy, Varma said
while the economy
has yet to recover
from the cyclical
economic slow-
down which began
around three years
ago, investment has
remained subdued
during this period, and
private consumption
has not fully recovered
from the pandemic.
“The economy faces
new stresses emanat-
ing from geopolitical
tensions,” he said, add-
ing that inflation is
higher than the target
t h o u g h
within
the tolerance band.
Varma, who is a pro-
fessor of finance and
accounting in IIM
Ahmedabad said: “The
conflict is likely
to have adverse
effects on both
e c o n o m i c
growth and on
inflation... Poli-
cy mak-
e r s
must in
m y
v i e w
remain alert
and stand
ready to re-
spond rapid-
ly to the
emerging sit-
uation.”
A s i a ’ s
third-larg-
est econo-
my is pro-
jected to
grow 8.9% in
the fiscal year
ending March 31, slow-
er than previously an-
ticipated 9.2%, accord-
ing to the recent gov-
ernment data.
“RBI projected 2022-
23 inflation to be not
much above the target
of 4%, but the degree
of confidence in this
point estimate is quite
low, and there is a non-
trivial chance of infla-
tion ending up above
the tolerance band.”
Varma further noted
that the opposite is also
true and the possibility
of inflation being much
lower than the estimate
cannot also be ruled
out.
He pointed out that
the reason why it is so
difficult to forecast in-
flation (both in India
and globally) is that
supply disruptions
have been a big contrib-
utor to rising prices,
and it is hard to say
how long these disrup-
tions will last.
He said the pandem-
ic shifted demand from
contact intensive ser-
vices to goods.
“Consequently, there
has been a shortage of
goods on the one hand
and a surplus capacity
in services. Relative
price changes that
make goods more ex-
pensive and services
cheaper are one way to
rebalance the econo-
my,” the eminent econ-
omist opined.
Eco yet to recover
GovtmaydeferLIC
IPOtonextfiscal
amidUkrainecrisis
New Delhi (PTI):
The government is
expected to defer
the mega initial
public offering
(IPO) of LIC to
the next finan-
cial year as the
ongoing Rus-
sia-Ukraine war
has dampened
fund managers’
interest in the
public issue,
market experts
said on Sunday.
The government
was looking to sell
5% stake in Life In-
surance Corpora-
tion (LIC) this
month, which
could have fetched
over `60,000 crore
to the exchequer.
The IPO would
have helped meet
the curtailed disin-
vestment target of
`78,000 crore this
fiscal.
“The current ge-
opolitical issue be-
tween Russia and
Ukraine makes the
global equity mar-
kets jittery. Indian
markets also react-
ed negatively to
this development
and corrected near-
ly 11% from their
all-time high.
“Thus, the cur-
rent market vola-
tility is not condu-
cive for the LIC
IPO and the gov-
ernment is most
likely to defer the
issue to next fiscal
year,” Arijit Mala-
kar, Head of Retail
Equity Research,
Ashika Group,
said.
Skoda set to play part in green mobility space
Centre may
miss revised
disinvestment
target
India set to
export record
7 mn tonnes
wheat this yr
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia will miss its re-
vised disinvestment
target for the second
time in the past eight
years by a wide mar-
gin, as the govern-
ment may not be able
to raise an expected
over `60,000 crore
from the IPO of in-
surance behemoth
LIC in 2021-22.
Since the Modi
government came to
power in 2014, it was
only in 2019-20 that it
failed to achieve the
revised CPSE disin-
vestment target of
`65,000 crore. The
mop-up during the
year was only `50,304
crore. So far, the gov-
ernment has collect-
ed `12,400 crore and
was banking on LIC
IPO to achieve the re-
vised target of
`78,000 crore.
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia is set to export a
record of 7 million
tonnes of wheat this
year as a rally in
global prices gives
the India an opportu-
nity to gain market
share. “Indian wheat
exports have picked
up. By the end of Feb,
we had already ex-
ported 6.6 million
tonnes of wheat. Still
one month is left”,
the most senior civil
servant at the Minis-
try of Consumer Af-
fairs, Food and Pub-
lic Distribution, told
reporters.
New Delhi (PTI): The
government is plan-
ning to strengthen the
rail infrastructure and
has stressed on com-
missioning 14 critical
coal-evacuation rail
projects for faster
transportation of fuel,
as higher fuel prices is
likely to put pressure
on the railways for
transportation of do-
mestic coal.
The projects include
-- Tori-Shivpur Rail-
way Line (on Deposit
Basis), Jharsuguda-
Barpali-Sardega Rail
Link at Ib-Valley Coal-
field of MCL in Odisha
(on deposit basis) and
Shivpur-Kathautia
Railway line (through
SPV).
In a meeting held
last month, under the
Chairmanship of Coal
Secretary A K Jain, the
status and progress of
these projects was re-
viewed.
Thermal power gen-
eration from imported
coal-based plants is
likely to drop further
due to higher fuel pric-
es and would put stress
on the railways for
transportation of do-
mestic coal.
“Almost 8% of the
thermal power genera-
tion used to come from
imported coal-based
plants, which has fall-
en to 3% due to higher
coal prices. This is
most likely to drop fur-
ther in future, this will
bring stress on rail-
ways for transporta-
tion of domestic coal
in order to eliminate/
substitute import of
thermal coal,” Jain
said.
According to the
minutes of the meet-
ing, this issue is linked
with the necessity of
energy for the country
.
Govt working on 14 critical
coal-evacuation rail projects
GST COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER
RATIONALISING
SLABS
BCCL’S OUTPUT
UP BY RECORD
61% IN FEB
2022 TO 3.24 MT
New Delhi (PTI):
The GST Council in
its next meeting may
look at raising the
lowest tax slab to
8%, from 5%, and
prune the exemption
list in the Goods and
Services Tax regime
as it looks to increase
revenues and do
away with states’
dependence on
Centre for compensa-
tion, sources said. A
panel of state finance
ministers is likely to
submit its report by
this month end to the
Council suggesting
various steps to raise
revenue, including
hiking the lowest slab
and rationalising the
slab. Currently, GST
is a four-tier structure
attracting a tax rate
of 5, 12, 18 and 28%.
Essential items are
either exempted or
taxed at the lowest
slab, while luxury and
demerit items attract
the highest slab.
Luxury and sin goods
attract cess on top of
the highest 28% slab.
Ranchi (PTI): Coal
India’s subsidiary
BCCL has posted a
record 61% growth in
its production to 3.24
million tonne (mt)
in February this year
over the correspond-
ing month last fiscal.
Bharat Coking Coal
Ltd (BCCL), a Dhan-
bad-based subsidiary
of the Maharatna
public sector under-
taking, also claimed
that it registered
the highest offtake
growth of around
66% to 2.93 mt dur-
ing the last month.
“BCCL has achieved
a record growth in
coal production and
dispatch in Feb 2022
as compared to the
same month last fis-
cal,” the miner said.
The output increased
by 61% in the last
month to 3.24 mt as
compared to 2.01 mt
in Feb 2021. The coal
offtake was at 2.93
mt last month, up by
66% from 1.76 mt in
the year-ago month,
BCCL said.
AWAITING RBI GUIDELINES ON SWIFT: PNB
COSTLIER CRUDE OIL PUSHING UP PRICES: JSPL
New Delhi (PTI): Country’s second-largest bank Punjab
National Bank (PNB) has said it was awaiting advisory
from the finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) regarding SWIFT-related transactions with Russian
entities. “...we have not received any advisory from the
RBI/Finance Ministry regarding SWIFT-related transac-
tions with respect to Russia. Any action in this regard
shall be taken after receipt of guidelines from RBI or
finance ministry,” PNB said in a response to queries on
Russia-related transactions.
New Delhi (PTI): There is a need to control energy
prices across the globe as rising crude oil rates, amid the
Ukraine-Russia conflict, are making raw materials costlier
for the steel industry, according to a top industry execu-
tive. On the ongoing conflict between the two countries,
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) Managing Director V
R Sharma said, “It is a very unfortunate situation. Some
oil companies are taking advantage of the situation... Re-
spective governments across the world can keep a price
control as everything is run by energy.”
FPIS PULL OUT `17,537 CR FROM INDIAN MKTS
New Delhi (PTI): Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pulled
out as much as `17,537 crore from the Indian markets
in just three trading sessions of March as investors’
sentiment got dented by the uncertainty triggered by
the Russia-Ukraine conflict and rising crude oil prices.
As per depositories data, they pulled out `14,721 crore
from equities, `2,808 crore from debt segment and Rs 9
crore from hybrid instruments between March 2-4. This
took the total net outflow to `17,537 crore. “The market
sentiments have been impacted globally by the uncertainty
triggered by the war and the surge in crude,” said VK
Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Finan-
cial Services.
Projects include
The automaker,which is witnessing a
turnaround in its domestic business,
however,has no plans to get into the
CNG space in near future.

COVID-19
UPDATE
WORLD
60,17,280
TOTAL DEATHS
37,88,03,239
TOTAL RECOVERED
6,08,60,378
ACTIVE CASES
44,56,80,897
TOTAL CASES
INDIA
5,15,063
TOTAL DEATHS
4,23,88,475
TOTAL RECOVERED
59,415
ACTIVE CASES
4,29,62,953
TOTAL CASES
08
2NDFRONT
DAIRY GIANT AMUL EXPECTS
18% GROWTH IN THIS FISCAL
GCMMF looking at
`46,000 cr turnover
on better demand;
volume to rise 15%
First India Bureau
Anand: The Gujarat
Cooperative Milk
Marketing Federation
Ltd (GCMMF), which
markets dairy prod-
ucts under the Amul
brand, is expecting an
18% growth in its
turnover this fiscal
year to around
Rs46,000 crore on bet-
ter demand, its Man-
aging Director RS So-
dhi said.
India’s leading dairy
cooperative, GCMMF
had posted a marginal
growth of 2% during
the 2020-21 financial
year to Rs39,200 crore
despite the COVID-19
pandemic.
“We are expecting
around 18% growth this
fiscal year to about
Rs46,000 crore,” Sodhi
said, adding that the de-
mand for all products,
like butter, ice cream,
milk, has improved.
In terms of volume,
Sodhi said the growth
will be around 15%. Last
fiscal, GCMMF’s turno-
ver grew marginally as
sales of ice cream were
down 35%, mainly be-
cause of the nationwide
lockdown during the
summer to curb the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The commodity busi-
ness of products like
skimmed milk powder
(SMP) was also hit.
The cooperative sells
150 lakh litres of milk
per day, of which Guja-
rat contributes around
60 lakh litres, Delhi-
NCR 37 lakh litres and
Maharashtra 20 lakh
litres, he added.
GCMMF has an in-
stalled processing ca-
pacity of nearly 400
lakh litres per day
.
In this financial year,
it has hiked milk prices
by Rs2 twice: first from
July1duetoanincrease
in input costs and
again, last week, citing
an increase in milk pro-
curement prices.
In a statement on Feb-
ruary 28, the GCMMF
had said that the in-
crease of Rs2 per litre
translates into a 4% in-
crease, which is much
lower than average food
inflation.
“It is worthwhile to
note that in the last two
years Amul has made
only 4% increase per
annum in prices of its
fresh milk category,”
the GCMMF had said.
This price hike is be-
ing done due to a rise in
costs of energy, packag-
ing, logistics and cattle
feed that has led to an
increase in the overall
cost of operation and
milk production.
“Considering the rise
in input costs, our mem-
ber unions have also
increased farmers’
price in the range of
Rs35 to Rs40 per kg fat
which is more than 5%
over the previous year,”
the GCMMF said.
Amul as a policy
passes on almost 80 pai-
se of every rupee paid
by consumers for milk
and milk products to
milk producers.
“The price revision
shall help in sustaining
remunerative milk pric-
es to our milk producers
and to encourage them
for higher milk produc-
tion,” the GCMMF said.
The cooperative sells 150 lakh litres of milk per day, of which Gujarat contributes around 60 lakh litres. —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Surat: Chief Minister
Bhupendra Patel has
invited members of
the Nature Club of
Surat (NCS) to trans-
form the gardens at
his office and resi-
dence into biodiversi-
ty-friendly ones in
order to protect in-
digenous wildlife
such as birds, butter-
flies, and trees.
NCS president Sne-
hal Patel and his team
visited Gandhinagar
to attend a meeting of
the wildlife advisory
board, after which
they met the CM. Dur-
ing the meeting, CM
Patel invited NCS to
add biodiversity to the
gardens at his resi-
dence and office to
protect native wildlife
such as birds, trees,
and butterflies.
“After a site visit to
the garden, we gave the
CM suggestions includ-
ing organic gardening
without the use of pes-
ticides, planting of na-
tive plants and trees,
plants which attract
more birds and butter-
flies, use less water,
and on better use of
open space.”
The group has previ-
ously carried out such a
transformation at the
official bungalow of Su-
rat Mayor Hemali
Boghawala, who was
“quite impressed” by it,
he added.
“We will be submit-
ting a detailed plan of
action to the CM’s office
for the modification of
gardens at his office
and residence. In the
next phase, we will be
transforming all the
gardens at the official
bungalows of the cabi-
net and state ministers
in Gandhinagar,” Patel
also said.
The NGO has been
working in education,
adventure activities,
and rescue work since
1985.
First India Bureau
Vadodara: Concerned
citizens of Vadodara
have raised the issue
of untreated sewage
water being released
into the Vishwamitri
River on Sunday. Ac-
cording to them, sev-
en out of 9 sewage
treatment plants
(STPs) do not operate
adequately so as to
meet with the total
sewage discharged
into the river.
According to an offi-
cial report by the Guja-
rat Pollution Control
Board (GPCB), the total
sewage generation
must be 409 MLD based
on the assumed water
consumption of 490
MLD. This does not ac-
count for the unquanti-
fied groundwater usage
by the citizens of the
city. There are 9 exist-
ing STPs, three are un-
der construction (102.5
MLD) and three are in
the planning stage (294
MLD).
Additionally
, untreat-
ed raw sewage is dis-
chargeddirectlyintothe
Vishwamitri River, and
it is neither identified
nor documented with
respect to their specific
location, quantity, and
quality of discharge.
“The Vishwamitri
River, which is famous
for its crocodiles, has
now officially become
a dead river without
oxygen. The main rea-
son for that is the Va-
dodara Municipal Cor-
poration’s (VMC) sew-
age treatment plant.
The GPCB has also is-
sued notices to VMC
in this regard. Accord-
ing to a judgment of
the National Green
Tribunal (NGT), if the
STP does not follow
the prescribed rules,
they will have to pay a
fine,” said Rohit Praja-
pati, an environmen-
tal activist.
Surat nature club to add biodiversity to CM’s gardens
CONSERVATION EFFORT

Team will
redo
gardens at
CM’s
residence,
office to
protect native
wildlife CM Patel (second from right) met with (from left) Ashok Parikh, Snehal Patel and Ashish Vakil.
Vadodara environmentalists
raise concerns about industrial
pollution in Vishwamitri river
Sewage water discharge in the Vishwamitri River.
First India Bureau
Surat: Following an
order of Gujarat High
court, the Surat Mu-
nicipal Corporation
(SMC) has begun to
take action against 384
buildings that were
found to be violating
construction norms.
In the first phase, ac-
tion is being taken
against buildings that
are 15m or higher. So
far, authorities have
sealed 74 such build-
ings, and disconnected
drainage and water
connections in 53 build-
ings in which people
were found to be living.
Seven have been or-
dered to remove extra
construction.
Since the SMC be-
gan its drive, owners
of 59 buildings have
submitted documents
relating to impact fees
in a bid to have their
properties unsealed,
while six others have
applied for the Build-
ing Usage certificate.
The civic body has also
sent notices to around
180 building owners,
sealed three hospitals,
and partially sealed
155 hospitals. So far,
two hospital owners
have submitted the
necessary documents
for the removal of the
seals.
SMC is expected to
present its action-tak-
en report to the court
during the next hear-
ing, on March 10, of a
writ petition made in
the wake of increasing
fire accidents.
FUTURE
COPS
Aspirants are seen
preparing to take the
examination for the post
of Police Sub Inspector
at the Vadaj centre in
Ahmedabad on Sunday.
—PHOTO BY
HANIF SINDHI
Surat Municipal Corporation. —FILE PHOTO
Action taken against 384 buildings without BUC
If something stirs a feeling deep
inside you, it was meant to be -
it’s connected to your purpose.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India

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DESIGNERS DEPEND ON STYLISTS AND
PHOTOGRAPHERS TO CAPTURE AND
SHOWCASE THEIR CREATIONS THE BEST.
WITH RAPID CHANGING SCENARIOS AND LOW
ATTENTION SPAN, CREATIVITY NEEDS A BOOST
AND- ARTISTIC, ZANY, QUIRKY PHOTOSHOOTS
ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON TO DRAW
EYEBALLS AND HOLD THEM. CITY FIRST
CELEBRATES A FEW SHOOTS.
EXCENTRIQUE
POUR TOI
AHMEDABAD, MONDAY,
MARCH 7, 2022
This shoot
celebrates just
make-up, red
is a universal
shade regardless
of the dress. The
blank back-
ground focuses
only on the lips
while the flowers
and gloves shout
‘I am a lady’!
From cute dogs
to the majectic
lion- animals
have been chosen
to celebrate the
theme of a collec-
tion since decades.
The golden flow-
ing pantaloons,
bralette with a
tribal jacket find
an echo is the
haughty camel -
all celebrate the
uniquness of
the desert.
The beautiful spring
fashion gown is
highlighted with the
Japanese kimono look,
with the focus on eye
make-up as per the
same theme, however
the elaborate flowery
tiara gives it a look
of flamboyance.
Only one who knows
pain can celebrate
joy- the contrast
theme with white
brings out the abso-
lutely flawless cut of
the gorgeous black
dress and the while
pearl choker adds
to the stark look.
Black leather patent dress shot in
a ripped blue frame hints that with
this dress you will ‘always’ make an
entry- what else do you want?
The mixed hues hint at meloncholy and the photographer
highlights the aspect with the model’s body language,
hair style and shadowed eyes as the light artfully plays
across with shadows on her legs and shoulder blades.
In-motion photograph with an art-heist theme
shows off the silver ball gown underlaid with
electric blue. This is something which will
remain in memory for a long time.
The bright forest green
frayed denim skirt and
jacket strongly moves
away from the denim
blue and the stylist
exploits the strong
colour with bold
eyeshadow and white
puffed sleeved top.

10
ETC
Similar treatment to women is a
must for the holistic
development of society
omen today have
education, em-
powerment and
freedom and can
very well under-
stand prejudicial
b e h a v i o u r
against them and mental
harassment. They know
how to fight their battles
and win back what is le-
gally due to them and
also their respect and dig-
nity
. Even if that requires
breaking the norms set
by the society and defin-
ing their own rules.
Still, we see only a few
women, howsoever edu-
cated they may be, dare to
challenge the accepted
norms and discriminato-
ry treatment being meted
to them at the workplace
probably in the fear of be-
ing ridiculed. It is mainly
because society has al-
ways undermined the
self-respect and individu-
ality of a woman. Her
problems are ignored and
her voice is suppressed
because she belongs to a
weaker gender.
Thus empowering
women is the fundamen-
tal right of women. They
should receive similar
treatment like men and
be involved in the deci-
sion making process at
every level. In other
words, they should have
proportionate rights to
contribute to society
But the fact is that for
years women have been
made to feel that they
should settle for less than
what they deserve. Also
as females, we always
have been taught to keep
patience, that in hopeless
situations it is better to
keep quiet than resist it,
that things will turn for
better after some time,
that harassment is not
something that we dis-
cuss or reveal to others
people. If a woman fights
for her rights, self-respect
and equality and refuses
to be a part of the patri-
archal framework, she is
branded as self-centred.
The basic idea of females
questioning the limits of
gender is not acceptable
to the patriarchal society
.
Our Constitution has
provided for equal rights
and opportunities to men
and women. Govern-
ments and people do also
talk about equality and
egalitarianism but rarely
work towards achieving
them. It is only limited to
granting balanced rights
to women. Governments
do make various acts and
provisions to provide a
healthy working environ-
ment and protection to
women personnel but
rarely sensitize the male
personnel on gender
equality
. In such a scenar-
io if any woman dares to
raise her voice against
inequality, gender dis-
crimination, unbalanced
working conditions and
intolerance, expresses
her opinion and asserts
herself at her workplace,
it is considered blasphe-
mous and sacrilegious for
the patriarchal frame-
work that can ruin her
career and peaceful life.
The point Is that is it so
hard to respect opinion-
ated and assertive women
in this male-dominated
society. Why a woman
cannot aspire to be inde-
pendent, why a woman is
not allowed to make a
choice to do ultimately
what she feels is right for
her, that a woman wish-
ing for something other
than a good husband and
marriage is still a hard
idea for the society to di-
gest. Even today women
are pestered about their
marriage plans than they
are even asked about
their professional ambi-
tions. Everybody in the
Indian household has
their own set of plans and
targets about their
daughter’s future specifi-
cally about her marriage
Our culture also glori-
fies the male ego no mat-
ter how reckless it is but
holds women on to whole
different selflessness and
magnanimous level. It is
expected of women that
they must be humble, big-
hearted, obedient, polite,
altogether virtuous. In
other words, our culture
applauds women’s self-
sacrifice but abhors any
form of female assertion.
The patriarchal society
has always been aware of
the enormous capabili-
ties of women, which is
why it has imposed the
obligation of selflessness
on women. Right from
ancient times to modern
times, society has eter-
nalised the rhetoric of
selflessness to control
women. In fact, selfless-
ness is an instrument of
oppression that keeps
women from seeking po-
sitions of power. It denies
them the freedom to live
out their lives according
to their wishes and de-
sires, to prove their self-
worth, shackles them to
live up to other people’s
expectations, leaving
them, mentally
, emotion-
ally and physically ex-
hausted.
However, Today Gen Z
women are learning to
prioritise the self. They
are standing up for them-
selves and they should be
because when we honour
ourselves and our needs,
we take responsibility for
our own lives. We reclaim
what’s ours and establish
a framework to thrive.
These women are begin-
ning to see through the
false morality of selfless
sacrifice and are stand-
ing up for themselves.
This is necessary to pro-
tect their self-worth in a
society that’s relentlessly
misogynistic.
There is nothing wrong
with speaking your mind
or having an opinion.
When one is self-reliant
and confident, one doesn’t
get fazed by others’ opin-
ions. After all, it’s just an
opinion and not a fact and
we all are surrounded by
a sea of opinions. When
we are confident, the in-
ner voice becomes strong-
er than the outer noise.
So the characteristics
of assertiveness, bold-
ness and opinion are not
bad things at all, rather
they are very good traits.
And yes we all agree on
this point that, irrespec-
tive of gender, society
out of its manipulation
tactics do label good peo-
ple with firm stance rude
when they actually are
not and many times re-
ally kind.
So we need to under-
stand that being asser-
tive and opinionated is
fine but at the same time
giving respect and being
tolerant to others’ opin-
ions is also important for
the harmonious and bal-
anced development of
society.
So dear society, please
accept a woman for who
she is and remember, she
has every right to defy the
norms you have set for
her. She will and should
have an opinion of her
own. All her perceptions
and approaches to self-
care are also necessary
for her personal growth.
Every woman needs to in-
dividually think about
what’s good for her. Put
herself first. Value her
worth. Recognise that she
is deserving of dignity.
Pleasing people in one’s
life with no boundaries
whatsoever will only re-
sult in resentment. It is
good to give, sure, but it
is also important to re-
ceive, In fact, new re-
search in human decision
processes suggests that
by being selfish, you not
only get the best for your-
self but also maximise
the benefits for everyone
around you.
So ladies stand up, as-
sert and express them-
selves and realise your
worth. You must know
that opportunities will
not reach your laps, you
would have to determine
ways to create them. You
need to empower yourself
by being aware and con-
fiscating chances to bring
a shift in your status. At
the same time, be warned.
The patriarchal society
may try to demoralise
you first as it is espe-
cially cruel to women
who stand up for
themselves, You will
be called negative,
selfish, greedy
, cal-
culative. But re-
fuse the judge-
ment. Rise and
shine you will.
ALKA SAXENA
Additional Director, DIPR, Rajasthan
W

oday
, the world
over, great
pens will spew
reams of mat-
ter on women,
each with a dif-
ferent perspec-
tive, some flowery
, some
condescending!!
However, I cannot
take my attention away
from the sins against
women that never let
humanity experience
total equanimity or
peace. A woman carries
emotion, love, caring in
abundance. A woman's
greatest desire is a ro-
mantic relationship
seeped in trust fideli-
ty
.Imaginehowhersoul
isexcoriatedbytheugly
,
lust of strangers ravag-
ing her routinely
. A
woman's silent torment
scorchesthesoulsof the
perpetrators. Can there
be peace harmony in
theworldwherewehave
men suffering the
heat of that infer-
no? Can these dis-
dained women be
any less than the
netherworld??
Even though an ordi-
nary woman absorbs so
manyslightsduringher
lifetime, she is seldom
the cause of civil strife
or war. She is the Ganga
that accepts and cleans-
es all these sins, only to
face another sacrilege
against her very being.
The very fact that In-
ternational Women's
Day came to
becelebrated
as late as 1909, a f -
firms the centuries-old
bias, stereotyping dis-
crimination against
women. This male dom-
ination kept society in
the DARK MODE for
aeons. But as soon as
this Half of society
started participating on
an equal footing in
progres-
sive nations,
theyovertookthe
rest of the world by
leaps bounds. They
are now havens of pros-
perity
, becoming mag-
nets for migrants from
all corners of the world.
As this movement
g a t h e r e d
momentum on basic
issueslikevotingrights,
working conditions, the
right to hold public of-
fice,etc.,thesecountries
emergedfromtheDark-
ness of deprivation
illiteracy
.
Having said
that,itwould
be germane
to quote the fa-
mouspoet/lyricistSahir
Ludhianvi, whose birth-
day too falls today
. Even
as he spoke about the
underdogs of society
, he
reserved his greatest in-
tensity for the plight of
women pushed into
prostitution. He called it
the greatest iniquity of
humanity. His blister-
ing words will put to
shameanyoneworthhis
salt:TheseravagedCar-
avansof Life;Whereare
those custodians of the
great Egos; those who
are so proud of their
Culture,wherearethey
.
On this very special
day
, there must be a
pledge by those Custo-
dians to eradicate this
scourge from the face of
the earth. Otherwise,
uncalled-for and devas-
tating wars will contin-
ue to snuff out many a
precious life, as being
experienced currently
amongtheEasternSlav-
ic brothers!!
ETC
11
RAINU SINGH
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
CELEBRATING WOMEN
CELEBRATING WOMEN
God made woman,
A chef d’ oeuvre of
his creation
A pure heart lady
Beyond one’s
imagination
A heart full of love
And a mind full of
devotion
Emotions so deep
Like a never-ending
ocean
Of all her beloved
ones
She embraces their
souls
Adorably and
flawlessly
Playing her diverse
roles
A compassionate
aura
Her beatific vibes
In a part of her
heart
A whole generation
survives
Her extraordinary
percipience
A blessing of the
supreme
Her solicitousness
for the beloveds
Makes her the most
esteemed
Respect, love and
care
That’s all she
wishes
That’s the real
treasure
That’s the real riches
There’s a reason why
we refer
To the Earth as
our mother
And the reason
is that
Like a WOMAN,
there is no one other
AWOMAN
NAMAN JAIN
ये लुटे हुए कारवां ज़िन्दगी क
े ;
कहाँ हैं, कहाँ हैं, मुहाफ़ि़ि खुदी
क
े ; जिन्हें ना़ि है हहन्द पर, वोह
कहाँ हैं ?
ये लुटे हुए कारवां ज़िन्दगी क
े ;
कहाँ हैं, कहाँ हैं, मुहाफ़ि़ि खुदी
क
े ; जिन्हें ना़ि है हहन्द पर, वोह
कहाँ हैं ?

12
CITY BUZZ
GET VACCINATED
STAY MASKED
MITALI DUSAD
T
he much-awaited
15th edition of
the Jaipur Liter-
ature Festival
started on March 5 on
its brand-new virtual
platform. Music led the
way to the inaugural
session of the literary
extravaganza which
was graced by the high-
ly acclaimed artists
namely B.C. Manju-
nath, Darshan Doshi,
Nathulal Solanki,
Pramath Kiran
Praveen D. Rao.
The 2022 edition of
the iconic Festival be-
gan with an inaugural
address by Festival Co-
directors Namita
Gokhale and William
Dalrymple and Festival
Producer Sanjoy K Roy
.
Welcoming the audi-
ence, Namita Gokhale,
Festival Co-director,
Jaipur Literature Festi-
val, said, “The clouds of
war are gathering
around our planet; even
as we struggle to recov-
er from the pandemic,
we are faced by chaos
and disruption.
Through all this, the in-
spirations of literature,
music and poetry and
the solace of our shared
stories have continued
to sustain us. This edi-
tion of the Festival is a
celebration of heart,
mind and intellect. It
reflects the concerns of
the world around us as
well as the eternal ques-
tions and timeless an-
swers that literature
offers.” In his welcome
speech, Sanjoy K Roy
emphasised the fact of
understanding and
making sense of our
present. “We have to
look at our history and
be able to envision a bet-
ter future for our planet
and our children - what
better way to express it
than through literature
and writing? said Roy
.
UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR
uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in
Solo show ex-
hibition of
p a i n t i n g s ,
drawings, and
mixed media
work by Amri-
ta Ghosh titled
‘Aranyer Adhikar’ is
being organised at Vis-
ual Art Gallery, India
Habitat Centre New
Delhi from Today. The
exhibition deals with
the subject and idea
that revolves around
the human relation-
ship with nature and
the forest. And in es-
tablishing this rela-
tionship human atti-
tude towards nature
and the world plays a
very vital role.
Mahasweta Devi’s
1977 novel ‘Aranyer
Adhikar’ (Right to the
F o r e s t )
has played a large
and significant role in
this series. The way
she has portrayed
Birsa Munda and his
connection with the
forest and his mother-
land and its people, in
this novel, has deeply
inspired me. This exhi-
bition includes works
titled 'Birsa and His
Mother Forest', 'Ulgu-
lan’, and ‘The Ninth
of June 1900’.
Amrita says “I can’t
express in words how
strongly the literary
creations like Ra-
bindranath Tagore’s
‘Religion of The For-
est’, ‘Tapovan’, ‘Aran-
ya-Devata’, ‘Bolai’,
‘Chhinnapatrabali’;
Bibhutibhushan Ban-
dopadhyay’s ‘Aran-
yak’ or ‘Pather Pan-
chali’; poems of Jiba-
nanda Das and Shakti
Chattopadhyay have
inspired me and how
enormous their influ-
ence has been in this
artistic journey of
‘Aamaar Aranya’.
It's indeed a vast sub-
ject. I have tried to pre-
sent my perception of
and feeling towards the
subject of the human
relationship with forest
and nature in my semi-
figurative style and po-
etic and imaginative
association. “ This ex-
hibition includes
works of various sizes
ranging from 24ft X 5ft
to 8 inches X 6 inches.
INSPIRING
INSPIRING
Art!
Art!
A
NIGHT!
FASHIONABLE
FASHIONABLE
CITY FIRST
T
he three-day
fashion event
'Gurugram In-
ter national
Couture Week 2022' is
featuring runway
shows and entertain-
ment for both estab-
lished fashion
brands and up-and-
coming designers
was held at Huda
Gymkhana, Guru-
gram.
The third day wit-
nessed an exclusive
collection by design-
ers Nitin Singh,
Christine Strom,
MukeshDubey
,Chait-
anya Rao among oth-
ers. The Internation-
al Couture Week 2022
by The Black page
Fashion Host Pvt Ltd
is being held at Huda
Gymkhana, Guru-
gram.
Designer Chris-
tine Storm was held
at Huda Gymkhana,
Gurugram on Sun-
day. She is based in
Reno, USA. Her col-
lection, titled 'Trans-
form' is inspired by
the theme 'Course to
Club to Resort'.
The beauty of the
collectionisthatafew
pieces are Golf and
can be mixed and
matched with Bling
tomakeitaClubwear.
The flowy resort
pieces with serene
prints in
blues and
greens are a
treat to the
eyes.
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt went on a Leopard Safari in Jhalana on Sunday. Dutt was fortunate
enough to have close contact with a Leopard when visiting Jhalana for the first time. During
the safari, he was led by Hemant Dabi and State Wildlife Board member Dhirendra Godha who
documented the Leopard Sighting. Sanjay Dutt also paid a visit to the Interpretation Center and
expressed his delight at being able to go on a Leopard Safari in the heart of the city.
On the occasion of
International Women's Day,
this year, March 9, at the
Ahmedabad Management
Association, a wonderful
8-hour award program will
be organised with the vision
to create a new world.
Former Mayor of Ahmedabad
Meenakshi Ben Patel,
Harshaben Patel and Malti
Mehta will grace the event
and will honour such women.
—
PHOTOS
BY
MANOJ
KESHARWANI
AND
SHAZID
CHAUHAN
Jaipur Literature Festival 2022
SANJU BABA SEEKS ADVENTURE!
WOMEN AND POWER!
Collection by IIFT
Actor Sanjay Magnani
walked on ramp for
designer Nitin Singh Show Shilpa Dara
Collection By
Chaitanya Rao
Collection by Mukesh Dubey
Serena Singh, Sanjeev malik
and Vanndana Vaadera with guests
Chetan Seth and
Amit
Renesa Rastogi
and Devika Kapur
Collection by RAR Studio
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abhijit V. Banerjee
Namita Gokhale
During the festival
Collection by Christine strom
Collection
by
Mukesh
Dubey
Collection by Christine strom

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