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MODI
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Modi completes
21 years in office
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odi Hai To Mumkin Hai’ – it’s an all-
encompassing phrase, describing the
Confidence, Trust and Faith in a
leader, who inspires a vast multitude
of populace within India and abroad.
Never before has India witnessed
such a cult following within the
political landscape – a leader,
whose popularity index scaled as
high as 90% and even at its worst
has not fallen below 68%. Political
observers across the world are per-
plexed at this remarkable feat, but for
Narendra Damodardas Modi, this is
the norm.
Clocking the highest number of
days in a public office – 7,670 and still
counting – Prime Minister Modi
stands taller than the Former Prime
Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru and
Mrs. Indira Gandhi in terms of num-
ber of days in Public Office. Pursu-
ing an ‘India First’ policy, Modi
has re-enforced the idiom of ‘
Aat-
manirbhar Bharat’ – ‘Swatantra
Bharat’ – ‘Vishwa Guru Bharat’.
As India marches ahead, it reso-
nates the clarion call of its most
popular leader – ‘Yeh Desh Jhuke-
ga nahi, Sar Utthakar – Seena Tan
kar Aage Badhega’…. See P10
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AJAY KUMAR
PM Narendra Modi

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SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Just as the boyhood, youth and
old age come to the embodied
Soul in this body, in the same
manner, is the attaining of
another body; the wise man is
not deluded at that.
—Bhagavad Gita
IN-DEPTH
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Delighted to meet Global CEO, @
Deloitte and dear friend Mr. @
PunitRenjen. Had good exchanges on
harnessing the full potential of India’s
talent, creating opportunities for our
youth in smaller towns and on India’s
rapid strides towards becoming a
digital-first economy.
Rajnath Singh
@rajnathsingh
Visited Medanta Hospital, Gurugram,
today & received information from
the doctors about the health and well
being of former Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh, Shri Mulayam Singh Yadavji.
I pray to God for his speedy recovery.
TOP TWEETS
LABOUR LEADER
WOOS INDIANS
WITH VOW TO
FIGHT HINDUPHOBIA
olitics in Britain
seems to be getting
divided on somewhat
religious lines after
last month’s violent
clashes between Hindu and Mus-
lim groups in Leicester after an
India-Pakistan cricket match.
Britain’s Indian-origin Home
Secretary Suella Braverman
said that the clashes happened
because of failure to integrate
migrant communities. Firing a
salvo against Indians she brand-
ed them as “the largest group of
people who overstay” their visas
in the UK and hinted that she
would not back a trade deal that
promises more visa concessions
to Indians. India has countered
her claims and said that action
has been taken on all cases
raised by the Home Office.
Britain’s opposition leader
came to the defence of Indians
using, for the first time, the term
Hinduphobia. Addressing a
large group of British Indians,
Labour Leader Keir Starmer
vowed to fight ‘Hinduphobia’
and divisive politics.
With Indians forming the sin-
gle largest ethnic minority,
Starmer’s outreach to Hindus is
understandable. Next UK elec-
tions are due in 2025.
P
o history is com-
plete without con-
flictingclaimsand
counter-claims.
From most
Mughal architecture in north
India being claimed as Hindu
temples or belonging to Hin-
dus by self-claimed owner-
shipof landonwhichamonu-
ment stands, the debate has
moved down South and is
centred around the religious
identity of Raja Raja 1, the
first Chola king, whose pow-
erful dynasty ruled southern
India, Sri Lanka, Sumatra
and Maldives for around
three centuries. More precise-
ly
, the debate is about whether
the Chola king was a Hindu.
Tamil film-maker Vetrima-
ran stoked the controversy
with his statement that the
Chola king was not a Hindu.
Veteran actor Kamal Haasan
stirredthepotbyrepeatingVe-
trimaran’s claim. “Continu-
ously
, our symbols are being
snatchedfromus.Saffronising
Valluvar or calling Raja Raja
Chola as a Hindu king is con-
stantlyoccurring.”Theaward-
winning film-maker made the
remarks after the release of
Mani Ratnam’s movie Ponni-
yin Selvan. It is based on a fic-
tional account of Raja Raja
Cholan. Kamal Haasan gave
thecontroversyanewtwistby
claiming that Raja Raja Chola
was not even a Hindu.
Telangana Governor Ta-
milisai Soundararajan called
these statements as attempts
toconcealHinduculturaliden-
tities and warned that people
will raise their voice against
them. The BJP’s H. Raja as-
serted that the Chola king was
indeed a Hindu and asked the
two film personalities to iden-
tify any church and mosque
built by the powerful ruler.
Whether he was Hindu or
not can be debated but there
is evidence of Shiva and
Vishnu temples, including
the Brihadeshwara temple in
Thanjavur, built by him.
RAJA RAJA BUILT SHIVA,
VISHNU’S TEMPLES
N
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation:
Chairmanship Opportunities for India
he Shanghai Cooperation Or-
ganisation (SCO) is a Eura-
sian political, economic, and
securityorganization.Itisthe
world’s largest regional or-
ganisation in terms of geo-
graphicscopeandpopulation,
covering approximately 60%
of the area of Eurasia, 40% of
the World population, and
more than 30% of global GDP
.
The SCO is the successor to
the Shanghai Five, formed in
1996 between the China, Rus-
sia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan. On 15 June
2001, the leaders of these na-
tions and Uzbekistan met in
Shanghai to announce a new
organization with deeper po-
litical and economic coopera-
tion; the SCO Charter was
signed on 7 July 2002 and en-
tered into force on 19 Septem-
ber 2003. Its membership has
sinceexpandedtoeightstates,
with India and Pakistan join-
ing on 9 June 2017. Several
countries are engaged as ob-
servers (Afghanistan, Bela-
rus, Iran and Mongolia) or
dialogue partners (Sri Lanka,
Nepal, Turkey Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Cambodia).
With Iran signing a member-
ship agreement to become a
permanent member (Apr
2023) and Turkey the first
NATO member announcing
its bid for permanent mem-
bership, the SCO is inching
closer to be viewed as an anti-
Western alliance.
TheSCOhasbeentermedas
the “
Alliance of the East” and
has been viewed as a Chinese-
dominatedorganization.How-
ever, considering the current
membership, including Rus-
sia, India and other central
Asian countries, especially in
the prevailing global socio-
economic environment, the
SCO has evolved into a formi-
dablealliance,whichtheworld
is beginning to take a serious
noteof. BothRussiaandChina
have initiated their respective
ambitious projects in the re-
gion; the Eurasian Economic
Union (EEU) and the Collec-
tiveSecurityTreatyOrganisa-
tion (CSTO) by Russia and
China has launched its mega
project Silk Road Economic
Belt (SREB), often referred to
as the Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI).Therotatingpresidency
of the SCO to India that com-
menced in Sep 2022 is an op-
portunity as well as a chal-
lenge for India to carve out a
nicheforitself inaRegionthat
is of vital importance to it.
THE CURRENT
SCENARIO
The US withdrawal from Af-
ghanistanandreemergenceof
Taliban brings instability and
possible turmoil in the region.
The region faces problems
of security issues, fight
against terrorism, ethnic
separatism, religious extrem-
ism and economic and infra-
structural development.
Absence of any Western
country or its allies as a SCO
member makes it look like
anti West and SCO has com-
menced broadening its base.
India joining the Quad-
comprising India, US, Japan
and Australia and I2U2 with
US, Israel and UAE irks Chi-
na and seen as a challenge to
its growing global influence.
Russia, the CARs and Paki-
stan have all joined China’s
controversial global infra-
structure programme BRI
spanning over 100 countries
minus India is a major point
of concern.
Broadening of base by in-
cluding Bahrain, Maldives,
Kuwait, UAE and Myanmar
as the new dialogue partners,
and process for Egypt, Saudi
Arabia and Qatar are already
in progress.
China aims to align with
RussiatocounterUSandthat’s
whyavoidsanydirectreference
to Ukraine war. China intends
to use the SCO platform to
emerge as its strongest leader.
Russia aims to show to the
West that it is not isolated
and still holds international
sway. Though there were no
takers of its misadventures
vis-à-vis Ukraine.
Modi’s position on Ukraine
war has not really gone well
withPutinbutithasexhibited
India’s will to exert its stand
oninternationalissuesfirmly
.
The other challenges for
SCO include - Adverse impact
of Ukraine war on economy
and environment, Sino-Indi-
an border tensions, Conflict
on Kyrgyz - Tajik border, Con-
flict on dialogue partners Ar-
menia and Azerbaijan bor-
ders, Indian concerns about
food and fertilizers shortages
and fuel security, Enhancing
bilateral trade (US$6 trillion)
among SCO members and
Floods in Pakistan.
Indian Role and Opportuni-
ties in SCO. A milestone in
India’s ‘Look North’ policy
was achieved when the baton
of the SCO Chairmanship has
been passed to India and now
the real challenge lies in over-
coming the current brewing
issuesandrestoringcredibility
of the SCO as one of the most
viable and biggest global fora.
India could change the ex-
isting narrative and add sub-
stance to their policy of “No
Single” power shall dominate
the Region.
Indianapproachof multipo-
lar order in its immediate re-
gion and globally and not let-
ting the platform look like an
anti-West arrangement.
India can assist in finding
mutual and local solutions to
the problems of Central Asia
and introduction of a Silk
Road Visa on the pattern of
Shengen visa.
Indian participation in the
International North South
Transport Corridor (INSTC),
Chabahar Agreement and
joining the Ashkhabad
Agreement needs to be fur-
ther consolidated.
India will have to deal with
containing China’s expand-
ing national security narra-
tive, check further isolation
of Russia and countering
growing Chinese clout.
Amicable solution to border
disputesamongCARmembers.
Handling arch rival Paki-
stananditscontinuousefforts
underminingIndianinterests.
Encourage mutual cooper-
ation among members; create
economic opportunities, and
furtherance of existing In-
traregional trade.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
India can assist in finding
mutual and local solutions
to the problems of Central
Asia and introduction of a
Silk Road Visa on the
pattern of Shengen visa.
Indian participation in the
International North South
Transport Corridor,
Chabahar Agreement &
joining the Ashkhabad
Agreement needs to be
further consolidated
COL RAJESH BHUKAR
The author has been Head Security
Rajasthan Operations of Cairn Energy and
DGM HR in Jindal Saw Ltd

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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, NEW DELHI & MUMBAI
‘INDIA HAS
POTENTIAL TO
LEAD INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION’
INDIA OBJECTS
TO AMERICAN
ENVOY’S VISIT
TO POK
NOBEL PEACE TO ALES, RUSSIAN & UKRAINIAN GRPS
Oslo: Belarusian human rights activist Ales Byalyatski got the
Nobel Peace Prize. Byalyatski was awarded the prize on Friday
alongside Russian human rights organisation Memorial and
Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties.
Kevadia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
on Friday that India has the potential to lead the
fourth industrial revolution and the government
has worked on reforms to make the country a
manufacturing hub of the world. P6
New Delhi: India has conveyed its objections to
the United States over the recent visit to Pakistan-
Occupied Kashmir by the American Ambassador
to Islamabad, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said said on Friday.
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REAL DEVELOPMENT OF N-E
BEGAN AFTER 2014: SHAH
Northeast was considered just a tourist destination earlier, says HM in Gangtok
Gyanvapimosque:
Judgesaysneed
clarityover‘Shivling’
Varanasi (Agencies):
The court of Varanasi’s
senior-most judge on
Friday deferred its or-
der on a plea seeking
carbon dating of a pur-
ported ‘Shivling’ found
inside the Gyanvapi
mosque complex. The
court will pronounce its
order on October 11.
The plea by Hindu wom-
en petitioners sought
scientific investigation,
including carbon dat-
ing, of the ‘Shivling’
found during a video
survey carried out on
the orders of a lower
courtinthetempletown
earlier this year.
The court sought
clarifications from the
lawyers for the women
petitioners on two
points: Whether the
purported ‘Shivling’
can be made a part of
the case or not and
whether the court can
actually order any sci-
entific investigation.
Gangtok (ANI): Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah, who is on a three-
day visit to the north-
east, on Friday said that
the region was only con-
sidered a “tourist desti-
nation” before Naren-
dra Modi became PM.
Shah noted that the
“real development” of
thenortheastbeganonly
after Modi took over the
office of the Prime Min-
ister in 2014. The re-
marks of the Home Min-
ister came at a Coopera-
tiveDairyConclave-2022
of Eastern and North-
eastern regions.
“In 75 years of inde-
pendence, before Naren-
draModibecamethePM,
thenortheastwasconsid-
ered only a tourist desti-
nation. After he became
the PM, the real develop-
ment of the northeast
began,” Shah said.
He said that PM
Modi-led government
has decided to set up
65,000 active Primary
Agricultural Credit So-
cieties (PACS).
“Modi govt has decid-
edtosetuparound65,000
active PACS. We’ve de-
cided that within five
years every panchayat
will have one PACS and
a dairy each,” he said.
Amit Shah being welcomed upon his arrival, at Lebing Helipad, in Gangtok on Friday. He reached
Gangtok to inaugurate the Eastern and North-Eastern Zones’ Dairy Cooperative Conclave.
Amit Shah during the unveiling ceremony of a statue of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, at Raj Bhawan in Gangtok. —PHOTO BY PTI
Muslim devotees come out after offering prayers amid tight security,
at Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
“OVERWHELMED”
BY PEOPLE’S
RECEPTION, SAYS
HM AMIT SHAH
CONG PREZ POLL:
KHARGE AHEAD OF
THAROOR IN TN
‘SHEER MADNESS’,
SAYS CONGRESS
AMIT SHAH, JP NADDA ARRIVE IN ASSAM
Gangtok: As Amit Shah
reached Sikkim’s Gang-
tok on Friday, people
were seen on both sides
of the road to welcome
the Home Minister with
the national flag in hand.
Sharing a video of the
same, Shah tweeted,
“Grateful to the people of
Sikkim for such a warm
reception in Gangtok. I
am overwhelmed.” Shah
is on a three-day visit to
the Northeast. He inau-
gurated Sardar Vallabhb-
hai Patel’s statue at Raj
Bhavan in Gangtok. State
Governor Ganga Prasad
was also present on the
occasion.
Chennai: Senior Congress
leader Mallikarjun Kharge has
emerged as the favourite for
the party’s presidential poll
among the cadres in Tamil
Nadu after a majority shunned
a meeting called by fellow
contestant Shashi Tharoor. Of
the 710 voters in the Congress
electoral college from Tamil
Nadu, a handful attended the
meeting convened by Tharoor
to seek support for his candi-
dature at the state Congress
headquarters, Satyamoorthi
Bhavan on Thursday.
New Delhi: The Congress
slammed the BJP-led Union
govt in connection with the
summons issued by the ED
to DK Shivakumar to appear
before it on Friday in the mid-
dle of its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’,
saying that the BJP has lost
sanity by directing central
agencies to issue summons
against Shivakumar.
Guwahati (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP
chief JP Nadda arrived in Guwahati on Friday to attend
different programmes in the Northeastern state. Shah and
Nadda arrived on separate flights. They were received at
Guwahati airport by CM
Himanta Biswa Sarma,
Union Minister Sarbananda
Sonowal, state BJP presi-
dent Bhabesh Kalita, and
party MPs. Shah chaired a
high-level official meeting
on the annual floods in
Assam, and also hold discussions with the BJP’s Assam
core committee at the state guest house later in the even-
ing. On Saturday, Shah along with the BJP president will
inaugurate the party’s newly-constructed state office at
Beltola, and also address a rally of party workers.
No intention of making Hindi
alone national language: RaGa
ED grills K’taka Cong
president Shivakumar
New Delhi (PTI): The
Enforcement Directo-
rate on Friday ques-
tioned Karnataka Con-
gress president DK Shi-
vakumar in the Nation-
al Herald money laun-
dering case. Shivaku-
mar told reporters here
that he was a “law-abid-
ing citizen” and hence
he was deposing before
the agency despite not
knowing why was he
exactly called.
Mandya: Cong leader
RahulGandhionFriday
said there was no inten-
tion of making Hindi
alone the national lan-
guage and threaten the
identity of regional lan-
guages. He said this dur-
ing his interaction with
representatives of edu-
cational institutions.
“There was a discussion
with Rahul about the
identity of Kannada. He
said everyone’s mother
tongue is important,”
said a senior leader.
Rahul Gandhi with deceased journalist Gauri Lankesh’s mother Indira
and sister Kavitha during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, in Mandya, on Friday.
Congress leader KC Venugopal is also seen. —PHOTO BY PTI
Govt asks CJI
UU Lalit to name
his successor
New Delhi: The Union
government on Friday
asked incumbent Chief
Justice of India UU
Lalit to name his suc-
cessor. According to the
convention,
Justice D Y
C h a n d r a -
chud is next
in line to be-
come the
CJI in order of seniority
.
He is likely to be named
as the next CJI by Jus-
tice Lalit. Current CJI
Lalit is to superannuate
on November 8 after his
brief tenure of 74 days.
NATIONAL
HERALD CASE
MUKESH AMBANI TO OPEN FAMILY OFFICE
IN SINGAPORE, MANAGER HIRED: REPORT
New Delhi (Agencies): Asia’s second-
wealthiest man, Reliance Industries
Ltd. Chairman Mukesh Ambani, is
setting up a family office in Singapore,
according to people familiar with the
move. The Mumbai-based billionaire
has picked a manager to hire staff for
the new entity and get it running, the
people said, asking not to be identified
because the matter is private. The
Ambanis have also chosen real estate,
one of the people said.
Rajasthan is the ideal State for investment: Chief Minister
Naresh Sharma &
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot stressed,
while addressing the in-
augural session of In-
vest Rajasthan Sum-
mit-2022 at JECC on
Friday, said that invest-
ments are being made
in the state on a large
scale only because of
the investment friendly
policies of the state gov-
ernment. The policy
framework here are in-
vestor oriented with
excellent road network
and quality human re-
source have played an
important role in bring-
ing investment to the
state, he said, and added
that many important
decisions have been
taken by the State Gov-
ernment to encourage
investment in the State.
Single window system
and one stop shop has
made it easier to get
necessary permissions
for setting up indus-
tries, he said.
Turn to P10, More on P9
INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF INVEST RAJASTHAN SUMMIT-2022
Gautam Adani addressing the media in the presence of CM Ashok
Gehlot, Sudhir Mehta, Dr CP Joshi, Vaibhav Gehlot, Shakuntla
Rawat, Mamta Bhupesh, Veenu Gupta and others on Friday.
CM Ashok Gehlot and Gautam Adani interacting during the Invest
Rajasthan Summit that commenced at JECC Sitapura on Friday. Dr
CP Joshi, Anil Agarwal, Shakuntla Rawat & Rajiv Arora also seen.
—PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
 MoU signing of
about `11 lakh crore,
10 lakh people will get
employment
 Gautam Adani
announces `60,000
crore investment in
Rajasthan
 Inauguration and
foundation stone
laying of 76 industrial
areas and units
 Rajasthan Ratna
Award to 6
personalities
WON’T LET GUJARAT FIASCO HIT RAJ: CM
GEHLOT ON INVESTMENTS IN STATE
Jaipur: An investment of about 11 lakh crores has been
claimed in the state through the Invest Rajasthan Sum-
mit. Addressing the inaugural session of the summit,
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that he knows that it
is not easy to get the investment of 11 lakh crores off
the ground. “But if half of this investment is also done
in Rajasthan, then it will prove to be a milestone for
Rajasthan,” he said. In his address, Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, re-
ferring to Vibrant Gujarat. Addressing Gujarat industrial-
ist Gautam Adani, who was present on the stage, he said
that when Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of Guja-
rat, he had organized Vibrant Gujarat. “But we all know
that the amount of investment was claimed at that time.
Out of that, only 10 to 15 percent landed on the ground.
To prevent this from happening to us, we have organized
a summit on the theme of Committed and Delivered. For
this we have already signed MoU and LOI. At the same
time, more than 40 percent of the investments are at the
stage of implementation,” he said.
2 SOLDIERS DIE IN
TANK BARREL
EXPLOSION IN UP
Jhansi: Two Indian Army
personnel including a
Junior Commissioned
Officer (JCO) died after a
T-90 tank barrel exploded
during the annual firing at
Babina Field Firing Ranges
in UP, Army officials
said on Friday. The field
exercise was held at
Babina Cantonment near
Jhansi on Thursday.
2 MP CONG MLAS
BOOKED FOR EVE
TEASING ON TRAIN
Bhopal: Two Congress
MLAs from MP were
booked for allegedly
harassing a woman while
they were travelling on an
overnight train. The alleged
incident was reported on
the intervening night of
Thursday-Friday when
they were travelling in a
AC coach of Rewanchal
Express (Rewa to Bhopal).
NCB SEIZES DRUGS
WORTH `120 CR IN
MUMBAI, GUJARAT
Mumbai: In a major drug
haul, the Narcotics Control
Bureau (NCB) recovered
MD drugs worth Rs 120
crore, officials said on
Friday. The drugs were
seized at 2 places in Gujarat
and Mumbai. A total of 50
kilograms of drugs were
recovered from Mumbai. In
Gujarat, a total of 10.350
kg were seized while four
persons were arrested.
AVALANCHE: 10
MORE BODIES FOUND,
TOLL RISES TO 26
Uttarkashi: Ten more bodies
were recovered from the site
of an avalanche, taking the
death toll to 26, the Nehru
Institute of Mountaineering
said on Friday. Two Cheetah
helicopters took off from
the Army helipad in Harsil to
join the search operations,
the officials said. The
avalanche had occurred at
a height of 17,000 feet on
Tuesday.
RECONSIDER TRAVEL
TO PAK, SAYS US IN
TRAVEL ADVISORY
Washington: The United
States has issued a travel
advisory to its citizens to
reconsider travel in high-
risk areas in Pakistan due
to terrorism and sectarian
violence. In a travel
advisory, the US has asked
its citizens not to travel to
Balochistan and Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa provinces,
due to terrorism and
kidnapping.
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Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: As the festive
season has started with
Dussehra, the number
of tourists has swelled
up in the state. It is ex-
pected that from Octo-
ber 15 to October 30, the
number of tourists vis-
iting the state will be
more than 5 lakh. The
travel trade is fully
geared up to welcome
the guests and dozens
of such packages have
been made, which have
got a lot of enthusiasm
among the tourists.
In the first 9 months
of this year, about 38
lakh tourists have come
to the state. There has
been a record increase
of 84% in the number
of domestic tourists.
Krishna Kanta Shar-
ma, deputy director of
the Archaeological De-
partment, said that the
development of infra-
structure facilities at
tourist places and vir-
tual tours also showed
confidence among tour-
ists about Rajasthan.
Tourism director
Rashmi Sharma said
that emerging as a mod-
el state in vaccination
clicked. “The state gov-
ernment constantly fo-
cused on domestic tour-
ists, the results were
excellent and more is
expected,” she said.
First India Bureau
Bundi: BJP state
President Satish Poo-
nia visited Bundi on
Friday to lay the foun-
dation stone of the
party office. During
visit he said Cong
leader Rahul Gandhi
has been cursing in-
dustrialist Gautam
Adani in his ‘Bharat
Jodo Yatra’ while at
the same time, Ra-
jasthan CM praised
Adani during Invest
Rajasthan summit
which shows huge
contradictions in the
words and deeds of
the Congress party
.
“There is a huge con-
tradiction in words
and deeds of the Con-
gress. On one hand,
Rahul Gandhi in his
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is
curing Adani and Am-
bani, on the other
hand, Rajasthan chief
minister Ashok Ge-
hlot praised Adani
during the invest Ra-
jasthan summit,” he
said. He also exuded
confidence that BJP
will come to power.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: The resident
doctors of SMS Medical
College and its constitu-
ent hospitals continued
to boycott outpatient
department (OPD) ser-
vices for the third con-
secutive day on Friday
in protest against the
new bond policy
.
The senior faculty
members of SMS Hospi-
tal looked after the OPD
services along with IPD
patients due to absence
of resident doctors.
However, the patients
still suffered with lack
of treatment owing to
an inadequate number
of doctors. Meanwhile,
Superintendent of SMS
Hospital, Dr Achal
Sharma inspected the
hospital and gave neces-
sary directions for
proper treatment of pa-
tients. Notably, the resi-
dent doctors are pro-
testing against the new
bond policy, appoint-
ment of residents
against the eligibility
criteria.
First India Bureau
Phalodi (Jodhpur):
Two children were
killed and twenty-five
others were injured in
Phalodi town on Friday
after a pick-up van lost
its balance and over-
turned. Police informed
the incident took place
under the Lohawat Po-
lice Station area on Fri-
day when the passen-
gers were heading to-
wards Ramdevra in
Jaisalmer. “The passen-
gers, all residents of
Rupana-Jaitana village,
were going to offer
prayers at Ramdevra
temple in Jaisalmer.
Around 25 km from
Phalodi, the speeding
pick-up van lost its bal-
ance and overturned.
Two children suc-
cumbed to injuries
while on their way to
the hospital, while 25
others injured were
rushed to the hospital
after the incident,” po-
lice said.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: An army as-
pirant climbed a stone
mining site in Kalwar
area on Friday after he
was caught appearing
for the army examina-
tion with fake docu-
ments. Police informed
the aspirant, Hari Ram
Gurjar (22), a resident
of Ajmer, had come to
appear for the army re-
cruitment exam on
Friday.
At around 5:30am on
Friday, Hari Ram Gur-
jar reached Biyani Col-
lege in Kalwar area.
The army officials
caught him at the entry
gate after they found
his documents suspi-
cious,” police said.
“Hari Ram fled from
the spot while docu-
ments of other aspir-
ants were being veri-
fied. He then went down
the stone mining site,
but due to the steepness
of the hill, he got stuck
in the middle. Later,
mining labourers were
called in to rescue him
from the stone mining
site,” police added.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The State Gov-
ernmenthasnominated
five members, includ-
ing Kishanlal Jedia as
the chairman of the
commission and Deep-
ak Dandhoria as the
vice-chairman in the
Safai Karamcharis
Commission.
According to the or-
der issued by Hridesh
Kumar Sharma, Direc-
tor and Joint Secretary,
Local Bodies Depart-
ment, Kishanlal Jedia
has been made the
chairman and Deepak
Dandhoria as the vice-
chairman while Sarv
Prakash Hadale, Om-
prakash Lohia, Devbala
Rathore, Satyanarayan
Bhumalya and Rahul
Maharaj have been
nominated members of
the commission.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: ADJ Court ac-
quitted a person
charged under the
Arms Act for uploading
a photo with a revolver
on social media. Court
said that mere upload-
ing of photographs
does not prove charges
under Arms Act. There
is no evidence that pho-
tograph caused fear or
induced any person to
commit an offense at-
tempting to disturb har-
mony in the state.
While presenting
challan in court, police
did not seize the revolv-
er in photo nor record-
ed statement of its own-
er. Court acquitted ac-
cused, Rohan Sharma,
for lack of sufficient
evidence.
In Dec 2019, police
had registered a case
against Rohan under
IPC and Arms Act.
Deepak Chauhan, advo-
cate of accused told
court that research of-
ficer did not recover
any weapon.
RAJASTHAN
04
Sangeeta Sharma &
Rajeev Gaur
Jodhpur: Rajasthan
International Folk Fes-
tival (Riff) is being
jointly hosted by Meh-
rangarh Museum Trust
and Jaipur Virasat
Foundation.On the sec-
ond day of five-day Riff,
there was a wave of
hymns in Jaswant Tha-
da in morning. Apart
from this, in Mahran-
garh Fort different
presentations by folk
artists throughout the
day attracted the atten-
tion of domestic and
foreign guests.
Here audience were
forced to dance on the
traditional folk dance
of the artists. When the
folk artists performed
Nirguna songs, the
whole atmosphere was
tied up. During this, for-
mer Naresh Gaj Singh
and Hemlata Rajya also
reached there and en-
couraged the folk art-
ists. This morning on
Jaswant thada started
with pleasing
hymns,when folk art
sinked in the pink cold
The foreign tourists
were overwhelmed by
hymnby the Bhajans.
Director of Jodhpur
Riff Mahotsav, Divya
Bhatia said that this
morning in Jaswant
Thada complex, this
time under Riff Don,
music artists of Megh-
wal community per-
formed bhajans.
This was followed by
performances of Pad-
mashree Anwar Khan,
Lakha and Pepa Man-
ganiyar in traditional
folk dances Chang,
Gair, Terah-Tali, Kalbe-
lia and Living Legends
at the Fort Festival.
During this, the domes-
tic and foreign tourists,
spectators and listeners
who came could not
stop themselves from
dancing. Artists of Ma-
lani Sanskriti Kala Ken-
dra presented a splen-
did Gair dance at Daul-
at Khana Chowk, Meh-
rangarh. Domestic and
foreign audience en-
joyed. ‘Women’s Voice
of Raj’ happened in
Chowklav Bagh in eve.
2nd
dayofmusicfestivalmesmerisesaudiencewithfolksongs
RIFF FOLK FESTIVAL
TOURISM BOOM DUE TO FESTIVE
SEASON,5LTOURISTSEXPECTED
Senior faculty
members looked
after the OPD along
with IPD patients
Audience enjoying performance of folk artists at Riff on Friday.
RaGacursesAdani&Ambani,
Gehlot praises them: Poonia
Resident doctors continue to boycott
OPD services for third consecutive day
2 children killed, 25
hurt after pick-up van
overturns in Phalodi
Naib subedar from
Jhunjhunu
martyred in tank
explosion in Jhansi
Long queues of patients outside OPD due to absence of resident
doctors at SMS hospital on Friday.
Victims being treated in a local hospital.
Month Tourist Revenue
Number (` in cr)
January 3,59,000 1.90
February 4,11,161 2.27
March 4,95,870 2.83
April 2,84,873 1.66
May 3,42,074 1.92
June 4,71,120 2.54
July 5,26,101 2.93
August 5,50,463 3.05
Sept 3,46,044 2.33
Total 37,87,706 21.45
NO OF TOURISTS AND
REVENUE (JAN-SEPT)
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The luxury
train Palace on Wheels,
recognized as cultural
ambassador in the
world, will chug off
from Saturday when the
CM will flag off the
Fame Tour of the royal
train in the afternoon.
From October 12, the
first official tour of this
season of the train will
start from Safdarjung
in Delhi. The train will
travel from Jaipur to
Udaipur via Ajmer. The
Fame Tour will be via
Chittorgarh, Bundi and
Sawai Madhopur.
With RTDC chair-
man Dharmendra
Rathore’s efforts, the
royal train will start
again after three years.
The train has been op-
erating since 1982 and
ranked among the best
10 trains in the world.
Its operation was
stopped during Corona.
Rathore had met the
Union Railway Minis-
ter and the Speaker of
the Lok Sabha also
seeking cooperation to
run the train again to
boost tourism in State.
PoWstartsfromOct12,CMGehlot
to flag off the‘Fame Tour’ today
In first 9 months of this year,
38L tourists have come to State
Manoj Tak
Jhunjhunu: A Naib
Subedar, hailing from
Gudha Bavni village of
Jhunjhunu, lost his life
after the barrel of a T-90
tank exploded during a
field firing exercise on
Thursday at Babina
cantonment in Jhansi.
Naib Subedar Sumer
Singh Bagaria, posted
in 55th Armoured Regi-
ment of Indian Army,
was among two army
jawans who were killed
in the barrel explosion.
As soon as locals
came to know about his
sad demise, a pall of
gloom descended on
Gudha Bavni village.
Singh had recently re-
joined his duty after
completing holidays
and had promised to
come for Diwali cele-
brations. He is survived
by his wife, 8-yr-old son
and 15-yr-old daughter.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Retired IAS of-
ficer Satish Chandra
Derashi has been ap-
pointed as member sec-
retary of State Finance
Commission. Governor
Kalraj Mishra on Fri-
day appointed Satish
Chandra Derashi as
member secretary of
sixth finance commis-
sion. He will remain on
post till the completion
of the tenure of State
Finance Commission.
Army aspirant held
duping,climbs mines
Safai Karamcharis
Commission gets head
Uploading arms photos
online not a crime: Court
State Finance
Commission gets
new member
Secretary
Jodhpur: The Marwar Festival will begin in Jodhpur from
Saturday. The festival, being jointly-organised by the De-
partment of Tourism and district administration will wit-
ness a slew of cultural activities including camel tattoo,
saafa tying competition, moustache competition among
others. The festival will also be held in Osian along with
Jodhpur. Assistant Director of Tourism Department, Dr
Sarita Fidoda informed, “A heritage walk will be held,
camel tattoo Show and military weapons exhibition will
also be organized by BSF at 8.30 am at umaid stadium.”
MARWAR FESTIVAL KICKS OFF TODAY
Satish Poonia performs Bhoomi Pujan of new party office
in Bundi. Also seen Ashok Dogra, Chandrakanta Meghwal,
Prabhu Lal Saini, Chitar Lal Rana, and others.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The owners
of Rawat Misthan
Bhandar on Friday
surrendered before
a PCPNDT court af-
ter an arrest war-
rant were issued
against them. The
owners, Bhudev
Devra, Aruna Devra
and Agya Devra,
surrendered before
PCPNDT Metro
(First) citing a com-
promise between the
parties. Notably, in a
petition was filed by
Digamber Singh and
others, it was stated
that establishment
grabbed the salary,
PF and ESI of the
employees.
ThePCPNDTcourt
while hearing the pe-
tition had issued ar-
rest warrant against
the defendants. Fol-
lowing arrest war-
rants, owners of
Rawat Misthan
Bhandar surrender
before court on Fri-
day.
Owners of RMB group
surrender before court
Om Birla on three-
day visit to Kota
from Sunday
First India Bureau
Kota: LS Speaker Om
Birla will be on 3-day
visit to Kota from Sun-
day. During
his visit to
Kota-Bundi
LS constitu-
ency
, he will
take part in
a number
of programs. Om Birla
will reach Kota on Sun-
day and will be on a
tour of Ramganj Mandi
area and on Sunday
will meet public at
camp office.

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Barely 19 hours
after the much-awaited
elevated road from
Ambedkar Circle to
Sodala was inaugurated
on Thursday, a road ac-
cident was reported on
the elevated road on
Friday. At around 11:30
am, a loading pick-up
van collided with a
height barrier. Sources
informed that traffic
movement was stopped
for half-an-hour on the
elevated road due to the
collision. “No one was
injured in the mishap.
The height barrier was
installed to stop move-
ment of heavy vehi-
cles on the elevated
road. However, as soon
as the pick-up van hit
the height barrier, it
immediately fell down.
The barrier was not
welded properly and
the nut-bolts were also
not properly screwed,”
informed a source.
“The barrier was later
moved on the road side
and traffic movement
was started,” added
the source.
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: After hullaba-
loo over Rajasthan rak-
ing number one in the
NCRB report, ADG
Crime Ravi Prakash
has sent some sugges-
tions to the Director of
NCRB about the annual
crime statistics.
In the annual crime
report of NCRB-2021,
Rajasthan ranked num-
ber one in the rape cas-
es. The Opposition took
up cudgels against the
government and even
the Chief Minister him-
self had to come in
front of the media say-
ing that this is being
done to tarnish the im-
age of the state.
ADG Ravi Prakash
believes that is NCRB
accepts these sugges-
tions, then there will be
more transparency in
the annual crime statis-
tics. The suggestions
are mainly regarding
rape and POCSO
The ADG has sug-
gested to divide rape
cases into 2 headings
according to age. It is
divided into women of
18 years of age and
above and women be-
low the age of 18 years.
In addition, Section 4
and 6 of the POCSO Act
also bears the title of
rape with children.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: Ahead of Di-
wali, the noise levels
have already started ris-
ingincity
.Evenafterthe
lockdown, the noise pol-
lution in the State capi-
tal Jaipur was more
than the set standards.
According to data of
the PCB, the level of
noise pollution is in-
creasing in the first 9
months of year. Noise
pollutionhasbeenfound
to be above normal both
during day and night.
The Pollution Control
Board has installed pol-
lution recording
devices at a
gardenRajBhawan,Mu-
nicipal Corporation Of-
fice at Patel Marg I in
Mansarovar, Science
Park of Shastri Nagar,
Raja Park Gali No. 3,
ChhotiChauparKotwali
Police Station, and out-
side Santokba
DurlabhjiHos-
pital.
RAJASTHAN
05
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Taking a sensi-
tive decision, the Ashok
Gehlot govt has given
relief intheexpenditure
limit for the treatment
of RGHS card holder
pensioners. RGHS Pro-
ject Director can ap-
prove the cost of treat-
ment up to Rs 2 lakh in-
stead of Rs 1 lakh.
SIPF director will be
able to approve the cost
of treatment from Rs 2
to Rs 5 lakh instead of
Rs 2 lakh. Also, the con-
cerned administrative
depts will now be able to
approve the cost of
treatment ranging from
Rs 5 to Rs 10 lakh. Ear-
lier, this limit was from
Rs 2 to Rs 5 lakhs.
CM’s relief for RGHS card holders
LIMIT UPGRADED
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CM Ashok
Gehlot govt has
given relief in the
expenditure limit
for the treatment
of RGHS card
holder, limit
upgraded upto
Rs 10L for
certain groups
NOISE POLLUTION SURGES
GIVING SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Data released by Pollution Control Board shows relative rise in 9 months this year
DAY NOISE
POLLUTION IN 9
MONTHS IN CITY
 Standard noise limit
in silent zone is 50
decibels
 55 decibels in
residential areas, 65
decibels in commer-
cial areas
 In garden area
behind Raj Bhavan
reached 73 decibels
 MC office at Patel
Mark, Mansarovar
76 decibels
 Science Park Shastri
Nagar 75 decibels
 Raja Park more than
72 decibels
 Kotwali police
station Chhoti Chau-
par more than 77
 Santokba Durlabhji
Hospital 77 decibels
NIGHT NOISE POLLUTION LEVELS
IN 9 MONTHS IN JAIPUR CITY
INCREASE IN POLLUTION LEVELS
AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR
 Standard noise
limit in silent zone
is 40 decibels
 45 decibels in
residential areas,
55 decibels in com-
mercial areas
 In garden behind
Raj Bhavan 70
decibels
 MC office at Patel
Mark, Mansarovar 70
 Science Park &
Shastri Nagar 68
 Raja Park over 70
 Kotwali Chhoti
Chaupar over 73
Hospital 73
 Behind Raj Bhavan
4% during day time
and 9% during
night time
hospital 2% in day
& 3% during night
 Mansarovar 4% in
day & 2% in night
 Shastri Nagar 2% in
day & 5% in night
 Raja Park an
increase of 6% in
day and a decrease
of 2% in night
 Chhoti Chaupar
4% in day and
1% in night
BJP councillor in ACB net for taking bribe
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: Ajmer ACB
team under the leader-
ship of DSP Rakesh
Meena, arrested Ma-
hesh Ranka, BJP coun-
cillor of Bijaynagar
Municipality, while
taking a bribe of Rs
30,000. The team has
also arrested the coun-
cillor’s brother.
Ranka became a top-
ic of discussion among
the people as soon as
the information spread
about him being caught
by the ACB. Meena
said that in the past,
the contractor of the
Municipal Council,
Arun Joshi, com-
plained that in lieu of
passing the bill for the
road construction
work done by him, the
councillor demanded
Rs 30,000 from him.
The ACB team later
verified the complaint
and laid a trap and
arrested the BJP
councillor while taking
the bribe from the
contractor.
Horizontal bar fell from the polls on Friday at new Elevated Road. —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
Traffic halts on Day 1 after
pick-up van hits height bar
ADG CRIME SENDS
SUGGESTIONS TO
NCRB DIRECTOR
AMID ROW OVER CRIME DATA..
BHARAT JODO SETU
The barrier was later moved on
to road side.
JDA had plan to
stop heavy vehicles
on newly built road
for 3 months
Accused Mahesh Ranka (brown t-shirt) and his aide in custody.
‘...will reply in due time’ says
Mahesh Joshi over AICC notice
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Government
Chief Whip Mahesh
Joshi on Friday said
that he has received the
show cause notice from
AICC and reply will be
given in due time.
However, he said that
there was no mistake on
his part. At the same
time, Joshi said that
when the Chief Minis-
ter has apologized to the
high command, then
everyone’s apology is
included in it. He said
that no work that
amounts to indiscipline
was done by him.
“I have never ques-
tioned the high com-
mand in my political
career,” he said, adding
that the reply to notice
willbegiveninduetime.
The notice is for hold-
ing a meeting of MLAs
held at the residence of
parliamentary affairs
minister Shanti Dhari-
wal on September 25. It
was held parallel to the
Congress Legislature
Party (CLP) meeting
convened at the chief
minister’s residence.
Terming it indisci-
pline, the AICC had is-
sued notices to Shanti
Dhariwal,MaheshJoshi
and Dharmendra
Rathore on the night of
September 27. Joshi, re-
ceived notice yesterday
.
Labourer’s throat
slit in city, dies
Jaipur (FIB): A labour-
er was allegedly mur-
dered in Shanti Nagar
area on Thursday late
night, police said. Police
informedthatthevictim
was working at an un-
der-construction. Pre-
liminary investigations
reveal that the labour-
ers were working till
11pm on Thursday and
murdered possibly took
place after midnight.
The accused allegedly
murdered the victim
by slitting his throat
from a paper cutter.
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Girlkidnapped,gang-raped,forcedfor
conversion at Kaman in Bharatpur
Devendra Bhattacharya
Kaman (Bharatpur):
A girl was allegedly ab-
ducted and gang-raped
at a gunpoint in Kaman
town of Bharatpur, po-
lice said. Police in-
formed the miscreants
even forced the victim
to change her religion
and perform a ‘Nikah’
with the accused.
“The girl was har-
assed, by the accused.
The miscreants even
filmed obscene videos
of the victim and threat-
ened to kill her brother.
After being continuous-
ly harassed, the victim
left the school. Later,
her sister was also har-
assed by the miscre-
ants,” police said. The
victims later narrated
the incident to her fam-
ily members, following
which, an FIR was filed.
“An FIR has been reg-
isteredinthematterand
the case is being investi-
gated,” police added.
Ranka is councillor
in Bijaynagar
municipalty and
sought `30K bribe
Raje in Bikaner
on Oct 9 and 10
Freedom fighters’
statues in Jaipur;
panel formed
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur : BJP’s National
Vice-President and for-
mer Chief Minister
Vasundhara Raje will be
on a visit to Bikaner on
Oct 9 & 10. During this,
she will participate in a
programme in Deshnok
and Mukam and may
also address a public
meeting in Bikaner.
There are also talks
about the return of for-
mer state minister Devi
Singh Bhati to the party
.
Prior to Raje, Ashok
Parnami, Rajpal S Shek-
hawat also visited Bi-
kaner in the past.
Jaipur (FIB): Statues
of freedom fighters and
martyrswillbeinstalled
at prominent places in
Jaipur. A cabinet sub-
committee has been
formed for this. Minis-
ter BD Kalla, Shanti
Dhariwal, Tikaram Jul-
ly, Shakuntala Rawat
and Rajendra Yadav are
in committee.
Secy Jitendra Upad-
hyay issued orders af-
ter an approval from
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot. The adminis-
trative department of
the sub-committee will
be an autonomous govt
dept and its secretary
will be member secy in
the sub-committee.
CM Ashok Gehlot
SEXAGENARIAN BOOKED IN 72 HOURS
MAN BOOKED FOR RAPING MINOR
CM TO MEET
PANEL HEADS
Alwar: A sexagenarian was arrested and presented
in court for raping a 19-year-old hearing impaired
from Naugawan area on Oct 2. After a rape case was
registered, the police arrested the accused. Accord-
ing to police, the girl’s mother had registered the
complaint. ASP Sarita Singh said that a case was
registered immediately. The challan of the accused
was also presented in the court in 72 hours straight.
Baran: A 65-year-old man was booked for allegedly
raping a seven-year-old girl in Baran district after
luring her to his house with Rs 5, police said on Fri-
day. The child was assaulted on Tuesday while she
was playing outside her house in a village under the
Harnawdashahaji police station. Her parents lodged
a complaint on Thursday noon and a case was
registered under IPC and the POCSO Act, Harnaw-
dashahaji SHO Rampal Sharma said.
Chief Minister Gehlot
will chair a meeting
of Chairmen and Presi-
dents of Corporations and
Boards on Saturday even-
ing from 5 PM onwards
at CMR. CM Gehlot will
evaluate the ‘report card’
of those who have been
provided political appoint-
ments. In this regard the
Chairmen and Prezs were
informed on Friday after
which the individuals
initiated work to present a
better report card.
DATTATREYA
HOSBALE
SPRUCES UP
CADRES IN
AJMER
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the oc-
casion of the three-
day stay of the
Sarkaryavah of
RSS Dattatreya
Hosbale at Ajmer,
of Chittor prant,
manyfold meetings
related to the organ-
izational works of
the field level volun-
teers were held in
the Sangh Kary-
alaya, Matrimandir,
Ajmer, on Friday
, in
which there was a
detailed discussion
and review on the
information about
the works and the
goals, such as ex-
pansion and
strengthening of
the Sangh karya,
set for the cente-
nary year-2025 of
the establishment
of the RSS (Sangh
Sthapna).
There was a de-
tailed discussion
about the develop-
ment of weaker sec-
tion of the society
by helping the peo-
ple belonging to
this section,
through service
works of the Sangh.
Dr Mahesh Joshi

INDIA
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Indonesia (ANI): Lok
SabhaSpeakerOmBirla
participated in the con-
cluding session of P20
and stressed dialogue
and diplomacy are the
only ways to resolve
global issues for world
peace and prosperity
.
Om Birla said that he
invited the delegates to
the next P20 Summit
which will be hosted by
India as New Delhi will
be hosting the G-20
(Group of 20) leaders’
summit in New Delhi
next year in 2023. “Par-
ticipatinginConcluding
Session of #P20,
thanked Parliament of
Indonesia for success-
fully organising the
Summit. Invited the Del-
egates to the next #P20
Summit which will be
hosted by India,” he said
in a tweet.
“Mentioning that mu-
tual cooperation is the
foundation of success
for G-20, stressed on dia-
logue and diplomacy to
resolve global issues for
world peace & prosperi-
ty
,” he added.
In the session, he out-
lined India’s journey of
democracy in the last 75
years and mentioned
that the smooth transfer
of power after every
election has been the
speciality of democracy
.
‘Dialogue, diplomacy to resolve global issues’
G20 PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER’S SUMMIT

India’s
Parliament
protects the
interests of
citizens and
legislates
purposively to
fulfil their hopes
and aspirations,
Birla added
PM encourages India to
takeleadinIndustry4.0
Gujarat (PTI): Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday said In-
dia has the potential to
lead the fourth indus-
trial revolution and the
government has
worked on reforms to
make the country a
manufacturing hub of
the world.
He said that the
fourth industrial revo-
lution is as much about
new technology, as it is
about innovative think-
ing. “Due to various
factors, India may have
missed being a part of
earlier industrial revo-
lutions. But India has
the potential to lead In-
dustry 4.0, because, for
the first time in recent
history, we have many
different factors like
demography, demand
and decisive govern-
ance coming together,”
he said through a mes-
sage.
The Prime Minister’s
message was read by a
Joint secretary of the
Ministry of Heavy In-
dustries here at the con-
ference on Industry 4.0.
Modi added that the
industry and entrepre-
neurs play a key role in
making India a vital
link in global value
chains.
“We have worked on
reforms and incentives
to make India a tech-
powered manufactur-
ing hub of the world,”
he added.
He said that the industrial revolution is as much about new technology
Due to various factors, India may
have missed being a part of earlier in-
dustrial revolutions. But India has
the potential to lead Industry 4.0, because, for
the first time in recent history, we have many
different factors like demography, demand
and decisive governance. —Narendra Modi, PM
GOVT APPROVES
Mallikarjun rubbishes
remote control remark
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Senior Congress leader
and candidate for the
party’s presidential
polls Mallikarjun
Kharge on Friday said
there is no such thing as
“remote control” in his
party unlike the BJP,
where every president
is selected through a
“consensus”. In the city
to campaign for the
election to the party’s
top post, Kharge assert-
ed that if becomes the
head of the grand old
party, the remote con-
trol would be with him.
He was replying to a
query about the BJP’s
claim that he would act
as the “remote control”
and “proxy” of Sonia
Gandhi after being
elected to the post.
Attacking the BJP, he
said, “How many times
has the prime minister
held (party president’s)
election? All the presi-
dents were selected
through consensus, and
you are teaching me?
Where is the remote
control in the BJP?
When I become presi-
dent, the remote con-
trol will stay with me.”
Decisions would be
taken by “our commit-
tee, elected members,
working committee
and parliamentary
board”, he said.
Hailing Sonia Gan-
dhi, Kharge said she
had made a renowned
economist the country’s
prime minister (Man-
mohan Singh) rather
than taking up the post
herself or considering
her son for it.
Mallikarjun Kharge addressing the media.
A lot of people say I am a remote
control and work from behind. They
say I will do what Sonia Gandhi
will say. There is no such thing as remote con-
trol in Congress, people take decisions togeth-
er. It is your thinking. A few people are creat-
ing this idea. —Mallikarjun Kharge, Senior Cong leader
Prez Murmu likely to visit
Tripura for 2 days from Oct 13
Agartala: President
Droupadi Murmu is
likely to visit Tripura
for two days from Octo-
ber 13 to inaugurate
various development
projects in the north-
eastern state, an official
said on Friday
.
During the day, DGP
Amitabh Ranjan held a
high-level meeting on
security arrangements
for the President’s pro-
posed visit, he said.
“We have a prepara-
tory meeting on the
President’s visit. Secu-
rity arrangements will
be finalised after receiv-
ing details of her tour
programme,” the offi-
cial said.
This will be her first
visit to Tripura as the
President of India.
Murmu is likely to
arrive at Maharaja Bir
Bikram Airport here on
October 13, he said.
A civic reception has
been planned by Agar-
tala Mayor Dipak Ma-
jumder at Town Hall
here, the official said,
adding that Chief Min-
ister Manik Saha and
his cabinet colleagues
are expected to be pre-
sent in the programme.
Cong Prez poll:
Shashi Tharoor
releases poll
manifesto
Chennai (PTI): Con-
gress leader Shashi Tha-
roor has favoured limit-
ing the term of office for
state presidents in the
party and
called for
Congress to
be revived
and re-ener-
gised to take
on BJP in
the 2024 general elec-
tions. Denying rumours
that he may opt out of
thepresidentialracedue
to meagre support, Tha-
roor said he was very
much in the fray and has
been receiving support
from various quarters.
“My message is revive
the party, re-energise it,
empower workers, de-
centralise authority and
be in touch with the peo-
ple. This, I believe will
make Congress politi-
cally fit to take on Prime
MinisterNarendraModi
and his BJP in the 2024
general election,” Tha-
roor said.
Centre rejects claims
of NHA ‘inaccuracies’
New Delhi: The Union
Health Ministry on Fri-
day dismissed media
reports suggesting in-
accuracies in National
Health Accounts (NHA)
especially the out-of-
pocket expenditure re-
duction claim as “mis-
leading and incorrect”.
“The recent NHA es-
timates (2018-19) show a
substantial reduction
in out-of-pocket expend-
iture (OOPE), reaffirm-
ing the government’s
commitment towards
easing the citizens’ fi-
nancial burden. Calling
this data, a “mirage” by
one expert of health
economics working in a
private Indian Univer-
sity and quoted in cer-
tain sections of media,
is devoid of justifica-
tion & rational basis”,
the ministry said in a
statement. The minis-
try said that National
Health Accounts (NHA)
provide detailed infor-
mation on expenditure
incurred within the
health sector of the
country
.
UP govt reinstates two suspended IAS
officers TK Shibu & Sunil Kumar Verma
Ahtesham Siddiqui
Lucknow: The Uttar
Pradesh govt has rein-
stated 2 IAS officers
who had been suspend-
ed 6 months back. The
officials include 2012
batch IAS officer TK
Shibu and 2013 batch
IAS officer Sunil Ku-
mar Verma. Both the
officers are currently
kept in-waiting and
later the government
will post them some-
where. IAS T K Shibu,
DM Sonbhadra, was
suspended from the
post on 13 March 2022
by the government on
charges of keeping dis-
tance from public and
public representatives
and corruption in min-
ing. Meanwhile, IAS T
K Shibu is a native of
Alappuzha of Kerala
and has served as DM
of Shravasti and VC of
Prayagraj. Along with
this, he has also done
good work as CDO Har-
doi, Shahjahanpur, Un-
nao and as Joint magis-
trate in Prayagraj.
Along with this, IAS
Sunil Kumar was also
suspended from the
post of Auraiya Dis-
trict Magistrate on 4
April 2022 on charges
of corruption and since
then, a departmental
enquiry was also being
conducted against him.
Sunil, a native of Rai
Bareily, became IAS
from engineering ser-
vice, and has also been
CDO Sonbhadra & Var-
anasi and Joint Magis-
trate of Etawah and
Agra.
After many years in
the bureaucracy of UP,
it was seen that the gov-
ernment has suspend-
ed 2 IAS and set up an
inquiry against them.
153 HC JUDGES
APPOINTED THIS YR,
MORE APPT. LIKELY
SPECIAL COURT
GRANTS BAIL TO
JAYASWAL
New Delhi: A total of
153 judges have been
appointed to the various
high courts in this cal-
endar year so far, with
sources hinting at more
appointments to the
higher judiciary in the
coming days. It is learnt
that the government is
also set to take a call on
the elevation of Bombay
High Court Chief Justice
Dipankar Datta to the
top court shortly.
New Delhi: The Rouse
Avenue District Court in
national capital granted
bail to coal scam
accused Manoj Kumar
Jayaswal and others on
Friday in a money laun-
dering matter related
to the coal scam case.
The Special Judge Arun
Bhardwaj in an order
passed on Thursday
said, “keeping in view
the overall facts and
circumstances.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has asked
states and union territories to furnish information on
pension, old age homes and
geriatric care schemes for the
welfare of the elderly. Acting
on a PIL filed by former Law
Minister Ashwani Kumar, a
Bench led by Justice Anirud-
dha Bose asked them to file status reports regarding
the implementation of the Maintenance and Welfare
of Parents and Senior Citizens Act.
New Delhi: A lawyer, who had adopted a girl child
after a wait of 3 years, has urged the Supreme
Court to direct the concerned
authorities to formulate a
legislative and administra-
tive framework relating to
the process of adoption in
India. The petitioner Srisa-
barirajan, who is a lawyer practising in the Bombay
High Court, has filed the petition through advocate
Vishnu Kant. The Petitioner along with his wife have
adopted a girl child, after a wait of 3 years.
SUBMIT INFORMATION ON WELFARE
SCHEMES FOR ELDERLY: SC TO STATES
‘FORMULATE LEGISLATIVE ADMIN FWK
RELATING TO ADOPTION PROCESS’
IN THE COURTYARD
IAS Sunil Kumar Verma IAS T K Shibu
NPCL felicitates 15 students for
securing 1st rank in UP board
New Delhi: As part of
its CSR initiative, the
Noida Power Company
Limited felicitated 15
meritorious students
from economically
weaker sections who se-
cured the first rank in
their respective schools
in the class 10th and
12th UP board exams
this year. NPCL MD and
CEO PR Kumar handed
over the prize money to
these students in a spe-
cial ceremony at Great-
er Noida. The students
of the 12th board were
given Rs 10k while class
10th students got Rs 5k
cheque from NPCL.
Kumar congratulat-
ed the students and
lauded their accom-
plishments. He told the
students, “All of you are
the future of this coun-
try and you should
think big and work hard
to achieve your goals.”
He also NPCL urged
students to become role
models for others in the
environment and ener-
gy conservation. Apart
from the cash prize, all
the selected students re-
ceived a certificate of
merit and a motivation-
al book written by Shiv
Khera. Along with the
children, their parents
were also felicitated in
this programme.
UP to host Indian
Road Congress at IGP
Uttar Pradesh (ANI):
The four-day-long, 81st
Annual Session of the
Indian Roads Congress
(IRC), will be held in
Lucknow from October
8 to 11 at Indira Gandhi
Pratishthan after 11
years, the official said
on Friday
.
Uttar Pradesh will be
hosting the event for
the fifth time and the
PWD will be the nodal
department for making
all arrangements.
While Union Minis-
ter of Road Transport
and Highways Nitin
Gadkari will be the
Chief Guest at the inau-
guration ceremony, UP
CM Yogi Adityanath
will preside over the
event. Union Minister
of State General (retd.)
VK Singh will also be
attending the event.
Over 1,500 delegates
from India and abroad
are likely to participate
in discussions about
the use of technology in
the construction of
roads and bridges.
About 200 delegates
from UP will also par-
ticipate in the event.
After the convention,
the participants will
also be enlightened
about the spiritual and
cultural heritage of Ut-
tar Pradesh.
President Droupadi Murmu
PR Kumar handing over the prize
money to a student in a special
ceremony at Greater Noida.
Om Birla met Duarte Pacheco on the sidelines of the P20
Summit, in Jakarta on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
India defends self
on abstaining
Xinjiang vote
New Delhi: India on
Friday commented on
the situation in China’s
Xinjiang and said rights
of people of the autono-
mous region should be
“respected and guaran-
teed”. The remarks by
External Affairs Minis-
try Spokesperson Arin-
dam Bagchi came a day
after India abstained
from voting on a resolu-
tion at the UN High
Commission that called
for a debate on concerns
over the human rights
situation in Xinjiang.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi

08
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 52,300.00 37.00 0.07 (Per 10g)
SILVER 62,022.00 311.00 0.50 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.32 0.15 0.18
GBPINR 92.14 0.20 0.22
CURRENCIES
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: German luxu-
ry carmaker Audi on Fri-
day reported a 29%
growth in retail sales at
2,947 units in the Janu-
ary-September period of
this year in India. Audi In-
dia had retailed 2,291
units in the same period
last year. The growth was
driven by the new A8 and
Q7, coupled with contin-
ued demand for the e-tron
range, A4, A6, Q5 and the
RS performance range,
the company said. Also,
Audi Approved: plus has
grown by 73% in first 9
months of 2022. —PTI
AUDI INDIA RETAIL
SALES UP 29% IN
JANUARY-SEPTEMBER
New Delhi: Gold price in
the national capital rose
`37 to `52,300 per 10
grams on Friday amid de-
preciation in rupee, ac-
cording to HDFC Securi-
ties. In the previous trade,
the precious metal had
touched `52,263 per 10
grams. Silver also gained
`311 to `62,022 per kg
from `61,711 per kg. In
the international market,
gold was quoting lower at
$1,711.16 per ounce while
silver was up at $20.73 per
ounce. Spot COMEX Gold
last quoted at $1,711.16,
while Indian gold prices
trade higher amid a weaker
rupee and strong physical
gold demand. —PTI
GOLD PRICE RISES
`37; SILVER RATES,
TOO, GO UP BY `311
New Delhi: Net leasing of
office space jumped over
2-fold in January-Septem-
ber across top seven cit-
ies to 30.26 million
square feet, but is unlikely
to breach the pre-COVID
level this year, according
to JLL India. Net leasing
stood at only 14.63 mil-
lion square feet in the cor-
responding period of the
last year across seven
major cities, as the de-
mand was adversely im-
pacted because of the
COVID-19 pandemic and
lockdowns. —PTI
NET OFFICE SPACE
LEASING JUMPS
2-FOLD IN JAN-SEPT
Jaipur: Tata Motors-
owned Jaguar Land Rover
on Friday reported a 4.9%
decline in retail sales at
88,121 units in the sec-
ond quarter ended on
September 30, 2020. The
company had posted retail
sales of 92,710 units in
the same quarter previous
fiscal. Sales of the Jaguar
brand were at 17,340
units in the second quar-
ter as against 19,248
units in the year-ago peri-
od, down 9.9%. Similarly,
sales of Land Rover brand
were down 3.65% at
70,781 units as compared
to 73,462 units. —PTI
JAGUAR LAND ROVER
RETAIL SALES DIP BY
4.9% IN JULY-SEPT
*Rates till the edition went to print.
Mumbai (PTI): The Re-
serve Bank on Friday said
it will soon commence the
pilot launch of e-rupee for
specific use cases with a
view to bolstering India’s
digital economy, making
payment systems more ef-
ficient, and checking mon-
ey laundering.
In a concept note on Cen-
tral Bank Digital Currency
,
the RBI said CBDC is aimed
to complement, rather than
replace, current forms of
money and is envisaged to
provide an additional pay-
ment avenue to users, not
to replace the existing pay-
ment systems.
“Supported by state-of-
the-art payment systems
of India that are afforda-
ble, accessible, convenient,
efficient, safe and secure,
the Digital Rupee (e?) sys-
tem will further bolster
India’s digital economy,
make the monetary and
payment systems more ef-
ficient and contribute to
furthering financial inclu-
sion,” the paper said.
CBDC is a digital form
of currency notes issued
by a central bank. While
most central banks across
the globe are exploring the
issuance of CBDC, the key
motivations for its issu-
ance are specific to
each country’s unique
requirements.
TheGovernmentof India
had announced the launch
of the Digital Rupee — a
Central Bank Digital Cur-
rency (CBDC) from fiscal
year 2022-23 onwards in the
UnionBudgetplacedinPar-
liamentonFebruary1,2022.
The central bank said:
“The Reserve Bank will
soon commence pilot
launches of e? for specific
use cases. As the extent and
scope of such pilot launch-
es expand, RBI will con-
tinue to communicate
about the specific features
and benefits of e-rupee,
from time to time.”
CBDC can be classified
into two broad types -- gen-
eral purpose or retail (CB-
DC-R) and wholesale (CB-
DC-W). Retail CBDC would
be potentially available for
use by all and while whole-
sale CBDC is designed for
restricted access to select
financial institutions.
“For CBDC to play the
role as a medium of ex-
change, it needs to incorpo-
rate all the features that
physical currency repre-
sents including anonymity
,
universality, and finality,”
the note said.
RBI TO COMMENCE PILOT
LAUNCH OF E-RUPEE SOON
TOP TALKING
POINTS
 The Government of India
had announced the launch of
the Digital Rupee — a Central
Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
from fiscal year 2022-23
onwards in the Union Budget
placed in Parliament on Feb 1
 CBDC can be classified into
two broad types — general
purpose or retail (CBDC-R) and
wholesale (CBDC-W)
 Retail CBDC would be
potentially available for use by
all & while wholesale CBDC is
designed for restricted access
to select financial institutions
India still on course
for 7% growth: CEA
First India Bureau
New Delhi: India’s Chief
economic adviser V Anan-
tha Nageswaran said the
country is still on course
for 7% growth in the cur-
rent fiscal year although
“downside risks dominate
the upside risk” but it’s
“better placed” than other
countries.
“What gives us strength
is the fact that domestic
consumption is the biggest
driver of growth,” he told
ET in an interview on
Thursday. “I would argue
that once the current one-
off exogenous external
shocks dissipate, I am still
confident that the sustain-
able growth rate will be
closer to 7%.”
He dismissed reports of
JP Morgan not including
India’s sovereign bonds in
a widely popular global in-
dex due to concerns about
the country’s market infra-
structure.
“We have to understand
that the stated reasons are
not real reasons--this is a
very specious excuse,” he
said. “India’s infrastruc-
ture is far more advanced.”
India has made its stance
clear about not giving up
its sovereign right to tax,
he said.
Countries with capital
gains tax have had their
bonds included in these in-
dices, the CEA said. “We
have to wait and see where
this conversation and so-
calledpublicdiplomacyand
public bargaining eventu-
ally converge,” he said.
SENSEX, NIFTY CLOSE MARGINALLY DOWN
ON PROFIT BOOKING IN IT, FINANCIALS
Mumbai (PTI): Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed margin-
ally down in a volatile trade on Friday following profit booking in
financials and IT shares amid a weak trend in global equity markets.
Snapping its two-day gain-
ing streak, the 30-share
BSE Sensex declined 30.81
points or 0.05% to settle
at 58,191.29. During the
day, it fell 370.95 points or
0.63% to 57,851.15. The
broader NSE Nifty dipped
17.15 points or 0.10% to
end at 17,314.65. Among
Sensex shares, Mahindra &
Mahindra, UltraTech Cement,
State Bank of India, Tata Consultancy Services, Bajaj Finance and ITC
were the major laggards. On the other hand, Titan, Power Grid, NTPC,
Maruti, IndusInd Bank and Asian Paints were among the winners.
Rupee falls 15 paise to close
at all-time low of 82.32/USD
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
depreciated 15 paise to
close at an all-time low of
82.32 (provisional) against
the US dollar on Friday as
a firm American currency
and risk-averse sentiment
among investors weighed
on the local unit.
Moreover, a negative
trend in domestic equities
and elevated crude oil pric-
es sapped investor appetite,
forex traders said.
At the interbank foreign
exchange market, the local
currency opened at 82.19,
then fell further to 82.43
and finally settled for the
day at an all-time low of
82.32 against the American
currency, registering a de-
cline of 15 paise over its
previous close.
On Thursday, the Indian
currency for the first time
closed below the 82 level
against the greenback.
Meanwhile, the dollar
index, which gauges the
greenback’s strength
against a basket of six cur-
rencies, declined 0.19% to
112.04.
GOVT NOTIFIES
CREDIT
GUARANTEE
SCHEME FOR
STARTUPS
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment has notified the
credit guarantee scheme
for startups to provide
them collateral-free loans
up to a specified limit.
In a notification, the DPI-
IT said that loan/debt fa-
cilities sanctioned to an
eligible borrower on or af-
ter October 6, would be eli-
gible for coverage under
the scheme.
“The Central Govern-
ment has approved the
‘Credit Guarantee Scheme
for Startups for the pur-
pose of providing credit
guarantees to loans extend-
ed by member institutions
to finance eligible borrow-
ers being startups,” it said.
This scheme would help
provide the much needed
collateral-free debt funding
to startups, it added.
MIs include financial in-
termediaries engaged in
lending/investing and con-
forming to the eligibility
criteria approved under
the Scheme.
Growth slows of bank deposits: Kotak
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The
growth of bank de-
posits across the mar-
ket has slowed down
to 10% YoY as per
the RBI’s data, said
Kotak Securities
Ltd in a report.
According to
the report, there
is a perceptible slow-
down in the bank deposit
growth in metropolitan,
semi-urban and rural In-
dia with household savings
being relatively weak.
Further the bank branch
expansion has slowed
down mainly by the public
sector banks.
The report said private
banks continue to gain
market share but their
dominance is much more
in urban markets as com-
pared to rural and semi-
urban markets.
The current account,
savings account (CASA)
deposits has slowed al-
though the ratio has moved
up higher to approximately
45% led by higher savings
ratio in recent years.
The private banks have
increased their market
share in current account
and in the corporate seg-
ment while public banks
have been losing share
steadily in the household
and government sectors,
Kotak Securities said.
As per the report, the du-
ration of term deposits
continues to fall, especially
post Covid and the share of
non-individuals is quite
high at 45% of the overall
term deposits.
IN FINANCIAL YEAR 2022
MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
 Growth of bank deposits
across the market have
slowed down to 10% YoY
as per the RBI data
 There is a perceptible
slowdown in the bank
deposit growth in
metropolitan
IDBI Bank: Govt, LIC to
divest 60.72% stake
New Delhi (PTI): The gov-
ernment on Friday invited
bids from investors for pri-
vatising IDBI Bank by sell-
ing a total of 60.72% stake
in the bank.
The last date for submis-
sion of bids or Expression
of Interest (EoI) is Decem-
ber 16.
Currently
, Life Insurance
Corporation (LIC) holds
529.41 crore shares repre-
senting 49.24% stake in
IDBI Bank, while the gov-
ernment holds 488.99 crore
shares or 45.48% stake.
Of this, the government
will sell 30.48% and LIC
will sell 30.24% stake, ag-
gregating to 60.72% of the
equity share capital of
IDBI Bank, along with
transfer of management
control in IDBI Bank, De-
partment of Investment
and Public Asset Manage-
ment (DIPAM) said while
inviting bids.
INDIA, UK CARRYING OUT
INTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS
ON FTA, MEA ASSURES
New Delhi: India and the UK are
carrying out intensive discus-
sions for a free trade agreement
as both sides
are keen to con-
clude it at the
earliest, the Min-
istry of External
Affairs (MEA)
said on Friday amid indication
that the previously-set Diwali
deadline for the ambitious deal
could be difficult to meet. The
MEA’s comments came in the
backdrop of UK Home Secretary
Suella Braverman expressing
reservations over the proposed
pact on the grounds that it could
increase immigration to the
UK and go against the goals of
Brexit. —PTI
VEHICLE REGISTRATION:
TWEAKS SUGGESTED IN
BH SERIES RULES
New Delhi: The Ministry of
Road Transport and
Highways (MoRTH) has pro-
posed to allow
conversion of
regular vehicle
registrations
into Bharat
Series (BH)
numbers as part of measures
to widen the scope of the BH
series ecosystem. At present,
only new vehicles can opt for
BH series mark. In a draft
notification, the MoRTH
informed about the proposed
amendments in the rules
governing Bharat (BH) series
registration mark which was
launched for people who are in
transferable jobs. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES WILL NEED $1 TRILLION IN
RE SECTOR TO ACHIEVE NET-ZERO TARGET: IMF
Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said
that developing economies needed an investment of $1 trillion a year
by 2030 solely in the renewable energy sector to stay on track to
achieve the net-zero greenhouse
gas emissions target by 2050.
Observing that emerging mar-
kets and developing economies
account for two-thirds of global
greenhouse gas emissions and
many are highly vulnerable to
climate hazards, the IMF said in
a report released on Friday that
developing economies would need
significant climate financing in the
coming years to reduce their emissions and to adapt to the physical
effects of climate change. —PTI

NEWS
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NON RESIDENT RAJASTHANI (NRR) CONCLAVE SESSION
‘GATESALWAYSOPENFORMIGRANTBRETHREN’
CMlaunchesNRRpolicyinState,urgesRajasthanimigrantstoensurenewgenerationremainsconnectedwithRajasthan
Naresh Sharma &
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Friday that in every Ra-
jasthani resides the
love for this soil and the
will to contribute to any
social cause.
“Wherever the people
of Rajasthan live in the
world, it is a matter of
great pride that they re-
main connected with
their soil. May this as-
sociation continue. Mi-
grant Rajasthani entre-
preneurs have a big in-
fluence in the economic
condition of the coun-
try,” Gehlot said while
addressing the Non
Resident Rajasthani
(NRR) Conclave session
under Invest Rajasthan
Summit-2022 held at
JECC on Friday
.
He said that the Ra-
jasthani migrants living
abroadshouldalsobring
their next generation to
Rajasthan so that their
connection with their
soil remains constant.
The Chief Minister
said that whenever
there was famine-
drought in the state, the
migrant Rajasthanis
freely cooperated.
“Even during the Co-
rona period, we shared
our joys and sorrows
with the migrants. The
gatesof thestategovern-
mentarealwaysopenfor
themigrantRajasthanis.
All possible cooperation
will be given to them in
setting up industries
here. Over the years, Ra-
jasthanhasemergedasa
preferreddestinationfor
investment,” he said.
The Chief Minister
said that a proposal re-
lated to the petrochemi-
cals region in the state
has been sent to the
Central Government.
‘New tourism
circuit to
increase tourist
footfall in State’
Six dignitaries get
Raj Ratna Award
First India Bureau
Jaipur: New tourism
circuit will be devel-
oped in Rajasthan to in-
crease footfall of tour-
ists, Tourism Minister
Vishvendra Singh said.
The Minister, while
speaking at the Tour-
ism Conclave under the
Invest Rajasthan Sum-
mit , said that the State
Government has taken
several decisions to pro-
mote the tourism sector.
He said that people
want to see new things
and therefore, it is the
effort of the state gov-
ernment to develop new
circuits from the point
of view of tourism.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot lights lamp during the Invest Rajasthan
Summit where Shakuntala Rawat, CS Usha Sharma are also seen.
CM Gehlot with Gautam Adani, Rajesh Adani, Rajiv Arora,
Shakuntala Rawat during Invest Rajasthan Summit.
CM Gehlot felicitates Justice Rajendra Mal
Lodha at Rajasthan Invest Summit on Friday.
A representative
receives award on
behalf of Justice
Dalveer Bhandari.
A representative receives
award on behalf of LN Mittal.
CM Ashok Gehlot felicitates
Anil Agarwal on Friday.
CM Ashok Gehlot felicitates KC
Maloo during the summit.
Sheen Kaaf Nizam being
felicitated by CM Ashok Gehlot.
Rajasthan is...
“UndertheSmall,Micro
and Medium Enterpris-
es(Facilitationof Estab-
lishment and Enforce-
ment) Act, three years
relaxation has been giv-
en in the approvals re-
quired for setting up
new industries in the
state.Thishasnowbeen
increased to 5 years.
During the Corona pe-
riod, financial support
was given by the state
government to save
small industries from
closure.Thereisnositu-
ation of labor unrest in
the state due to the so-
cial security schemes
being run by the state
government,” he said.
Big investment
coming from Invest
Rajasthan
The Chief Minister
said that massive in-
vestment is coming in
the state from the two-
day Invest Rajasthan
Summit in the state. He
said that before the
summit, MoUs worth
about Rs 11 lakh crore
have been signed by the
state government with
theinvestors.“Through
this, about 10 lakh peo-
ple are expected to get
employment. For the
first time, MoUs have
been signed on priority
basis on the theme of
“Committed and Deliv-
ered,” he said.
Rajasthan Best
Option For
Investors
The Chief Minister
said that today Ra-
jasthan has emerged as
the best option for in-
vestors. “The state is a
leader in the produc-
tion of solar power and
wind power in the
whole country
. Mineral
wealth is also the high-
est in the state. Along
with natural resources,
excellent human re-
source is also present
in the state. The state
has immense potential
in the field of petro-
chemicals with the con-
struction of the refin-
ery,” he said.
Rajasthan is
setting new
dimensions of
development
The Chief Minister
said that today Ra-
jasthan is making un-
precedented progress
in all fields due to the
efforts of the State Gov-
ernment. “The state’s
GDP has increased by
Rs 3 lakh crore despite
the difficulties caused
by the Corona epidem-
ic. This has increased
the per capita income
of the state as well as
the Happiness Index.
Today, 390 units of RII-
CO (Rajasthan State In-
dustrial Development
and Investment Corpo-
ration) are operating in
the state and 147 new
ones are going to open.
With this the expan-
sion of industrializa-
tion will be done up to
the sub-division and
tehsil level. The State
Government is work-
ing in close coordina-
tion with CII (Cham-
ber of Indian Indus-
tries). Institutes like
Fintech Park, Jaipur,
Rajiv Gandhi Fintech
Digital Institute (Jodh-
pur) are being built to
provide young experts
for technical indus-
tries. To promote start-
ups, innovation hubs
are being set up in
Jaipur, Jodhpur and
Kota,” he said.
Inauguration and
foundation stone of
76 industrial areas
and units
On this occasion, the
Chief Minister inaugu-
rated 25 industrial are-
as in different districts
of the state. Along with
this, he also inaugu-
rated 18 industrial
units and laid the foun-
dation stone of 33 in-
dustrial units.
ERCP should get
national project
status
The Chief Minister
said that the Eastern
Rajasthan Canal Pro-
ject (ERCP) should be
accorded the status of
a National Project by
the Central Govern-
ment at the earliest.
“The state has limited
waterresources.Cham-
bal is the only river
that flows throughout
the year. ERCP is very
important for ensuring
irrigation and drink-
ing water supply in 13
districts of the state.
The Prime Minister
himself has spoken
about giving National
Project status to ERCP
in his rallies.
FROM PG 1
Dharmendra Rathore also
discussed the importance
of a tourism circuit while
addressing the Investment
summit in Jaipur on Friday.
The government is
constantly trying to
develop small indus-
tries. Now a new
investment climate
has been created in
Rajasthan.
—PS Khachariyawas,
State Cabinet Minister
Invest Rajasthan Summit will
prove to be a white elephant. CM
Ashok Gehlot is making a lot of
claims of investment of more than
Rs 10 lakh crore in Rajasthan, but at the
time of implementation, even 90
per cent of the investment will
not come on the ground because
today the government itself is go-
ing through a period of uncer-
tainty.
—Rajendra Rathore,
Leader of Opposition
Foreign investors
have put their stamp
on the plans of CM
Gehlot and investors
are coming to Ra-
jasthan only after re-
lying on CM Gehlot.
—Mahesh Joshi,
State Cabinet Minister
Rawat praises Rajasthan Foundation for
creating chain of NRR network abroad
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Industry Min-
ister Shakuntala Raw-
at on Friday praised
Rajasthan Foundation
saying that it has made
such a chain of non-
resident Rajasthanis
in many countries,
who have worked suc-
cessfully in adverse
conditions like Cov-
id-19 pandemic and
Ukraine war.
Addressing the Non
Resident Rajasthani
Conclave under Invest
Rajasthan Summit at
JECC, the minister
said that Rajasthan
Foundation has created
such a pillar of non-
resident Rajasthanis
who have done incom-
parable work in ad-
verse circumstances.
“Every member of
the foundation has
worked as a warrior
during the Corona pe-
riod,” she said.
Eminent entrepre-
neurs of the country
and Commissioner of
Dhiraj Srivastava were
present in the conclave.
Many dignitaries in-
cluding Kapil Lakhotia,
President, Marwari
Yuva Manch (Delhi),
Sonveer Singh, Presi-
dent, Kenya Rajasthan
Associate, Anil Purohit,
Global Public Health
Specialist(Boston,USA)
also expressed their
views in the conclave.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with Dhiraj Srivastava.
This is a historic
summit. The Ra-
jasthan government
is always ready to
provide all possible
help to the migrant
Rajasthanis.
—Dhiraj Srivastava,
Commissioner
Sushma Arora, Urmila Rajoria,
Shaili Kishnani, Nalini Kathodia
during Invest Rajasthan Summit.
RHB Commissioner Pawan
Arora at Invest Rajasthan
Summit on Friday.
Virendra Choudhary, Director,
First India News, at Invest
Rajasthan Summit on Friday.
Chief Secretary Usha Sharma
lights the lamp during Invest
Rajasthan Summit on Friday.
HIGHLIGHTS
l Several guests and
even journalists were
barred from entering
the venue from place
to place in JECC. Media
personnel protested by
shouting slogans when
stopped from coverage.
l CM invites Vedanta
Group to set up its
semi-conductor chip
manufacturing industry
in State amid a tussle
for the project between
Maha and Gujarat.
l Tata Power will provide
employment to 8,000
people in Rajasthan,
Charging points will
be set up on Jaipur-
Delhi highway, the
company will invest
Rs 30,000 crore.
l Rajiv Gandhi
Scholarship for
Academic Excellence
scheme for children
of economically
weaker sections to
study abroad.
RAWAT SAYS RAJ WILL BE 1ST STATE
TO IMPLEMENT HYDROGEN POLICY
CM Ashok Gehlot with Veenu Gupta, and Kuldeep Ranka
during Invest Rajasthan Summit on Friday.
Jaipur: Rajasthan would be the first state in the country
to implement Green Hydrogen Policy, Industry Minister
Shakuntala Rawat said on Friday. Rawat, during the
Future Ready Sector Conclave at JECC on Friday, said
that Rajasthan has made unprecedented progress in the
field of renewable energy. “Today Rajasthan is the first
in the whole country in the field of solar energy,” she
said. The minister stressed on the proper use of natural
resources. She also said that appropriate action would
be taken on the suggestions and feedback given by the
entrepreneurs on the policies of the government.

Hard work is definitely essential to
success, but a deep sense of
inspiration and commitment to make
a positive difference, are even more so.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: There seems to
exist ‘conflicting opin-
ions’ over the next ma-
jor development related
to the political uncer-
tainty in Rajasthan i.e.
the coming of three sen-
ior Congress leaders,
who would gauge what
the MLAs have in their
mind regarding the ‘top
assignment’ in Raj.
A highly placed
source has indicated
that no observers would
come for two to three
days due to the political
developments in Ra-
jasthan. Moreover, it is
claimed that only
Kharge can come with
Deepender Hooda to
campaign for the Presi-
dent’s election.
However, another
source has made a dif-
ferent claim that the
AICC observers (per-
haps Digvijaya and
Maken) may be visiting
Jaipur soon and cer-
tainly not before Octo-
ber 9 or so because of
the ongoing Invest Ra-
jasthan Summit. More-
over, the source also
stressed that the ‘slip
formula’ can be put to
use in the state. It is
said that Rajasthan
Congress’s solution can
come from ‘slips’
wherein, the opinion of
each MLA will be
known through paper-
slips, which will be a
confidential and secret
method to know of the
MLAs’ preference. Lets
see what finally comes
out by the next week.
RAJ CONG’S ‘FUTURE’ MAY
DEPEND ON ‘PAPER SLIPS’!
Gujarat Model: A Global Success
Ajay Kumar
P
opularly known
as Narendra
Bhai, Modi took
over as Chief Minister
of Gujarat on 7th Octo-
ber 2001 and still has
close to 2 years in his
current office before
he faces another par-
liamentary election.
2001 was a year of
disaster and distress
in Gujarat. Ravaged
by a devastating
earthquake, torn
apart by persistent so-
cial and economic
strife, the Gujarat Sto-
ry was all but fin-
ished… Under the as-
tute leadership of a
visionary, who under-
stood the pulse of the
state he was born in,
Narendra Modi
steered Gujarat on the
path of progress. To-
day ‘Gujarat Model’ of
development is one of
the most searched and
researched concepts
of inclusive, collabo-
rative, and participa-
tive development.
Under PM Modi’s
stewardship, India
stands as the 5th larg-
est economy in the
world. Unshackling
itself from its colo-
nial past, India has
displaced its coloniz-
er, Great Britain, and
donned the mantle of
the fastest-growing
economyintheworld,
contrary to a world
economy that reels
under the shadow of
an imminent reces-
sion. It takes a ‘Man’
like Prime Minister
Modi, whose decisive
political deftness en-
dears India to all inter-
national players. A hoarding of popular PM Narendra Modi outside BJP office, New Delhi is the cynosure for all who pass and gathers eyeballs.
Under the astute leadership of a visionary, who
understood the pulse of the state he was born in,
Modi steered Gujarat on the path of progress
Naresh Sharma
Ziauddin Khan
Jaipur: Richest Asian
and Adani Group Chair-
man Gautam Adani on
Friday announced a Rs
60,000 crore investment
in Rajasthan over the
next 5 to 7 years in set-
ting up a mega 10,000
MW solar power capaci-
ty, expanding cement
plant, upgrading Jaipur
airport, opening a medi-
cal college and hospital
in two districts and a
cricket stadium in
Udaipur. Torrent Group
Chairman Sudhir Me-
hta also announced the
openingof aWorldClass
Cricket Excellence
Academy in Jaipur.
The investment by
ports-to-energyconglom-
erate that Adani heads,
also spans city gas infra-
structure for retailing
CNG to automobiles.
Speaking at Invest Ra-
jasthan2022Summit, he
said, “I am very happy to
be in Invest Raj Summit
have announced an in-
vestment of Rs 60,000 cr.
While talking to CM Ge-
hlot, we have given ap-
proval on proposals for
two medical colleges a
cricket stadium in
Udaipur.” “While we al-
ready have 3 cement
plants limestone min-
ing assets, a significant
part of our capacity ex-
pansion will continue in
Raj.Weanticipateinvest-
ing another Rs 7,000 cr to
doubleourcementmanu-
facturing capacity in the
state,” Adani said.
ADANI GROUP ANNOUNCES `60,000
CRORE INVESTMENT IN RAJASTHAN
Tata Power to develop 8,000
MW utility scale project in Raj
VEDANTACHAIRMANANILAGARWAL
REMINISCESHIS ‘CONNECT’WITHJPR
Vaibhav Gehlot thanks Adani Sudhir
Mehta for announcing to Cricket Stadium
in Udaipur Cricket Academy in Jaipur
The Adani Group is investing `50,000
crore to add 10,000 Mega Watt of
renewable power generation capacity
Jaipur (PTI): The
country’s largest two-
wheeler maker Hero
MotoCorp on Friday,
forayed into the electric
vehicle segment with
the launch of its first
electric scooter VIDA
V1 priced at Rs 1.45
lakh.
The company has in-
troduced two trims of
the scooter -- VIDA V1
plus and VIDA V1 Pro
-- tagged at Rs 1.45 lakh
and Rs 1.59 lakh, respec-
tively
.
The firm will com-
mence sales of e-scoot-
er in Bengaluru, Delhi
and Jaipur before scal-
ing up to the new loca-
tions. The bookings will
start on Oct 10 deliv-
eries will commence
from second week of
December. Hero Moto-
Corp Chairman and
CEO Pawan Munjal
said VIDA V1 is just not
another model but an
ecosystem which is go-
ing to power change in
the mobility segment.
I would like to
thank Gautam
Adani and Su-
dhir Mehta for an-
nouncing on my behalf
the establishment of Sta-
dium in Udaipur and
Excellence in Cricket
Academy in Jaipur.
—Vaibhav Gehlot,
RCA President
Jaipur (PTI): Tata Pow-
er, one of the country’s
largest integrated utili-
ties announced plans to
expand its business
footprint in Rajasthan
by developing upto 8,000
MW of utility scale pro-
jects, 1,000 MW of solar
rooftop 1,50,000 solar
pumps in next five years
in Raj. Praveer Sinha,
CEO and MD, Tata Pow-
er, said, “Rajasthan has
today emerged as a role
model to produce green
energy through solar
power. I am happy to be
here in Invest Rajasthan
summit. Tata Power is
fully poised to make Ra-
jasthan emerge as
Green Power House. We
will continue to build on
allthreebusiness–EPC,
Solar Pump and Solar
Rooftop, to the benefit
of farmers, industries
and common citizens of
this frontier state.”
Jaipur: Vedanta Group Chairman Anil
Agarwal on Friday reminisced about his stay
in Japur. He said they used to stay in Chomu
and then Bapu Nagar. He narrated a story of
his childhood when his grandmother used
to tell him about Saguna bhakti and Nirguna
bhakti of lord Krishna. Through this, he
praised CM Ashok Gehlot saying, “Today CM
Gehlot belongs to the category of Saguna
bhakti... a person who is selflessly engaged
in public service.” Rajasthan is a mine of
minerals. A cluster of TV, laptop, other
electronic item manufacturing units should
be developed in Raj Gujarat. A factory to
be set up by Vedanta in Gujarat will supply
semiconductor chip glass, which will re-
duce the cost of finished products,” he said.
CM Ashok Gehlot being extended warm greetings by Gautam Adani during the 2-day Invest Rajasthan
Summit-2022 at JECC, Sitapura in Jaipur on Friday. Also seen here are Dr CP Joshi, Usha Sharma
Anil Agarwal and others. —PHOTOS BY SANTOSH SHARMA
CM Ashok Gehlot being greeted by the Chairman
of Vedanta Group Anil Agarwal at Invest Rajasthan
Summit.Also seen here is Dr CP Joshi.
HeroMotoCorpforays
intoe-scooters,launches
VIDAV1pricedat`1.5L
Jaipur: All eyes were on CM Ashok Gehlot Gautam
Adani’s chemistry as they stayed together for about 4
hours at the Invest Rajasthan Summit. They were togeth-
er in opening ceremony media briefing. Gehlot made
Adani sit besides him on stage they stayed together
during lamp lighting in lunch break. When Gehlot
extended one hand on stage, Adani held CM’s hand with
both hands. They came together in the same golf cart to
talk to media. Adani praised Gehlot’s schemes, while CM
congratulated him on becoming world’s no.2 industrial-
ist. “You deserve congratulations,” Gehlot told Adani.
GEHLOT-ADANI CHEMISTRY GRABS EYEBALLS!
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot takes stock of the electric vehicles at
display in the Invest Rajasthan Summit-2022 at JECC, Sitapura
in Jaipur. Also seen here are Shakuntala Rawat, Veenu Gupta,
Kuldeep Ranka, Rajiv Arora, Rafeek Khan and Lokesh Sharma.
Aditi Nagar
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Amidst the po-
litical developments in
Rajasthan, an interest-
ing news has come to
the fore. According to
sources, former Deputy
CM Sachin Pilot had
asked for an appoint-
ment with Gehlot as he
wanted to meet CM
during the assembly
session.
Moreover, Pilot con-
tacted the relevant au-
thorities twice, seeking
an audience with Ge-
hlot, however, by the
time the reply from
CMR came, by then, Pi-
lot had caught a flight
to Delhi and when Pilot
asked for an appoint-
ment the second time,
Gehlot wasn’t present
in Jaipur. Thus, despite
bonafide intention on
both sides, the meeting
could not take place.
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Upbeat with
the investment pro-
posals worth Rs 11
lakh crore having
come to Rajasthan,
CM Ashok Gehlot
stressed on Friday
that the traditional
image of Rajasthan
has changed to an in-
vestment friendly
destination. He
claimed that “there is
a possibility of em-
ployment opportuni-
ties for about 10 lakh
youth from Invest Ra-
jasthan.”
“Today business-
men from all over the
countryandtheworld
came here and were
overwhelmed with
the respect received
here. More than 3000
investors included
traders of all ideolo-
gies. Those who are
raising questions on
this should tell that
many businessmen
join a party, so don’t
they invest in other
states?Thebiggestin-
vestment so far is
coming in the state
but I am very sorry
that a section of BJP
and the media is en-
gaged in negative
publicity of this
event,” Gehlot said.
The CM reiterated
that the Congress
party has never been
against industries.
“The Congress did
theworkof creatinga
positive environment
for the industries by
liberalizing the econ-
omy
. We are opposed
to policies made to
benefit a particular
person or to benefit
someone by killing
the rights of others,”
he said, further add-
ing, “I don’t under-
stand why BJP op-
posed this event. You
oppose Ashok Gehlot
or Congress, but why
are you opposing fu-
ture opportunities of
State’syouth?HasRaj
BJP so much opposed
to us that it will op-
pose the work being
done for state’s bright
future? Has the BJP
now turned against
Ashok Gehlot op-
posed Rajasthan it-
self? At the time of
Rajiv Gandhi, they
opposedthecomputer
by walking in a bull-
ock cart. Today the
entire state knows
that when BJP is try-
ing to harm Raj by op-
posing investment
jobs coming here.”
Circumstances keep off
Gehlot-Pilot from meeting!
CM: BJP opposing
youth’s future in its
blind Oppn to Cong
CM Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot
AICC OBSERVERS MAY VISIT RAJ SOON!
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Flight Indian pilot Lieutenant Avani Chaturvedi is from
the Madhya Pradesh region of Rewa and was born
on October 27, 1993. She and two of her colleagues,
Mohana Singh Jitarwal and Bhawana Kanth, were
recognised as the first female combat pilots. In June
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who was the defence minister at the time. Former
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Shakti Puraskar to Chaturvedi.
—AVANI CHATURVEDI
One of the first female fighter pilots in India is Bha-
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cohort, Mohana Singh and Avani Chaturvedi, she was
recognised as the first combat pilot. Kanth was born
in Darbhanga, Bihar, on December 1, 1992. Kanth
enjoyed playing sports as a child, including Kho Kho,
Badminton, swimming, and painting. All of the afore-
mentioned women serve as role models for other
young girls who want to join the military.
—BHAWANA KANTH
12
ETC
Touch
the sky
with
Glory
INDIAN AIR FORCE DAY
he eighth of Oc-
tober each year
is designated as
Indian Air Force
Day. This day is
commemorated
to honour the
contribution and supe-
rior performance of
the Indian Air Force.
Since its establish-
ment on October 8,
1932, the Indian Air
Force has taken part in
a number of signifi-
cant operations that
have contributed to the
prosperity of the coun-
try. The Indian mili-
tary has also engaged
in famous air fights
that have enhanced In-
dia's standing on the
battlefield and demon-
strated the capabilities
needed to defend the
country. This year In-
dian Air Force will be
celebrated to honour
India’s aviation indus-
try and the air force
personnel who have
spent their life for the
safety of the nation.
City First brings to
you five Indian Air
Force Fighters who
have excelled in every
duty presented to them
in order to protect the
nation.
SHUBHANSHI PATHAK
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
T
Mohana Singh
Jitarwal is one
of the first
female fighter
pilots in India.
She was de-
clared the first
female combat
pilot along with
two of her co-
hort, Bhawana
Kanth, and
Avani Chatur-
vedi. In June
2016, all three
female pilots were accepted into the
fighter unit of the Indian Air Force.
They were formally commissioned
by Manohar Parrikar, the defence
minister. These three women were
the first to be chosen for the pro-
gram when the Indian government
decided to open the fighter stream in
the Indian Air Force to women on an
experimental basis..
—MOHANA SINGH JITARWAL
In June 2007,
Wing Com-
mander
Khushboo
Gupta received
her appoint-
ment as an IAF
helicopter pilot.
She has an
extensive op-
erational flying
experience in
the Ladakh
and North East
regions, includ-
ing the world's highest battleground,
the Siachen Glacier. She graduated
from Wellington's Defence Services
Staff College and is a qualified flying
instructor. She attended the Montfort
Senior Secondary School and was
born and raised in Delhi.
—KHUSHBOO GUPTA
An officer in
the Indian Air
Force (IAF) and
former chopper
pilot, Gunjan
Saxena was
born in 1975.
She enlisted
in the IAF in
1994, and she
served in the
1999 Kargil
War. She is one
of two female
IAF officers that
participated in the Kargil War. She is
one of only two women, the other be-
ing Flight Lieutenant Srividya Rajan of
the Indian Air Force, to pilot Cheetah
helicopters into a combat zone. Sax-
ena was the only female pilot in the
Indian Armed Forces during the Kargil
War. After seven years of service, her
career as a helicopter pilot came to an
end in 2004.
—GUNJAN SAXENA

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