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GUJARAT MLA
MEVANI ARRESTED
Gujarat MLA Jignesh
Mevani was arrested
by the Assam Police late
last night, reportedly on a
complaint by a BJP leader
over now-removed tweets
on Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi. He was arrested
in Palanpur at 11.30 pm
on Wednesday and taken
to Assam on Thursday.
SC TO HEAR PLEA
OF MALIK TODAY
The Supreme Court on
Friday will hear a plea
of Maharashtra Minister
Nawab Malik filed against
an order of the Bombay
High Court which had
rejected his interim appli-
cation seeking immediate
release in a case of money
laundering being investi-
gated by the ED.
PK’S PLAN FOR CONG 2.0 INCLUDES
COUNTERING PREVALENT NEPOTISM
Prashant Kishor’s presentation on Congress
revival plan and strategy to win polls included
the creation of a new Congress for the masses.
Destroying a sense of entitlement and sycophan-
cy. Fixing the alliance conundrum. ‘One Family,
One Ticket’, to counter prevalent nepotism. He is
likely to meet party top brass again on Friday.
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A powerful explosion in a Shiite Muslim mosque in northern
Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 10 worshippers and injured
another 40, according to a hospital official. The explosion in northern
Mazar-e-Sharif occurred as scores of worshippers knelt in prayer.
BLAST HITS SHI’ITE
MOSQUE IN NORTH
AFGHANISTAN, KILLS
10, INJURES 40
Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases reported in some parts of India,
around 12 people have tested positive for the virus at IIT Madras.
Health secretary J Radhakrishnan will inspect the campus to direct
officials to sanitise locality and follow safety Covid-19 safety norms.
12 STUDENTS TEST
POSITIVE FOR
CORONAVIRUS AT
IIT MADRAS
NADDA IN HIMACHAL,
THAKUR IN GUJARAT
CBI BOOKS ANIL
AMBANI’S RELIANCE
BJP chief JP Nadda will conduct
a roadshow in Himachal’s Kangra.
Union IB Minister Anurag Thakur
will be in Gujarat on Friday, where
he will hold meeting with PBI of-
ficials in Gandhinagar. He will also
attend Ayush Investment’s closing
session and Innovation Summit.
Six months after ex-JK Gover-
nor Satya Pal Malik claimed he
was offered `300-crore bribes
to clear two files, the CBI has
booked Anil Ambani’s Reliance
General Insurance Company
and officials of Chenab Valley
Power Projects Pvt Ltd. P5
In a rare case, teenager girl gets
5 months jail for fake rape case
Udaipur: A POCSO court
here on Thursday sen-
tenced a 19-year-old girl
to five months jail and
`500 fine for filing a false
rape case due to which
the accused spent six
months in jail. The court,
however, has given her
1 month time to get bail
from the High Court else
she will have to face jail.
In May 2021, the girl, a
resident of Ambamata
police station area of
Udaipur, alleged that
Naveen Kumar raped her
after giving intoxicants
in a cold drink and also
made an obscene video.
The girl had alleged that
the accused wanted to
keep her forcibly as his
wife. She gave the state-
ments to the police and
in the court also. Special
Public Prosecutor Chetan
Puri Goswami said that
in the third statement,
the girl turned hostile
and said she gave a false
affidavit in the court.
She started blaming the
police for the false case.
‘Someone else would have been at my
place, if MLAs did not stand by me’
CM RECALLS POLITICAL CRISIS BEFORE BABUS!
Naresh Sharma
Dr Rituraj Sharma
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot on Thurs-
day opened up his heart
about the political crisis
that his government
faced in 2020. Gehlot
said that all MLAs
stayed in hotel for 34
days in political crisis.
“The crisis was big,
but the government got
saved by your prayers,
otherwise someone else
would have stood there.
I am the only MLA of
my caste in Rajasthan.
For 34 days, MLAs
stayed with us and did
not even look at the of-
fer of Rs 10 crore. The
MLAs used to see my
body language whether
the government would
be saved. They used to
listen to old songs with
me, I liked it,” Gehlot
said while addressing
the closing ceremony of
Civil Services Day-2022
at OTS, HCM RIPA on
Thursday
.
New Delhi: Prime Min-
ister Narendra Modi ad-
dressed the nation from
the Red Fort on Thurs-
day to mark the 400th
birth anniversary of
Guru Teg Bahadur.
The Prime Minister
addressed the nation
from the lawns of the
Red Fort and not its
ramparts.
“I felt at peace while
listening to the shabad.
I am happy that the
country is following
the path of our gurus.
When Guru Teg Baha-
dur was born, it was
said that this child will
eliminate sorrow of
the marginalised. Gur-
dwara Shish Ganj Sa-
hib, which is close to
the Red Fort, is a sym-
bol of Guru Teg Baha-
dur’s sacrifice,” said
PM Modi.
PM said the govern-
ment is making efforts
to connect pilgrimages
of Sikh tradition. He
lauded the dedication
of the Sikh community
and pushed for a self-
reliant India.
“India works for the
welfare of the world,”
he added.
PM also released a
commemorative coin
and postage stamp on
the occasion.
Guru Tegh Bahadur
is the ninth Sikh guru
who stood up against
forcible conversions by
the Mughals.
CM Ashok Gehlot addressing the Civil Servants at OTS, HCM RIPA,
Jaipur on Thursday.
THE FATE OF THE BESIEGED PORT CITY OF MARIUPOL HAS BECOME TOTEMIC AS RUSSIA
BATTLES TO COMPLETE A LAND BRIDGE COVERING TERRITORIES OF UKRAINE ALREADY
UNDER ITS CONTROL, INCLUDING CRIMEA AND OTHER PRO-RUSSIAN REGIONS
DAGGER IN
UKRAINE’S
HEART!
Russia claims
Mariupol ‘liberated’,
leaves Ukrainian
defenders holed up
Moscow: President
Vladimir Putin
claimed victory in the
biggest battle of the
Ukraine war on Thurs-
day, declaring the port
of Mariupol “liberated”
after nearly two months
of siege, despite hun-
dreds of defenders still
holding out inside a gi-
ant steel works.
In a televised meeting
with his defence minis-
ter inside the Kremlin,
Putin said there was no
need for a final confron-
tation with the last de-
fenders who were boxed
in after surviving near-
ly two months of Rus-
sia’s siege.
“I consider the pro-
posed storming of the
industrial zone unnec-
essary,” he told Defence
Minister Sergei Shoigu
in a televised meeting
at the Kremlin. “I order
you to cancel it.”
“There’s no need to
climb into these cata-
combs and crawl under-
ground through these
industrial facilities,”
he said. “Block off this
industrial area so that
not even a fly can get
through.”
Shoigu estimated
2,000 Ukrainian fight-
ers remained inside the
steel plant.
Russian President Putin orders siege
instead of assault on a steel plant
tunnels in Mariupol where last Ukrainian
troops are suspected to be hiding
Putin orders blocking off tunnel paths so
tight that “Not Even Fly Can Escape”
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NOT ENOUGH WEAPONS:
ZELENSKYY TELLS WORLD
BODIES AFTER
BODIES FOUND
The Ukranian Presi-
dent said Ukraine still
did not have enough
weapons, despite
billions in Western
military aid that has
forced Russia to
re-focus its offensive
away from Kyiv and
towards the east of
the country.
In morgues around the
capital, the bodies of some
1,020 civilians are being
stored after Russian troops
withdrew from the region,
said Deputy Prime Minister
Olga Stefanishyna. The bod-
ies of nine civilians, some
showing signs of torture,
have been found in the town
of Borodyanka outside Kyiv.
India is following ideals of
Gurus: PM from Red Fort
Don’t lecture judiciary: Supreme
Court to Centre over Salem’s plea
New Delhi: Ongangster
Abu Salem’s petition
against his jail sentence
exceeding 25 years, the
Supreme Court on
Thursday used stern
words while rejecting
the Union Home Minis-
try’s stance that the plea
is premature. The Su-
preme Court also object-
ed to the Centre asking
it to decide on the case.
“Don’t lecture the ju-
diciary. We do not take
it kindly when you tell
us to decide something
which you have to de-
cide,” Justice SK Kaul
told the Home Ministry
.
“The Home Secre-
tary is nobody to tell
us to decide the is-
sue,” the judge said.
Nat’l database on internal
security in works: Shah
New Delhi: Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah on
Thursday said
the Centre is
working on a
national data-
base related to
internal secu-
rity covering
bomb blasts,
terror funding,
fake currency, narcot-
ics, hawala, arms smug-
gling, and terrorism. He
said the database will
help the central agen-
cies and police in states
and union territories in
investigations.
Shah said the
database on
terrorism will
go a long way
in helping in-
vestigations
and securing
convictions of
terror ac-
cused. He add-
ed NIA, National Intel-
ligence Grid, and the
Intelligence Bureau
were working on this.
JOHNSON’S DAY OUT IN GUJARAT!
UK Prime Minister Boris
Johnson climbs onto
a JCB at the new JCB
Factory in Vadodara
on Thursday. (Left) PM
Johnson, center, poses
with Sadhus, or Hindu
holy men, in front of
the Swaminarayan
Akshardham temple,
in Gandhinagar. The
UK PM is scheduled
to meet PM Narendra
Modi in New Delhi on
Friday.
—PHOTOS BY PTI
SC WARNS OF
‘SERIOUS VIEW’ ON
JAHANGIRPURI
DRIVE THAT WENT
ON POST ORDER
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Thursday
stayed the Jahangirpuri
demolition drive for two
weeks and says it will
take a serious view if
found that the demoli-
tion drive continued on
Wednesday even after
the SC’s status quo order
was passed.
NIA RAISING DAY
The BJP has been
trying to reach out
to the Sikh
community ever
since it decided to
go it alone in the
Punjab Assembly
elections following
the breakdown of
the old alliance
with Akali Dal
over farm laws

z PM Modi is the first prime minister to deliver a
speech at the Mughal-era monument after sunset.

z The fort was chosen as the venue for the event as it
was from here that Mughal ruler Aurangzeb had given
orders for the execution of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth
Sikh Guru, in 1675, as per culture ministry officials.
MLAs got `10
crore offers: CM

Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: From July 1
there would be a ban on
single-use plastic, it is
expected that post the
ban, there would be a
reduction in plastic
waste in state. The Min-
istry of Environment,
has issued a notifica-
tion prohibiting the
production, import,
stocking, distribution,
sale, and use of single-
use plastic items with
effect from July 1.
As per the directions,
it will be banned in
Jaipur as well, for this a
‘Jagrut Jaipur’ cam-
paign is being carried
out by the Jaipur dis-
trict administration,
which started on Thurs-
day with launch of log-
os and jingles. Sub Divi-
sional level committees
have been formed for
Jaipur city and addi-
tional areas. A proposal
has been sent to to Pol-
lution Control Board
that institutes which
become completely free
from single-use plastic
should be given certifi-
cates after Board’s veri-
fication to encourage
mass participation.
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Jaipur (PTI): BJP
State Chief Satish Poo-
nia said on Thursday
that people trust the
credibility of the media
more than politics and
batted for social secu-
rity of mediapersons.
He also hailed the
role of mediapersons
during the Covid pan-
demic, saying many
risked their lives while
performing their duty
.
Addressing the an-
nual general meeting of
All India Federation of
PTI Employees’ Union
Poonia said that India’s
biggest strength today
is the power of democ-
racy. The BJP leader
said that journalists
should be brought un-
der the ambit of social
security
. He said that he
has always been sensi-
tive about issues of wel-
fare of journalists and
will continue to do so.
He assured all kinds of
cooperation to journos.
Poonia bats for social security of journos
‘JagrutJaipur’drivetoenforceplasticban
District Collector Rajan Vishal has laid down roadmap for ban on single-use plastic at district sub-division levels
A tree-guard made up of stone, filled up with a heap of plastic garbage at the Central Park in Jaipur,
is a testimony to the fact that despite various efforts being undertaken to save the Planet Earth by
recycling the waste, people are still ignorant about their duties as civilised citizens and in doing their
bit towards a better future. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
Jaipur Collector Rajan Vishal JMCG Commissioner Mahendra
Soni launch the ‘Jagrut Jaipur’ campaign at the Collectorate
Auditorium on Thursday.
WORLD EARTH DAY-APRIL 22
SandstormbattersJaisalmer,
uprootstrees,leaves1injured
Suryaveer Singh Tanwar
Jaisalmer: The strong
sand storm that came
from Pakistan wreaked
havoc in many parts of
Jaisalmer on Wednes-
day night. Many trees,
electric poles, wires, tin
sheds etc. were broken
and fallen due to the
wind speed of 60 - 70 km
per hour. The power
supply in Jaisalmer has
been cut since late
Wednesday night. One
person injured in the
incident of flying tin
thatch at Lohar Basti.
Stones in the bunga-
lows located on the
Hawa Pole at the fa-
mous Sonar Fort have
broken down due to the
strong winds.
The Meteorological
Centre had again issued
awarningof duststorm
in north-western belt
including Sikar, Jhunj-
hunu, Churu, Bikaner,
Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Sri
Ganganagar. The mas-
sive thunderstorm that
wreaked havoc at Jais-
almer on Wednesday
night, halted the shoot-
ing of the film ‘Rocky
Aur Rani Ki Prem Ka-
hani’ starring Ranvir
Singh Alia Bhatt for
nearly three hours at
Hotel Suryagarh.
Filmmaker- Director
Karan Johar has suf-
fered a loss of about Rs
15 lakh. According to
sources, work of re-
making the film sets
resumed on Thursday
.
A tree uprooted during the massive sandstorm falls on a car
parked outside a house in Jaisalmer. (Inset) An electric pole
uprooted by strong winds. About 500 such poles were damaged.
Raped at knife point,
victim attempts suicide
First India Bureau
Kaman: A case of rap-
ing and making the ob-
scene video viral of a
21-year-old girl has
come to light.
As per the informa-
tion, the 21-year-old girl
went out to purchase
household items on
April 17 at around 8 pm.
The four accused in-
timidated the girl with
a knife and took her to
a deserted house, where
they raped her and
made obscene photo
videos of her shared
on social media. Dis-
tressed with the inci-
dent, she tried to com-
mit suicide, but her
family stopped her.
The police has regis-
tered a case on Wednes-
day and has started
searching for the ac-
cused, who are untrace-
able.
15-YR-OLD MINOR
GIRL RAPED BY
THREE IN ALWAR
Alwar: A case of rape of
a 15-year-old minor has
come to light in Naray-
anpur area. Cops have
started a probe after plaint
by relatives. The DSP
also reached the spot
on Thursday. According
to police, the incident
occurred two days ago,
when th girl was abducted
by three youths when she
stepped out of the house
to use toilet at night.They
pressed her mouth took
her to fields raped her.
Dr Satish Poonia during the Annual meeting of The All India
Federation of PTI Employees’ Union in Jaipur on Thursday.
CHAUBEY, YADAV ARE PTI’S PREZ, GEN SECY
Even Prashant Kishor cannot save
sinking Congress, says Dr Poonia
First India Bureau
Tonk/Jhunjhunu: BJP
State Chief Dr Satish
Poonia on his visit to
Malpura to attend wed-
ding of MLA KL Chaud-
hary’s daughter, took a
swipe at Congress by
calling it a ‘sinking par-
ty’ that even Prashant
Kishorcan’tsaveit. Ear-
lier in Jhunjhunu, Poo-
nia targeted Congress
leader Sachin Pilot over
hisremarkthathewould
breakmythof a5-yrgovt
that Cong will form
govt again. Poonia
replied,“Its not clear
whether Pilot will break
myth or not, but he will
definitely break Cong.”
Dr Satish Poonia was welcomed by Priest of Diggi Kalyanji
Temple, Radheyshaym Baba along with Vivek Gautam by
presenting him a dupatta, on his way to Todarai Singh, Tonk.
On last day of his tour to Kekri, Dr
Raghu counts his ‘achievements’
First India Bureau
Kekri: Local MLA Dr
Raghu Sharma, who
was on a 4-day tour to
his constituency, ended
the tour on Thursday
with a visit to Bhatolao
and Jadana. Speaking
at an inaugural func-
tion there, he claimed
that he has strength-
ened the medical facili-
ties all over the constit-
uency
.
Rural people will no
longer have to run to
far-off urban centres
for medical treatment
as trauma centres have
been set up at many
places in the district,
Sharma said, adding
that the hospital built
in the town has turned
into a 400-bedded one
now.
He also said that as
many as 27 schools have
been promoted in Kekri
while a new college
building is coming up
in Tantodi. Similarly,
an agricultural college
and BSc nursing college
are coming up at an es-
timated cost of Rs 56
crore, he added.
Rathore B’day: Blood donation
camps convey political message
Aishwary Pradhan
Jaipur: Birthday of
senior BJP leader, Ra-
jendra Rathore was cel-
ebrated at Shri Bha-
waniNiketanSansthan,
where everyone termed
him to be a leader, who
is ready to serve people.
A political message
was also given via blood
donation camps that
were organised to mark
the occasion. Leaders
like BS Rolsahabsar, MS
Sarwadi, SS Nangal, RS
Chandlai; Rathore’s
son Parakram Singh
Rathore, SS Bagri, Vas-
udev Chawla, PS Van-
vasa were also present.
CM’s OSD Lokesh Shar-
ma RTDC Chairman
Dharmendra Rathore
too wished Rathore.
Dr Raghu Sharma interacts with people during his tour to Kekri
constituency on Thursday. Sagar Sharma is also seen.
PSKS: UDH
orders for free
hold lease
Nathawat: Will
work for Rajput
society’s interest
Abhishek Shrivastava
Jaipur: Under the
PSKS drive, regulation
camps are going to start
from May 1. Before the
camp, UDH has ordered
to take free hold lease
from lease hold for
which the applicant
will have to give an af-
fidavit on a non-judicial
stamp paper of Rs 50.
After this the applica-
tion form will be scruti-
nized demand letter
will be issued for depos-
iting prescribed fee.
UDH LSG depts
have also issued orders
to reduce time for seek-
ing objections on zonal
devp plan’s draft in 14
days. If concerned bod-
ies want, this period
will be increased by 7
days. Orders were is-
sued after Shanti Dhari-
wal’s nod.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Founder
member of Shri Rajput
Adarsh Mahasabha, Dr
Mahavir Singh Natha-
wat said that it is a non-
political organisation
and will work in future
for the interests of Ra-
jput society. In a press
conference, he said that
the organisation will
put forward the issues
of education, scholar-
ship, employment,
mass marriage, and fi-
nancial assistance for
the society
.
He also said that this
organisation will be
non-political and if any
members contests elec-
tion, he will have to re-
sign from the organisa-
tion. Karan Singh said
that now the member-
ship drive will be run
on online mode.
Bhupesh, Rayaz
unveil logo of RSCW
Plaint against Deo to be
sent to Prez PM’s offices
Tripti Gautam
Jaipur: WCD Minister
Mamta Bhupesh
President of Rajasthan
Commission for Women
Rehana Rayaz released
Commission’s logo.
Bhupesh appreciated
the initiative and said
that she would like to
thank former PM, late
Rajiv Gandhi, who
showed the dream of
digital India, which the
CM Ashok Gehlot is go-
ing to fulfil. Rayaz said
it is our responsibility
to empower women eco-
nomically and socially
.
Bharat Dixit
Jaipur: A complaint
against fromer JMCG
Commissioner Yagy-
amitra Singh Deo, who
had boycotted the An-
nual General Meeting
recently, will be for-
warded to the President
PMO. Nearly 60 coun-
cilors have signed the
complaint which will be
forwarded to the Presi-
dent and PM’s offices.
On May 18, a confron-
tation between officers
public representa-
tives in JMCG was seen,
when the Commission-
er and all other officers
and employees boycott-
ed the meeting after a
censure motion was
moved against the Com-
missioner.
Mamta Bhupesh and Rehana
Rayaz launch the logo of State
Women Commission.
Blood donors organised a blood donation camp at Shekhawati
Blood Bank in Churu to mark the birthday of Rajendra Rathore on
Thursday.
ALL FOR PEOPLE
This campaign
will run on
5Es (Educa-
tion, Engagement,
Enablement, Evi-
dence, Encourage-
ment, and Enforce-
ment). People will be
persuaded to ban sin-
gle-use plastic en-
couraged to make this
campaign a success.
Rajan Vishal,
District Collector, Jaipur
Yagyamitra Singh Deo
CM has given
freedom of loot
to MLAs: Kataria
First India Bureau
Udaipur: A day after
CMAshokGehlotcalled
him mentally dis-
turbed, LoP GC Kataria
said that CM Gehlot is
under pressure and he
has given the freedom
of loot to keep everyone
happy. He said that his
MLAs have become
‘Kakaji’. Talking to the
media in Udaipur, Ka-
taria said, “He had to
allow each of his MLAs
to get indulged in all
kinds of loot to keep
them happy
.”

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First India Bureau
Jaipur: Pradesh Con-
gress Committee chief
Govind Singh Dotasra
on Thursday made it
clear that the diary
that fulfills the require-
ment of the voter ID
cards of the new mem-
bers made in the mem-
bership drive will be
acceptable.
In an organisational
meeting, the PCC chief
reviewed the member-
ship drive campaign
and said that the party
will accept only those
diaries that fulfill the
requirement of Voter
ID cards. Under the di-
aries, 20 lakh members
have to be made.
After the instruc-
tions, several leaders
had to return from the
PCC without deposit-
ing the diaries. Under
the new system, the
voter ID of every new
memberhasbeenmade
mandatory to avoid
any fraud in the cam-
paign.
Lalit Toonwal, Ram
Singh Kaswan, Na-
seem Akhtar, Swarnim
Chaturvedi, Deshraj
Meena and other lead-
ers were present dur-
ing the meeting.
Dotasra: Diaries with voter ID accepted
CONG MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra during the organisational
meeting on Thursday.
GUVASKSBABUSTOSHOWGOOD
GOVERNANCE,NOTSITOVERFILES
CIVIL SERVICES DAY
‘Instead of amending the provisions, efforts should be made to change the practical rules as per situation’
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Rajasthan Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra on
the occasion of Civil
Services Day celebrated
at OTS on Thursday
said that files pending
with the bureaucrats
show that work is done
only after taking bribes
and this is not an exam-
ple of good governance.
Guv Mishra said that
the king is not above his
duty (rajdharm) and
the executive is the pil-
lar of democracy. They
help in implementation
of schemes. He said
that your efficiency will
instil confidence in the
public.
Mishra said that poli-
ticians could be preju-
diced, but not you. Talk-
ing about corruption,
the Governance said
that instead of amend-
ing the provisions of
the Constitution, ef-
forts should be made to
change the practical
rules as per situation.
CS Usha Sharma,
while explaining the col-
lectors ranking regard-
ing flagship schemes,
said that electronic ser-
vice delivery is a priori-
ty
. Besides, financial and
non-financial benefits to
the common man will
ensure transparency
.
Sanjeev Chopra, for-
merdirectorof LBSNAA
said that Rajdharma is
fulfilled by the power of
God, enthusiasm. He
said that we are like a
shuttle cock between
Centrestate,butweare
important. Chopra,DGP
Lather and DN Pandey
were given a memento.
Guv Kalraj Mishra speaks on the occasion of Civil
Services day on Thursday, as ML Lather, Sanjeev
Chopra, Usha Sharma and DN Pandey listen carefully.
(Inset) CS Usha Sharma being felicitated by Guv Mishra.
CS Usha Sharma greets CM Ashok Gehlot. Dr Samit Sharma, Pawan Arora and Dhiraj Shrivastav
are also seen during the cultural night on Civil Services day celebration on Thursday.
JDC Ravi Jain, Gargi singing during the
cultural night on Civil Services day.
DG Intelligence Umesh Mishra, Principal Secy
to CM Kuldeep Ranka, IPS Gaurav Shrivastav
and HoFF DN Pandey.
ACB DG BL Soni, DG Intelligence Umesh Mishra, Pawan Arora, VP Singh, Sanwarmal Verma,
Deepak Nandi during the event at OTS on Thursday.
IAS Sanwarmal Verma
Kalpana Agarwal IAS
Sushma Arora and other
officials during the
celebration on Civil Services
Day at OTS on Thursday.
—PHOTOS BY
SUMAN SARKAR
JDCvisitsIPDtower
aheadofCSmeeting
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Jaipur develop-
ment authority Com-
missioner Ravi Jain on
Thursday inspected the
spot were IPD tower is
proposed to be built in
SMS Hospital. He was
accompanied by the
project consultant
Anoop Bartaria.
Chief Secretary Usha
Sharma is about to take
a meeting on Friday
where two agendas re-
lated to the project will
be discussed. Discus-
sion will be held on
marking the site for
construction of 132 KV
GSS and widening the
road adjacent to the pro-
ject. This 50 feet road is
to be widened to 160
feet, for which land lo-
cated between Dhan-
wantri block and Maha-
raja College is required.
Jain took complete in-
formation through a
map on the spot.
14 new Covid
cases; 4 kids
also test +ve
Soni gets pro-
active, takes
official to task
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The danger
of the fourth wave
of corona in Ra-
jasthan has started
to linger around.
On Thursday, 14
new cases of Covid
were detected, with
Active cases reach-
ing 122 in state.
There is no death
recorded in last 24-
hrs due to Covid.
The 21 positive
cases found in the
state capital on
Wednesday, also in-
clude four children.
At the same time,
after a child was
found positive in
Sawai Man Singh
(SMS) School, the
managementhasde-
cided to run class of
children up to class
8 on hybrid mode.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Newly ap-
pointed Commission-
er of Jaipur Greater
Municipal Corpora-
tion Mahendra Soni
made a
surprise
check of
the pre-
cincts of
the zon-
al civic
h e a d -
quarter on Thursday
and gave Chief Engi-
neer Umang Rajvan-
shi a dressing down
over the shabby con-
dition prevailing in
the offices there.
While taking rounds
of the different de-
partments, Soni
found broken furni-
ture lying here and
there. Irked over it,
he ordered Rajvanshi
to run a 3-day drive to
bring an order in the
offices.
Ravi Jain, Dr Sudhir Bhandari and Anoop Bartaria discussing the
details of IPD tower project at the site in SMS Hospital on Thursday.
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMAN
SARKAR
At present our state religion is the
constitution. That is the Gita, the
Quran and the Bible. Instead of
amending the provisions of the Constitution,
efforts should be made to change the practi-
cal rules according to the situation.
—Kalraj Mishra, Governor (Rajasthan)
PM Modi honours
Churu DC for ‘Khelo
India’ campaign
Churu DM Siddharth Sihag being felicitated by PM Narendra
Modi in New Delhi, on Thursday. Union Minister Dr Jitendra
Singh is also seen.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi conferred the
Prime Minister’s
Award-2021 to Churu
District Collector, Sid-
dharth Sihag at a func-
tioninVigyanBhawan
inNewDelhionThurs-
day
. Under the ‘Khelo
India’ campaign, this
award was given for his
outstanding work and
achievementsinChuru.
PM Modi presented
Rs 20 lakh and a cita-
tion to the Sihag. A
documentary film
based on the sports ac-
tivities of Churu dis-
trictwasalsoscreened
at the function. The
award has been given
on the basis of the
wide participation of
young players in the
development of sports
centres in Churu dis-
trict,medalsatnation-
al and international
level, representation
of women players,
para players, innova-
tion of district admin-
istration in Fit India/
Khelo India.
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dictedarosyfutureandsees
a further fall of 2 million
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isfacingthisjoltforthefirst
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subscription rates for add-
on viewers to stop pass-
word sharing is also be-
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subscribers. It lost 700,000
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lowed for a household was
misused to include about a
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viewers using others’ con-
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planned to monetize these
viewers to increase its rev-
enue and subscriber base,
the move did not get a fa-
vourable response.
Netflix viewership got a
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lockdown but the real pic-
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and cinemas. Netflix is not
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version to be supported by
advertising. Netflix may
have to take the same
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tunes. That would mean
TV commercials disrupt-
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movie or serial seamlessly
may not be liked by view-
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scribers still on its list, it
remains the biggest
streaming platform.
NETFLIX MAY HAVE
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F
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
If you knew what I know about the power
of giving you would not let a single meal
pass without sharing it in some way.
—Buddha
Anurag Thakur @ianuragthakur
Have you visited the National
Museum of Indian Cinema in
Mumbai? Do visit for a journey
through Indian cinematic history and
experience our cinematic excellence
through the ages. You can also find
unique equipments used since the
advent of moving pictures.
Kiren Rijiju @KirenRijiju
On Civil Services Day, I convey my
greetings to all Civil Servants. The
civil service is the backbone of the
administration of a country. We must
appreciate all the public officers
who are strengthening working
tirelessly to run the administrative
machinery of the country.
TOP TWEETS
he above statement of the
thenPMSirimavoBandara-
naike in her address on
May Day crowd, was an ac-
curate description of the
then pathetic economic
condition of country
, as
wellasitsamessageforthe
policymakers of the nation
needstotakeconcretesteps
to build a self-reliant Sri
Lanka. Economy of the
country has always been in
crisis due to protracted ter-
rorism, civil wars, natural
disasters and short-sighted
policies.Thesituationaris-
ing out of the Corona pan-
demichascreatedaserious
crisis for the economy of
Sri Lanka at present.
Despite the declaration
of economicemergencyon
30 August 2021, the dread-
ful phase of the crisis con-
tinues.Thecountrysuffers
from severe food, power,
and fuel crises and a lack
of pharmaceuticals. In
fact, the short-sighted poli-
ciesof theRajapaksa΄sgov-
ernment have brought the
country to the brink of
bankruptcy
. The Covid-19
lock-down and subsequent
protocols almost brought
the country’s tourism in-
dustry to an end, trigger-
ing a period of pressure in
theeconomyduetoasharp
drop in foreign exchange
earnings.Significantly
,Sri
Lanka received a record $
4 billion in revenue from
thetourismindustryinthe
year 2018, which has come
down to just $ 682 million
in the year 2020. Due to
whichtherewasahugefall
in the Forex reserve of the
country
.Noteworthy
,when
Gotabaya Rajapaksa come
in power in November
2019,thecountryhadacur-
rency reserve of $ 7.5 bil-
lion, which was reduced to
just $ 1.5 billion in Novem-
ber 2021.
In such a situation, in
April 2020, President com-
pletely banned the import
of chemical fertilizers and
pesticides by taking a sui-
cidal decision of 100% or-
ganic farming in the coun-
try
.Theagriculturalsector
which had been dependent
onchemicalfertilizersand
pesticides for a long time
wasalmostruinedwithout
fertilizers. The annual av-
erage production of tea in
Sri Lanka is about 1 mil-
lion tonnes, with exports
earning the government
$1.25 billion annually,
which is 10 percent of the
gross export earnings.
Thiswasreducedtohalf in
the year 2021 and in the
samewaytherewasahuge
decline in paddy and rub-
berproduction.Asaresult,
the majority of the coun-
try’spopulationdependent
on agriculture became a
victim of starvation.
On January 4, FM Basil
Rajapaksa announced a $1
billion (229 billion Sri Lan-
kan rupees) relief package
that was expected to pro-
vide direct relief to 2 mil-
lion people. Efforts have
been made to reduce the
growing discontent of the
people by providing subsi-
dies to small tenants in-
cludingimportof essential
food items and medicines,
payment of wages and al-
lowances of employees.
Butitcouldnothappenand
the public is now protest-
ing furiously
. Foreign debt
of $500millionistobepaid
in January and $ 1 billion
byJuly
.TheRajapaksegov-
ernment closed its many
embassiesfromJanuaryto
save Forex, but the uncon-
trollable situation does not
seem to be improving yet,
because from January
many power generation
units of the country have
no fuel oil. Due to which a
new crisis of power supply
has arisen. A large part of
the food supply in Sri Lan-
kadependsonimports,but
depleted Forex reserves
and a 7.5 percent deprecia-
tion of the Sri Lankan ru-
pee against the dollar last
year, import conditions
worsened causes an unex-
pected rise in food prices.
In early 2020 Govern-
ment had imposed a board
import banned 360 other
non-essential items like
sugar, turmeric, tooth-
brush holders. In March,
inflationhit18.7percent.It
was the highest inflation
rate since October 2008.
Food inflation soared 30.2
percent. Rice is selling at
Rs500andacupof teaatRs
100. The hospitals are the
worst hit as the country
faces a 13-hour power cut.
The shortage of ink and
paper has necessitated the
postponementof examsfor
the students. The street
lightshavetobeturnedoff;
the darkness has filled the
people with great despair.
On the whole, the Sri Lan-
kans face a night-mare.
Desperate people staged
violent demonstrations at
the Presidential residence,
due to which President Go-
tabaya has declared a na-
tionwidepublicemergency
late on April 1. But now the
public anger at the boiling
point, Buddhist monks,
medicalhealthcommunity
,
student unions, trade un-
ions, cricketers and other
big national figures con-
tinuously demonstrating.
Due to the increasing pres-
sure of the public, the
Prime Minister dissolved
hiscabinetandmadeanew
cabinet of 17 ministers
along with the opposition
members. However, this ef-
fort of PM Mahinda can
save the government, not
the economic challenge.
The overall economic
situation in the country is
presenting a sight similar
to the economic crisis of
the seventies. Even at that
time the situation was so
dire that analysts even
called the economy of Sri
Lanka as ‘Ship to mouth
economy’. At that crisis
time PM Bandaranaike
hadsaid-“almostsqueezed
us-we are literally fighting
to survive.”
It is a matter of great
surprise that the govern-
ments of a country with a
populationof only2.5crore
which have been facing
food crisis for decades nei-
ther developed any public
distribution system (PDS)
nor any concrete plans for
agriculture - irrigation or
power generation were
madeandtheLankanwere
left on their fate.
It is to be hoped that the
Rajapaksa brothers will be
shed their traditional Chi-
nese fascination soon and
they will be able to get
theirpeopleoutof thisdire
economic crisis like other
crises with the help of in-
stitutions like IMF and
good allies like India.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
SRI LANKA UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY;
FACING AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS
T
DR SURESH YADAV
The writer is Freelancer and
Commentator on International Affairs
The overall economic
situation in the country is
presenting a sight similar to
the economic crisis of the
seventies. Even at that time
the situation was so dire
that analysts even called the
economy of Sri Lanka as
‘Ship to mouth economy’. At
that crisis time PM
Bandaranaike had said -
“almost squeezed us-we are
literally fighting to
survive.” It is a matter of
great surprise that the
governments of a country
with a population of only
2.5 crore which have been
facing food crisis for
decades neither developed
any public distribution
system (PDS) nor any
concrete plans for
agriculture - irrigation or
power generation were
made and the Lankan were
left on their fate
SORRY STATE OF SRILANKA

z New Delhi extended a $1
billion line of credit to
Sri Lanka, a $400 million
currency swap, and a $500
million credit line for fuel
purchases earlier year

z The fertiliser dispute with
China has exposed the re-
ality of the Chinese - debt
trap and increasing the
country’s troubles

z Sri Lanka has to pay $6.8
million instead of contami-
nated organic fertiliser, the
said incident has worked as
a scab in the leprosy

z In these difficult situations,
Sri Lanka has to repay
domestic and foreign debt
of about $ 7.3 billion this
year, of which 68% of the
debt i.e. about $-5 billion
has to pay China

z China had given a loan of
$1.2 billion to Sri Lanka
for the construction of
Hambantota Port under the
Belt and Road project, the
said project badly entangled
Sri Lanka in the debt trap
of China

z Eventually, in 2017 itself
Sri Lanka had given this
port to China on a lease of
99 years, but the situation
did not improve

z Country with a population
of only 2.5 crore which
have been facing food
crisis for decades
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
We are facing a crisis
such as the country
has never yet faced
in its history; the
only salvation lies in
making the country
self-Sufficient.
—Sirimavo Bandaranaike
(May, 1974)
On January 4, FM
Basil Rajapaksa an-
nounced a $1 billion
(229 billion Sri Lankan
rupees) relief package
that was expected to
provide direct relief to
2 million people

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New Delhi (ANI): A
group of Congress lead-
ers, including general
secretary Ajay Maken,
on Thursday, reached
Delhi's Jahangirpuri to
meet the families affect-
ed by yesterday's demo-
lition drive in the area.
The delegation will
submit a report to the
party's interim presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi, said
a member of the
16-member group.
We have come to Ja-
hangirpuri to meet the
victims.Policehavebeen
cooperative. We have
come here to tell the peo-
ple that this should not
be seen from the prism
of religion, Maken told
media persons.
Congress leader Im-
ran Pratapgarhi, a del-
egation member, said,
We will meet the af-
fected families. Later,
we will submit a report
to Sonia Gandhi.
Former Congress
MLA Hari Shankar
Gupta, who arrived at
the site before the dele-
gation, said that permis-
sion for meeting the peo-
ple was sought from the
police. We do not want
todisturbthepeacehere
but only meet the affect-
ed families, he added.
Condemning the
demolition drive car-
ried out by BJP-ruled
North Municipal Cor-
poration of Delhi, Gup-
ta said, They did not
obey the SC's orders.
They shouldn't have
dared to carry on with
the demolition drive in
contempt of the apex
court. In the coming
days, this can set a dan-
gerous precedent.
The16-membergroup
of Congress includes
Delhi Congress chief
Anil Chaudhry and
AICC in-charge of Del-
hi Shakti Sinh Gohil
among others.
Ajay Maken on
Wednesday apologized
for not being able to
reach the area while the
demolition drive was
going on.
Jahangirpuri demo-
lition without notice/
procedure is entirely il-
legal...Tomorrowmorn-
ing, along with other
senior leaders, I will
visit the site. Sorry for
not being there today,
said Maken.
The visit of the Con-
gress delegation comes
after CPI(M) Politburo
member Brinda Karat
visited the demolition
site on Wednesday and
called the BJP-ruled
civic body's demolition
drive unconstitutional.
All India Majlis-e-It-
tehadul Muslimeen
chief Asaduddin Owai-
si also visited Jahangir-
puri on Wednesday and
termed it a targetted
drive against a particu-
lar community.
Oppn’s empathy reaches Jahangirpuri
VARIOUS PARTY DELEGATIONS INCLUDING CONGRESS GROUP MEET FAMILIES AFFECTED BY DEMOLITION DRIVE
A Congress delegation led by Ajay Maken visits the violence-affected Jahangirpuri area in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
BULLDOZERS RUN
UNDER GUISE OF
ILLEGAL: MAYAWATI
Lucknow (PTI): BSP presi-
dent Mayawati on Thurs-
day came down heavily
on the use of bulldozers in
Delhi’s violence-hit Jahan-
girpuri area, and said using
religion as a tool in such
exercises can harm mutual
harmony and anti-national
forces can take advantage
of the situation. “Bulldozers
are being run under the
guise of illegal construc-
tion in different states
of the country including
Jahangirpuri in Delhi in
which poor people are also
being affected, whereas the
government should also
take strict action against
officials whose corruption
has led to illegal construc-
tions,” the BSP chief said
in a tweet in Hindi. Several
structures in Jahangir-
puri were razed during an
anti-encroachment drive
conducted by the NDMC.
TMC TO SEND FACT-FINDING TEAM
TO DELHI AFTER VIOLENCE: REPORT
Kolkata (ANI): With the Jahangirpuri violence stirring
the political pot, the Trinamool Congress has decided to
send a fact-finding team to the national capital on Friday,
party sources said. Trinamool MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
is among the party members in the fact-finding team,
sources said. The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee-led Trinamool has joined the bandwagon of the
Opposition in stepping up the heat on the BJP following
the Jahangirpuri violence and the subsequent demolition
drive carried out by NDMC in the locality on Thursday.
The Trinamool’s move has come in the backdrop of CPM
Politburo member Brinda Karat visiting the area.
5-MEMBER SP DELEGATION TO VISIT
DELHI TO ‘PROBE’ DEMOLITION DRIVE
Lucknow (PTI): A five-member Samajwadi Party delega-
tion will visit Delhi on Friday to “investigate” the NDMC’s
demolition drive in violence-hit Jahangirpuri, they party
said. It said the delegation comprising sitting and former
members of parliament has been formed on the instruc-
tion of party chief Akhilesh Yadav. “BJP-ruled North Delhi
Municipal Corporation destroyed Jahangirpuri with bull-
dozers on April 20. A five-member delegation has been
constituted for its investigation,” chief SP spokesperson
Rajendra Choudhary said Thursday.
WE ARE ON ROAD TO HELL: CHIDAMBARAM ON JAHANGIRPURI
New Delhi (PTI): Senior Congress leader P Chidam-
baram on Thursday attacked the BJP over bulldozers
razing several structures in violence-hit Jahangirpuri
during an anti-encroachment drive, saying “we see
the rule of law break down everyday” and soon there
will be “no law and no rules”. Several concrete and
temporary structures close to a mosque were brought
down on Wednesday morning as part of an anti-
encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled North Delhi Mu-
nicipal Corporation (NDMC), days after the northwest
Delhi neighbourhood was rocked by violence.
TEJASHWI SLAMS CENTRE OVER ‘BULLDOZER CULTURE’
Patna (Agencies): RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday
slammed the “bulldozer culture” of Narendra Modi govern-
ment accusing it of demolishing the structures of a particular
community in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri and other BJP-ruled
states. “China built two villages in the Indian territory but the
Centre fear speaking two words about it, forget about demol-
ishing them. Are they concerned about national interest, unity
and integrity and the constitution or are just running bulldoz-
ers on a particular community?” Tejashwi said. “If those in
(Jahangirpuri) are illegal constructions, what was the govern-
ment and administration doing till now,” Tejashwi asked.
Seven electoral trusts received `258 cr in
donation, BJP got 82% of money: Report
New Delhi: Seven elec-
toral trusts received a
total amount of `258.49
crore from corporates
and individuals, and
the BJP bagged more
than 82% of it, poll
rights body ADR said.
Electoral trust is a
non-profit organisation
formed in India for or-
derly receiving of con-
tributions from corpo-
rate entities and indi-
viduals to political par-
ties. It aims at improv-
ing transparency in the
usage of funds for elec-
tion-related expenses.
The Association for
Democratic Reforms
(ADR), in a new report,
said 16 out of the 23
electoral trusts submit-
ted details of their con-
tribution for the finan-
cial year 2020-21 to the
EC, of which only seven
declared to have re-
ceived donations.
“Seven electoral
trusts which have de-
clared receiving contri-
butions during FY 2020-
21, have received a total
amount of `258.4915
crore from corporates
and distributed
`258.4301 cr to political
parties,” it said.
The BJP received
`212.05 crore or 82.05
per cent of these dona-
tions, while the JDU se-
cured `27 crore or 10.45
per cent of the amount.
Ten other political
parties — Congress,
NCP, AIADMK, DMK,
RJD, AAP, LJP, CPM,
CPI and the Loktantrik
Janta Dal together re-
ceived `19.38 crore.
According to the
rules formulated by the
central government,
electoral trusts are re-
quired to distribute at
least 95 per cent of the
total contributions re-
ceived during the finan-
cial year, along with the
surplus brought for-
ward from the previous
financial year, to eligi-
ble political parties be-
fore March 31.
The ADR report anal-
yses the details of do-
nors of seven electoral
trusts formed after Jan-
uary, 2013, and the con-
tributions made
through them to politi-
cal parties during a
given year.
BJD’s Subash
resigns from
Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: After being
elected as mayor of Cut-
tack Municipal Corpo-
ration (CMC), senior
BJD leader Subash
Chandra Singh re-
signed from the mem-
bership of Rajya Sabha
on Thursday
.
Speaking to media
here, Singh said he was
elected as CMC mayor
on March 26 and took
oath on April 7, 2020.
Now, he has decided to
serve as Cuttack mayor.
So, Singh has tendered
his resignation. He sent
his resignation letter to
chairman of the Rajya
Sabha, Venkaiah Naidu
on Thursday
.
CBI files charges
against ex-NSE
chief Chitra
New Delhi (PTI): The
CBI has filed its charge
sheet against former
NSE MD and CEO Chi-
tra Ramkrishna and ex-
Group Operating Offic-
er Anand Subramanian
in connection with its
probe into a co-location
scam case, officials said
Thursday
.
Ramkrishna and
Subramanian are both
in judicial custody fol-
lowing their arrest by
the CBI on March 6 and
February 25 respective-
ly, they said.
In its charge sheet
filed in their Special
Court here, the CBI has
alleged that Ramkrish-
na allegedly abused her
official position in key
decisions among other
charges.
Sasikala grilled for
over 6 hours by cops
Chennai (Agencies):
A team led by R Sudha-
kar , IG, west zone,
questioned VK Sasikala
at her house in T Nagar,
in connection with
heist-cum-murder inci-
dent happened at her
Kodanad estate, which
was a favourite retreat
of late CM Jayalalithaa,
in April 2017. Sasikala,
who owned the estate,
was in jail when the in-
cident happened.
The police team of
IG, Nilgiris SP Ashish
Rawat and ADSP
reached the house of
Sasikala in Habibullah
Road at around 11 am
and started the enquiry
with Sasikala, once a
powerful shadow of AI-
ADMK leader Jay-
alalithaa. The team left
the premise.
The police team is
trying to find out who
was in charge if Kodan-
ad bungalow in the ab-
sence of Jaya and Sasi-
kala.
VK Sasikala
PM cannot imprison
truth, Mevani’s arrest
undemocratic: Rahul
Congress on Thursday
termed as “undemo-
cratic” and “unconsti-
tutional” the arrest of
Gujarat legislator
Jignesh Mevani over
his tweets, with former
party chief Rahul Gan-
dhi saying PM Naren-
dra Modi cannot im-
prison the truth by try-
ing to “crush” dissent.
The Congress at-
tacked the BJP govern-
ment over Mevani’s ar-
rest by the Assam Po-
lice and alleged that
Prime Minister Modi
was “scared” and run-
ning “helter-skelter” by
such actions.
Mevani, an independ-
ent MLA from Gujarat
who has pledged his
support to the Con-
gress, was arrested
from Palanpur town in
Gujarat on Wednesday
night over a tweet and
taken to Assam by air in
the early hours.
Flaying the arrest of
Mevani, Gandhi said it
is an insult to the people
who elected him as a
public representative.
Rahul Gandhi
‘Rubber Doll’:
Sidhu in jibe
against Mann
Chandigarh: Congress
leader Navjot Singh
Sidhu on Thursday
d u b b e d
P u n j a b
C h i e f
Minister
Bhagwant
Mann as a
“ r u b b e r
doll”, alluding to the
Opposition charge that
the state government is
being run by the AAP
leadership from Delhi.
Sidhu, along with for-
mer MLAs Navtej Singh
Cheema and Ashwani
Sekhri, met Punjab
Governor Banwarilal
Purohit in Chandigarh
and raised several is-
sues, including the law
and order situation in
the state.
Big dare to
Akhilesh from
uncle Shivpal
Lucknow (PTI): Sulk-
ing socialist leader
Shivpal Singh Yadav on
Thursday
took on Sa-
majwadi
P a r t y
c h i e f
Akhilesh
Y a d a v
over a remark alluding
to his apparent close-
ness to the ruling BJP,
and dared him to expel
him from the SP legisla-
ture party
.
Shivpal Yadav was,
however, not invited for
a meeting of Samajwa-
di Party MLAs soon af-
ter the results came in.
Since then he has
thrown hints that he
might cross over to the
Bharatiya Janata Party
.
ED submits over 5,000-page
chargesheet against Nawab
Mumbai (Agencies):
The Enforcement Direc-
torate (ED) on Thurs-
day submitted a volumi-
nous charge sheet of
over 5,000 pages against
Maharashtra Minister
Nawab Malik, in an al-
leged money-launder-
ing case arising out of a
tainted 20-year-old land
deal having mafia links.
The charge sheet has
been submitted to the
Special PMLA Court
registry and after scru-
tiny of the documents.
Malik, 69, was arrest-
ed on February 23 by
ED sleuths from his
Mumbai home and is
currently in judicial
custody for nearly 60
days now. The ED
nabbed him following a
FIR filed by the Nation-
al Investigation Agency
against the fugitive
don, Dawood Ibrahim
Kaskar and others un-
der the Unlawful Activi-
ties (Prevention) Act.
The alleged money-
laundering case in-
volved the Goawala
Compound in Kurla,
which was allegedly
usurped by Malik with
help from the mafia, ac-
cording to the ED.
Nawab Malik. —FILE PHOTO
ED TO CHARGESHEET
NAWAB’S SONS
FARAZ, AAMIR
Mumbai: The ED
has decided to file a
chargesheet against
Faraz Malik and Aamir
Malik, sons of Maha-
rashtra Minister and NCP
leader, Nawab Malik, af-
ter they failed to appear
before the agency for
questioning in connec-
tion with Dawood Ibra-
him money laundering
case. According to ED,
Faraz and Aamir were
sent summon multiple
times asking them to ap-
pear for questioning. But
both skipped the sum-
mon. Earlier, the ED had
served the first notice to
Faraz on March 1, when
he did not appear before
the agency, following
which, another summon
was sent on March 16.

INDIA
07
MODI URGES CIVIL SERVANTS TO WORK FOR
‘NATION FIRST, INDIA FIRST’
New Delhi (ANI): On
the occasion of Civil
Services Day, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday
urged civil servants to
work on three goals to
align with ‘Nation
First, India First’ policy
.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi conferred
Awards for Excellence
in Public Administra-
tion 2021 on Civil Ser-
vices Day
.
Speaking on the occa-
sion, the Prime Minis-
ter said, “Today, on
Civil Services Day, I
would like to stress
three goals: Firstly,
bring Ease of Living to
each and every citizen
of the country. Second-
ly, we have to draft new
governance models
with the goal of making
India the best country
in the world.”
“Thirdly, maintain
the harmony and integ-
rity of the nation with
the underlying mantra
of ‘Nation First’. All
our efforts should be
aligned to one thing:
Nation First, India
First,” he said.
PM added that every
decision taken by the of-
ficials should be with
the goal of ensuring the
unity of the nation. He
said, “We have to uplift
our districts with multi-
pillar activities. Your
India@100 vision
should have your dis-
trict at the top,” he said.
“Our efforts should
be directed towards
making the dreams of
common man a reality
and create a positive at-
mosphere around this
mission,” he said.
“When you try to pro-
actively learn from peo-
ple, you will always find
something new to adapt
in your life,” he said.
Earlier in the day,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi also wished
all Civil Servants.
“Best wishes to all
Civil Servants on the
occasion of Civil Ser-
vices Day. In different
terrains and across dif-
ferent sectors, they are
working tirelessly to
help our citizens and
enhance national pro-
gress. May they keep
serving the nation with
the same zeal,” PM, said
in a tweet on Thursday
.
Every year, April 21 is
observed as Civil Ser-
vices Day
. The civil ser-
vice in India includes
Indian Administrative
Service (IAS), Indian
Police Service (IPS), In-
dian Foreign Service
(IFS) and the central
Group A and Group B
services in the country
.
The first National Civil
Service Day was ob-
served on April 21, 1947.
15TH CIVIL SERVICES DAY
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the valedictory
session and awards ceremony on the occasion of 15th Civil
Services Day in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Chalk out plans for Govt
schemes: PM to officials
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Thursday called upon the district officials to draw
an action plan to implement the government
schemes on the ground. On the occasion of
the Civil Services Day, PM Modi urged civil
servants of the country to select any one of
the government schemes and draft a plan to
implement it in districts where they’re posted.
PM Modi also conferred Awards for Excellence
in Public Administration 2021 on Civil Services
Day. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister
said, “Can the award winners share their stories
at training institutes related to civil services?
This will not only inspire others but will also give
practical exposure to them.”
Adani hosts Boris, first
UK PM to visit Gujarat
Ahmedabad: UK
Prime Minister Boris
Johnson, who is on a
two-day visit to India,
met industrialist Gau-
tam Adani on Thursday
.
“Honoured to host @
BorisJohnson, the first
UK PM to visit Gujarat,
at Adani HQ. Delighted
to support climate
sustainability agenda
with a focus on renewa-
bles, green H2 new
energy. Will also work
with UK companies to
co-create defence aer-
ospace technologies,”
Mr Adani tweeted.
According to sources
quoted by news agency
PTI, the two discussed,
among other things,
key sectors such as en-
ergy transition, climate
action, aerospace and
defence collaboration.
With India set to in-
vest $300 billion by 2030
to modernize its armed
forces, sources said col-
laboration in the de-
fence sector was one of
the key focus areas of
the meeting between
Adani and Mr Johnson,
PTI reported.
HAVE ALREADY RAISED UKRAINE ISSUE
WITH MODI AT DIPLOMATIC LEVEL: BORIS
Halol: Asserting that India strongly condemned atroci-
ties in Ukraine and that everybody understands India
and Russia’s “very different relationships historically”,
British PM Boris Johnson said the UK has already
raised the Ukraine war issue with PM Narendra Modi at
a diplomatic level. Johnson’s visit to India comes at a
time when India has taken a neutral stand on the Rus-
sian invasion of Ukraine.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson places a garland around the
neck of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at his Sabarmati Ashram in
Ahmedabad during a cultural tour on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: Two days
after Prime Minister’s
interaction with Union
Secretaries (02.04.2022),
the Cabinet Secretariat
has shot letters to the
heads of various de-
partments and minis-
tries asking them to ini-
tiate immediate steps to
fill the existing vacan-
cies against sanctioned
posts.
While interacting
with Union Secretaries,
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi had expressed
serious concerns over
continuing vacancies in
various departments.
Reportedly
, PM had
emphasizedthatemploy-
ment generation should
be given a high priority
and should be the focus
of Government inter-
ventions across public
and private sectors. Eve-
ry industry/ Depart-
ment should immediate-
ly take steps to fill the
existing vacancies
againstsanctionedposts.
As a matter of fact,
there is a shortage of of-
ficers at various grades
under the Central Sec-
retariat Service (CSS)
and Central Secretariat
Stenographers’ Service
(CSSS) in various de-
partments, thus ad-
versely impacting the
functioning of several
Departments and ham-
pering timelines and ef-
fectiveness in providing
the essential services to
the public and ensuring
good governance - one
of the poll promises of
NDA Govt since 2014.
Taking a look at the
vacancies against the
aforementioned servic-
es (CSS CSSS). Sourc-
es say that roughly all
put together hundreds
and hundreds of posts
are vacant in minis-
tries and departments
at various levels name-
ly; Senior Private Secre-
tary/Principal Staff Of-
ficer, Under Secretary,
Principal Private Secre-
tary, Section Officers,
Private Secretary, As-
sistant Section Officers,
Personnel Assistant,
Stenographer ‘D’, Sen-
ior Secretariat Assis-
tant and Junior Secre-
tariat Assistant.
In last few days many
Union Secretaries have
started responding to
Cabinet Secretariat’s
letter along with the de-
tails of sanctioned
strength and vacancies
in respective depart-
ments ministries at
various levels as afore-
mentioned.
For example the De-
partment of Food and
Public Distribution has
written a letter to Secre-
tary, DoPT requesting
filling up of vacant
posts; details of the va-
cancies are like this:-
Senior Private Secre-
tary/Principal Staff Of-
ficer 3 sanctioned posts
with one vacancy; Un-
der Secretary 31 sanc-
tioned posts with 3 va-
cancies; Principal Pri-
vate Secretary 13 sanc-
tioned posts with one
vacancy; Section Offic-
ers 59 sanctioned posts
with 26 vacancies; Pri-
vate Secretary 29 sanc-
cancies; Assistant Sec-
tion Officers 122 sanc-
cancies; Personnel As-
sistant with 21 sanc-
tioned post with 21 va-
cancies; Stenographer
‘D’ 26 sanctioned post
with 6 vacancies; Sen-
ior Secretariat Assis-
tant 8 sanctioned post
with 2 vacancies; and
Junior Secretariat As-
sistant 12 sanctioned
posts with 6 vacancies.
It may be underlined
that Central Secretariat
which comprises of
mainly three services
i.e. Central Secretariat
Service (CSS), Central
Secretariat Stenogra-
pher Service (CSSS)
and Central Secretariat
Clerical Service (CSCS)
is having hundreds of
vacancies.
The PM’s direction
has provided the much-
needed solace to CSS
CSSS cadre officers in
view of their long-pend-
ing attempts at seeking
decision-makers’ atten-
tion to the career pros-
pects and long-pending
issue of promotion of
CSS Cadre. They had
met Dr. Jitendra Singh,
MoS for Personnel
PMO, seeking his inter-
vention and getting
them justice. Though
their promotional is-
sues, subject to judicial
outcomes, are yet to be
addressed it seems that
their efforts are likely
to bear fruits. A section
of the CSS cadre looks
at the recent develop-
ment (filling up vacan-
cies with urgency) and
presumes that their col-
lective efforts have not
gone unheard and their
promotion issues may
soon gather momentum
in the backdrop of PM’s
latest direction to Un-
ion Secretaries.
PM’s direction filling vacancies provides solace to CSS CSS Cadre officers
DELHI HIGH COURT SEEKS CENTRE’S STAND
ON CHALLENGE TO NEW CRIMINAL LAW
SC TAKES UP PLEA
OVER MGNREGA
SC TO HEAR SAD
LEADER’S PLEA
Court on Thursday
has agreed to hear a
plea alleging a “grave
crisis” being faced by the
workers under the rural
employment guarantee
scheme, MNREGA, with
their pending wages piling
up with negative balances
in many states.
Court on Thursday posted
for hearing on April 26 a
plea filed by SAD leader
Bikram Singh Majithia
seeking quashing of cases
registered against him by
the Punjab Police under
the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances
Act, 1985.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought
the Centre’s response on a public interest litigation
claiming that the provisions of the Criminal Procedure
(Identification) Act. A bench headed by Acting Chief
Justice Vipin Sanghi stated that the plea “requires con-
sideration” and issued notice on the petition by lawyer
Harshit Goel who asserted that the law aids profiling.
India condemns Ilhan
Omar’s visit to PoK
Rajnath exhorts companies to join
India’s ‘Make for World’ drive
New Delhi (PTI): India
onThursdaycondemned
thevisitof USCongress-
woman Ilhan Omar to
Pakistan-occupied-
Kashmir(PoK),sayingit
reflected her “narrow-
minded” politics.
At a media briefing,
External Affairs Minis-
try Spokesperson Arin-
dam Bagchi criticised
Omar for visiting PoK.
The US Congress-
woman is currently on
a four-day visit to Paki-
stan.
“We have noted that
she has visited a part of
the Indian Union Terri-
tory of Jammu and
Kashmir that is cur-
rently illegally occu-
pied by Pakistan. Let
me just say that if such
a politician wishes to
practice her narrow-
minded politics... that
may be her business,”
Bagchi said.
New Delhi (ANI): Un-
derlining the impor-
tance of strengthening
the commercial and
economic pillars be-
tween India-US, De-
fence Minister Rajnath
Singh on Thursday
noted that both coun-
tries are expanding en-
gagements in critical
and emerging domains
of defence and exhorted
companies to take ad-
vantage of policy initia-
tives in India to steadily
march from ‘Make in
India’ towards ‘Make
for the World’.
Rajnath made these
remarks at the Ameri-
can Chamber of Com-
merce in India’s (AM-
CHAM) Annual Gener-
al Meeting.
This event took place
in the backdrop of the
recently concluded 2+2
dialogue, during which
the Defence Minister
stated the positive con-
versation between PM
Narendra Modi and
President Joe Biden has
enabled both nations to
look forward.
During his US visit,
the minister said he re-
ceived a positive re-
sponse from American
leadership for co-devel-
opment, co-production
and investments in re-
search and industry
.
India-UAE deal
effective from
May: UAE Min
Dubai: The “historic”
Comprehensive Eco-
nomic Partnership
Agreement between In-
dia and the UAE will
come into effect on May
1, an Emirati minister
said on Thursday
.
The agreement will
provide significant ben-
efits to Indian and UAE
businesses.
Minister of State for
Foreign Trade Thani Al
Zeyoudi took to Twitter
to announce that India
and the UAE’S CEPA)
will come into effect on
May 1.
INDIAN CINEMA CREATED IDENTITY FOR
INDIA IN WORLD,SAYS ANURAG THAKUR
Mumbai (ANI): Union
Minister of Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
Anurag Thakur on
Wednesday visited the
National Museum of
Indian Cinema (NMIC)
at the Films Division
Complex on Pedder
Road in Mumbai and
said that Indian cinema
has succeeded in creat-
ing an identity for India
in the world.
The Museum is housed
in two buildings — the
19th-century heritage
structure the Gulshan
Mahal and custom-built
New Museum Building.
Thakur will be on Gu-
jarat tour on Friday,
and hold meeting with
PBI officials in Gandhi-
nagar. Will participate
in Global Ayush Invest-
ments session and inno-
vation summit.
Union Minister for IB Anurag Thakur visits National Museum of
Indian Cinema, in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI
ED raids Jindal Steel’s
offices in Delhi, Gurugram
CBI registers two cases on
graft charges made by Malik
New Delhi: The federal
financial crime fighting
agency raided offices of
Jindal Steel Power
Ltd (JSPL) in New Del-
hi on Thursday over
suspected violation of
foreign exchange regu-
lations, a source famil-
iar with the matter said.
The federal ED also
conducted searches in
Gurugram, a satellite
town near the capital’s
main airport. Jindal
Steel shares plunged as
much as 6% to a three-
week low in their big-
gest fall since mid-
March. Thecompanydid
not respond to a Reuters
request for comment.
“The searches have
been going on since
morning, maybe over
old cases,” the source
said, declining to be
identified due to the
sensitive nature of the
matter.
Srinagar: The Central
Bureau of Investigation
has registered two cas-
es — on a reference
from the Jammu
Kashmir government
following corruption
charges made by its for-
mer Governor Satya
Pal Malik — to probe
alleged malpractices in
the award of two con-
tracts related to civil
works worth about Rs
2,200 crore and a group
health insurance
scheme. Malik, who is
now the Governor of
Meghalaya, had alleged
corruption in these two
projects.
IN THE COURTYARD
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. —FILE PHOTO

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INDIA'S HIGH GROWTH RATE
positivenewsforworld:IMF
Washington (PTI): A
high growth rate for In-
dia, as projected in the
latest World Economic
Outlook, is not only
healthy for the country
but also positive news for
the world, Managing Di-
rector of the Internation-
al Monetary Fund
Kristalina Georgieva has
said.
The IMF, early this
week, projected a fairly
robust growth of 8.2 per
cent for India in 2022,
making it the fastest-
growing major economy
in the world, almost twice
faster than China’s 4.4
per cent.
The global
growth has been
projected at 3.6 per
cent in 2022, down
from 6.1 per cent in 2021.
“India is one of the
economies that are grow-
ing at a high rate. Even
with the small down-
grade, growth is project-
ed for this year to be 8.2
percent. Healthy for In-
dia, but also positive in a
worldwheregrowthslow-
down is creating a major
problem, Georgieva told
reporters at a news con-
ference here on the side-
lines of the annual spring
meeting of the IMF and
the World Bank on
Wednesday
.
On Monday, she met
the visiting Indian Fi-
nance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman.
She said India already
plays a very important
international role.
IMF urges India
to give top priority
to food security
Washington (PTI):
Applauding India for
prioritising public in-
vestment in its annual
budget, the Interna-
tional Monetary Fund
has urged the country
to prioritise food secu-
rity and expand trans-
fers to the vulnerable
in the wake of the
global economic crisis
triggered by the war in
Ukraine.
Paolo Mauro, Depu-
ty Director, Fiscal Af-
fairs Department of
the IMF told reporters
during a news confer-
ence held here on the
sidelines of the annu-
al Spring meeting of
the IMF and the World
Bank that the chal-
lenges coming from
the economic conse-
quences of Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine
were quite sever.
Observing that in-
flation in India is
somewhat elevated, he
said that it is a little
bit above the comfort
zone for the Central
Bank, which is already
addressing that issue.
On the fiscal front,
the budget is approxi-
mately neutral, which
seems to be sensible at
this time, he said .
Given the price rise,
clearly this is a situa-
tion in which house-
holds are feeling the
pain of the situation,
Mauro said.
India’s move
to sell oil from
its stockpiles
welcomed
Washington (PTI):
World Bank Presi-
dent David Malpass
has welcomed India’s
move to begin selling
oil from its stock-
piles, asserting that
the world needs to
take important steps
to address the cur-
rent set of crises.
Speaking on the
sidelines of the an-
nual Spring meeting
of the IMF and the
World Bank held
here, Malpass told re-
porters that allowing
more trade and open-
ing of markets were
“very important”
steps.
“I was intrigued to
see and welcomed In-
dia’smovesyesterday
and today to begin to
sell from its stock-
piles. I think market
opening steps by
manyof theadvanced
economies could add
a lot to the global sup-
plies and alleviate
someof theimpacton
the poor countries, he
said on Wednesday
.
Fertiliser subsidy set to touch
a record high of `1.65 lakh cr
New Delhi (ANI): The
Indian government’s
fertiliser subsidy bill is
set to touch an all-time
high of Rs 1.65 lakh
crore this fiscal against
Rs 1.05 lakh crore budg-
eted, due to an unprec-
edented rise in the cost
of raw materials and
prices of fertilisers
globally
, according to a
CRISIL Ratings report.
The report noted
that the government
has been proactive in
addressing the situa-
tion. In the past two
fiscals, the govern-
ment has paid an addi-
tional Rs 1.2 lakh crore
and increased the
budgetedsubsidy
.How-
ever, the steep rise in
raw material prices
has been negating this,
and another interven-
tion may be needed in
this fiscal. Not doing so
would take the subsidy
arrears to an all-time
high of over Rs 75,000
crore by end of this fis-
cal, it said.
Over 85 per cent of
the subsidy arrears
could be contributed
by urea. This is be-
cause pooled gas prices
-- a blend of domestic
gas and imported LNG
considered for billing
to fertilisers plants --
had shot up more than
75 per cent last fiscal.
Reliance, TCS, HDFC lift
Sensex 874 points higher
Mumbai (ANI): The In-
dian equities markets
key indices, Sensex and
Nifty
, surged by around
1.5percentonThursday
led by strong buying
support in heavy-
weights Reliance Indus-
tries, TCS, HDFC and
Infosys.
The 30 stock SP BSE
Sensex surged 874.18
points or 1.53 per cent to
57,911.68 points against
its previous day’s
close at 57,037.50
points. This is the
second consecu-
tive day of strong
rally in the mar-
kets. The Sensex
had gained 574.35
points or 1.02 per
cent on Wednes-
day
.
RIL m-cap nears
`19-tn mark;
stock surges
10% in 3 days
Agencies (Mumbai):
Mukesh Ambani-led
Reliance Industries
(RIL) is set to become
India’s first company
to hit market capitalisa-
tion (m-cap) of Rs 19
trillion after a strong
rally over the past
three trading days.
RIL’s m-cap hit Rs
18.85 trillion intra-day
today after the stock
price of the company
touched a new high of
Rs 2,787.10. The stock
surpassed its previous
high of Rs 2,750 that it
touched on October 19,
2021. According to the
BSE data, RIL m-cap
stood at Rs 18.84 tril-
lion at 01:16 PM, just a
per cent away from the
Rs 19-trillion feat.
NITI Aayog releases
battery swapping policy
New Delhi (PTI):
Government think
tank Niti Aayog on
Thursday released a
draft battery swap-
ping policy under
which all metropoli-
tan cities with a
population above 40
lakh will be priori-
tised for develop-
ment of battery
swapping network
under the first
phase.
The Aayog in its
draft policy further
said all major cities
such as state capi-
tals, UT headquar-
ters and cities with
population above 5
lakh will be covered
under the second
phase, given the im-
portance of the two-
wheeler and three-
wheeler vehicle seg-
ments in growing
cities.
According to the
draft policy, vehicles
with swappable bat-
teries will be sold
without a battery,
providing the benefit
of lower purchase
costs to potential EV
owners.
Vehicles with
swappable
batteries will be
sold without a
battery
STRONG RALLY
5G auction process on track,
says Ashwini Vaishnaw
New Delhi (PTI): New
Delhi: Just days after
the telecom regulator
came out with its rec-
ommendations on
spectrum pricing and
auction modalities,
Telecom Minister Ash-
wini Vaishnaw on
Thursday said that
things are moving “as
per schedule” on 5G.
The comment as-
sumes significance as
the Indian market is
gearing up for the next-
generation 5G servic-
es, that will usher in
ultra high-speeds and
spawn new-age offer-
ings and business mod-
els. The 5G spectrum
auction is expected to
be held in June-July
time frame.
To a question on
TRAI’s recent 5G rec-
ommendation and
what will be the next
course of action for the
telecom department,
Mr Vaishnaw said,
“Things are moving on
track, things are mov-
ing on 5G as per the
schedule.”
The minister de-
clined to make any spe-
cific observations on
the 5G recommenda-
tions and said, “Please
wait for few more
weeks, I think we
should be coming up
with good solution.”
Mumbai (PTI): Telecom service operator Airtel on
Thursday urged the government not to charge high
fees for allotting 5G spectrum, saying a faster roll
out of the next-generation telecommunication net-
work can have more benefits than collecting reve-
nue in upfront cost. Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of
Bharti Enterprises which runs the country’s second
largest telco, said that there are a variety of appli-
cations across sectors ranging from healthcare to
video interactions, which will make 5G a technol-
ogy to be introduced as soon as possible. “5G is
important and that’s why we keep on requesting
the government to make the 5G as an enabler for
hundreds of things that we develop in the country,
to keep the spectrum at affordable pricing, to not
load the industry too much,”Mittal said.
AIRTEL URGES GOVERNMENT TO KEEP
5G SPECTRUM ALLOTMENT FEES LOW
New Delhi (Agencies): Various waves of Covid
could not sweep off India’s growth story com-
pletely. Showing resilience India has registered
1.67 lakh companies in the financial year 2021-
22 (April-March), according to a report by Min-
istry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). The increase
is significant considering that
number of companies incor-
porated during Financial Year
2020-21 were the highest
in any of the previous
years. The MCA had reg-
istered 1.55 lakh compa-
nies in 2020-2021.
RECORD NUMBER OF COMPANIES
REGISTERED IN FY22 DESPITE COVID
Individuals seek more loans to celebrate festivals
Mumbai (PTI): Origi-
nation of personal
loans, where a borrow-
er avails credit without
any security, doubled
during the 2021 festive
season as compared to
three years ago, indi-
cating an increased
propensity among peo-
ple to celebrate using
such instruments, a
report said on Thurs-
day
.
Personal loan origi-
nation in value terms
doubled to over Rs 1.47
lakh crore in December
2021 quarter as com-
pared to Rs 75,000 crore
in 2018, the report by
Crif High Mark, a cred-
it bureau, said.
It can be noted that
typically, banks charge
higher interest rates
for such loans due to
non-availability of any
security. Defaults are
also higher in the seg-
ment.
There was an in-
crease in origination
share in value terms
for the state-owned
lenders and the non-
bank lenders in the
three year-period,
while private sector
lenders witnessed a de-
cline for the same.
However, when com-
pared in volume terms,
there was a decline in
the share of public sec-
tor banks while the
same for private banks
and NBFCs saw an in-
crease during the peri-
od under review, the
report said.
Inlinewithsalesdata
showing demand resist-
ance in the segment,
two-wheelerloanssawa
declineinoriginationin
value terms to Rs 15,281
crore in the third quar-
ter of FY22 from Rs
16,393 crore in FY19, the
report said.
With respect to vol-
umes in origination,
there was a sharp 29
per cent decline to 20.4
lakh accounts in Q3
FY22, from 28.7 lakh ac-
counts in Q3FY19, the
report said.
Govt may revisit BPCL privatisation,
including revising the terms of sale
government may take
a fresh look at BPCL
privatisation, includ-
ing revising the terms
of sale, an official
said.
“We need to go back
to the drawing board
on BPCL. There are is-
sues in terms of con-
sortium formation,
geopolitical situation
and energy transition
aspects,” an official
said.
The government is
selling its entire 52.98
per cent stake in BPCL
for which three expres-
sions of interest (EoIs),
including one from bil-
lionaire Anil Agarwal-
led Vedanta Group,
have been received.
Financial bids are
yet to be invited.
The official said the
transition towards
green and renewable
fuel has made privati-
sation difficult in ex-
isting terms.
The Government is
selling its entire
52.98 per cent stake
in BPCL

NEWS
09
Ruckus mars Ajmer MC GBM
Shubham Jain
Ajmer: There was a lot
of commotion in the
general assembly of
Ajmer Municipal Cor-
poration on Thursday.
The situation became
such that the mayor,
surrounded by allega-
tions of corruption,
hurriedly passed all the
resolutions on the basis
of majority and left
from the back door. The
opposition Congress
and independent coun-
cillors, who claimed to
talk on issues of public
interest, were the only
ones left in the House.
Congress councillors
alleged that Municipal
Commissioner Deven-
dra Kumar was patron-
izing the corruption of
the BJP Board.
JMC meet: BJP
councillors bring
censure motion
Jaipur: In the JMC
Greater GBM, the plan
was to bring a resolu-
tion against the state
government, but some
councillors of the BJP
changed the plan at
their own level and
came with a censure
motion against
the Commissioner in
the meeting.
Congress and independent councillors sitting on dharna.
ACB nabs RPF inspector,
constable, broker in Kota
Gul Mohammad
Kota: The ACB arrest-
ed an RPF inspector, a
constable of Ramganj
Mandi railway station
and their middleman
for taking bribe.
The team carried out
the action at a sweet
shop outside Darra rail-
way station where bro-
ker Rahul Vaishnav
alias Golu was held
while taking a bribe of
Rs 5,000 from a vendor.
After that the team
arrested RPF inspector
Brijmohan Meena and
Constable Randhir
from the railway sta-
tion. The accused were
taking bribe form a ven-
dor who has the work of
drinking water at Ram-
ganj Mandi railway sta-
tion.
The accused inspec-
tor had increased the
bribe demand to Rs
11000 per month from
the next month. Dis-
turbed by this, vendor
Durgesh Bairagi com-
plained to the ACB.
ACB’s ASP Thakur
Chandrasheel Kumar
told that the accused
RPF inspector Brijmo-
han Meena was pressur-
ising to increase the
monthly bribe amount
since April. The ac-
cused RPF inspector
Brijmohan Meena is
originally a resident of
Bharatpur and search is
on at house of accused
Brijmohan Meena.
They were arrested by ACB while acccepting `5,000 bribe from a vendor
Accused Brijmohan Meena, Randhir and Rahul Vaishnav in ACB custody in Kota.
SEARCH OPERATION ON, SAYS ASP
In poll mode: AAP to
start ‘Samvad Yatra’
from April 24 in Raj
Jaipur: The agitation of frontline health workers against
the Rajasthan government is intensifying across the
state. On Thursday, Covid Health Assistants (CHA), who
have been staging a sit-in at the Shaheed Smarak for
the last 21 days, announced a decisive fight against the
government and started preparations for Delhi march. At
the same time, health minister Parsadi Lal clarified that
no post of Covid assistant is approved in the state and
they were temporarily engaged at the time of Covid. “Now
with the end of covid, the work also ended on 31 March,”
the minister told reporters at the dharna where he had
gone to meet the agitators. On the question of adjusting
the CHA, the minister said that brainstorming is going
on to make them work in emergency services like home
guards. The minister then left the spot.
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has increased
the mess allowance of
police personnel by Rs
200 from Rs 2000 to Rs
2200. The revised allow-
ance will be given from
April 1, 2022, which will
benefit more than one lakh
policemen from constables to inspectors.The
allowance of Jail and Home Guard personnel was
also increased.The Home Department has issued
orders in this regard.
COVID HEALTH ASSISTANTS PREPARE FOR
DELHI MARCH AS DEMANDS NOT MET
MESS ALLOWANCE OF RAJASTHAN
POLICE PERSONNEL HIKED BY `200
NEWS DIGEST
IN THE COURTYARD
Former DEO, others sentenced to four
years in jail in fake appointment case
First India Bureau
Kota: In a 12-year-old
case, Anti-Corruption
Bureau (ACB) court
has sentenced three ac-
cused of Elementary
Education Depart-
ment, Baran for ap-
pointing two ineligible
beneficiaries without
qualification for the
post of third grade
teacher. Judge Pramod
Kumar Malik has pun-
ished the then District
Education Officer, Pre-
liminary Ramesh
Chand Sharma, senior
clerk Om Prakash
Gautam and benefi-
ciary Ravikant Mehta
with rigorous impris-
onment of four years
and fine of Rs 50,000.
On the death of a ben-
eficiary Vinod Kumar
Bhargava, action was
dropped against him.
Assistant Director
of Prosecution Ashok
Kumar Joshi said that
in 1998, a release was
issued on the post of
third class teacher in
the Education Depart-
ment of Elementary
Education.
ELEPHANT OWNER AMIR
KHAN GETS RELIEF
FROM CJM COURT
Jaipur: A local court has ordered
the forest department to release the
female elephant they had seized on
28 December last year for being
engaged in illegal mining activities.
CJM Mohd Asif Ansari asked the
authorities to hand over the jumbo
to its owner Amir Khan, a resident of
Hathi Gaon near Amer, on payment
of Rs 20 lakh. Forest officials had
lodged an FIR against Khan for il-
legally possessing the elephant.
Jaipur: The state government is go-
ing to set up more family courts in 3
districts of the state. As per a gazette
notification, the district headquarters
where the family courts of District and
Sessions judge level would be estab-
lished are Bhilwara, Sri Ganganagar
and Udaipur. Principal Secretary of
Law Prabir Bhatnagar said that now
Bhilwara and Sri Ganganagar each will
have Family Court No.2 while Udaipur
will get a family court No.3.
MORE FAMILY COURTS
TO COME UP IN THREE
RAJ DISTRICTS
BSF officer
from Raj shoots
self dead in
Tripura’s Dhalai
Agartala (PTI): A BSF
officer allegedly shot
himself dead outside
his battalion headquar-
ters in Tripura’s Dhalai
district, police said on
Thursday
.
The incident hap-
pened on Wednesday
night in front of the
main gate of the BSF
camp in the Jawaharna-
gar area, they said.
The deceased, a na-
tive of Rajasthan, was
posted at the MK Para
border post in Dhalai,
police said.
“It is suspected that
he died by suicide. Po-
lice have initiated an
investigation into the
incident to know the ac-
tual cause of the death,”
a BSF official said.
The BSF officer was
brought dead to the Ku-
lai district hospital
around 9 pm, Superin-
tendent of Police of
Dhalai Ramesh Yadav
told PTI.
Change working style or face
transfer:Vishvendra to officers
First India Bureau
Bharatpur: Tourism
Minister Vishvendra
Singh warned the offic-
ers to bring about a
change in their working
style and solve the prob-
lems of the common
man with a positive at-
titude.
He said that negli-
gence will not be toler-
ated in any case. He said
that he will not hesitate
to transfer officers out
of the district.
Singh was directing
the officers while pre-
siding over a meeting to
review the works of the
Electricity, Drinking
Water, Chambal Project
and Public Works de-
partment. He held dis-
cussions in connection
with the problems re-
lated to Deeg-Kumher
assembly constituency
in Bharatpur’s Collec-
torate Auditorium on
Thursday
.
He said that when the
officials do not even
pick up the phones of
public representatives,
then it cannot be ex-
pected that they take
the calls of common
people.
MISSING PHOTO
FROM POSTER
IRKS ‘CHHOTE
NETAJI’!
Jaipur A young leader who
recently got political
appointment and became the
Vice Chairman of a board is a
little confused in his own
department now. The photo of
this ‘Chhote Netaji’ is missing
from the promotional poster of
the department. He does not
want to talk directly to the
Chairman about his photo on
the poster but has been calling
rest of the employees on the
matter. This ‘Chhote Netaji’ is
from the faction of the minister
of the department while the
Chairman is himself an
influential MLA. The ‘Chhote
Netaji’ had recently got an
office with great difficulty and
now trying to put his photo in
the promotional poster.
—Naresh Sharma
MLAS VYING TO
FIND SPACE IN
MINISTER’S
KITCHEN
CABINET!
An MLA, who is an
industrialist, of the capital
was close to the to the most
powerful minister of the state
government. His say ruled in
taking decisions related to
Jaipur but these days the stars
seem not favouring the MLA. A
young MLA of Dholpur district
is nowadays closer to the
minister and has left behind
the industrialist MLA from
Jaipur. Even during the
Assembly session, there was
competition between the two
MLAs to drop the minister
from the chamber to the car.
But now maybe even the
minister has got some hint and
is not paying much attention to
the industrialist MLA.
—Naresh Sharma
Vishvendra Singh addressing the officials on Thursday.
Tribunal asks JDA
to probe laxity in
drive to remove
encroachments
Speaker forms 3 Assembly panels; 33
MLAs get responsibilities to fulfill
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Rajasthan As-
sembly Speaker Dr CP
Joshi has constituted
the Public Accounts
Committee and Esti-
mates Committee (A)
and (B) on the basis of
proportional represen-
tation.
Assembly Secretary
Mahavir Prasad Shar-
ma said that the Speak-
er appointed Gulab
Chand Kataria as chair-
man in Public Accounts
Committee, Rajendra
Pareek in Estimates
Committee (A) and Da-
yaram Parmar in Esti-
mates Committee (B).
A total of 33 MLAs
have been given respon-
sibility in the commit-
tees. These include 17
MLAs of the Congress,
12 of BJP and four Inde-
pendents.
In the Public Ac-
counts Committee,
Parasram Mordia, Vi-
nod Kumar, Gurmeet
Singh Kunar, Gopal Lal
Meena, Rohit Bohra,
Divya Maderna, Kali-
charan Saraf, Vasudev
Devnani, Madan Dila-
war, Nirmal Kumawat
and Sanyam Lodha
Member have been
made members.
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The flight to
Abu Dhabi could not
start on Thursday de-
spite an approval from
the DGCA. The fight
was to start after a gap
of four years. As per
the schedule, flight 3L-
175 would arrive from
Abu Dhabi at 4:55 am
to Jaipur and flight 3L-
176 would leave from
Jaipur to Abu Dhabi at
5:40 am. The air con-
nectivity of Abu Dhabi
was closed on Febru-
ary 28, 2018. Earlier,
Etihad Airways oper-
ated flights to Abu
Dhabi.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The JDA Tri-
bunal on Thursday
asked the Development
Agency to conduct a
preliminary inquiry
into the laxities com-
mitted during the anti-
encroachment drive
carried out in compli-
ance with the order of
the High Court and sug-
gest to the government
the actions to be taken
against the officials re-
sponsible for it.
Moreover, the Tribu-
nal ruled that width of
road passing through
Govind Nagar Colony
be calculated as 12.6
feet, instead of 4 feet,
and encroachments be
removed accordingly
. In
reference filed by Vijay
Yadav, it was alleged
that like in Nangal case,
the HC had ordered re-
moval of encroach-
ments from this road
falling under Bohra
Panchayat area, in 2016.
Gulab Chand Kataria, Rajendra Pareek and Dayaram Parmar
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Aam Aadmi
Party has intensified its
poll preparations in the
state. On the directions
of AAP chief Arvind
Kejriwal, the party is
going to start the Kar-
yakartaSamvadYatrain
allthesevendivisionsof
the state from April 24.
The yatra will start
fromBharatpuronApril
24, followed by Jaipur on
April 25, Ajmer on April
26, Kota on April 27,
Udaipur on April 28,
Jodhpur on April 29, Bi-
kaner on April 30, Sri
Ganganagar on May 1
and Hanumangarh on
May 2.
AAP’sRajasthanstate
election in-charge and
MLA from Delhi’s Dwar-
ka seat Vinay Mishra
will lead the yatra in
seven constituencies. At
the same time, by hold-
ing a meeting of all the
new and old workers, he
will give strategic in-
structions on member-
ship drive and other is-
sues.
Press conferences
will be held in all the
districts before the
yatra starts. In the
press conference stand
on local problems along
with the preparations
of the party and fur-
ther strategy will be
discussed. A 8-member
state coordination team
has been formed for the
yatra. Coordination
team includes Saurabh
Chaudhary, Devendra
Yadav Dev, Deepak
Mishra, Tarun Goyal,
Ritesh Khandelwal,
Mahendra Meena, Dev-
endra Shastri and
Prashant Jaiswal.
Despite DGCA
approval,Abu
Dhabi flight
fails to take off

J
agdeesh Chandra met Dr Jitendra
Singh, Union Minister of State (Ind.
Charge) Science Tech, PMO,
PP/DoPT, Atomic Energy and Space at
his residence on Thursday evening, to
congratulate him on the wedding of his
son. Arunoday, son of Manju and Dr
Jitendra Singh wed Parul, daughter of
Dr Meenakshi and Dr Rajive Kotwal on
April 17 at 4, Kushak Road, New Delhi.
Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh, Rajasthan
Governor Kalraj Mishra, former
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara
Raje, and many other dignitaries
attended the wedding. Jagdeesh
Chandra, who was on a day’s visit to the
national capital, blessed the newlyweds
and wished them all happiness.
MEET
GREET
Jagdeesh Chandra in conversation with Dr Jitendra Singh. Jagdeesh Chandra with (L-R) Dr Jitendra Singh, Arunoday Singh, Parul Singh and Manju Singh.
The pursuit of truth and beauty
is never-ending and hence we are
permitted to defy age.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
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2NDFRONT
POSTAL REG NO. JPC/004/2022-24
Amit Shah to visit
Udaipur in May to
garner tribal votes
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In view of up-
coming elections in Ra-
jasthan, both the par-
ties have begun prepa-
rations. BJP will start
from Mewar. HM Amit
Shah is likely to visit
tribal dominated areas
of Udaipur in May for a
tribal convention. Shah
will stay in tribal domi-
nated area of Rajasthan
in last week of May
.
Meanwhile, prepara-
tions for BJP’s tribal
convention in Benesh-
war Dham or Rishabh-
dev are going on. Shah
will also visit the tribal
area of Gujarat, adja-
cent to the Rajasthan
border. Ahead of Shah’s
visit, BJP State Presi-
dent Satish Poonia and
BJP’s National General
Secretary Vinod Tawde
are going to camp in
Banswara. Poonia will
tour Tonk, Chittorgarh,
Udaipur and Banswara
districts from April 21
to 23. On April 22, they
will address Committee
meeting in Udaipur. On
April 23, leaders will
hold a meeting in Ban-
swara. Party believes
that to neutralize BTP,
Shah’s visit is impor-
tant.
BJP’s state in-charge
Arun Singh will also
visit Rajasthan next
month.
Amit Shah
Ensure effective implementation
by removing obstacles: Gehlot
CM also reviews covid situation; no patient in state should face any problem
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said on
Thursday that with a
view to free the people
of the state from the
cost of treatment and to
provide better health
services, the state gov-
ernment has started an
ambitious scheme like
MukhyamantriNishulk
Nirogi Rajasthan. “Its
dry run is being done in
the state from April 1.
Officials should ensure
its effective implemen-
tation based on the sug-
gestions of the general
public by removing the
obstacles and shortcom-
ings faced during the
dry run, so that the peo-
ple get the full benefit of
the scheme with which
it has been started,” Ge-
hlot said while review-
ing the scheme and the
status of Covid infec-
tion in the state at the
Chief Minister’s resi-
dence on Thursday
.
“No patient coming
for treatment in govern-
ment medical institu-
tions should face any
problem. There should
be smooth supply of
medicines and other
equipment from the
hospitals affiliated to
the medical college to
the CHC and PHC lev-
el,” he said.
While reviewing Cov-
id, Gehlot said that the
cases of covid have
started increasing
again in some states of
the country and many
countries of the world.
He directed that special
emphasis should be laid
on vaccination in the
state. Speed up the cam-
paign to apply booster
dose along with both
doses of vaccine to all
eligible people in. RT-
PCR negative report
should be mandatory
for travelers coming
from abroad, he said.
MUKHYAMANTRI NISHULK NIROGI RAJASTHAN SCHEME
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot with Rajeevika brand ambassador
Dr Ruma Devi and Rajasthan Foundation Commissioner Dhiraj
Srivastava at the CMR on Thursday.
Rajasthan Foundation Commissioner Dhiraj Srivastava let
out a secret of CM and told in the event that CM Gehlot has
been fond of listening to old songs. “Transistors used to be
kept in the briefcase during the journey and CM would listen
to songs during travels. When we used to divert his mind
over files from CM, he used to ask us to wait as the song
was going on,” he said, listening to which Gehlot smiled.
Gehlot said that Rajasthan’s bureaucracy has an import-
ant role in forming a sensitive and transparent govt. “The
bureaucracy of Raj is very tactful and upholds the culture
and tradition and should also be praised. I give credit to all
the officers whose tireless efforts have made the budget
announcements come off the ground,” Gehlot said.
‘Gehlot fond of listening to old songs’
Raj bureaucracy has important role...
FROM PG 1
A review meeting of Fintech
Digital University, Jodh-
pur was held under the
chairmanship of CM Ashok
Gehlot on Thursday where
he approved a revised
amount of Rs 672.5 crore
for the establishment of
Rajiv Gandhi Fintech Digital
Institute in Jodhpur. This
institute will be set up in 66
bighas of land in Jodhpur.
Rs 672.5 crore for
Jodhpur institute
SACHIN CALLS ON SONIA
I have put my point in front of madam,
wait and see what comes out : Pilot
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Senior
Congress leader Sachin
Pilot met party chief
Sonia Gandhi on Thurs-
day after which he as-
serted that the objective
is to retain power in
Rajasthan and called
for moving forward on
organisational and gov-
ernment changes made
earlier in the state. In-
terestingly, word is that
in a conversation with a
Delhi based senior jour-
nalist from Delhi, Pilot
reportedly said, “I have
put my point in front of
madam. Now lets wait
and see what happens?”
Meanwhile, speaking
with reporters after the
over 45 minute-long
meeting at Gandhi’s 10
Janpath residence, Pi-
lot stated that he would
fulfil any responsibility
the Congress president
directs him to perform,
stressing that he wants
to repeat the Congress
government in his
home state.
“Some work has been
done through the AICC
committee but there is
a need to do more hard
work and I am confi-
dent that if we work
unitedly, the Congress
government would be
formed in the assembly
polls next year,” he said.
They said poll strate-
gist Prashant Kishor’s
plan for the party’s re-
vival and the strategy
he has presented
for 2024 general
elections and
assembly
polls, including in Ra-
jasthan next year, was
also discussed during
the meeting.
“Organisational polls
are ongoing and that
process was also dis-
cussed. I have given the
feedback on the political
situation in Rajasthan
going forward, which
was discussed,” the for-
mer Rajasthan deputy
chief minister said.
“Our objective is to
repeat the Congress
government in 2023. All
these things were dis-
cussed... We will move
forward strongly going
forward,” he said.
Asked about what
role he would be getting,
Pilot said, “I have been
working for the last 22
yearsintheparty
.When-
ever the party has given
me any responsibili-
ty --in Delhi, Jaipur,
state, organisation,
ministry
, Centre, I have
fullfiled that with all my
commitment.Iwoulddo
the job that the Con-
gress president directs
me to do. It is my re-
sponsibility
, I want that
in my home state, we
repeat our govern-
ment,” he asserted.
Pilot’s meeting with
Gandhi comes a day af-
ter she met chief minis-
ters of Congress-ruled
Rajasthan and Chhat-
tisgarh -- Ashok Gehlot
and Bhupesh Baghel.
Sources close to Pilot
said he is keen on re-
maining active and in-
volved in strengthening
the party in Rajasthan,
but has reiterated that
he is willing to take on
any role the party
a s k s
him
to.
Sonia Gandhi Sachin Pilot
Hopeful Pilot stresses on ‘good landing’ for party in 2023 assembly polls!
Some changes in government and or-
ganisation in the right direction have
been made through the AICC committee
that was formed about two years ago and ‘we
have to move forward on that’. Our objective is
to repeat the Congress govt in 2023. All these
things were discussed. We will move forward
strongly going forward. —Sachin Pilot, Ex-Deputy CM
Abhishek Srivastava
Jaipur: Rajasthan
government has clari-
fied that documents
dated before 31 Decem-
ber 2018 can be submit-
ted to get leases in old
settlements. UDH and
LSG have issued or-
ders according to
which applicants can
present documents
like electricity, water
bills before 31-12-2018,
voter list, house tax, or
UD tax receipt. Affida-
vits of 2 persons living
in the neighborhood
can be presented. The
affidavit shall contain
photographs of both
the persons and they
will give information
under oath about the
applicant’s residence
before 31.12.18. Based
on the document, a
freehold patta will be
issued. The depart-
ments have also issued
orders to give rights to
the empowered com-
mittee for change of
land use.
This committee will
be able to make deci-
sions on land-use
change in the local bod-
ies in which cases are
pending. The govern-
ment has also given an
exemption for the plots
under EWS and LIG cat-
egories that have been
sold in violation of con-
ditions of allotment.
The exemption has
been given in the PSKS
campaign for the trans-
fer of name. In another
order, the government
has directed that in-
spection by officers
will not be required for
subdivision and re-
structuring of plots.
Subdivision or re-
structuring will be
done based on the site
map/photo or self-at-
tested affidavit. In the
campaign, patta will
also be issued for agri-
cultural land in urban
areas. The patta will be
issued for house con-
struction and the khat-
edar/farmer can apply
under 90A. UDH-LSG
have issued orders in
this regard.
Submit documents dated before 31 December 2018
to get leases in old settlements: Govt clarifies
SENIOR-MOST OFFICER AUTHORIZED
FOR TECHNICAL INSPECTION
In another order, it was directed that the senior-
most engineer and town planner assistant or
senior drafter or junior drafter will be authorized for
technical inspection of the layout plan of colonies
in the local bodies in which town planners are
not available. The decision was taken because, in
some colonies, pattas could not be issued be-
cause the layout plan has not been approved. The
government’s focus in the campaign is to issue a
maximum number of leases. UDH-LSG have issued
clarification regarding leases for colonies settled on
non-agricultural lands. If the land use is different
from the master plan, then local bodies will be able
to change land use in the public interest after which
leases of colonies will be given.
KOTPUTLI AND KUCHAMAN NAGAR
PALIKAS BECOME NAGAR PARISHADS
The local self-government dept has issued a notifica-
tion to make Kotputli Nagar Palika and Kuchaman City
Nagar Palika Nagar Parishads. The orders were issued
after the approval of UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal.
PATTA FOR TEMPLES ON NON-AGRI
LANDS: STATE GOVT ISSUES ORDER
Another order was issued for giving Patta
for temples built on non-agricultural lands.
If a private temple is built on agricultural land
and not registered as a public trust of Dev-
asthan temple, then documents will be taken
and the applicant will be issued freehold patta.
Clarifications were also issued for issuing
freehold pattas in cases of land of mandi com-
mittees, relinquishment of title, unregistered
will, etc. Original documents will have to be
submitted in the local body for taking the lease
of the plot. Patta issued by the housing coop-
erative society or developer and original un-
registered documents will be submitted in the
local body. Photocopy of the registered sale
deed, gift deed and other original documents
will also be taken. On the other hand, the state
government has sought information from the
local bodies about the colonies settled on
the land affected by the Land Acquisition Act
2013. Bodies will have to send information
about such colonies to the government in the
prescribed format. UDH and LSG have also
issued orders to regularize colonies that are
settled on lands affected by acquisition but the
acquisition process is not completed.

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