10112021 first india jaipur

Continuous reduction of states’ share in taxes
is against the spirit of fiscal federalism: CM
GEHLOT WRITES LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MODI
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, in a letter
to Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi, has request-
edthattheCentreshould
further reduce the addi-
tional excise duty and
specialexcisedutyof the
Central Pool on petrol
anddieselsothatthegen-
eral public can get prop-
erbenefitof reductionin
excise duty and VAT si-
multaneously
. Besides
this, he also requested
the Prime Minister to di-
rect the oil companies to
stopcontinuousincrease
inpricesof petrol-diesel.
Daily increase in prices
by the oil companies will
bring the benefit of re-
lief given by the Centre
andStateGovernmentto
the zero, he added.
Gehlot said, “It is ex-
pected that the Centre
additionally reduces ex-
cise duty to the tune of
Rs. 10 per litre on petrol
andRs.15perlitreondie-
sel. With the Centre re-
ducing the excise duty
,
Turn to P8
CM Ashok Gehlot
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Rohit Sharma has been named India’s new T20I
captain as the BCCI on Tuesday announced a
16-member squad that will play three T20Is against
New Zealand starting later this month. However,
the team will be without the likes of stars Virat
Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Hardik
Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja, who have been
rested for the T20Is.KL Rahul has been appointed
as vice-captain of the team, which also marks
maiden international call-ups for IPL sensations
Venkatesh Iyer and Harshal Patel. Iyer represented
Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2021, scoring 370
runs at an average of 41.11 with four half-centuries
and grabbing three wickets, playing a crucial role in
the two-time champions reaching the ﬁnal.
HITMAN: INDIA’S
NEW T20I CAPTAIN
CRUCIAL READ
POST VOLATILE TRADING SESSION,
SENSEX ENDS 112 PTS LOWER
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex dropped by 112
points on Tuesday. After a volatile trading session, the
30-share index ended 112.16 points at 60,433.45. Simi-
larly, the NSE Nifty fell 24.30 points to 18,044.25. —PTI
FIRST ‘CLIMATE
CHANGE’ PATIENT!
A doctor in Canada’s British
Columbia province has di-
agnosed a patient who came
in with breathing trouble
as suffering from “climate
change”, possibly the first
such case recorded till date.
The patient was struggling
to breathe after the recent
wildfires in Kootenays wors-
ened her asthma, reported
Canada’s Times Colonist
newspaper.
Mamata Banerjee
rejigs Cabinet, retains
Amit Mitra as adviser
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee Tuesday
announced a cabinet
reshuffle and changed
major portfolios.
While addressing the
media after a cabinet
meeting, State Industry
MinisterParthaChatter-
jee said, “After the de-
miseof SubrataMukher-
jee, Pulak Roy has been
appointed as the new
PanchayatandRuralDe-
velopment Minister.”
Roy is now in charge of
the Public Health Engi-
neering department.
Last Monday, the six-
month tenure of State
Finance Minister Amit
Mitra also came to an
end. Since he did not
contest the bypoll, his
department automati-
cally went under the
CM’s control. On Tues-
day, the CM made Chan-
drima Bhattacharya
the Minister of State of
the Finance depart-
ment and urged Mitra
to stay in the govt.
Channi bows down to
Sidhu,removes AG
Chandigarh: Punjab
CM Charanjit Channi
on Tuesday said he had
accepted APS Deol’s
resignation as the
state’s Advocate-Gener-
al, in a move that meets
sulking Congress lead-
er Navjot Sidhu’s de-
mand and signals a
truce between the rul-
ing party’s top two lead-
ers in the state.
The former cricketer
haddemandedAPSDeol
be fired for representing
two accused cops in the
2015 sacrilege and police
firing case. Last week
Sidhu indicated he
would take back his res-
ignation as the Con-
gress’Punjabchief –but
only if the state govern-
ment removed APS Deol
from office.
Deol had been made
the Punjab govern-
ment’s top lawyer by
Chief Minister Channi.
UK to add
India’s Covaxin
to approved list
from Nov 22
London: The UK gov-
ernment has said that
India’s Covaxin will be
added to its list of ap-
proved COVID-19 vac-
cines for international
travellers from Novem-
ber 22, meaning that
those inoculated with
the Bharat Biotech-
manufactured jab will
not have to self-isolate
afterarrivalinEngland.
The move follows the
World Health Organisa-
tion’s (WHO) Emergen-
cy Use Listing for Cov-
axin, which is the sec-
ond most used formula-
tion in India. The
changes will come into
effect at 4 am on Novem-
ber 22.
Justice Bhandari to head
to Madras High Court
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Collegi-
umhasrecommended
thetransferof Justice
Munishwar Nath
Bhandari from the
AllahabadHighCourt
to the Madras High
Court. The resolution
to this effect was
passed pursuant to a
Collegium meeting
held on September 16.
Justice Bhandari is
the second senior-
most judge at the Al-
lahabad High Court.
He served as its Act-
ing Chief Justice
from June 26 to Octo-
ber 10, after the retire-
ment of Chief Justice
Sanjay Yadav. He was
appointed as a judge
of the Rajasthan High
Court on July 5, 2007.
He was then trans-
ferred to the Alla-
habadHighCourtand
took oath as a judge
on March 15, 2019.
Defcapabilitydevpanat’lneed
duetoborderissues:Naravane
Gandhinagar: Chief of
the Army Staff (COAS)
General MM Naravane
onTuesday said capabil-
ity development of the
armed forces remains a
national imperative giv-
en the country’s active
and disputed borders
with two neighbours
and observed that dis-
ruptive technologies are
fast transforming the
characterof themodern
world. “We have seen
the decisive impact of
these technologies in
recent conflicts around
the world,” General
Naravane said. Ad-
dressing MoUs signing
between Rashtriya Rak-
sha University (RRU)
and BISAG-N.
MLC POLL
ON DEC 10
Bengaluru: The
election to legislative
council seats was
announced by the
Election Commis-
sion on Tuesday. The
biennial election to
the council will be
held on December
10 and results will
be announced on
December 14.
LAKHIMPUR KHERI VIOLENCE
Bulletsfiredfrom
AshishMishra’sgun:FSL
Lakhimpur:TheForen-
sicreportintheLakhim-
pur case has added new
prob-lemsfortheUnion
Home Min-
ister for
State Ajay
M i s h r a
Teni. The re-
port has belied
the claims of the
minister who claims
that no gunshots were
fired by his son and
aides in Lakhimpur.
The report of the FSL
has confirmed that bul-
lets were fired from the
licensed guns of the
minister’s son Ajay
Mishra and his aide An-
kit Das. Though there
has been no official con-
firmation about the out-
come of the report.
Additional Superin-
tendent of Police (ASP),
Lakhimpur said that it
would directly be pro-
duced in the court. Ac-
cording to sources, the
FSL report has con-
firmed that Ashish
Mishra and his aide An-
kit were present on the
spot where farmers
were first crushed and
later on bullets were
fired. Notably
, MoS Ajay
Mishra had been claim-
ing that his son was not
present on the spot in-
stead, only the vehicle
ownedbyhimwasthere.
Few eyewitnesses
had claimed that the
minister’s son was pre-
sent in the vehicle that
crushed farmers and
he even fired bullets.
The licensed repeater
gun and pistol of Ankit
Das also have firing
marks on them. The po-
lice had seized all these
weapons.
CHINA DELIVERS LARGEST, ‘MOST
ADVANCED’ WARSHIP TO PAKISTAN
China has delivered its largest and most advanced warship
to Pakistan as it seeks to beef up the navy of its all-weather
ally in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, where it has
increased its own naval presence in recent years. Designed
and built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited
(CSSC), the frigate was delivered to the Pakistan Navy in a
commissioning ceremony in Shanghai.
SAFFRON ‘POLITICAL SURGICAL STRIKE’ ON OPPONENTS!
Kartikey Dev
Singh
New Delhi: BJP on
Tuesday accused the pre-
vious Congress-led Unit-
ed Progressive Alliance
(UPA) government of ir-
regularities in the Rafale
fighter jets deal, citing a
French online journal’s
report, and triggered a
fresh war of words be-
tween the governing and
the opposition party
. Me-
diapart, the journal, on
Sunday published al-
leged fake invoices for
payments between 2004-
2013 claiming they ena-
bled French aircraft mak-
er Dassault Aviation to
pay at least `7.5 million in
kickbacks to a middle-
man to help it secure the
deal. The UPA was in
power then and the deal
referred to is the original
one signed by the previ-
ous government with
Dassault.
“The documents say
Dassault, which was
been described as D, paid
`7.5 million or `65 crore
as a commission to a
middleman for 36 Rafale
aircraft,” said BJP’s
Sambit Patra.
Fadnavis exposes Malik’s
‘deal’ with Dawood’s men
Mumbai: Keeping his
promise of “a post-
Diwali blast”, BJP
leader of Opposition
Devendra Fadnavis on
Tuesday made a
shocking expose of
how Nationalist Con-
gress Party Minister
Nawab Malik alleged-
ly entered into a “land
deal” at throwaway
prices with two hench-
men of fugitive mafia
don Dawood Ibrahim
Kaskar. Releasing doc-
uments of the 16-year-
old deal before the me-
dia, Fadnavis said
that a company con-
nected with Malik,
Solidus Investments
Pvt. Ltd. (SIPL), com-
pleted the land trans-
action in Kurla with
M. Salim Ishaq Patel
and Sardar Shahvali
Khan, both close aides
of Dawood and the lat-
ter a convict sen-
tenced to life impris-
onment in the March
1993 Mumbai serial
bomb blasts.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab
Malik on Tuesday demanded that the centre
should investigate claims made by a French
portal that Rafale makers paid 7.5 million Euros
to middlemen between 2007 and 2012. His
remarks come after a French portal claimed that
Rafale makers had paid 7.5 million Euros to
middlemen. “A lot of news regarding Rafale has
been coming in the French media. I think the
way the news is coming the government should
investigate the matter. We demand an investiga-
tion by the government,” said Malik.
I Need Commission!
BJP slams Cong over Rafale
deal, says kickbacks received
during UPA’s tenure
NCP’s NAWAB
MALIK
DEMANDS
PROBE
I will drop a
hydrogen
bomb tomor-
row in connection with
Fadnavis. I will expose
his underworld links
—NAWAB MALIK
claiming he would expose leader of Opposition
Devendra Fadnavis’ underworld connections
on Wednesday morning.
Ashish Mishra
BJP LEADER AJAY
SHARMA SHOT AT
SHAH IN BANARAS
ON FRIDAY
Prayagraj: BJP leader
Ajay Sharma was critically
injured after some miscre-
ants allegedly fired at
him inside his house. The
incident took place late
on Monday night near the
Phaphamau police station
area. The police said that
Sharma was shot five
times and the bullets hit
him on his shoulder and
stomach.
New Delhi: On Friday,
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah will travel to Varanasi
to meet with BJP workers
and leaders to discuss
the party’s strategy for
the upcoming elections.
“We are preparing to host
a meeting of 650 leaders
where the Union Minister,
state in-charge Dharmen-
dra Pradhan will take part,”
BJP leader said.
Army Chief General MM Naravane (L) shakes hand with Nepal
Army Chief General PR Sharma in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI
GEHLOT REACHES DELHI,
CABINET EXPANSION ON CARDS?
Suspense over long pending Cabinet expansion and
political appointments in Rajasthan has once again in-
creased in Delhi as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot reached
Delhi from Jodhpur on Tuesday night. Gehlot can meet
Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in Delhi to discuss
cabinet expansion and political issues. After Gehlot’s visit
to Delhi, a decision on cabinet expansion and reshuffle is
likely to be taken this time.

RAJASTHAN
JAIPUR | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2021
02
First India Bureau
Sawai Madhopur: The
urea fertiliser was dis-
tributed at the police
station at Chauth Ka
Barwara in Sawai Mad-
hopur as the farmers
scuffled over the ferti-
lizer.
On Tuesday
, 850 urea
compost bags had come
to a private shop and
thousands of farmers
gathered to take them.
During this, women
alsostoodinqueuesout-
side the police station
since morning, but due
to lack of manure, it
could not be distributed
to all.Due to non-availa-
bility of DAP fertilizer
at the time of sowing of
the crop, the farmers
arefacingissuesandup-
set due to non-availabil-
ity of fertilisers. The
shopkeepers are also
not getting fertiliser.
Urea distributed in the police station
FERTILISER SHORTAGE
zzz
Women also
stood in queues
outside the
police station
since morning,
but due to lack
of manure and it
could not be
distributed to all
the farmers
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The BJP on
Tuesday started a cam-
paign on the social me-
dia against Gehlot gov-
ernment to reduce VAT
on petrol and diesel. Un-
der this, the #GehlotRe-
duceTax campaign has
been run on Twitter
from the BJP Rajasthan
Twitter handle. BJP
state president Satish
Poonia wrote, “Expen-
sive electricity, expen-
sive oil, Congress gov-
ernment completely
failed”.
Leader of Opposition
Gulab Chand Kataria
tweeted that in 2018 the
BJP government had re-
duced VAT on petrol and
diesel by 4% to give re-
lief to public. The then
BJP government had to
bearfinancialburdenof
about `2,000 crore due to
this.
Deputy Leader of Op-
position Rajendra
Rathore also tweeted,
“In the name of VAT by
the Congress govern-
ment in the state, addi-
tional burden is being
put on the pockets of
the general public,
while the state govern-
ments of other neigh-
bouring states have re-
duced VAT.” Rathore
also taunted the Gehlot
government through a
satirical cartoon along
with his tweet.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: After the Centre
reduced excise duty on
petrol and diesel, now
pressure on Raj govern-
ment is increasing. After
BJP’s demand now Con-
gress state VP Rajendra
Chaudhary said, “After
reduction in excise duty
by the Centre, now state
government should im-
mediatelyreduceVATon
petrol and diesel. When
our neighbouring states
Punjab, Haryana can re-
duce VAT, why can’t we?
The government should
take a decision on this
immediately
.”
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A case of rape
with a 15-year-old girl
has been reported at
Kardhani police sta-
tion in Jaipur. Her
neighbour is the ac-
cused in the matter. She
was being raped for the
last over 1.5 months,
the police said.
On coming to know
about the incident, the
victim’s father lodged a
case at Kardhani police
station on Monday
night, which is being
investigated by the po-
lice station in-charge
BL Meena.
According to prelimi-
nary information, the
victim is a student of
Class 9. She left for
school from home on
Monday. When she did
not return home in the
afternoon, the family
got worried. Father in-
quired at school.
After some time the
girl reached her home
but she was not in
school uniform then.
On being asked, she
told that a youth took
her to Mansarovar af-
ter school. There he
raped her at one place.
She said that the ac-
cused has been raping
her for the last one and
a half months by
threatening her.
First India Bureau
Dausa: Rajya Sabha
MP Dr. Kirodi Lal Mee-
na sat on dharna in
front of the Mandawar
police station along
with the villagers over
the case of a fight be-
tween the two parties.
The women of one of
the parties involved in
the dharna have de-
manded action, accus-
ing the policemen of
assault and indecency.
In view of the large
crowd in the dharna,
additional police force
was deployed on the
spot. A dispute has
been going on between
two parties in Garh
Himmat Singh village
for the last several days.
On Monday night too,
there was a fight after
an altercation between
both the sides. The po-
lice intervened but the
women on one side ac-
cused the police of
lathi-charge on them
and misbehaving.
BJP hits back with #GehlotReduceTax campaign
Adding fuel to fire! Cong state VP too
joins BJP’s demand of VAT reduction
State BJP chief Satish Poonia called on West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj Bhawan in
Kolkata on Tuesday and inquired about his health.
POONIA WRITES
TO CM GEHLOT
NoticetoJaigarhFort
overcommercialventures
Kirodi holds dharna
outside police station
Class 9 student raped by
neighbour for 1.5 month
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: After decision
of NGT on commercial
activities in Nahargarh
fort, the forest depart-
ment has tightened
noose around Jaigarh
fort and issued notice to
the fort management.
DFO (Wildlife) Zoo,
Jaipur, issued the notice
to the manager of
Jaigarh on commercial
activities being run in
the fort. The depart-
ment has asked under
which authority the fort
is being operated, what
commercial activities
are being conducted in
the Fort campus, wheth-
er the operators have
taken any kind of per-
mission from the Forest
Department. So far, no
reply has been given to
the notice issued on Oc-
tober 20.
Inthe1961notification
issued for Nahargarh
Century
, the forts of Na-
hargarh, Jaigarh and
Achrolhavebeeninclud-
ed in the sanctuary
. Now
in the PIL filed in the
NGT by the forest lover
Rajendra Tiwari, the
NGT has directed the
closure of all commer-
cial activities from the
entire sanctuary area by
December 1, 2021.
Jaigarh is managed
by Sawai Man Singh II
Museum Trust, City
Palace, Jaipur in which
commercial activities
like showrooms, restau-
rants and parking are
conducted.
Jaigarh Fort
GANGRAPE VICTIM
HAD COME TO
COLLECT `20,000
Dausa: Dausa
gangrape victim had
come from Guru-
gram in Haryana to
Jaipur to collect
Rs 20,000 that she
lent to her female
friend. The police
have arrested 4
accused along with
her female friend,
who allegedly got
her raped. The
victim lives with her
sister in Gurugram,
has two children,
and got divorced
6 months ago. On
November 7, she
was kidnapped and
raped in a forest
area on Lalsot road.
—FIB
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Empowered
committee of local
bodies will now issue
completion and occu-
pancy certificates after
completion of con-
struction of flats,
buildings, group hous-
ing and construction
on plots of 500 sqm and
above area.
The state govern-
ment has empowered
the committee to issue
the certificates during
Prashasan Shahron Ke
Sang campaign. The
matter will have to be
disposed off within 15
days for application.
At present, there is a
provision to constitute
a separate committee
at the local body level
for this work but the
committees in most of
the municipal corpora-
tions, councils and mu-
nicipalities have not
been formed at all. Nor
are there registered ar-
chitects available. As a
result, such cases are
not being resolved dur-
ing the campaign.
To address this, the
government has given
the right to the empow-
ered committee.
Bamniya orders probe
into his viral audio clip
Anupam Dixit
Banswara: Tribal De-
velopment minister Ar-
jun Singh Bamniya on
Tuesday claimed that
the viral audio clip in
which his voice could
be heard was tampered
with and has written to
the IG to verify its au-
thenticity
.
In the 22-minute au-
dio clip gone viral in
Banswara, Bamniya is
heard consulting some-
one post elections in
which the politics of
the entire Vagad region
has been discussed. The
talks are about Dhari-
awad by-elections.
Bamniya was in-
charge of by-elections
in Dhariyawad and the
Congress won there. In
the alleged conversa-
tion between Bamniya
and the other person,
Bharatiya Tribal Party
and Bagidaura MLA
Mahendrajeet Singh
Malviya were also dis-
cussed.
NEWS DIGEST
JDA TO NOW FOCUS ON ISSUING FREEHOLD
LEASES UNDER AMBITIOUS PSKS DRIVE
Jaipur: Under the Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang Abhiyan
2021, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) will now
focus on issuing freehold leases. Special camps will be
set up and several schemes will be included in these
camps for the convenience of the people. JDA Com-
missioner Gaurav Goyal instructed all the Zone Deputy
Commissioners in a meeting on Tuesday to educate
the citizens about the concessions being given by the
government during the campaign. An amount of
Rs1300 will be spent on registration of freehold lease
said the officials. All the Deputy Commissioners were
also directed to lease out the unapproved colonies
coming under the JDA jurisdiction after taking suo
motu action under Section 90 A and conducting a sur-
vey once the layout plans have been approved.
Now empowered committee to issue
completion certs for 500 sqm plots
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Troubles for
former superintendent
of Jaipuria hospital Dr
SS Ranawat are set to
increase after he was
found guilty of sexual
harassment in his
chamber.
Ranawatwasamong7
persons including 2 of-
ficers and 5 pharma-
cists who were found
guilty of corruption in
SMS lifeline. A fire had
broken out in the life-
line of the SMS hospital
on May 10, 2019 follow-
ing which a committee
was formed which
found 7 including Dr
Ranawat involved in a
scam running in crores
of rupees.
Dr Ranawat was the
RMC registrar. Apart
from him, Dr Prabhat
Saraf and 5 pharma-
cists were found in-
volved in the matter. A
complaint was regis-
tered with the Anti Cor-
ruption Bureau. How-
ever, no action against
them was taken despite
recoveryof Rs4.25crore
from accused firms.
Dr Ranawat to
face trouble in
lifeline scam
850 urea ferti-
liser bags had
come to a
shopkeeper. Due to the
large crowd of farm-
ers, the distribution
had to be done by
queuing outside the
police station.
—RAJU LAL SHARMA,
Agriculture Department official
RAJ PETROLEUM DEALER ASSN
DEMANDS REDUCTION IN VAT ON FUEL
By reducing the VAT on petrol and diesel, the Punjab
Congress has added to the troubles of the Rajasthan
government. As compared to Punjab, an additional
VAT of 20 rupees 88 paise on petrol and 16 rupees
and 28 paise on diesel is being levied in Ganganagar in
Rajasthan. Rajasthan Petroleum Dealer Association has
now demanded that the government reduce VAT on fuel
immediately. Association officials said highest VAT on
petrol and diesel is being levied in Rajasthan because
of which people have reduced their consumption. This
is directly affecting the petrol pump operators. As-
sociation President informed that various other states
slashed down VAT after Centre reduced Rs5 on petrol
and Rs10 on diesel but Rajasthan did not. They allege
due to this petrol pumps in Raj are on brink of shutting
down, so traders should be provided relief.

Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: A man died
while 10 were injured
when an Audi car went
berserk and hit three
two-wheelers before
ramming into a cart
and huts at Lane 11 of
Industrial Area near
AIIMS here on Tues-
day morning.
The deceased was
identified as Mukesh
(30), three injured were
inhabitants of huts
while four others were
commuters, as per PTI.
The Jaipur number
car came at a high
speed and lost control
reportedly after a blast
in its engine.
CM Ashok Gehlot,
who is on Jodhpur vis-
it, went to AIIMS from
the airport and met in-
jured.
The government an-
nounced compensa-
tion of Rs 2 lakh for the
deceased family, Rs 1
lakh to seriously in-
jured, and Rs 50,000 to
other injured.
Amit Nagar, 50, a
resident of Nandanvan
Green of Shastri Na-
gar police station area,
was driving car from
Pal Road towards
AIIMS when it became
uncontrollable.
A CCTV footage of
accident shows car hit-
ting commuters before
banging into cart and a
shanty on the roadside.
As soon as the car
stopped, Amit left the
spot and went straight
to police station.
RAJASTHAN
03
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Team India is
reaching Jaipur today
for the T20 match to be
played with New Zea-
land on November 17 at
the Sawai Man Singh
Stadium. The prepara-
tions are being final-
ized at the stadium.
The team will be quar-
antined in the hotel for
3 days. After this, the
players will practice at
the SMS stadium from
November 14 to 16.
The New Zealand
cricket team will also
reach Jaipur directly
after the T20 World
Cup. On November 18,
both the teams will
leave for Ranchi from
Jaipur for the second
match.
The Rajasthan gov-
ernment issued new
guidelines for Corona
on Monday in which
sports competitions
with 100% capacity
have been allowed.
The Rajasthan Cricket
Association has start-
ed setting up an audi-
ence gallery at the sta-
dium.
“During the match,
the spectators with
RTPCR test or vacci-
nation certificate will
be allowed to watch
the match in the sta-
dium. RCA has sought
guidance from the gov-
ernment regarding
100% audience attend-
ance. In such a situa-
tion, the ticket coun-
ters of the match will
be started after the
permission,” said
RCA Secretary Ma-
hendra Sharma.
First India Bureau
Dausa: In an inspiring
initiative by Dausa
MLA Murari Lal Mee-
na to felicitate merito-
rious pupils of govern-
ment schools, 12
students who topped in
his constituency in
2020 have got the oppor-
tunity to fly from
Jaipur to the city of
lakes, Udaipur.
Top two students in
merit from the 6 high-
est ranking govern-
ment schools here have
been selected to fly.
According to the
MLA, the objective of
this initiative is to in-
culcate a passion for
education in children.
The students are
excited to be part of
this first and a one-of-
its-kind initiative of
the state government.
It is worth mention-
ing that even the par-
ents of the selected stu-
dents have been funded
for this trip by the MLA
at his personal expense.
Out of the 12
students, 5 are girls.
On this ocassion,
MLA says “Education is
the wind beneath your
wings”.
Team India to reach Jaipur today
Toppers fly high, courtesy MLA!
12 toppers of govt school fly to Udaipur
Taxation officers stage protest
PSKS: Nazul properties to be
allotted to tenants occupying them
Dengue scare: Central
team holds meet at SMS
Former SBI chairman gets
bail, to appear on Nov 15
T20 SERIES
1 KILLED, 10 INJURED AS CAR HITS
COMMUTERS, CRASHES INTO HUTS
AUDI GOES BERSERK
CM Ashok Gehlot meets one of the injured at AIIMS on Tuesday. (Inset) Car at the accident spot.
Toppers felicitated before taking the flight to Udaipur.
Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat@gssjodhpur
The death of one per-
son and injuries to 10
people after being hit by a
speeding car in Jodhpur
is a very regrettable and
condemnable accident.
The administration should
take strict action against
the guilty and provide
quick relief to the affect-
ed. Especially, the family
of the deceased should
get full help. Paying hom-
age to the departed soul, I
wish the injured a speedy
recovery.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: There has been
a huge increase in the
cases of assault on gov-
ernment officials and
employees during offi-
cial work, state govern-
ment has confirmed.
In response to an Un-
starred question asked
by Laxman Meena, an
independent MLA from
Bassi, in the 6th session
of the Legislative As-
sembly, the government
has admitted that the
cases are increasing
rapidly. However, dur-
ing the reply, no men-
tion has been made of
what measures that
should be taken by the
government to prevent
such cases from in-
creasing in future.
The government re-
ply mentioned that in
2020, 1720 cases of as-
sault and obstruction in
official work were filed,
in which 3,444 persons
were arrested and chal-
lans were presented in
1127 cases. FR was filed
in 284 cases and investi-
gation is still going on
in 309 cases.
On October 14 night, 18-year-old
Zaid Ali son of Circle Inspector
Zulfikar Ali, who was allegedly driv-
ing an Audi car at a reckless speed,
blew up three vehicles on Jodhpur’s
Chaupasni Road in which one youth
was killed, while three were injured.
The cop had reached the spot and
rescued his son and his two friends
from the angry people and took
them to the Housing Board police
station.
SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST MONTH IN JODHPUR
During the
match, the
spectators
with RTPCR test or
vaccination certificate
will be allowed to
watch the match in the
stadium. RCA has
sought guidance from
the government.
Mahendra Sharma,
RCA Secretary
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Nazul proper-
ties will be allotted dur-
ing Prashasan Shehron
ke Sang campaign for
which the state govern-
ment has started prepa-
rations. These proper-
ties will be allotted only
to the tenants occupy-
ing them.
In a letter to the GAD
and Directorate of Es-
tates, the Department
of LSG has issued order
to transfer these prop-
erties to the concerned
urban local bodies.
These properties will be
allotted at 20 to 50 per-
cent of the DLC rate.
Meanwhile, LSG dept
has made arrange-
ments for disposal of
cases in seven days and
appointed nodal offic-
ers and link officers for
each city
.
Attack on govt staff on
duty: Cases increasing
steeply across the state
Year Cases Arrest Chargesheet FR Pending
2018 1407 3112 1094 272 41
2019 1602 2854 1160 353 89
2020 1720 3444 1127 284 309
CM Ashok Gehlot directly went to
AIIMS from airport and met injured
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: In view of the
sharp increase in the
cases of dengue, the
Centre has sent teams
to nine states including
Rajasthan to find out
the causes of outbreak.
The team members
held a meeting at SMS
medical college and dis-
cussed the situation
with the Principal of
SMS medical college Dr
Sudhir Bhandari, HoD
of Microbiology Dr
Bharti Malhotra and
SMS hospital superin-
tendent Dr Vinay Mal-
hotra and other doctors.
Dr Himanshu Chau-
han and Dr Rina Ku-
mawat are included in
the team that also vis-
ited RUHS to take stock
of the preparations.
Before Jaipur, team
visited Ajmer and Jodh-
pur and conducted as-
sessment and feedback
of local authorities.
First India Bureau
Jaisalmer: Former SBI
Chairman Pratip
Chaudhuri was
granted bail by a
local court here on
Tuesday
.
Chaudhuri was
sent to judicial
custody for 14 days on
November 1 after being
arrested for selling a
hotel through fraudu-
lent means.
ADJ Dalpat Singh Ra-
jpurohit accepted his
bail plea in view of his
age on a personal bond
of Rs 1 lakh and
two sureties of 50-
50 thousand.
However, he has
also been ordered
to appear in the
court again on
Nov 15.
Chaudhuri was ar-
rested on October 31
from his residence in
Delhi in connection
with the loan case.
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: The judge,
Jitendra Gulia, arrest-
ed in sexual assault on
a 14-year-old boy, was
not produced in the
court on Monday due to
his ill health. Before
court appearance, he
complained that he was
feeling dizzy and not
able to stand or sit prop-
erly
. He also complained
of darkness in front of
his eyes. The suspended
judge complained that
he did not get a pillow
in the jail, despite se-
vere neck pain.
z 12 toppers from
Dausa Government
Schools take a flight
z Dausa MLA Murar-
ilal Meena keeps his
promise
z Top 2 students from
top 6 schools get
the opportunity
MLA KEEPS PROMISE
Gulia misses
hearing, seeks
pillow in jail
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Thousands of
SGST Taxation officers
showed their protest
against Commercial
taxes department im-
practical restructuring
order. Officers from all
districts reached Jhala-
na office here. They
conducted marched
from jhalana to Gandhi
circle jaipur!!
Almost two months
have gone past and de-
partment has come to a
complete hault.
Thousands of taxa-
tion files are lying in
corridors of jhalana of-
fice building. Agitation
is being supported by
trade associations, tax
bar associations and
politicians.
The said disputed or-
der has centralised in-
cluding businessmen &
tax bar associations.
SGST taxation officers stage protest at Jhalana office on Tuesday.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: With their
21-point demands in-
cluding demand for CBI
probe in REET, SI exam
paper leak, 50 officials
of Ra Unemployed Uni-
fied Federation (RUUF)
will now travel to UP.
Upen Yadav, state presi-
dent of Federation said
1000 youth will reach
Priyanka Gandhi’s ral-
ly on November 24.
First India Bureau
Alwar: Unidentified
miscreants shot dead a
20-year-old youth out-
side his house near
Robada Ke Kuan on the
60-feet Road in Alwar on
Tuesday. Police said
that the deceased Akash
was a scrap-dealer.
Late in the evening,
when Akash went out to
fetch some provisions
with his two friends 2
youth came on a bike
and intercepted them.
They shot at Akash kill-
ing him on the spot and
fled away
.
1K Rajasthan
unemployed to
meet Priyanka
Scrap dealer
shot dead
in Alwar
DOOR-TO-DOOR SURVEY FOR EASE
In order to give its flagship campaign ‘Prashasan
Shehron Ke Sang’ (PSKS) push, state govern-
ment has asked all units to conduct a door-to-
door survey. As per a fresh order, employees in-
volved in survey will have to now apprise people
of discounts given on registration fee.
Some players from New Zealand test team and members of the
support staff arrived in Jaipur on Tuesday. Players of the T20
team will come later. —PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA
Three personalities from
Rajasthan received the
prestigious Padma Shri
Award-2021 from President Ram
Nath Kovind on Tuesday.These
include Dr.Arjun Singh Shekhawat
of Pali district for collecting writings
in more than 50 Mayad languages,
eminent folk artist Lakha Khan
of Jodhpur district for working in
the field of art and Shyam Sundar
Paliwal of Rajsamand district for
social service.
THREE RAJ PERSONALITIES
GET PADMA SHRI-2021
Lakha Khan and AS Shekhawat felicitated by the President.
Shyam S Paliwal

PERSPECTIVE
04
Vol 3 Issue No. 154
RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764.
Printed and published by
Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of
First Express Publishers. Printed
at Bhaskar Printing Press, D.B.
Corp Limited, Shivdaspura, Tonk
Road, Jaipur. Published at 304,
3rd Floor, City Mall, Bhagwan Das
Road, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001,
Rajasthan. Phone 0141-4920504.
Editor-In-Chief: Jagdeesh Chandra.
Editor: Anita Hada Sangwan
responsible for selection of news
under the PRB Act
Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Hearty congratulations to all the
people of the state on the foundation
day of Uttarakhand, the holy land of
spirituality and culture. Chief Minister
@pushkardhami Under the leadership
of Ji, the state is continuously moving
on the path of development. I pray
to God for happiness, prosperity and
welfare of all the people of the state.
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
On World Legal Services Day, let us
pledge to make sure the availability of
free services to the weaker section of
the society and make them conscious
about their rights.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than
all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that
is at work within us.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
HEALTH CARE IN
AMERICA IS THE
BEST IN THE WORLD
here is an aphorism
that all budding en-
trepreneurs and griz-
zled veterans alike
come to intimately
understand: the market never
lies. Americans have among the
lowest life expectancy of high-
income countries — 77.3 years
versus Switzerland, for exam-
ple, at 83.2 years. The adult
chronic disease burden stands
at 24.6% of the population, com-
pared to an average of 18%
across these same countries.
Obesity defined as a BMI of 30
or more is at a staggering 40% in
the United States, compared to
an average of 21% in the group.
Yet over a million people travel
totheUSeveryyearfortheirmed-
icalcare,includingheadsof state,
thewealthyandelite,whopresum-
ably could have received care in
their home country or anywhere
else in the world. The numbers
citedabovedonotevenincludethe
millions who are cared for by the
international satellite campuses
of the Mayo Clinic, Cornell, Har-
vard and Johns Hopkins systems,
to name just a few, that have been
established to bring American
healthcaretotherestof theworld.
SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER
TOP TWEETS
T
ustralia may be
leading the world
in measures to
protect public in-
terest journalism
from the threats arising from
media restructuring and
news aggregators such as
Google and Facebook, but it
has yet to properly address
the related need for firm pro-
fessional standards.
At the moment the Austral-
ian Press Council deals with
complaints about the print
and online content of the
newspapers, magazines and
journals that fund it.
Among those publishers
are the two biggest: Nine and
News Corp. Other big pub-
lishers are not or cannot be
members, among them
Guardian Australia, The
Conversation and the ABC.
THERE HAVE BEEN
ATTEMPTS TO LIFT
STANDARDS
The government’s Finkelstein
Review recommended a gov-
ernment-fundedstatutorybody
takeovertheroleandfunctions
of theAustralianPressCouncil
and the news-related functions
of the Communications and
Media Authority
.
THE GOVERNMENT IS
INCHING TOWARDS MORE
The government has raised
thepossibilityof tryingagain,
its green paper last year on
broadcasting promising to
“implementastagedprogram
of reform towards ‘platform
neutral’ media regulation”.
HERE’S HOW BETTER
REGULATION COULD WORK
The Council has its critics,
whether related to slowness
in handling complaints (a le-
gitimate concern) or seeming
insufficiently independent or
insufficiently (or overly) crit-
ical of the work it examines.
But its work is important.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Australian journalism
needs better standards
One thing that could be
done in Australia is
for digital platforms
and publishers to
voluntarily adopt an
improved version of
the Digital Industry
Group’s code
A
POST BYPOLL, TMC EMERGES
STRONGER, CONG DECIMATED,
LEFT… LEFT ASIDE
he bypolls are over and even
as it is a known fact that the
ruling party makes the best
out of the bypoll results… a
close look at how the ruling
party fared in these bypolls
would certainly paint an ex-
tremely dismal picture of the
Opposition in West Bengal.
TMC on November 2 made
a clean sweep in the Assem-
bly bypolls after it won in all
the four seats.
Even as TMC secured land-
slide victories in these elec-
tions, one constant factor that
needs to be acknowledged is
that the BJP remained as the
main Opposition even as the
saffron party saw how they
“dropped” the Shantipur and
Dinhata catches.
POINTS TO BE NOTED
TMC is growing stronger
by the day: Despite the fact
that the BJP had pressed into
service all its stalwarts for
the Assembly polls earlier
this year… the May 2, 2021
outcome script went horribly
awry for the saffron party
while Mamata Banerjee had
the last laugh. After the mas-
sive win against the BJP, it
was evident that TMC would
shift its focus pan-India.
However, this did not mean
that the TMC would loosen
its connect over West Bengal
and take the bypolls lightly
.
In the state Assembly polls
held in March-April this
year, the TMC received 48 per
cent vote share. In the Bha-
wanipore Assembly bypoll
on September 30, Mamata
garnered 71.9 per cent votes
and the party bagged a total
60.2 per cent votes in the elec-
tion at Samserganj and Jan-
gipur seats held on the very
same day
.
IntheNovember2victoryin
all the four bypolls, the TMC
logged in a major 75 per cent
combinedvoteshare.Withthis,
thepartynowhasastrengthof
217 MLAs in the House.
Moreover, the party en-
joyed straight drive wins
with record differences.
Udayan Guha won the Din-
hata seat in Cooch Behar dis-
trict by 1,64,089 votes. In Go-
saba, Subrata Mondal of the
TMC was triumphant by a
winning margin of 1,43,051
votes. In Khardah, Sovandeb
Chattopadhyay won by a mar-
gin of 93,832 votes. It may be
noted that Sovandeb had giv-
en up his Bhawanipore seat
for Mamata. TMC nominee
from Shantipur, Braja Kishor
Goswami managed to win by
a margin of 64,675 votes.
BJP not getting the grasp?:
Even as the BJP has come up
to become the main Opposi-
tion to the TMC in the earlier
held crucial Assembly
polls… the saffron party has,
it seems, lost quite a bit of
steam. Even as it failed to
win any of the four (Assem-
bly) seats, the party lost both
Dinhata and Santipur seats.
Moreover, to add to their
woes… BJP party candidates
even lost their deposits in
Dinhata, Gosaba and even in
Khardah constituencies.
During the Assembly polls
earlier this year, BJP’s vote
share was pegged at 38 per
cent. In Bhawanipore bypoll,
the BJP’s vote share dipped
to 22.3 per cent. In Samser-
ganj and Jangipur Assembly
elections, the combined vote
share of BJP was 14.2 per
cent. However, in the bypolls,
the party’s combined vote
share stood at 14.5 per cent.
It may be noted that the
party lost five of its “sulking”
MLAs to the TMC since the
Assemblypollswereover.BJP
MLAs who are now in the
TMC are Tanmoy Ghosh,
Mukul Roy
, Biswajit Das,
Krishna Kalyani and Soumen
Roy
. They have not yet re-
signed from their posts and
the unofficial tally of the BJP
in the House is now 70, down
from 77. Going by the trend
and with the current election
scenario… grapevine has it
thatmoredefectionsarelikely
.
Congress ‘deleted’, Left is
out of focus but in frame:
Although the party contested
only one seat out of the four,
the Congress candidate in
Shantipur managed to get
just a meagre 1.41 per cent
votes and was slightly better
that 0.92 per cent that is what
the NOTA got. Poll panel data
reveals that the Congress
ended up doing worse than
NOTA. While it clocked only
0.37 per cent votes, NOTA
bagged 1.07 per cent.
This will give the TMC an
upper hand in case the Grand
Old Party has a poll alliance
with TMC in the larger con-
text for Lok Sabha, it won’t be
difficult for the TMC to garm-
eralion’sshare.However,let’s
look at the Left... LF did better
and logged in 8.5 per cent
votes, up from the 4.7 % it re-
ceivedduringthestateAssem-
bly polls earlier this year.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
During the Assembly polls
earlier this year, BJP’s vote
share was pegged at 38 per
cent. In Bhawanipore
bypoll, the BJP’s vote share
dipped to 22.3 per cent. In
Samserganj and Jangipur
Assembly elections, the
combined vote share of BJP
was 14.2 per cent. However,
in the bypolls, the party’s
combined vote share stood
at 14.5 per cent
Even as TMC secured
landslide victories in
these elections, one
constant factor that needs
to be acknowledged is
that the BJP remained as
the main Opposition
even as the saffron party
saw how they “dropped”
the Shantipur and
Dinhata catches
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India

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INDIA
05
POST BYPOLL VICTORIES, CAN CONGRESS
PRESENTONE-ON-ONECHALLENGETOBJP?
Anita Hada
New Delhi:
With the re-
sults of by-
elections to
three Lok
Sabha and
30 assem-
bly seats in
t h i r t e e n
states and
union territo-
ries falling large-
ly in Congress' fa-
vour, grand old party
has witnessed a huge
change in momentum
towards itself.
Earlier in face-to-face
battles, Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party has often
won, but this time Con-
gress has won and that
too with a huge margin.
Barring one state - As-
sam - Congress has won
by a huge margin and
where it has lost, there
has been a tough fight.
Even though during
the seven years of Nar-
endra Modi's rule, the
opposition parties have
been winning in the by-
elections, but this time
the Congress is consid-
ering its victory 'spe-
cial' and showing the
strength of a one-on-
one fight with the
Bharatiya Janata Party
.
Keep in mind that
earlier the Congress
used to lose in one-on-
one battles while BJP
considered it its
strength that it
had to fight the
C o n g r e s s .
But this
time in the
b y - e l e c -
tion, the
Congress
has defeat-
ed the
B h a r a t i ya
Janata Party-
by a big margin
or has lost by a very
small margin in a one-
on-one fight. It is being
told that there is a lot of
enthusiasm in the Con-
gress high command
about this.
Congress leaders
have presented this re-
port in front of the par-
ty, after which both Ra-
hul Gandhi and Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra have
tightened their stance
against the Bharatiya
Janata Party
.
RAJASTHAN MADHYA PRADESH
Congress won both the seats in
Rajasthan, where Congress got
37.51 percent votes and BJP
18.80 percent. In this way, the
BJP’s voting was half that of
the Congress party.
In MP, BJP won one Lok Sabha
and two Assembly seats and
Congress won one assembly
seat. There the BJP got 47.58
percent of the votes and the
Congress got 45.55 percent.
MAHARASHTRA HIMACHAL PRADESH
When the Congress won the only
assembly seat in Maharashtra, it
got 57.03 percent votes, while the
BJP got 35.06 percent. That is, the differ-
ence there was 22 percent of the vote.
In HP, the party won one LS all
three assembly seats. In these four
seats, Congress got 48.90 percent of
the votes, while BJP got only 28.05 per-
cent. There was a difference of 20 percent votes.
According to sources, the recent
strategy of Congress is to remain
aggressive against BJP and present
itself as a better alternative to saffron
party. It is also being said that Con-
gress is toying with the idea of going
ahead alone for the time being. As
per highly placed sources in Cong,
party’s strategy has been changed
after by-polls. The results of by-polls
in states like WB, AP, Bihar, Telan-
gana etc. have worried Congress,
after which efforts will be made to
improve coordination with allies or
find new allies in these states.
CONGRESS PLANS MASSIVE RESTRUCTURING...
HOCKEY COACH MOVES DELHI HC OVER BEING
IGNORED FOR DRONACHARYA AWARD
ED ATTACHES ASSETS WORTH RS 61.38 CR IN BHUSHAN STEEL, BEL CASE
SCSP: PLEA SEEKS
DIRECTION TO
UTILISE FUNDS
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC on Tuesday issued
notice on a petition
seeking directions from
Delhi Govt to spend the
entire amount allocated
for SCSP under the
Budget Outlays for the
financial year 2021-22
and future financial
years for the welfare of
SC. The petition further
sought direction to Delhi
Government, department
for the welfare of SC/
ST/OBC, DSFDC and
Planning Department to
ensure that the unspent
funds that have been
diverted in the last three
years are reverted to the
SCSP and are used for
special schemes set up
for the welfare of the
Scheduled Castes. Court
fixed matter for January
11, 2022, for hearing.
New Delhi: Hockey coach Sandeep Sangwan on Tues-
day moved the Delhi High Court seeking an order for the
government to consider him for the Dronacharya Award
(Regular Category) for the year 2021 for his performance
as a coach. Justice Rekha Palli asked the Centre to take
instructions and listed the matter for further hearing on No-
vember 12. Sangwan, who claims to be a renowned hockey
coach, said he was ignored by the Centre from being
considered for the Dronacharya Award despite being found
meritorious by the Selection Committee for Sports Award
2021. The Centre was represented by Additional Solicitor
General Chetan Sharma and standing counsel Anil Soni.
Mumbai: The ED has provisionally attached
assets of about Rs 61.38 crore under the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
(PMLA), in relation to its probe on Bhushan
Steel Limited (BSL), Bhushan Energy Limited
(BEL) and a few others. BSL and its former
promoters are accused of siphoning off pub-
lic funds. The agency in a statement said the
attached assets consist of “agricultural land
in Raigad, Maharashtra, warehouses in enti-
ties under the control of erstwhile promoters
of BSL”. ED initiated a money laundering
probe into Bhushan Steel and Bhushan
Energy on the basis of a complaint filed by
SFIO in 2019, under various provisions of
Companies Act, 2013 and IPC, 1860.
COURT TO HEAR PLEA OVER BAR ON MARRIED
PEOPLE JOINING ARMY’S LEGAL WING
COURT SENDS NCB WITNESS KIRAN GOSAVI
TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY IN CHEATING CASE
New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Tuesday said it will hear on
January 11 a plea challenging the restriction on married
individuals being considered for JAG department, the
legal arm of the army. A bench of CJ DN Patel and
Justice Jyoti Singh allowed an early hearing application
by petitioner Kush Kalra and permitted the Centre to file
any additional affidavit on it. “List for hearing on January
11, 2022. If the respondent wants to file any affidavit,
the same is permitted to be filed. No purpose would
be served by keeping this matter pending for a long
period,” said the bench.
Pune: NCB independent witness in the Mumbai cruise
raid case Kiran Gosavi has been sent to Judicial custody
by a Pune court on Tuesday
in a cheating case registered
against him at Faraskhana
police station. Gosavi, till now,
was in police custody. On Oc-
tober 28, Gosavi, a key witness
in the Mumbai cruise drugs
case in which Bollywood actor SRK’s son Aryan Khan
was arrested, was held by Pune City Police in connec-
tion with a cheating case of Rs 18 lakh in the year 2018.
IN THE COURTYARD
BAIL OF EX-FORTIS
PROMOTER ON HOLD
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday
adjourned bail plea of
former Fortis Healthcare
promoter Shivinder
Mohan Singh, accused of
misappropriating about
Rs 2,400 crore of Relig-
are Finvest Ltd funds, for
November 11. The court
kept decision on hold.
Kavita Pant
New Delhi: Five years
have passed since de-
monetisation. On No-
vember 8, 2016, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, while address-
ing the nation at eight
o’clock in the night,
said that the notes of
Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 will
cease to be legal ten-
der. After that, for sev-
eral months, PM him-
self and his ministers
kept explaining to the
country that this has
been done to eliminate
black money.
When there was no
sign of ending black
money, it was said that
this masterstroke was
done by the PM to make
a cashless economy.
Since then, it is being
publicized that how
digital transactions
have taken over the role
in India. There is no
doubt that digital trans-
actions have increased
but at the same time
people’s dependence on
cash has become more
than ever.
Five years after de-
monetisation in India,
cash has become about
60 percent more than
before demonetisation.
According to the defini-
tion of RBI, having cash
in the hands of the pub-
lic means that if we sort
out the cash of the
banks from the curren-
cy in circulation minus
cash in banks i.e. total
liquidity, then what is
left is the cash in the
hands of the people and
it is Rs 28 lakh crore. It
is believed that the co-
rona virus has also in-
creased people’s confi-
dence in cash. However,
the amount of cash to
GDP ratio in India was
always 10 to 12 per cent,
which is now going to
increase to 14 per cent.
5 YEARS SINCE DEMONETISATION, MORE
CASH AVAILABLE TO INDIANS THAN EVER!
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: After in-
creasing it nine times
in three years, the cen-
tral government has
reduced the excise duty
on petrol and diesel
once. And within hours
of the Central govern-
ment’s move, leaders of
BJP started pressuriz-
ing the opposition-ruled
states to reduce their
VAT or local tax. In Del-
hi, BJP leaders also
demonstrated in front
of CM Arvind Kejri-
wal’s house.
Opposition leaders
do not want central govt
and the BJP to get all
the credit for the reduc-
tion in the price of pet-
rol and diesel and that
is why they have with-
held the decision in
their respective states.
An opposition leader
says that now if they
reduce VAT, the price of
petrol and diesel will
come down further but
the credit will go to the
BJP. That’s why the op-
position parties are
waiting for the matter
to cool down, after
which they will cut
down VAT and take full
credit. The state govts
of BJP and its allies
have no such need, so
they have reduced their
local taxes immediately
.
Rest of states will wait
for a while and reduce
their local taxes. Keep
in mind that the biggest
source of revenue with
the state govts is the tax
on petroleum products,
so they are not in a posi-
tion to give much relief.
States with opposition rule will also
reduce VAT,but no major relief expected!
VAT has been reduced in many places even in the
states ruled by the opposition, but there are about a
dozen states that have not reduced VAT and it is
said that in the coming days, VAT will also be
reduced in these states.
In report of RBI, total cash in India as on Oct 5,
2021 is `28.30 lakh cr, which was `17.97 crore 5
years ago on Nov 8, 2016. Cash use has grown by
57% in 5 years. People have more cash of `10.33
lakh crore than before. Over `2.5 lakh crore cash
has come into circulation every year. 2 months after
demonetisation, in Jan 2017, people had only
`7,80,000 cr of cash left, today it is `28.30 lakh
Mumbai police
detain 1 person
in Antilia case
Mumbai: The Mumbai
police have identified
one person among the
two who asked about
the location of Antilia,
residence of RIL Chair-
man Mukesh Ambani,
but nothing suspicious
has been found so far. “1
person identified; he is
a taxi driver from Guja-
rat. Nothing suspicious
recovered from him so
far,” said Mumbai Po-
lice. Cops have initiated
inquiry as taxi driver
alerted police. —ANI
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: The Un-
ion Government on
Tuesday appointed
Sheel Vardhan Singh,
a 1986 batch IPS offic-
er of Bihar Cadre, to
the post of Director
General of CISF; a
post that fell vacant
after Subodh Kumar
Jaiswal was appointed
as CBI Director.
Presently, Singh is
working as Special Di-
rector in IB. Report-
edly, he will take
charge on Wednesday.
Further, Atul Karwal,
1988 batch Gujarat
Cadre IPS officer, was
appointed as Director
General, NDRF. Cur-
rently, Karwal is head-
ing the Sardar Vallab-
hbhai Patel National
Police Academy. On
taking over at NDRF
headquarters Karwal
will join his wife in
New Delhi where she
is serving as Union
Secretary in the De-
partment of School
Education.
SINGH KARWAL APPOINTED AS DG IN CISF NDRF RESP
NEW POSTINGS!
NARANG WILL BE NEW DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
IN HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD
New Delhi: The Pub-
lic Enterprises
Selection Board
(PESB) on Tues-
day recommend-
ed that Rajneesh
Narang be con-
sidered for ap-
pointment as
Director (Finance) of
state-run oil refiner
Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd
(HPCL).
Narang was
picked out of
nine candidates
who were inter-
viewed on Mon-
day.
Currently
, Na-
rang is working as
HPCLExecutiveDirec-
tor (Corporate Fi-
nance). He has also
beenfunctioningasthe
company’s Chief Fi-
nancial Officer (CFO)
since July 01, 2021.
If the PESB recom-
mendation is ap-
proved by the Union
Government, Narang
will step in the shoe of
R Kesavan who retired
this year.
New Delhi: CJ NV Ra-
mana Tuesday said the
legal profession is not
about profit maximisa-
tion but for service to
the society
.
Speaking at event or-
ganised by NALSA to
observe ‘Legal Services
Day’, Ramana said stu-
dents, educated in law,
are empowered to be the
voicesof vulnerableand
marginalised sections
of the society
.
Ramana said he was
very happy to see Union
Law Minister Kiren Ri-
jiju’s personal inclina-
tion towards progress
of legal services. Rijiju
expressed concern over
unpalatable remarks
made on SM against
judges. —ANI
LEGAL SERVICES DAY
Advareempoweredtobe
voices of vulnerable: CJI
Your decision
to join legal
aid movement
will pave path for a
great career. This will
help you inculcate
empathy, under-
standing and a sense
of selflessness.
—NV Ramana, CJI
NV Ramana
Atul Karwal Sheel Vardhan Singh

INDIA
06
Prez Ram Nath Kovind presents award to Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat. She is one of the founders of Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad.
President presents award to Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous) for
Public Affairs. His son Chirag Paswan receives the award.
Ram Nath Kovind gives award to Prof Ram Yatna Shukla. He is the
President of Kashi Vidwat Parishad and called “Abhinav Panini”.
President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Bhushan Award
to Sumitra Mahajan for Public Affairs in New Delhi on Tuesday.
President Ram Nath Kovind presents award to Tarun Gogoi
(Posthumous). His wife Dolly Gogoi receives the award.
PADMA AWARDS
PRESIDENT
CONFERS
TOP
HONOURS
resident Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday
presented Padma awards, the most
prestigious awards in the country, to
the recipients at the Civil Investiture
Ceremony-I at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
As a part of it, a total of 119 awards was pre-
sented in a ceremony conducted on November
8 and 9, out of which seven Padma Vibhushan,
10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri awards
will be conferred to the recipients.
PADMA AWARDEES ARE...
While the Padma Vibhushan awardees include
Shinzo Abe, SP Balasubramaniam, Dr Belle
Monappa Hegde, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan,
Narinder Singh Kapany, BB Lal and Sudarshan
Sahoo. The list of Padma Bhushan Awards include
ministers like Tarun Gogoi, Chandrashekhar Kam-
bara, Sumitra Mahajan, Ram Vilas Paswan and
Tarlochan Singh among others. Meanwhile, 29
of the awardees include women, 16 Posthumous
awardees and one transgender awardee.
P
BRAHMINS BANIYAS ARE IN MY
POCKET, SAYS MP BJP IN-CHARGE
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) in-
charge Muralidhar Rao
said that people belong-
ing to Brahmin and
Baniya communities
are in his pockets.
He made the remarks
while responding to the
allegations that BJP is
seeking caste-based
votes. “Brahmins and
Baniyas are in my two
pockets....when there
were brahmin workers
it was called Brahmins’
party. When Baniya
workers were there it
was called a party for
‘baniyas’...BJP will be
for everyone,” Rao said
during a press confer-
ence here.
In a series of tweets,
Congress party leader
Kamal Nath slammed
Rao for his remarks
and said that the BJP
leader has insulted the
‘Brahmin’ and ‘Baniya’
communities. —ANI
...over allegations
that his party seeks
caste-based vote
Kamal Nath @ OfficeOfKNath
Very sad information has been
received about the death of four
innocent people in the incident of
fire in the children’s ward of Kamala Nehru
Hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Condolences to the families of
the victims. The government
should make arrangements
for proper treatment of other
injured children.
SHIVRAJ ORDERS PROBE INTO HOSP FIRE
Bhopal: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
on Tuesday said that a probe has been or-
dered into the incident in Bhopal’s Kamla
Nehru Hospital where four children died
after a children’s ward caught fire.
‘This is a case of criminal neg-
ligence. Stringent action will
be taken against those found
guilty,’ tweeted Chouhan.
Low age of victims
in rape, murder not
sufficient to impose
death penalty: SC
New Delhi: Low age of
victimsinrape-and-mur-
der cases has not been
considered as the “only
or sufficient factor by
this court” for imposing
thedeathpenalty
,theSu-
preme Court has said
referring to its verdict
thathadanalysed67sim-
ilar cases dealt by it in
last 40 years.
The apex court’s cru-
cialobservationcameon
an appeal of Irappa Sid-
dappa who was convict-
ed and given the death
penalty by a trial court.
The Karnataka High
Court confirmed the tri-
al court’s decision on
March 6, 2017.
He was convicted for
kidnapping, rape and
murder of a five-year
old-girl in the village of
Khanapur in Karnataka
in 2010 and post the inci-
dent,hehadputthebody
of victim in a bag and
thrown it into a stream,
named Bennihalla. —ANI
Mahapanchayat
in Lucknow on
Nov 22 will be
historic:Tikait
New Delhi: Bharatiya
KisanUnion(BKU)lead-
er Rakesh Tikait on
Tuesday warned the
centre of intensifying
thefarmers’agitationin
the Purvanchal region
in poll-bound Uttar
Pradesh, adding that the
upcoming Kisan Ma-
hapanchayat in Luc-
knowwillprovetobethe
“lastnailinthecoffinfor
the three black laws”.
Earlier, he had said
that farmers will
strengthen the agita-
tion from November 27
by reaching Delhi bor-
ders on tractors. —ANI
The Kisan
Mahapanchayat
in Lucknow on
November 22 will be
historic. It will prove to be
the last nail in the coffin for
the anti-farmer government
and the three black laws.
Now, the farmers’
movement will also
intensify in Purvanchal.
—RAKESH TIKAIT,
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader
INC Manipur
@INCManipur
CLP Leader, Shri Ibobi;
PCC President Shri N.
Loken and Shri @
Gaikhangam2 along with
other delegates of CLP -
Shri @meghachandra_k,
Km. @MirabaiAkoijam
and Md. @fajur_rahim
met Congress President
Smt. Sonia Gandhi to
discuss political scenario
of Manipur at New Delhi.
New Delhi: Ahead of
the 2022 assembly elec-
tions, a meeting of Ma-
nipur Congress leaders
with party interim
President Sonia Gandhi
is underway at her resi-
dence in the national
capital on Tuesday, in-
formed sources.
AICC Manipur in-
charge Bhakta Charan
Das, senior observer
Jairam Ramesh along
with other party lead-
ers met Sonia Gandhi.
Former Manipur CM
Okram Ibobi Singh and
Gaikhangam Gangmei
are also present in the
meeting.
The meeting is crucial
as elections are due in
early next year and Ma-
nipur is an important
state in the north east re-
gion. Manipur has 60 as-
sembly seats wherein
BJP is in power. —ANI
AHEAD OF 2022 POLLS
SONIA GANDHI, MANIPUR LEADERS
DISCUSS POLITICAL SITUATION
A delegation from Manipur under the leadership of CLP leader O
Ibobi Singh met with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday.
K’taka BJP in-charge Arun Singh
to strategise for local body polls
Bengaluru: Karnataka
BJP in-charge Arun
Singh will convene a
core committee meet-
ing on Tuesday with
state party leaders to
plan strategies for the
upcoming local body
polls. The elections will
be held for the BBMP,
Vidhana Parishat (leg-
islative council), zilla
and taluk panchayat.
After the BJP’s defeat in
the Hangal bypolls in
Haveri, the home dis-
trict of CM Basavaraj
Bommai, the party is
serious about local body
polls, wants to iron out
differences. Opposition
split by a factional fight
between Shivakumar,
Siddaramaiah. —ANI
YEDIYURAPPA’S STATEWIDE TOUR
Yediyurappa has announced a statewide tour and
declared that it is his mission to bring BJP to
power again in the state Assembly elections. The
core committee will also discuss awarding cabinet
berths to Yediyurappa’s son BY Vijayendra.
Singh’s big challenge is
to bring in coordination
between former CM BS
Yediyurappa and other
top party leaders who
are opposing him
CRUCIAL READ
GOVERNMENT TO
APPOINT NEW UGC
CHIEF SOON
New Delhi: The Union
Education Ministry is
expected to appoint a
new UGC chairperson
within next one month.
The names of any of-
ficials of the Central or
state Govt will not be
considered for the post.
The tenure of DP Singh,
the current chairman
of the UGC, is ending
in the first week of De-
cember. In view of this,
UGC may get a new
chairman by the end of
December. Some new
standards have been
set for appointment.
PMGKAY: OPPN
TARGETS CENTRE ON
DISCONTINUATION
New Delhi: Opposition
on Tuesday attacked
Union govt over “dis-
continuation” of PMG-
KAY, saying scheme
should at least continue
till March 2022 as the
country ranked 101 in
the 2021 Global Hunger
Index and was facing
unemployment issues.
Opposition’s criticism
came after Food Secy
Pandey’s Nov 5 state-
ment that as of now,
Centre has no proposal
to extend distribution of
free ration under PMG-
KAY beyond Nov 30.
PRESIDENT, VP, PM MODI GREET PEOPLE OF
UTTARAKHAND ON THEIR FOUNDATION DAY
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice Prez
M Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday
greeted the people of Uttarakhand on their founda-
tion day. ‘The people of U’khand are known for their
simple lifestyle, honestly and humility, through their
hard work they have brought the state an important
place,’ Kovind tweeted. VP Naidu also took to Twitter,
Known as ‘Devbhoomi’, U’khand is renowned for its
rich spiritual heritage, spectacular natural beauty. PM
Modi wrote, “Warm greetings to all my brothers and
sisters of Devbhoomi on foundation day of U’khand.”
NO PRIOR NOTICE: SUVENDU ADHIKARI SKIPS
MEETING FOR APPOINTMENT OF BENGAL IC
Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari skipped a
meeting regarding the appointment of State Informa-
tion Commissioners in WB, and accused TMC govt
in the state of not giving
‘prior notice’ regarding
the official engagement.
Taking to Twitter, Adhika-
ri wrote, “Won’t be able
to attend meeting re-
garding the appointment
of State Information Commissioners as I have been
intimated about it only few hours back. I hope next
time prior notice is served at least 7 days earlier.”
Muralidhar Rao

NEWS
07
OVER 80 DEMOISELLE CRANES
FOUND DEAD IN JODHPUR
Couple stuck in dam water
during pre-wedding shoot
Dubai Expo from Nov
12-18: Raj govt to
organise road show
First India Bureau
New Delhi:IntheDubai
Expo to be held from No-
vember 12 to 18, the state
government will organ-
ize a road show to invite
investors from across
the country and the
world to promote tour-
ism in the state. Ra-
jasthan Foundation will
also play its active part
in ensuring the partici-
pation of overseas Ra-
jasthanis in the expo.
Rajasthan Foundation
Commissioner Dheeraj
Srivastava said that a
high-level delegation of
the state government is
going to the Dubai Expo,
which will discuss the
possibilities of invest-
ment in Rajasthan.
Dheeraj said that dur-
ing his stay in Dubai on
November 13, Ra-
jasthan Foundation and
Marwari Yuva Manch
will organize Global
Deepotsav.
Hemaram
issue: Rathore
seeks clarity
from Assembly
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Politics on the
resignation of Con-
gress MLA Hemram
Choudhary, which is
pending for a decision
by Assembly Speaker,
has heated up with Dep-
uty Leader of Opposi-
tion Rajendra Rathore
asking the Assembly
secretary to apprise
him of the decision on
the matter.
Rathore wrote a let-
ter to the Assembly sec-
retary in this regard.
He also urged the
Speaker to take an early
decision on whether to
accept or reject Hemar-
am’s resignation.
Choudhary has been
taking meetings as the
chairman of the under-
takings committee for
two days and after he
started taking the meet-
ings, Rathore wrote the
letter. He is also a mem-
ber of the committee.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: Over 80
demoiselle cranes
have been found dead
in Karpada village of
the district in the past
three days, with health
officials suspecting
that the birds have
fallen prey to the viral
Ranikhet disease.
Carcasses of the mi-
gratory birds, known
as Kurjan here, were
first spotted by local
wildlife activist
Bhajan Lal Nain on
Saturday, who in-
formed the wildlife de-
partment and other
wildlife activists, fol-
lowing which the for-
est department swung
into action and sent a
team comprising vet-
erinarians to the spot.
Senior veterinarian
Sharavan Singh
Rathore said around
100 sick birds are be-
ing treated and prima
facie they are infected
with Ranikhet disease.
The viscera samples
of some dead birds
have been sent to a
laboratory in Bhopal
and the report is ex-
pected in two days.
Ranikhet disease,
which is also know as
Newcastle disease in
the west, is an acute
viral disease that af-
fects the respiratory
system of avians and
is highly fatal.
Around 100
sick birds are
being treated
and prima facie they
are infected with Ran-
ikhet disease. The vis-
cera samples of some
dead birds have been
sent to a laboratory in
Bhopal and the report
is expected in two days.
Sharavan Singh Rathore,
Senior veterinarian
BADAL AT SALASAR DHAM!
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal, along with other party
leaders, paid obeisance to Balaji Maharaj at Shri Salasar Dham on Tuesday. Badal said
he prayed for peace communal harmony as well as progress prosperity of Punjab
Punjabis. “I assure that once the Akali-BSP alliance forms govt, Mukh Mantri Teerath Yatra
scheme initiated by former CM Parkash S Badal would be restarted,” he said.
PK Agarwal
Chittorgarh: A couple,
their relatives, and a
photographerfromKota
were stuck in dam water
while engaged in a pre-
wedding shoot at Chulia
Falls in Rawatbhata
area of Chittorgarh.
Thephotographersome-
how got out and in-
formed the police. The
police and civil defence
team pulled out all four
after 3 hours of rescue.
All the four were
brought to the police sta-
tion as the area is re-
stricted for photography
as several mishaps have
happenedthere.Thecou-
ple Ashish Gupta (29)
and Shikha (27) are get-
ting married on Decem-
ber 1. Ashish is an Assis-
tant Junior Engineer in
the Water Resources De-
partment of Kota and
Shikha is a teacher.
SHO Rajaram Gurjar
said that the gate of
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam
was opened on Tuesday
morning and siren was
also blown. An employ-
ee also told the people
not to go into water but
they did not follow the
instructions.
Ashish’s friend
Himanshu (22) and Shi-
kha’s cousin Milan (18)
also accompanied them.
MISHRA TO
ATTEND GUVS’
MEET IN DELHI
HELD BY ACB,
RAS OFFICER
MASINGARAM
SUSPENDED
Jaipur: Governor Kalraj
Mishra will leave for New
Delhi from
Jaipur on
Wednes-
day morn-
ing. He will
attend the
51st Con-
ference of Governors and
Lieutenant Governors to
be held at Rashtrapati
Bhavan on November 11.
Jaipur: RAS officer Masingaram Jangid has been suspended
after the Department of Personnel (DOP) issued orders in
this regard. The Anti Corruption Bureau arrested Jangid on
November 1 for demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the
complainant’s sister in a land mutation case. He was in judicial
custody for 48 hours and has been suspended with effect
from November 1. During suspension, his headquarters will
be the office of Principal Secretary (Personnel).
NEWS DIGEST
Couple and two more relatives stuck in dam water while engaged
in a pre-wedding shoot at Chulia Falls in Rawatbhata area.
A wildlife activist carrying the carcasses of the dead birds.
Dheeraj Srivastava
The officials suspect that the birds have fallen prey to the viral Ranikhet
disease. Carcasses were spotted by a wildlife activist, samples sent to lab
THE DAM AREA WAS RESTRICTED FOR
PHOTOGRAPHY, SAYS A POLICE OFFICER
RANIKHET IS ACUTE
VIRAL DISEASE
All the four were brought to the police station as the
area is restricted for photography as several mishaps
have happened there. The couple Ashish Gupta (29) and
Shikha (27) are getting married on December 1. Ashish
is an Assistant Junior Engineer in the Water Resources
Department of Kota and Shikha is a teacher.
Ranikhet disease, which
is also know as Newcas-
tle disease in the West,
is an acute viral disease
that affects the respira-
tory system of avians
and is highly fatal.This
was informed by veteri-
narian Rathore.
RAJ MINISTERS, BABUS
TO ATTEND DUBAI EXPO
UDH Minister Shanti
Dhariwal, Industries and
Commerce Minister Par-
sadi Lal Meena, Minister of
State for Industries Arjun
Lal Bamniya along with
senior officials from Indus-
tries, RIICO and Tourism
will attend the expo.
REET: Police recover
more cheating gadgets
Laxman Raghav
Bikaner: Police on
Monday searched the
house of Tulsaram
Kaler, accused of help-
ing Rajasthan Eligibili-
ty Exam for Teachers
candidates in copying,
and recovered eight
pairsof slippersfitted
with mobile de-
vices, 32 mo-
bile phones
and 22
c h e q u e s
from his
house. These
slippers could
not be delivered
to the candidates as he
was arrested.
Gangashahr police
station officer Ranidan
Charan said the slip-
pers were to be sold for
Rs 48 lakh. “Each slip-
pers were to be sold for
Rs 6 lakh to the candi-
dates.”
The police
are investi-
gating if
Kaler took
payment on-
line as well.
The candidates
who wanted to copy
had to give one mobile
and SIM card to Kaler
along with Rs six lakh.
Instead of taking
cash from the candi-
dates, Tulsaram took
payment by check. The
police have found 22
checks from his house.
SLIPPERS’ SUPPLIER
HELD FROM DELHI
The police arrested chap-
pal supplier Surendra
Dhariwal from Delhi in
the infamous slippers
copying case. The action
was taken by a team led
by Gangashahar CI Ra-
nidan under the direction
of SP Yogesh Yadav.
Kota: In a 16-year-old
case of raping a minor, the
POCSO court sentenced
the accused with 10 years
imprisonment and Rs 10k
fine. Judge Mohammad
Arif punished the accused
Vimal Biswas (60), a
resident of Baran presently
living in Kota. The daugh-
ter of the accused and the
17-year-old victim were
friends. The victim was
illiterate and mentally weak
and died in the year 2019.
RAPIST AWARDED
10 YEARS JAIL
Arya expresses concern over
skewed sex ratio in state
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Secretary
Niranjan Arya while
presiding over a meeting
of the Task Force on
‘Beti Bachao, Beti Pad-
hao’ drive through video
conferencing at the sec-
retariat here on Tuesday
,
expressed concern over
the skewed sex ratio be-
tween the age group of 0
to 6 years in the state and
directed various depart-
ments to make coordi-
nated efforts to improve
this. The CS said that ac-
cording to the 2011 cen-
sus, the sex ratio be-
tween the age group of 0
to 6 years is a meagre
888, which is a matter of
concern. He also ordered
to hold regular meetings
of the task force, in-
crease the expenditure
of allocated amount dis-
trict wise, ensure func-
tional girls’ toilets in all
schools and publicise the
campaign. He said that
the education depart-
ment should identify
girls not going to school.
SSAAT WEBSITE
LAUNCHED
Chief Secretary Niran-
jan Arya dedicated the
website of Society for
Social Audits Accounta-
bility and Transparency
(SSAAT) to the people in
his office today. Arya is
also the vice-chairman
of the governing body of
SSAAT.
Patron of Family Court Bar Association, Advocate Poonam
Chand Bhandari and President Advocate DS Shekhawat
on Tuesday met Chief Secretary Niranjan Arya at his
residence and expressed their gratitude by presenting
bouquet to him for allotting land for the family court free of
cost at the Tonk Road in Jaipur.
The Diwali Milan Smaroh of the police staff posted at the
Police Headquarters was held at the PHQ premises on
Tuesday. DGP ML Lather offered wishes and sweets to the
staff. Bhupendra Dak, Saurabh Srivastava, Govind Gupta,
Gaurav Srivastava and other officials were present.
DIWALI GET TOGETHER AT PHQ
—PHOTOS BY SHIVENDRA PARMAR

From P1…
the VAT received by the
State will automatically
get reduced proportion-
ately by Rs 3.40 per litre
on petrol and Rs 3.90 per
litre on diesel. As a re-
sult of this, the State ex-
chequer will have to
bear an additional reve-
nue loss of Rs 3500 crore
per annum, which the
State Government was
ready to bear in the larg-
er public interest. From
the year 2016, the Cen-
tral Government has de-
creased the states’ share
by continuously reduc-
ing the basic excise duty
imposed on petrol-die-
sel. In the meantime,
special and additional
excise duty is being con-
tinuously increased and
the States do not get any
share of these duties.”
Gehlot said that the
revenue of the center is
getting benefitted due to
increase in additional
excise duty and agricul-
ture infrastructure cess,
whereas the basic excise
duty which falls in the
divisible pool has gradu-
allybeenreducedresult-
ing in reduction in the
State’sshareof taxes.He
said that continuous re-
duction in the share of
taxes received by the
States is against the
principles of Fiscal Fed-
eralism.
“Inademocracy
,elect-
ed governments have to
mobilise necessary fis-
cal resources for the de-
velopment works and
social security schemes
of the State. The geo-
graphical location, eco-
nomic scenario and lo-
cal conditions of the
Statesalsoaffectthepro-
cess of providing the
benefits of development
schemes to the general
public. To collect reve-
nue for the development
schemes, the States have
been given the constitu-
tional right to levy nec-
essarytaxes.Centrefirst
increased the additional
and special excise duty
onpetrol-dieselandlater
on reduced it minimal
and tried to create an at-
mosphere of mutual
competition among
states for reducing the
VAT which is also con-
trary to the spirit of Co-
operative Federalism,”
Gehlotsaid,furtheradd-
ing, “During the lock-
down on May 6, 2020 the
Central Government in-
creased the excise duty
by Rs 10 per litre on pet-
rol and Rs 13 per litre on
diesel. On November 4,
2021 after reducing ex-
cise duty on petrol by Rs
5 per litre and on diesel
by Rs 10 per litre, the
center claimed that it
has provided big relief
to general public.
Whereas, the reality is
that in the year 2021 it-
self, around Rs. 27 and
Rs. 25 were increased
respectively on petrol
and diesel prices. In
such a situation, the re-
duction in the excise
duty by the Central Gov-
ernment appears to be
insufficient.”
The Chief Minister
said that more than 22%
of the total revenue of
the Rajasthan State
comes from the VAT on
petrol-diesel.“FromJan-
uary29,2021,tillnowthe
Rajasthan Government
hasreducedaroundRs.3
perlitreonpetrolandRs.
3.80 per litre on diesel.
The State is incurring
the revenue loss to the
tuneof Rs2,800croreper
annum. In the current
financial year till Octo-
ber, there has been a de-
crease of Rs. 20,000 crore
in the revenue of the
State due to Covid-19 cir-
cumstances. GST com-
pensation of Rs 5,963
crore has not been re-
leased to the State by the
Centre. In such circum-
stances, because of the
efficient financial man-
agement our Govern-
ment did not allow the
pace of development to
slow down. The State
Government is ready to
fulfillthepromisesmade
in our public manifesto
and the state budget in a
time-bound manner,” he
said and requested the
Prime Minister for early
paymentof theoutstand-
ing amount of GST com-
pensation and to extend
the period of GST com-
pensation to states till
the year 2027,” he said.
Rajiv Gaur/ Shiv Prakash
Jodhpur: CM Ashok
Gehlot on Tuesday, took
feedback about Pra-
shasan Shehron ke
Sang campaign in Diga-
di village under his as-
sembly constituency in
Jodhpur.
He interacted with of-
ficials and public repre-
sentatives and reviewed
works being done in
camps. Addressing pub-
lic during the camp, CM
targeted Centre over
inflation and fuel prices
issues and highlighted
the achievements of his
government including
corona management,
Chiranjeevi Health In-
surance Scheme, open-
ing of Mahatma Gandhi
English medium
schools among others.
Congress president
Sonia Gandhi and party
leader Rahul Gandhi
trusted him and made
him the chief minister
for a third time and he
left no stone unturned
to serve the state, he
added.
Gehlot said free trav-
el facilities were given
to candidates of com-
petitive exams like
REET, RAS recruitment
and exams were con-
ducted successfully
. CM
announced to promote
junior military school
in Digadi Kala village.
PCC chief Govind
Singh Dotasra also ad-
dressed the gathering
and said decision on re-
cruiting 1000 special
teachers will be taken
soon. He said govern-
ment is conducting re-
cruitment one after an-
other. Mines minister
Pramod Jain Bhaya
also addressed.
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Even though
theassemblypollsinRa-
jasthan are over two
years away, still the
‘hopeful’ individuals
havestartedabidto‘em-
power’themselveswhile
making small moves be-
fore going all out. In this
regard, two individuals,
Ravi Nayyar and Sardar
Ajaypal Singh has initi-
ated their bid. Word
within the ‘relevant’ cir-
cles is that while Ajayp-
al Singh has infinite
‘resources’,RaviNayyar
has a huge crowd of sup-
porters and workers.
Therefore the million
dollar question is not
what will happen with
them, but what will be-
come of senior leader
Ashok Parnami who is
the only individual who
can challenge sitting
legislator Rafiq Khan!
Kota: LS Speaker Om
Birla while attending a
Prabuddhjan Deepawali
Sneh Milan event at
Taleda village of Bundi
said it is his priority to
provide pure drinking
water to every house-
hold and irrigation wa-
tertoeveryfarmby2024.
There is plan to provide
drinking water to every
household from Garada
Dam in Bundi through
Jaljeevan Mission. A
proposal will soon be ap-
proved, he said. —FIB
Gargi Rawal
Ahmedabad: Health
Minister and Gujarat
Congress in-charge Dr.
Raghu Sharma is work-
ing on mission mode in
Gujarat to strengthen
party’s ‘hands’ in the
state. For this purpose,
even though he is carry-
ing out his duties in Ra-
jasthan, he is continu-
ously taking Gujarat
Congress meetings and
feedback.
Word in Gujarat’s
‘relevant circles’ is that
Raghu is extremely se-
rious about member-
ship and public aware-
ness campaigns and for
this purpose he chaired
a virtual meeting of Gu-
jarat Congress leaders
and members of the
core committee where-
in he took feedback on
preparations for mem-
bership-public aware-
ness campaign.
The Gujarat in-
charge has set a target
of making one crore
new members in Guja-
rat. Notably, the Con-
gress high command
has entrusted a major
responsibility to Raghu
for the 2022 assembly
elections as after the de-
parture of Ahmed
‘Bhai’, there was a vac-
uum in Gujarat Con-
gress now Raghu
Sharma is trying his
best to fill this vacuum,
politically
.
Moreover, Raghu’s
fire brand politics has
ensured that every lead-
er party worker of
Gujarat is excited and
upbeat while being ea-
ger to work under him.
OnWorldScienceDayforPeaceand
Development,letusallpledgetodoourbitto
ensurethatthebenefitsofsciencereachthe
needyandalsotothankallscientistsfortheirefforts
whichhaveledtothebettermentofhumankind!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
08
2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
SON OF THE SOIL, GEHLOT INSPECTS
PSKS DRIVE IN HOMETOWN JODHPUR
CM Ashok Gehlot inspected the camp organised under Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang Campaign at
Digadi Kala (Jodhpur) inquired about work being done from the staff also addressed the people.
Also seen here are GS Dotasra, Pramod Jain Bhaya, Mahender Choudhary, Manisha Pawar, Kunti
Deora others.
First India Bureau
Jodhpur: The gov-
ernment will also
soon reduce fuel pric-
es, through a reduc-
tion in VAT rate. CM
Gehlot, while ad-
dressing a meeting at
Jaleli Fozdar village
of Jodhpur on Tues-
day, said that when
all states have re-
duced fuel prices,
then we will also
have to reduce them.
“But I want to ex-
plain to you that the
reduction by the cen-
tral government has
automatically made
diesel and petrol
cheaper in Rajasthan
and the government
has also suffered a
loss of Rs 1, 800
crore. After BJP’s de-
feat in the by-elec-
tions, Modi is sur-
prised and he has
announced the re-
duction,” Gehlot
said.
“We will also work
on the prices, but we
want assurance from
the Centre that they
should ban firms
from increasing the
prices every day, due
to which the public is
upset inflation is
increasing. We have
a demand from Cen-
tre to reduce Rs 15 in
diesel Rs 10 more
in petrol, due to
which government
will suffer a loss of
Rs 3,500 crore, which
we will bear in pub-
lic interest.”
Govt will reduce fuel
prices soon: Gehlot
We will
also work
on the pric-
es, but we want as-
surance from the
central government
that they should
ban the companies
from increasing the
prices every day,
due to which the
general public is
upset and inflation
is increasing.
—Ashok Gehlot,
Chief Minister
Jodhpur: CM Gehlot
during an interaction
with media at Circuit
House in Jodhpur said
that he kept his promise
of meeting them and
that his government
would return to power.
He added that he has
toured 5 to 6 districts
due to the ongoing Pra-
shasan Shehron/Gaon
ke Sang campaigns.
“Our government will
complete three years in
December. We battled
Covid for one-and-a-
half-years. But with
over 450 VCs, we en-
sured good governance.
We won by-elections
and believe to return to
power,” he said. Regard-
ing Chiranjeevi Yojana,
he said that efforts will
be made to provide ben-
efits to masses told
about having met two
people in village who
availed its benefits.
Ajaypal,Nayyar
prep for 2023
as Parnami
sits silent!
WILL RETURN TO POWER, SAYS CM GEHLOT
Clean water in
Bundi by
2024: Birla
Raj health min Raghu’s ‘mission mode’
to improve Cong’s ‘health’ in Gujarat!
ACCUSED DHANANJAY SINGH’S
BAIL APPLICATION REJECTED
MIRAJ GROUP `869 CRORE GST TAX EVASION CASE `3,500 cr addl revenue loss per
annum to state exchequer: CM
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the `869
crore GST Tax evasion
case against Miraj
Group,thebailapplica-
tion of one of the ar-
rested accused in the
matter - Dhananjay
Singh - was heard by
the court on Monday
and the decision on it
was reserved for Tues-
day
. However, on Tues-
day, the court did not
giveanyrelief toSingh
as the bail application
was rejected. Dhanan-
jay is the director of
Montage Packaging
Sales Pvt. Ltd., at-
tached to the Miraj
Group.
Representing Singh,
advocate Cleavence
Cleets and Deepak
Sharma had stressed
that the case has been
registered on the basis
of speculation. “The
applicant company is a
trading company
whose job is to supply
packaging goods and
approximately Rs 58
crore GST has been
paid in last 3 financial
years.Falseevidenceis
being fabricated on the
basis of forcibly made
signatures in custody
,”
the ac-
cused’s law-
y e r s
claimed.
However,
DGGI, in
court, ac-
c u s e d
Dhananjay
of forming7
fake compa-
nies while
claiming that ITC was
passed on by issuing
GST bill without sup-
plying any goods.
However, ADJ Sat-
ish Chandra Godara
rejected the bail ob-
serving, “Benefit of
bail cannot be given to
accused of serious eco-
nomic offence. Pres-
ently the investigation
relating to the mobile
phoneof theaccusedis
also pending and the
saidactwascommitted
in a planned manner
by the accused. Such
crimeswerealsocalled
white collar crimes by
the Supreme Court.”
Whistle blower in
the case, ad-
vocate SK
Singh said
on the de-
velopment,
“I am happy
to say that
the bail ap-
plications
of Vinaya-
kant Ameta
a n d
Dhananjay Singh of
Miraj Group have
been rejected by DJ
Court and ACJM
Court because the ju-
diciary of the country
is also aware and alert
of such big tax eva-
sion cases. At this
stage, I demand from
the Central GST offi-
cials that only arrest
of these two accused is
not enough, it is neces-
sary to get to the bot-
tom of this scandal so
that till the ultimate
beneficiary can be
brought under law. To-
day no person is ready
to believe that such a
big tax evasion scam
has happened without
the knowledge of the
owner and MD of the
company so it is neces-
sary to get this whole
matter investigated
fairly
.”
Meanwhile, the
‘whistle blower’ has
written to Union Fi-
nance Minister and
Revenue Secretary to
constitute a SIT for the
purpose of carrying a
detailed investigation
of mobile Whatsapp
messages between the
accused and the own-
ers of the company to
take the investigation
to ultimate beneficiar-
ies.
Notably
, Madan Pali-
wal and Prakash
Chand Purohit are the
main faces of Miraj
Group.
THE SIBLING BOND...
CM Ashok Gehlot during his visit to Jodhpur on Tuesday,
visited his sister Vimla Devi at her residence and inquired
about her well being.
Ajaypal Singh Ravi Nayyar
Jaipur: BJP Rajasthan President
Satish Poonia has written a letter to
Congress president Sonia Gandhi to
direct CM Ashok Gehlot to reduce
VAT on petrol diesel.
The BJP has been putting pressure
on the state government to cut down
VAT on fuel in the state to make the
fuel cheaper. Poonia said that the
rate of VAT in neighbouring states
is much lower than in Rajasthan
and fuel is cheaper by Rs 15-22. He
alleged that fuel mafia is bringing
petrol diesel from other states
selling it in state, due to which
the state government is also losing
revenue. Poonia said that rate of VAT
has been increased four times during
the three-year rule of the Rajasthan
government.
DIRECT GEHLOT TO REDUCE VAT ON FUEL: POONIA TO SONIA
Health Min Dr Raghu Sharma
‘Only mobile Whatsapp message investigation and linkage will
lead to ‘ultimate beneficiaries’, said advocate SK Singh
CM Ashok Gehlot

JAIPUR, WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
he bold and beauti-
ful, Lekh smiled
away with moist
eyes as she folded
her hands in grati-
tude to gesture the
traditional Indian
‘Namaste’greeting
when her proud
motherwelcomed
her with a tilak
on the forehead.
She entered her home in
Bangalore as the newly-
crowned beauty queen, and
dedicated her victory to her
mother, Gowri Kumari.
“I feel over the moon!
More than the win, it’s the
rich once-in-a-lifetime expe-
rience that I’m going to take
back home with me. No bet-
ter feeling than watching
your parents’ eyes gleam
with pride,” Lekh said back-
stage after winning the
crown at Novotel Dona Syl-
via Resort, Goa.
When asked about how
she feels with the diversi-
fied culture, she said, “My
father was in the Indian
Army so I’ve done my
schooling in Army Schools
across the states of JK, Ut-
tarpradesh, West Bengal,
Punjab before we finally
settled in Bangalore, Kar-
nataka which has taught
me to accept all the diverse
cultures and it’s people of
this beautiful country
.”
A multi talented woman
with a curious mind has led
Lekh to explore various
forms of art which includes
dance forms, playing the
guitar, singing, reading, etc
which she even showcased
at the various talent rounds
held during the pageant.
When asked about her fu-
ture plans, the stunning star
replied, “I plan on working
in the film industry as I’m a
theatre artist and I would
like to test my acting skills
and as a Rotaract member I
wouldplanonexpandingmy
service to mankind by tak-
ing up projects across the
country to help solve issues
faced by the lesser fortu-
nate.” “I have worked exten-
sively on becoming the best
version of myself and this
crown affirmed my belief
that hardwork always pays
off and grateful for plat-
forms like First Miss India
that help girls like me shine
through!”, Lekh concluded.
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Jagdeesh Chandra hands over the First Miss India 2021- 1st runner up award cheque of Two lakhs fifty one thousand to a beaming
Lekh Utaiah after her crowning, also seen are Ken, Ashok, Simran, Kriti, Gaurav, Pearl, Aakriti, Deepti and Swati
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REWRITING DESTINY
Lekh Uthaiah, First Miss India 1st runner up from the Silicon Valley of India,
Bangalore shares how far she has come, her experiences post victory and plethora
of emotions she experienced with her homecoming!
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—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra with Lekh Utaiah
Lekh’s heartwarming performance during the talent round
Lekh crowning her mother in an expression of gratitude
Lekh’s proud mother (Gowri Kumari) welcomes her, also seen are
Uthaiah PK (father) and Rajath Thimmaiah (brother)
Lekh flaunting
her traditional dress
at the finale The ravishing diva posing at the beach during beach shoot at Goa

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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Some positive changes can
be expected on the home
front. This seems a good
day for job seekers. New
avenues for earning open up as you
get more determined. Fitness through
extra efforts is assured for the
deskbound. Chances of making an
exciting plan together is possible.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A family youngster is likely
to do you proud. A
business trip is indicated
and will achieve much.
Your strategy to promote yourself on
the professional front will bear fruits.
You may need to speed up things on
the academic front to remain ahead.
Something special awaits you today.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Financially, this day may
prove lucky for you, so go
ask for the raise.
Professionals will be able
to give their best in a new situation.
Don’t take any chances with your
health today. You will succeed in
putting your stagnant love life back
on the track.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Some favourable
developments on the social
front are foreseen. Buying
new furniture or a major
appliance is possible. With good
networking, a prized posting can be
yours Those trying to get back their
money will succeed. A healthy phase of
life begins for some.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Success is foretold on the
academic front. Your own
happiness is in your hands
today. Spouse may need
her space, respect that. This is a
favourable day for completing
pending jobs. Financially, no
problems are foreseen. Much fun is
in store on the social front.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Those fond of travelling may
get their chance soon. This
is the time when you enjoy
yourself with a new group of
friends or colleagues. A change of job
is likely to give you better salary and
perks. Those in business will soon get
a chance to make profits. Spending
time with lover proves most fulfilling.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your reputation is likely to
boost your image on the
social front. On the work
front, you will manage to
keep your superiors in good humour.
This is an excellent day to spend time
with family.Good planning will see
you complete a task at work in
record time.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You are likely to take up
someone’s cause and earn
appreciation from all
quarters on the social
front. Remaining on the good side of
those who matter on the academic
front will help you achieve. Good
tidings of your well wishers will keep
you going on the professional front.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You may wait for
someone’s invitation for a
trip. Tenant troubles are
foreseen for some house
owners. You will find family life more
than fulfilling. A senior is likely to put
in a good word for you to the higher
ups. Financially, you will be able to
consolidate your position.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your desire for an exciting
time on the social front is
likely to be fulfilled today.
Those looking for buying a
house can get a good bargain.
Appreciation is in store for some
homemakers. A professional victory
is yours if you play your cards well
today.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You may get busy
organising something on
the social front. You may
need to put your ideas into
action, if you want to prove yourself.
A party may be thrown in your
honour at work. Your good
performance is likely to be noticed by
higher ups.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will manage to achieve
what you had aimed for on
the academic front. A
celebration can find you in
your element today. Praise and
honour are likely to greet you in
something that you have managed to
achieve. You will be a pillar of
strength to a friend or associate.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
woman has been
rightly described
as a ‘full circle’ by
author Diane Ma-
riechild because
‘within her is the
power to create,
nurture and transform’.
Women just need encour-
agement, opportunities,
resources and skills to
equip and empower them-
selves.Empowerment ena-
bles women to realize their
full identity, potential and
power – in all spheres of
life. And power is not a
commodity to be transact-
ed; nor can it be given away
as alms. Power is to be ac-
quired, exercised, sus-
tained and preserved.
With thisobjective in
mind to make women ac-
tive contributors in nation
building, rather than mere
beneficiaries of welfare
schemes, Adani Founda-
tionhas been working ex-
tensively to promote sus-
tainable livelihoods at
itsCSR sites across India.
Women from Tiroda block
in Gondia district of Ma-
harashtra, which has a
population of 1,87,331, are
setting an example in self-
reliance and economic in-
dependence. Multiple pro-
grammes are holistically
changing lives of these
women, leading to good
health and better standard
of living.
Fortune SuPoshan, a nu-
trition intervention pro-
ject of the Foundation, is
one such programme that
is helping women become
change makers while at-
taining socio-economic in-
dependence. It employs
women as community re-
source persons, called Su-
Poshan Sanginis, and
trains them to guide com-
munities in various as-
pects of nutrition and
health. Along with earning
an honorarium, the Sangi-
nis also carve their own
identity in the process.
This project recently com-
pleted four years in Tiroda.
In collaboration with the
Government of Maharash-
tra, Adani Foundation
andManav Vikas Mission
have been running various
initiativeswhich include
makingincense (agarbatti
and dhoop) andlac bangle-
sas well ascultivation of
oyster mushrooms.Pres-
ently, the Foundation is
working with a total of 253
members of 43 women’s
Self-Help Groups
(SHGs),fostering entrepre-
neurshipbased on knowl-
edge-sharing, upgrading
skills andproviding mar-
ket linkage support.Even
amidst COVID-19, our pro-
ject stakeholders could
continue to earn. This was
a turning point as men,
who had lost their jobs due
to Covid-19, began to ap-
preciate the hard work put
in by the women of the
household, who managed
domestic responsibilities
as well as their work with
aplomb.
In fact, when everything
had come to a standstill,
the demand for incense
had peakedand so did the
earnings of our SHG mem-
bers.It was around this
time that a group of Su-
Poshan Sanginis thought
of becoming a part of
SHGs through the support
of Adani Foundation.
When everyone was home-
bound and sitting idle, our
SuPoshan Sanginis were
itching to go the extra mile.
Looking at the require-
ment, the Foundation ar-
ranged for 20 agarbatti ma-
chines in five villages -- Ga-
rada, Ramatola, Tikaram-
tola, Mendipur, and Gu-
madhawada. In all, 60
women were involved in
agarbatti making.During
the entire year, when many
were forced out of their
jobs and sitting idle, each
member was able to pro-
duce 50-100 kg per day and
sell in the Gondia market
through buyback policy,
earningRs 3,000-4,000per
month.
One such group com-
prising Sarita Chaudhary,
Lalita Chaudhary and
Gunvanta Chaudharypro-
duced only 5-10 kg of in-
cense sticks initially be-
cause they lacked confi-
dence. However, in Febru-
ary 2020, Sarita, who was
also a SuPoshan Sangini
for Mendipur and
Barbaspura,and her other
team members produced
about 50 kg of agarbattis.
The quality of their prod-
uctsfetched them maxi-
mum market rate. This
encouraged them to put in
more hours into incense
production. Later, Sarita’s
husbandalso started help-
ing them in purchasing
raw material and selling
the finished products. In
March and April, they pro-
duced about 150-200 kg of
agarbattis. By June 2020,
the production reached
500-550 kg, earningthem Rs
35,200. During the six-
month-long lockdown,
their total income touche-
dRs 70,000.
Like Sarita, there are
other SuPoshan Sanginis
who are involved in differ-
ent activities -- two are en-
gaged in Milk Collection
and Chilling Centres
(MCCC), nine in house-
hold dairy business and 22
in mushroom cultivation.
Lac bangle makingis an-
other initiative that at-
tracts many stakeholders
as lac is cultivated on a
large scale by farmers in
Gondia. 45 SHG women,
includingtribal women of
Tiroda, were trained in it.
The Adani Foundation pro-
vided them a buyback plat-
form through which they
sell bangles to Dulhandevi
Sanstha, an NGO. These
women create colourful de-
signs and earn Rs 3,000-
4,000 per month.
While the womenin Ti-
roda are traditionally in-
volved in seasonal paddy
farmingfor five to six
months,for the remaining
months theyhave some-
thing to look forward to.
By engaging in gainful in-
c o m e - g e n e r a t i n g
activities,the total house-
hold income increases, and
the women develop a sense
of self pride.Indeed, awell-
nourished family with a
sustainable source of in-
come is the way forward
for buildingthe Atma Nirb-
har Bharat of our dreams.
duced about 150-200 kg of
Empowerment to Entrepreneurship:
How Tiroda Women Are
Driving Rural Economy
KAVITA SARDANA
Advisor, Health Nutrition,
Adani Foundation
A
Multiple
programmes of
Adani Foundation
are holistically
changing the
socio-economic
status of women
in Maharashtra’s
Tiroda

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