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UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
125
DEATHS
4,747
CONFIRMED CASES
USA 1,469,307 87,662 +750
SPAIN 274,367 27,459 +138
RUSSIA 262,843 2,418 +113
UK 236,711 33,998 +384
ITALY 223,885 31,610 +242
BRAZIL 208,031 14,267 +274
GERMANY 175,223 7,933 +5
TURKEY 146,457 4,055 +48
IRAN 116,635 6,902 +48
CHINA 82,933 4,633 +1
COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW
CASES DEATHS DEATHS
GLOBAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS
WWW.WORLDOMETERS.INFO
LAST UPDATED: MAY 15, 2020, 11:00 PM
SAMPLE RECEIVED
SAMPLE NEGATIVE
1,893
UNDER EXAMINATION
2,12,317
2,03,770
IN RAJASTHAN
DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL
CASES CASES DEATH
AJMER 247 +5 5
ALWAR 33 — 2
BANSWARA 68 — 1
BARAN 4 +1 —
BARMER 17 +1 —
BHARATPUR 122 +1 2
BHILWARA 43 — 2
BIKANER 41 +1 2
CHITTORGARH 151 +9 2
CHURU 33 +2 1
DAUSA 32 +4 —
DHOLPUR 24 — —
DUNGARPUR 15 +1 —
HANUMANGARH 14 +2 —
JAIPUR 1385 +23 63
JAISALMER 47 +6 —
JALORE 69 +5 1
JHALAWAR 48 +1 —
JHUNJHUNU 53 +1 —
JODHPUR 986 +31 17
KARAULI 9 +1 2
KOTA 318 +48 10
NAGAUR 158 +2 3
PALI 113 +13 3
PRATAPGARH 4 — 1
RAJSAMAND 33 +3 —
SWAI MADHOPUR 16 — 1
SIKAR 26 +7 2
SIROHI 22 — —
TONK 144 — 1
UDAIPUR 354 +38 —
OTHER DIST. 6 +1 4
TOTAL 4635 +207 125
OTHER (Italy) 2 — —
EVACUEES 61 — —
BSF 49 +6 —
GRAND TOTAL 4747 +213 125
SW monsoon
to be delayed
by 4 days: IMD
New Delhi: The IMD
on Friday predicted
that the onset of south-
west monsoon over Ker-
ala this year is likely to
be delayed slightly.
“This year, the onset
of SW monsoon over
Kerala is likely to be
slightly delayed and is
likely to be on June 5
with a model error of
plus or minus 4 days,”
IMD’s bulletin said.
It added, “Monsoon is
likely to reach Anda-
man and Nicobar archi-
pelago around May 16,
nearly six days before
its normal onset date.”
SC STAYS HC ORDER, GUJARAT
LAW MINISTER GETS RELIEF
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed
the Gujarat high court’s order cancelling the
election of Bhupendrasinh Chudasama to the
Legislative Assembly in 2017. This brings
relief to Chudasama, the state’s Law and
Parliamentary Affairs minister who also holds
the Education portfolio. It has also issued
notices to the Congress candidate and Election
Commission of India. P2
CAN’T MONITOR MIGRANTS’
MOVEMENT ON ROADS: SC
New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday rejected a
plea seeking a direction to the Centre to ask
all District Magistrates to identify stranded
migrant workers walking on roads, and
provide shelter and food to them before
ensuring their free transportation to native
places. It observed that it is impossible for
courts to monitor or stop the movement of
migrant workers across the country.
NO ACTION AGAINST EMPLOYERS FOR NOT PAYING WAGES: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked the government not to take any coercive
action till next week against the companies and employers who are unable to pay full
wages to their employees during the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus
pandemic. There may be small companies which are not earning and therefore unable
to pay, the top court observed. A bench of Justices L N Rao, S K Kaul and B R Gavai,
hearing multiple petitions on the issue through the video conferencing, observed
that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) circular of March 29, directing companies to
make payment of full wages to workers, was an omnibus order and there was a larger
question involved which needs to be answered. P5
A monkey, seems to be
waiting for playmates as
it peeps from a window of
a house in Haridwar while
we all are under nation-
wide lockdown imposed
due to deadly Coronavirus
pandemic. Otherwise social
and mischievous creature,
this monkey seems to be
sending a message to us
humans to keep ourselves
busy and productive so
that we do not engage in
activities that are not allowed
during lockdown.
LIVING
WITH
CORONA!
—PHOTO BY SUSHIL JOSHI
FARMVILLE TIME
`1 L CR AGRI PACKAGE!
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: Unveiling the
third tranche of economic
package as part of Rs20-
lakh crore Atmanirbhar
Bharat Abhiyan, of PM
Modi, Union Finance Min-
ister Nirmala Sitharaman
and MoS Finance Anurag
Thakur, on Friday, an-
nounced setting up of Rs1
lakh crore agri infrastruc-
ture fund for farm-gate
infrastructure which fo-
cuses on agriculture and
allied activities. This fund
will be used for setting up
cold chains & post-harvest
management infrastruc-
ture, she said. Turn on P6
FM’s third tranche of economic package is for agri and
allied sectors like fisheries, dairy and animal husbandry
New Delhi:Taking a dig at
NITIAayog,Congresslead-
er Rahul Gandhi on Friday
said “some geniuses” had
predictedthatnoCOVID-19
case would emerge from
May16duetogovernment’s
nationallockdownstrategy.
“The geniuses at Niti
Aayog have done it again.
I would like to remind you
of their graph predicting
the Govt’s national lock-
down strategy would en-
sure no fresh COVID cases
from tomorrow, May the
16th,” he tweeted while
sharing a COVID-19 graph
rateaspredictedbyAayog.
Recently, NITI Aayog
member VK Paul present-
ed a study which indicated
lockdown had slowed rate
of virus transmission and
increased doubling time
of cases to about 10 days.
His projection also
showed a forecast saying
new cases would cease by
May 16. —ANI
Geniuses have done it again! RaGa
‘targets’ Niti Aayog’s Covid predictions
New Delhi: In a major
boost to India’s firepow-
er in air, first four Ra-
fale fighter aircraft
would start arriving in
India by July-end this
year from France. The
delivery was earlier
supposed to have been
done by May end but
this was postponed by
two months in view of
COVID-19 situation in
both India and France.
“The first four air-
craft including three
twin-seater trainer air-
craftandonesingle-seat-
er fighter aircraft would
start arriving by the end
of July at the Ambala
airbase. The trainers
will have the tail num-
bers of the RB series in
honour of the Air Force
Chief RKS Bhadauria
whoplayedapivotalrole
infinalisingIndia’slarg-
est-ever defence deal for
36 Rafale combat air-
craft,” defence sources
said. Turn on P6
Ruling skies: India to get
4 Rafales by July end
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Finance Anurag Thakur.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed
amendments to the Essential Commodities Act to enable better
price realisation for farmers, and said no stock limit should
apply to processors or value chain participants. The EC Act 1955
was enacted in days of scarcity. The government will amend it.
Agriculture food stuff including cereals, edible oils, oilseeds,
pulses, onions and potatoes will be deregulated and stock limits
will be imposed under exceptional circumstances, she said.
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED
MONEY WISE
`1 lakh cr `13,000 cr
`10,000 cr`10,000 cr
Agri Infrastructure fund for
farm-gate infrastructure
for National Animal Disease
Control Programme
microfund for branding and
promotion of healthy and
organic food produces
fund for micro food
enterprises (MFE) through
a cluster-based approach.
`4,000 cr for herbs and medicinal plants
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
I welcome today’s
measures announced
by FM @nsitharaman.
They will help the rural
economy, our hardworking
farmers, fishermen, the
animal husbandry and
dairy sectors. I specially
welcome reform initiatives
in agriculture, which will
boost income of farmers.
#AatmaNirbharDesh
INDIA
85,760
CONFIRMED CASES
2,753
DEATHS
WORLD
3,06,064
DEATHS
45,86,276
CONFIRMED CASES
Gehlot balms farmers, counters FM’s pitch
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: With Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman and MoS Fi-
nance Anurag Thakur
holding press confer-
ence for the consecu-
tive third day over the
special package an-
nouncedbyUnionGov-
ernment, Rajasthan
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot hit out at the
FM’s announcements
claiming‘thereisnoth-
ing for the landless la-
bours and urban poor
in this package’.
The Chief Minister
took to twitter on Fri-
day after the FM’s press-
er and said in a series of
tweets, “It is the third
day of FM’s announce-
ments about Rs 20 lakh
crore rescue package.
The first thing the FM
should have done was to
give a complete break-
up of the numbers, fig-
ures, details regarding
the package. It is impor-
tant for transparency,
clarity & for under-
standing the impact.
States have not been
given any financial as-
sistance even though
the entire expenditure
on fighting #COVID19,
enforcing #lockdown,
providing support to
migrants, labours and
relief to the poorest has
had to be borne by
states. When the GDP is
dipping into deep reces-
sion and is predicted to
grow at -3 % this year,
more than 14 crore peo-
ple have lost jobs , large
number of people are
living at near starvation
level, Govt of India has
given a package 90% of
which is in the form of
Bank loans. Turn on P6
CM Ashok Gehlot said there is nothing for the landless labours
and urban poor in the package announced by FM Sitharaman.
 CM hits at Central government,
claims package has nothing for
landless labours and urban poor
 Also gives approval to several
pro-farmer proposals including loan
at just 3 per cent interest
‘People now aware of Corona,
will provide more relaxation’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot has said
that it is the govern-
ment’s responsibility to
provide better facilities
in quarantine camps to
support the migrants
and laborers who have
been suffering under
lockdown.
He directed the offi-
cials to understand the
hardship of the workers
and apply best practices
totheseworkerslivingin
the quarantine centers,
sothattheycangetrelief
in this hour of crisis.
Gehlot held a review
meeting regarding the
safe movement of mi-
grants, quarantine and
arrangement of camps
on Friday at the Chief
Minister’s residence.
“People moving from
one district to another
in the state should not
be put under quaran-
tine except for hot spots
and curfew areas. Quar-
antine only those peo-
ple who have symptoms
of cold, cough or cold
(ILI). Also entrepre-
neurs and workers from
other states who come
to Bhiwadi, Turn on P6

NEWSJAIPUR | SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020
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FEEDING OUR FURRY FRIENDS
Volunteers feed Deer at Panchkund deer park in Pushkar at 10.00 AM on Friday amid the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus. —PHOTO BY NADEEM KHAN
First India Bureau
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court has stayed
the Gujarat high court’s
order cancelling the
election of Bhupen-
drasinh Chudasama to
the Legislative Assem-
bly in 2017. This brings
relief to Chudasama,
the state’s Law and Par-
liamentary Affairs min-
ister who also holds the
Education portfolio.
A Division bench
comprising Justice Mo-
han M Shantanagoudar
and Justice Subhash R
Reddy took the decision
after hearing the pri-
mary submission from
Harish Salve—the sen-
ior advocate for peti-
tioner Bhupendrasinh
Chudasama—and Kapil
Sibbal—senior advo-
cate for the plaintiff,
Congress candidate
Ashwani Rathod. It has
also issued notices to
the Congress candidate
and Election Commis-
sion of India.
During the hearing,
Chudasama’s lawyers
argued that the Guja-
rat High Court should
have called for the
429 postal ballots that
had been “illegally
rejected” during the
counting process to
see if their rejection
was in accordance
with the rules.
On behalf of the Con-
gress candidate, his
senior advocate Kapil
Sibal submitted that if
the votes had not been
counted in the first
place, they could not be
declared as rejected.
After the primary
hearing, which oc-
curred through a vid-
eo conference, the
Court stayed the high
court’s order. This
was then opposed by
the Congress candi-
date’s advocate. Over-
ruling the objection,
the Court observed,
“In many such cases,
we stay the High
Court’s order.”
Pronouncing the
high court’s judgement
through video confer-
ence on Tuesday, the
single-judge bench of
Justice Paresh Upad-
hyay had observed: “Il-
legal procedure was fol-
lowed in violation of
the Election Commis-
sion’s rules. So the elec-
tion result is declared
null and void. And there
were irregularities in
the counting process (as
well).”
The high court had
further observed that,
“Returning officer
(Dhaval Jani) has ma-
nipulated the election
records and had illegal-
ly excluded counting of
postal ballot votes,
keeping all seniors and
observers in the dark.”
The 2017 Assembly
election result of the
Dholka constituency
had been challenged
in the High Court by
the defeated Congress
candidate Ashwin
Rathod on the
grounds that Chu-
dasama had won the
election with a thin
margin of 327 votes
and that the return-
ing officer did not
count 429 postal bal-
lot votes. If those had
been counted, the re-
sult would change. He
had also alleged in
the petition that the
returning officer had
not counted 29 votes
from the electronic
voting machines.
Says HC should have checked if the
429 postal ballots had been rejected in
accordance with the rules
SC STAYS HC ORDER, CHUDASAMA GETS RELIEF
Bhupendrasinh Chudasama
Strengthening infra: Raj govt
to soon bring land pooling actAbhishek Srivastav
Jaipur: A big hurdle in
way of infrastructure
projects will soon be re-
moved. The state gov-
ernment is going to
bring in a land pooling
act that will make it
easy to arrange the land
for these projects.
The law department
has approved the draft
of rules for his actions
and the file has been
sent to UDH minister
for his approval. Once
he approves notifica-
tion will be issued to
implement this act.
The land pooling act
had been brought by the
erstwhile Vasundhara
Raje government to
skip the cumbersome
process of land acquisi-
tion. Instead, the land is
to be taken with the
consent of landowners.
However, the union
government sat on it for
far too long before ap-
proving it in 2018. The
law came into existence
but could not be imple-
mented because rules
had not been framed.
After Ashok Gehlot’s
govt came, work began
on finalizing rules. The
UDH department is
likely to issue a notifi-
cation soon.
A big portion of land
would be notified. The
concerned body can use
15% land for a develop-
ment project, 15% will
be reserved for road,
15% will be reserved for
parks & community fa-
cilities & the rest will be
given back to landown-
ers. By circumventing
the land acquisition act,
it would be easy to avail
land for projects. Long
pending sector and zon-
al plans in the city
would be implemented
soon. It would reduce
the cost of projects. The
landowners would get
more developed land.
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: India’s vice
president and one of
the founders of the BJP
anditspillarof strength
for more than five dec-
ades, Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat was fondly
remembered by party
leaders and workers on
his 10th death anniver-
sary on Friday.
Former CM Vasund-
hara Raje said that ‘ba-
bosa’ as he was fondly
called had set a high
standard of simple,
truthful, and highly
ethical public life. He
was an inspiration to all
of us.
Raje had launched
the Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat Antyodaya
s e l f - e m p l o y m e n t
scheme when she was
CM. Under the scheme
50,000 SC, ST, OBC, and
MBC families received
Rs 50,000 at 4%.
Due to corona this
year, leaders, party
workers as well as his
fans and followers gave
him obituary at home.
Though, a blood dona-
tion camp was organ-
ized that was inaugu-
rated by state BJP pres-
ident Dr Satish Poonia.
Late Shekhawat’s
son-in-law and MLA
Narpat Singh Rajvi and
his maternal grandson
Abhimanyu Singh Raj-
vi were present in the
camp where a lot of fol-
lowers of late vice pres-
ident donated blood.
The state BJP presi-
dent gave his respect to
the late leader and de-
scribed him as the ar-
chitect of ambitious
programs like ‘Antyo-
daya’ and ‘food for
work’.
MORE 6 MONTHS
FOR CONSTRUCTION
UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal
Raj HC grants
conditional bail
to Abhishek
Raj raises stamp
duty surcharge
from 10 to 20%
Dholpur cops arrest
2 dozen dacoits in
last two months
‘Send workers home
with PM cares’ money’
Historic announcement by
FM Sitharaman: Poonia
Leaders across party lines pay tribute
to Shekhawat on his tenth death anniv
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The Rajasthan
High Court has ordered
the release of Abhishek
Joshi, the mastermind
accused of the Alwar
Cooperative Bank
scam, on conditional
bail. In the state’s big-
gest scam of Rs 16 crore
after demonetization, 5
people, including the
chairman of the bank,
were arrested by the po-
lice, and Abhishek
Joshi was told to be the
mastermind.
On behalf of Joshi,
Advocate Anil Upman
filed the 5th bail plea in
the High Court and in-
formed the court that
bail has been granted to
Joshi and others ac-
cused in the money
laundering case.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The state govt
has increased the sur-
charge on stamp duty
by 10%. The finance de-
partment released an
order to the effect in
anticipation of large
revenue which will help
the govt to cope with the
current fiscal crisis.
The new surcharge
will be 20% compared to
the earlier 10%. The
govt will get used this
accrued revenue in
dealing with corona
and similar epidemics
in the future apart from
on other public health
requirements.
First India Bureau
Dholpur: The Dholpur
Police has set an example
by taking record actions
against the dacoits. Dhol-
pur district has always
been considered as the
first choice of dacoits
and the Dholpur police
have sent most of the da-
coit leaders behind bars
in the last two months.
With the accurate plan-
ning of Dholpur SP
Mridul Kachhawa, the
Dholpur police have
caught about two dozen
dacoits in the last two
months, under the direc-
tion of Bharatpur Range
DIG Laxman Gaur.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP national
vice president Om Ma-
thur has asked Home
Minister Amit Shah to
spend Rs 1000 crore, al-
lotted from PM Cares
Fund, on the safe travel
of migrant workers to
their native states. Ma-
thur lauded PM Modi
and Shah for the Rs 20
lakh crore package by
the central govt calling
it unprecedented.
He said the package
will prove to be a life-
saver for different sec-
tions of society. Mathur
welcomed HM Shah’s
initiative of swadeshi
in CRPF canteens.
Om Mathur said that
the migrant workers
were facing difficulty in
reaching native states
due to differences in
their policies forcing
workers to travel long
distances on foot.
He said since the mat-
ter has reached a cre-
scendo so the centre
should manage it at its
own level and relieve
the migrants. He ex-
pressed his satisfaction
with the steps taken by
the central govt for un-
derstanding common
people’s problems dur-
ing the lockdown.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP state presi-
dent Dr Satish Poonia
called the announce-
ment made by finance
minister Nirmala Sita-
raman for the farmers,
milk producers and
fishermen historic. He
praised FM for her
work for farmers dur-
ing the lockdown.
Poonia said that FM
has brought in a scheme
to build a one lakh crore
infrastructure to in-
crease farmer income
which will not only
meet the country’s de-
mand but will also pave
the way for exports in
the future.
Poonia mentioned the
74300 cr MSP purchase
during the lockdown. He
said the central govt has
empowered the farmers
with creating a facility
to sell their crops any-
where in country to
fetch the best price.
Om Mathur
Leaders paying floral tributes to Shekhawat on Friday.
Dr Satish Poonia

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020
Statecrosses600casesin3days,
213newcases,zerodeathsonFridayKota led the day’s positive tally and reported 48 new cases, followed by Udaipur with 38 positives
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Friday came up
with 213 corona positive
cases in the state thus
adding 621 positive cas-
es in last three days.
The state so far has 125
deaths from corona
with no death on Friday
as a solace.
48 new cases were re-
ported from Kota fol-
lowed by Udaipur with
38 positives, 31 from
Jodhpur, 23 from Jaipur,
13 from Pali, 9 each
from Chittorgarh, 7
from Sikar, 6 from Jais-
almer, 5 from Ajmer &
Jalore, 4 from Dausa, 3
from Rajsamand, 2 each
from Hanumangarh &
Nagaur and one each
from Baran, Barmer,
Bikaner, Dungarpur,
Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu &
Karauli. One corona
positive from other
state also surfaced
along with 6 BSF
jawans. So far 327 peo-
ple coming in from oth-
er states have been diag-
nosed positive. The
state total for corona
positives stands at 4747.
State has tested 212317
samples so far out of
which 203770 have re-
ported negative while
reports for 800 samples
is awaited.
Jaipur leads the most
positive cases tally with
1385 cases followed by
Jodhpur 986, Udaipur
354, Kota 318, Ajmer 247,
Nagaur 158, Chittor-
garh 151,Tonk 144,
Bharatpur 122, Pali 113,
Jalore 69, Banswara 68,
Jhunjhunu 53, Jhala-
war 48, Jaisalmer 47,
Bhilwara 43, Bikaner
41, Alwar, Churu & Ra-
jsamand 33 each, Dausa
32, Dholpur 24, Sikar 26,
Sirohi 22, Barmer 17,
Sawai Madhopur 16,
Dungarpur 15, Hanu-
mangarh 14, Karauli 9
and Pratapgarh &
Baran 4 each. Apart
fromthis49BSFjawans,
2 Italians, 6 from other
states, 61 Indians evacu-
ated from Iran. 327 mi-
grant Rajasthani tested
positive so far. 31 dis-
tricts are infected.
Employee at Saras parlour at JLN Marg working without a mask on Friday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
TWO-YEAR-OLD REPORTED POSITIVE
DIPR’s Jansampark
Vaicharikiconstituted
to help media persons
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In the pressing
times of corona threat
Jansampark Vaichariki
(PR Ideologues) will
take initiative to help
media persons. The gov-
erning council for the
same has been consti-
tuted which will have
DIPR Joint Secretary
Arun Joshi as Presi-
dent, Assistant Director
Lokesh Chandra Shar-
ma as General Secre-
tary. Additional Direc-
tor Prem Prakash Trip-
athi & Alka Saxena as
Patrons, Shivchand
Meena & Shrwan Me-
herda as Vice Prez, Asst
Director Leeladhar as
Treasurer and Asst Di-
rector Jasram Meena &
Chief Photo Officer
Ashok Gurava as Joint
Secretary. This council
will work for emancipa-
tion of media persons.
Shiv Prakash Purohit
Jodhpur: Coronavirus
positive cases are close-
ing to four figures in
Jodhpur. With report-
ing of 31 new cases on
Friday, total number
cases in the district
have reached 986.
Indira colony in
Pratap Nagar police
station area has be-
come a new hotspot.
Here 12 positive pa-
tients were diagnosed
in just one day.
All patients have
been quarantined and
sampling is being done
in the entire area,
which is also being san-
itised.
Meanwhile, 42 BSF
jawans have been dis-
charged from the
AIIMS hospital. Direc-
tor of AIMS Jodhpur
Dr Sanjiv Mishra said
that their reports came
out negative and they
lacked any symptoms
and were completely
cured.
All the patients were
satisfied with their
treatment and thankd
health workers.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Transport Min-
ister Pratap Singh
Khachariyawas decided
not to celebrate his
birthday due to corona
and senior minister
Master Bhanwar Lal
Meghwal being unwell.
He appealed his fol-
lowers to spend the day
by serving cow and pro-
viding food to poor rath-
er than gathering at one
place. Khachariyawas
said that workers were
already contributing to
relief work and should
continue.
Khachariyawas ap-
pealed them to distrib-
ute masks, sanitizers,
PPE kits and food pack-
ets to the needy. He also
announced that 500
PPE kits will be given
to doctors
First India Bureau
Jaipur: HC directed the
state govt to allow peti-
tioner Kamal Jain to ap-
pear for PG after taking
a surety bond of Rs 5
lakh and affidavit for 3
year compulsory govt
service. Advocate Tan-
veer Ahmed appeared
for Jain, who was ap-
pointed as Medical Of-
ficer (MO) on March 25.
Meanwhile he also got
selected in NEET exam
for PG. Ahmed said that
when his client asked
the state to give him his
original documents for
submission, the govt de-
nied stating that he
could not appear for PG
for at least one year.
DGP holds VC regarding law
& order situation in state
Kataria criticised for endangering
public health for land registry
Positive cases reach 986,
Indira colony new hotspot
‘Don’t want a b’day bash,
continue with relief work’
Garg: FM’s package
has nothing new
Shubham Jain
Jaipur: Rajasthan Po-
lice Chief Director
General of Police Bhu-
pendra Yadav held a
video conference on
Friday, regarding law
and order situation go-
ing on in the state.
The Ajmer Range In-
spector General, Super-
intendent of police and
other officials were
present in the confer-
ence at the Ajmer Col-
lectorate’s video con-
ference hall.
During the virtual
meeting, the Ajmer IG
informed that instead
of cities, cases of coro-
navirus are being re-
ported from the rural
areas, due to which, in-
structions have been
given to increase vigi-
lance in these rural ar-
eas. Also, along with the
relaxation in the lock-
down, it is important to
focus on our old work.
DGP Bhupendra Ya-
dav has issued guide-
lines regarding the
same. A discussion
was also held on the
proper implementa-
tion of the new law
made for COVID-19.
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: The city of
lakes might be emerg-
ing as a new corona
hotspot in the state and
the district administra-
tion & health officials
might be putting in all
their hearts and minds
in fighting it but local
senior politicians are
not sparing a single op-
portunity to politically
score over each other.
Former MP and CWC
member Raghuveer
Meena has cornered
LOP and senior BJP
leader Gulabchand Ka-
taria for his venturing
out to Jhadol tehsil
area to get a 15 bigha
land registered on
Thursday while the dis-
trict was busy worry-
ing on increasing co-
rona cases.
Meena said that he
failed to understand
the urgency for the
land registry at the cost
of public health. He
said no land registry
was being done for last
two months due to lock-
down and Kataria
jumped for it as soon as
relaxation was an-
nounced.
Meena’s barb is be-
ing taken as a politi-
cal comeback to Ka-
taria’s criticism of
Meena’s negative
statement on PM
Modi’s relief package.
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: After the relief
package given to vari-
ous sections by Finance
tharaman, Sanskrit and
Technical Education
Minister Dr Subhash
Garg, a student and pro-
fessor of commerce and
management, has
termed it as representa-
tion of the budget. Garg
argues that 70-80% of
the announcements
made are what happens
every year.
Garg said that out of
the package of Rs 20
lakh crore, it is neces-
sary for the amount to
reach the accounts of
the common man, poor
and labourers, because
it is necessary to in-
crease purchasing pow-
er. The laborers also
need direct cash in
their bank accounts.
Dr Garg says that a
loan without guarantee
is not a new thing. Also,
interest-free loans are
not beneficial until the
poor get it.
IG Ajmer Range Dr Hawa Singh, SP Kunwar Rashtradeep, GRP ASP
Bholaram Yadav, IPS Trainee Vikas Sagwan during the V-C.
Lokesh SharmaArun Joshi
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
Dr Subhash Garg
First India Bureau
Jaipur: High
Court has asked
state government
to frame rules for
Rajasthan Apart-
ment Ownership
Act 2015, which
was approved by
the President last
year.
The division
bench of chief jus-
tice Indrajeet Mo-
hanty and justice
Satish Kumar
Sharma fixed next
hearing on May 28.
In the meantime,
bench has asked
government to
frame rules and
implement them.
A PIL was filed
by advocate Ram
Amit Sharma
claiming that the
state assembly
had passed Ra-
jasthan Owner-
ship Act 2015. The
government had
also made several
amendments to
the act.
The president
gave his assent to
the act last year.
However, rules
have not been
framed yet be-
cause of which flat
owners have been
fleeced by the
builders.
Implement
Apartment
Ownership
Act: HC
MO allowed to
break bond
period for PG
FIRE @ SMS HOSPITAL
The ﬁre broke out in the SMS hospital’s Faculty Room meant for physicians near 1 AB
Ward on Friday morning, causing panic. No loss to life was reported. The items kept there
were charred while smoke ﬁlled the main gallery, making the patients nervous.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The single
bench of Justice SP
Sharma took exception
to disconnection of
electricity and water
supply of a family for
domesticating cows and
buffalo in a residential
colony. Justice Sharma
issued notices to JMC
and others on petition
filed by Radheshyam.
The court asked the
authorities to restore
war and electricity con-
nections, stating that
the connections cannot
be snapped just on basis
of keeping pet animals
in house. It is infact an
ancient tradition in the
country.
‘Can’t cut water,
electric supply
for keeping pets’
Gulabchand Kataria
Govt hits back at blackmailing companies
First India Bureau
Jaipur: People of the
state have not forgotten
the fleecing they faced,
at the hands of medical
stores for triple layered
masks not very long
ago. It seems the state
govt too remembers the
financial blackmail it
was subjected to by
some companies in sup-
plying masks.
RMSCL has swung
into action and is in
process of black listing
three companies Life-
line Surgichem, Saa
Healthcare (P) Ltd and
AMKAY product (P) Ltd
who were selling masks
at .88 paise per piece be-
fore the corona crisis
and stopped the govt
supply citing short sup-
ply as soon as the de-
mand for masks surged.
State govt was forced
to go for tenders of 20
lakh masks at that time.
These companies then
collided with the compa-
nies who had received
the tender and thus arti-
ficially raising the price
per piece to Rs 6.50.
RMSCL has decided
to act on this conspira-
cy by recovering up to
Rs 1 crore from these
companies. It is note-
worthy that apart from
undue profit making
these companies also
subjected the market to
a situation of artificial
shortage of masks
when they were most
needed. Ethically there
has to be difference in
selling cakes & choco-
lates and medical
equipment.
MAN’S GREED
Local tailors manufacturing masks. —PHOTO BY NAIM KHAN
—PHOTOBYSUMANSARKAR

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n these difficult times of in-
fections and deaths due to the
Covid-19 crisis, I have been
hard put to gain accurate in-
formation on numbers for
places such as Dharavi in
Mumbai. Quite often, there
are conflicting figures ema-
nating from different sources
for the same day’s data.
This is symptomatic of a
larger chronic issue that is
affecting India for quite some
time. This data-ignorance is
getting exposed during the
coronavirus pandemic more
than ever.
Indianshavebecomealarm-
ingly indifferent — and often
inefficient — when it comes to
dealing with data and its use.
It is ironic that this is happen-
ing in the land where
Chanakya — much before the
timeof Christ—pioneeredthe
use of statistical analysis for
better governance. One would
thus have expected that India
would be better able to model
the global data on Covid-19.
DHARAVI AND BCG
VACCINATION
Take this interesting data-
based insight that has
emerged from the Texas Med-
ical Centre in Houston on the
correlation between low
death rates and nations that
have had a vigorous Bacille
Calmette-Guérin — BCG —
vaccination programme.
Given that India has had
mandatory BCG vaccina-
tions since 1978, it seems a
given that this study should
have been undertaken fur-
ther to check the situation in
a closed environment — such
as Dharavi — to see if the
correlation gets any stronger.
Unfortunately, I have not
seen any such study. In fact, I
have not seen any data-based
analysisdoneinameaningful
manner for any aspect of the
pandemic in India. A great
deal can be achieved by exam-
iningthedataviasourcesthat
are freely available on the
web. As per my understand-
ing, Dharavi has had declin-
ingnumbersof infectionsand
declining rates of infections
for the past few days. Accord-
ing to my calculations, the
average rate of increase of
infections for the past week
has been 5.7 per cent and it
has been hovering around 3
percentforthelastthreedays.
This data is in stark contrast
with what was happening a
few days ago when Dharavi
clocked a weekly average in-
fection rate of 9.6 per cent.
In fact, the projections for
Maharashtra are also defi-
nitely getting better. The
hype is all about the spike in
the absolute numbers of dai-
ly infections in Maharashtra.
What we are missing is that
the rate of infections has
been steadily declining.
Theaveragerateof increase
ininfectionsinthestateinthe
past week, as per my calcula-
tion,is7percent.Ontheother
hand the average for a week,
inthemiddleof April,stoodat
nearly 21 per cent.
Keeping in mind the model
proposed by the eminent Is-
raeli scientist Isaac Ben Isra-
el, it seems safe to predict that
Dharavi shall be out of the
woods by the end of May and
Maharashtra by 10 June. Ben
Israel suggests — through
very rigorous data analysis
— that the coronavirus will
lose steam in about 70 days.
One must remember that
theseinferencesarenotmath-
ematical laws like the law of
gravitation but are reasona-
bly accurate approximations.
Along these lines, it would
have been very productive to
examine if Dharavi has a vig-
orous BCG vaccination pro-
gramme. Given its very low
death rates and its low num-
bers of infections, this aspect
needs close statistical exami-
nation.
ABSENCE OF
ACCURATE DATA
There is one other statistical
opportunity that Dharavi of-
fers but once again I see no
effort to undertake this exer-
cise. Given that the coronavi-
rus infects a significant num-
ber of individuals who re-
main asymptomatic, a simple
and effective random experi-
ment can be undertaken to
determine the true numbers
of those infected in Dharavi.
One could then extrapolate
this data for the entire coun-
try. The other advantage that
accrues in the context of the
crisis is that one can use da-
ta-based inferences for devis-
ing strategies and also help
alleviate public anxiety.
The disappointing part is
that these matters would have
been very interesting projects
for school and college stu-
dents who are worried about
their studies and are spend-
ing time at home. But the lack
of connection between what
students are taught and what
is going on in the real world is
worrisome.
Nothing bears this out with
greaterclaritythanmyrecent
interaction with a bunch of
college teachers — drawn
from the discipline of mathe-
matics — for an online semi-
nar on some facets of the
Covid-19 crisis. This worthy
groupturnedouttobeclueless
on devising an experiment to
estimate their chances of con-
tractingthecoronavirus.How-
ever, the problem was in the
realm of elementary data
analysis and within the grasp
of a grade nine student.
I have also been searching
fordatarelatedtotheCovid-19
cases for different regions of
India. It has become an exer-
cise in confusion, since very
often, different sources offer
different figures for the same
situation. It is hard to find a
onepointauthenticsourcefor
aspects of data.
It seems that the value of
dataanddata-relatedinforma-
tion is lost on us as a nation.
Such a situation is rooted in
thechronicinabilityof India’s
educational institutions to of-
feranyworthwhiletrainingin
basic data analysis. This has
resulted in a culture that ab-
hors the value of data and
shunsanyengagementwithit.
Whatsortof harmisthiscaus-
ing the nation? All our institu-
tionsthatdealwithdisciplines
such as medicine, the life sci-
ences, the social sciences and
thehumanitieshaveverylittle
to do with any training in data
or in quantitative thinking.
This begins at the level of
schoolsandrunsrightthrough
almost all educational institu-
tions, barring a very small
number of exceptions.
DATA TRAINING IN
UNIVERSITIES
Take a venerable institution
like the All India Institute of
Medical Sciences — AIIMS.
As far as I can tell, it does not
have any worthwhile statis-
tics or probability theory ex-
perts. The same is true of the
much-vaunted National In-
stitute of Immunology. Con-
trast this with the highly re-
garded MD Anderson Cancer
Centre at Houston, Texas,
which has as many statisti-
cians, probability and math-
ematics experts, as the num-
ber of medical scientists.
How else can one under-
stand genome data and ge-
nome sequencing? And with-
out these, there is not much
one can do when it comes to
understanding the genetic
basis of disease and therapy.
For instance, genome se-
quencing is proving to be ad-
vantageous in treating new-
borns and infants for various
diseases. It is just as useful in
drug trials and pharmacog-
enomics. The list goes on.
What many of us in India
do not realise is that the same
data analysis that works for
genome research, works just
aswellforfinancialdataorfor
myriad of other needs. I am
ready to forego such ambi-
tious goals for most of our
young students. Instead, I just
ask for very basic training in
data such as what Delhi Uni-
versity had mandated in 2013
for undergraduates under the
Four Year Undergraduate
Programme, regardless of
their disciplines of study. The
course was very practical in
natureandquiteusefulforthe
students in all kinds of situa-
tions and for their careers. It
also proved to be very popular
as well as effective in creating
a new culture on campus. For
instance, students of litera-
ture were also gaining new
insights into language and
literature through it.
Unfortunately, it was taken
off the menu when the entire
package of reforms was
rolled back without any rea-
son by the University Grants
Commission (UGC), under
the influence of the HRD
ministry in June 2014. This
thoughtless action caused in-
calculable harm to the nation
and set us back by many,
many, years.
A few days ago, Amitabh
Bachchan tweeted with de-
light what he thought was an
amazing fact, peculiar only
to the year 2020. He pointed
out that if one were to add
her/his birth year to one’s
age, she/he would end up
with 2020. It is painfully obvi-
ous that Bachchan has over-
looked a simple arithmetical
truth that renders his obser-
vation valid for each calen-
dar year and not just for 2020.
What is even more painful is
that within a short span of
his tweet, there were more
than fifty thousand likes and
several thousands of re-
tweets. Thousands of Indi-
ans had missed a simple ar-
ithmetical flaw in his asser-
tion. I rest my case.
SOURCE:THEPRINT
Authentic numbers are absent, Covid-19
crisis has exposed India’s data-ignorance
Dharavi Covid numbers can be correlated with the BCG vaccination programme but there has been no effort in India to analyse this data
I
Keeping in mind
the model proposed
by the eminent
Israeli scientist
Isaac Ben Israel, it
seems safe to
predict that
Dharavi shall be
out of the woods by
the end of May
and Maharashtra
by 10 June. Ben
Israel suggests —
through very
rigorous data
analysis — that
the coronavirus
will lose steam in
about 70 days.
One must
remember that
these inferences are
not mathematical
laws like the law of
gravitation but
are reasonably
accurate
approximations
There is one other statistical opportunity that Dharavi
offers but once again I see no effort to undertake this
exercise. Given that the coronavirus infects a significant
number of individuals who remain asymptomatic, a simple
and effective random experiment can be undertaken to
determine the true numbers of those infected in Dharavi.
One could then extrapolate this data for the entire country
ccording to an
old adage ,
“comedy is
tragedy plus
time”. This has
been true for many terrible
events, when after periods
of shock and sadness, hu-
mour and laughter are
eventually restored.
But the current pandem-
ic seems different. People
haven’t stopped joking
about it. Memes and funny
videos are all over social
media, even while an in-
creasing number of people
across the world get sick
and die. So why is this hap-
pening? Why is there no
gap between the disaster
and the humour created
around it?
One thing that makes
the current situation
unique is that it is not a
single event in a specific
place and time. It is a roll-
ing and continuous crisis,
spreading endlessly across
continents with no end in
sight. The shock factor is
therefore reduced, com-
pared to a single terror at-
tack, for example.
This enables people to
adjust more easily to what
is happening – and humour
may be one of the best
ways to do just that. Of
course, many people will
feel uncomfortable laugh-
ing in these dire times, es-
pecially if they know
someone who has been di-
rectly affected.
But for others, it is not
only acceptable to use hu-
mour in the face of the pan-
demic – it may even be a
necessity. Obviously, we do
not laugh at the tragedy it-
self, the victims of the vi-
rus or the people who are
suffering from it. But we
can take aim at the seem-
ingly absurd situation we
are all in.
This is because from a
psychologicalpointof view,
humour is a great defence
mechanism which helps us
deal with emotionally chal-
lenging situations, espe-
cially ones which are over-
whelming and unpredicta-
ble. Many cancer patients
and their doctors, for exam-
ple, routinely tell jokes and
laugh about the disease, in
an attempt to cope and dis-
tract themselves from the
serious situation.
COPING STRATEGY
On top of this, the unique
circumstances surround-
ing the pandemic may
make humour more preva-
lent, not less. First, many
people now have an unu-
sual amount of time on our
hands. Being stuck at home
with not much to do forces
people to find ways to be
more creative. And while
the situation is serious, in
our daily activities we are
mostly preoccupied with
more mundane tasks, such
as what to do all day, how to
entertain children, how not
to eat too much, and how to
stay sane in general.
Second, being a bit
scared, tense, and in a state
of alert is actually a good
thing for humour to devel-
op. These states of physio-
logical and emotional
arousal serve as driving
forces in creating and en-
joying humour.
Usually, intermediate
levels of arousal are best.
With too little, you are
bored, and with too much,
you are too excited to enjoy
humour. Right in the mid-
dle is perfect. The laughter
after hearing a good joke
serves as a release of all
the physiological and emo-
tional energy that was
built up, and that’s what
makes us feel good.
Another important ele-
ment of humour that is
prominent during the pan-
demic is what humour re-
searchers call “incongrui-
ty”. For something to be
funny, there needs to be
something odd or surpris-
ing in the situation. The
current situation reveals
plenty of such oddities.
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over social media,
even while an
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number of people
across the world
get sick and die
Sever the ignorant doubt in
your heart with the sword of
self-knowledge. Observe your
discipline. Arise.
—Bhagavad Gita
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New Delhi: The Con-
gress has asked the gov-
ernment to spell out a
roadmap for exiting the
lockdown two days
ahead of the expiry of
lockdown-3 and follow-
ing Prime Minister
Modi seeking the
states’’ suggestions for
lifting the restrictions.
“Where is the nation-
al exit plan,” asked
Manish Tewari, Con-
gress spokesperson on
Friday.
“India announced a
lockdown when the
case count was 181 and
now when you are lift-
ing the lockdown, the
number of cases has
crossed 80,000. India is
the first country apart
from the US to be doing
so,” said Tewari.
He said when the gov-
ernment can announce
putting into effect the
miscellaneous clause in
the Disaster Manage-
ment Act, then it can
also come out with the
exit plan.
“The Prime Minister
is playing a unique
game as he announced
lockdown;andnowwhen
things are out of hands,
then the onus is put on
the states to suffer the
wrath of people. Finance
tharaman too has put the
onus of migrants on the
states,” said Tewari.
The Congress said
since states have to face
people, no government
can allow anarchy.
“Therefore, states
should be given more
flexibility.”
The party has been
questioning the exit
strategy & former PM
Manmohan Singh had
asked party CMs to
press the Centre for a
roadmap. —ANI
India announced
a lockdown when
the case count
was 181 and now when
you are lifting the lock-
down, the number of cas-
es has crossed 80,000.
India is the first country
apart from the US to be
doing so.
—Manish Tewari, Cong Spokesperson
INDIAJAIPUR | SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020
SPELL OUT NATIONAL EXIT PLAN: CONG
Be sensitive towards
migrant labourers:
Pradhan to Congress
New Delhi: Amid COV-
ID-19 lockdown, Union
Minister and BJP lead-
er Dharmendra Prad-
han on Friday lashed
out at the Congress and
said that it should be
sensitive towards is-
sues being faced by mi-
grant labourers.
“ C o n g r e s s - r u l e d
states are not taking
back migrant labourers
even as they are return-
ing from other states. I
do not wish to name
them. But Congress
should be sensitive to-
wards migrant labour-
ers. They should in-
struct their state gov-
ernments to shoulder
their responsibility, to
receive and send people
in a proper way. Con-
gress should not in-
dulge in petty politics at
this juncture,” the min-
ister told ANI.
Pradhan was re-
sponding to Congress’
remarks that the mi-
grant population has
been left to the mercy
of God.
Responding to Con-
gress’ claims that under
the Centre’s scheme mi-
grant labourers did not
get anything, he said,
“The two-month free ra-
tion packages, is it not
going to migrant labour-
ers? Reverse migration
has started in some
parts,” he said. —ANI
New Delhi: The SC or-
dered administrations
across India not to pros-
ecute employers who
were unable to pay full
wages to the workers
during the Covid-19 in-
duced nationwide lock-
down. The direction
from the top court vir-
tually stays the opera-
tion of the March 29
circular issued by the
Ministry of Home Af-
fair (MHA).
A bench comprising
Justice L Nageswara
Rao, Sanjay Kishan
Kaul and BR Gavai
asked the Centre and
States not to prosecute
private companies, fac-
tories etc. for non-pay-
ment of wages.
The top court has
asked for a response
from the Centre on a
bunch of petitions filed
by industrial units,
which moved the court
claiming that they have
no means to pay wages
since there is no pro-
duction.
The petitioners ar-
gued that Government
has not taken any steps
for workforce and in-
stead put the entire bur-
den on the employers/
owners to pay full wag-
es. The petitioners sub-
mitted before the court
that organisations
should be completely
exempted from paying
their workforce during
the lockdown imple-
mented in the wake of
the coronavirus pan-
demic. The petitions
were filed by a Mum-
bai-based textile firm
and a Punjab-based col-
lective of 41 small scale
firms, urging the court
to set aside the March
29 order of MHA direct-
ing private establish-
ments to pay full wages
to the workers during
lockdown. —ANI
SC puts on hold
MHA circular on full
payment of wages
Mumbai: Veteran poli-
tician and NCP Presi-
dent Sharad Pawar
urged Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to con-
sider a plea by the sugar
industry to increase the
Minimum Support
Price (MSP) of sugar
and help bail out the in-
dustry reeling under
the Covid-19 crisis.
In a letter to the
Prime Minister, Pa-
war referred to a
memorandum submit-
ted by the Maharash-
tra State Cooperative
Sugar Factories Fed-
eration Ltd (MSCSF-
FL), detailing how the
crisis has gripped the
sugar industry.The
MSCSFFL’s demands
include increasing the
MSP of sugar by Rs
300 per quintal, from
Rs 3,450 to Rs 3,750,
along with a grade-
wise increment. —ANI
Pawar writes
to PM, seeks
relief for
sugar sector
New Delhi: SC decid-
ed to continue its work
during summer vaca-
tion, and that too, with
almostthefullstrength
of the court and com-
mitting to work as
much as possible at
least till June 19.
Five benches, with-
three judges, will take
up all kinds of pending
and fresh matters,
throughvcstartingfrom
May 18 till June 19, the
apex court said. —ANI
SC TO WORK
DURING SUMMER
VACATION
Kochi: Kerala High
Court posted to May
18 hearing on a peti-
tion challenging the
Central government’s
decision to mandate
the use of Aarogya
Setu app for all public
and private sector em-
ployees returning to
work amid the COV-
ID-19 crisis.
A bench of Justice
Anu Sivaraman and
Justice MR Anitha
heard the matter. —ANI
HC TO HEAR
AAROGYA SETU
PIL ON MAY18New Delhi: The SC re-
fused to entertain a pe-
tition seeking direc-
tions for closure of liq-
uor shops in the na-
tional capital claiming
proper social distanc-
ingandotherCOVID-19
lockdown norms were
not being maintained
outside these shops.
A bench of apex
court,headedbyJustice
LN Rao, dismissed PIL
filed by one Gautam
Singh. Justice Rao said
that we have sufficient
cases by public-spirited
lawyers. The petitioner
said that government
guidelines for the lock-
down put the onus on
the liquor shops and
gutkashopstomaintain
social distancing. —ANI
New Delhi/London:
The extradition trial of
the Indian fugitive dia-
mantaire Nirav Modi
in a case of financial
fraud worth $2 billion,
has been adjourned by
the court in the UK till
September 7.
Sources in London
said District Judge
Samuel Goozee, who
presided over the trial
at Westminster Magis-
trates’’ Court on Thurs-
day, said at the end of a
four-day partial hear-
ing of the case that the
trial will be resumed,
hopefully, after the re-
strictions imposed on
themovementof people
due to the coronavirus
pandemic would have
been eased. —Agencies
SC refuses to entertain plea
on closure of liquor shops
Fugitive Nirav Modi’s trial in
UK adjourned till September
New Delhi: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
on Friday commis-
sioned three Indian
Coast Guard (ICG)
ships including one Off-
shore Patrol Vessel and
two interceptor boats at
Goa, via video confer-
encing from here.
“This is the first time
in the annals of Indian
maritime history that a
Coast Guard ship was
commissioned through
digital medium, main-
taining the strict proto-
col of social distancing
in the backdrop of pan-
demic COVID -19,” said
ICG in a release.
ICG is proud to state
that the ships commis-
sioned today, has about
70% indigenous con-
tent, thus providing
the necessary fillip to
the Indian shipbuild-
ing industry, the re-
lease reads.
‘Sachet’ meaning
‘Alert’ is a projection of
Indian Coast Guard’s
will ‘To be ever vigilant
for Serving and Protect-
ing’ the maritime inter-
est of the Nation. The
105 metre long ship “Sa-
chet” displaces approxi-
mately 2,350 tons. —ANI
Defence Min
commissions ICG
Ship Sachet via vc
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioning Indian Coast Guard
Ship ICGS Sachet & two interceptor boats in Goa via vc.
Members of Samadhan organization take part in a unique campaign to raise awareness related to COVID-19 in Dhanbad.
SENSEX ENDS MARGINALLY
LOWER,NIFTY SLIPS 5.90 PTS
Mumbai: Equity bench-
mark Sensex ended mar-
ginally lower after a chop-
py session as investors
weighed the fiscal impact
of government’s econom-
ic stimulus.According to
market experts, partici-
pants fear that the Rs 20
lakh crore package may
not result in direct and
immediate boost to de-
mand, raising doubts over
the country’s economic
revival in the near term.
After slumping over 350
points during the day,
the 30-share index pared
most losses to settle
25.16 points or 0.08%
lower at 31,097.73. The
NSE Nifty slipped 5.90
points, or 0.06 %, to
close at 9,136.85. M&M
was the top laggard in the
Sensex pack.
DELHI HIT BY ANOTHER MINOR
EARTHQUAKE, 4TH IN A MONTH
New Delhi: The national capital was hit by an
earthquake on Friday, informed the National
Center for Seismology (NCS). Notably, this
is the fourth quake in the national capital in a
month.”An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.2
on the Richter Scale hit 13km NW of New Delhi
today at 11:28 am,” read the statement from
the National Center for Seismology.Earlier in the
month, a medium-intensity earthquake of mag-
nitude 3.4 had hit capital with an epicentre near
Northeast Delhi’s Wazirpur area.
57 MORE COVID-19 CASES IN
ANDHRA, STATE TALLY @ 2,157
Amaravati: 57 more COVID-19 cases have been
reported from Andhra Pradesh, taking the total
number of coronavirus cases in the state to
2,157, the state COVID-19 Nodal Officer said.
In the last 24 hours, 9038 samples have been
tested. “The total cases in Andhra Pradesh has
increased to 2,157. Of them, 857 are active
cases. In past 24 hours, 60 persons have been
discharged. No COVID-19 related death has been
reported during this period. The death toll in the
state stands at 48,” the officer added.
OVER 2L STRANDED MIGRANTS
FERRIED IN 145 SPECIAL TRAINS
New Delhi: The Indian
Railways operated 145
‘Shramik Special’ trains
on Thursday and ferried
home close to 2.10 lakh
migrants stranded in var-
ious parts of the country
amid the coronavirus-in-
duced lockdown, officials
said. “Yesterday 145
Shramik trains were oper-
ated and nearly 2.10 lakh
passengers were ferried
home. As of 9 am today
(Friday), 999 Shramik
Specials approved, said
the Ministry of railways
The ministry added: “As
on 14th May 2020, a total
of 800 “Shramik Special”
trains have been opera-
tionalized from various
states across the coun-
try. More than 10 Lacs
passengers have reached
their home State.”
New Delhi: The Con-
gress took a sarcastic
dig at union ministers
after different state-
ments were issued
on MSME sector by
Finanace Minister
Nirmala Sitharman
and her colleague
Nitin Gadkari. P
Chidbambaram said:
“Minister Nitin Gad-
kari says that govts
and PSUs owe Rs 5
lakh crore as unpaid
dues to MSMEs and
Minister Sitharaman
says she will offer
collateral free loan
of Rs 3 lakh crore to
MSMEs (number-
ing 45 lakhs).” He
questioned “So, who
is the lender and who
is the borrower?”
WHO IS THE
LENDER: CHIDU
IN THE COURTYARD
New Delhi : A peti-
tion filed in Delhi
High Court seeking
immediate release of
all persons related to
Tablighi Jamaat con-
gregation claiming
they have been de-
tained for more than
35 days in the name of
quarantine was with-
drawn on Friday.
The petitioner, so-
cial activist Sabiha
Quadri, decided to
withdraw plea after
submission of coun-
sel representing the-
Delhi government
stated that it has al-
ready ordered their-
release from quaran-
tine. A bench of CJ
DN Patel & Justice C
Harishankar heard
the plea. —ANI
Plea seeking release of quarantined
Tablighis withdrawn from High Court
A Jamaati being honoured for completing quarantine.

INDIAJAIPUR | SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020
WHY AK SHARMA WAS
CHOSEN FOR MSME?
When AK Sharma was shifted from the PMO, so
many theories were spread in the corridors of
power. Now it’s clear that Arvind Kumar Sharma,
who assumed the charge as Secretary, Ministry
of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, was
the choice for this Ministry by Prime Minister
himself. Sharma, who is a 1988 batch IAS officer
of Gujarat cadre, was serving as Additional Sec-
retary to Prime Minister. For PM Narendra Modi
now MSME is top priority.
SOME1983BATCHNDACOURSEOFFICERS
STILL AWAITING PROMOTION
Whispers are in that a few1983 batch NDA
course officers, are still awaiting promotion as
Corp Commanders.
AK SRIVASTAVA LIKELY TO BE
LONE INSIDER CONTENDER FOR
IOB MD & CEO POST?
Whispers are in that Ajay Kumar Srivastava, cur-
rently ED, Indian Overseas Bank, could be the lone
contender for the post of MD & CEO of Indian
Overseas Bank as an insider once the incumbent
Karnam Sekar’s tenure ends in June 2020.
PAUL IS DG (TELECOM) ALSO
DoT has given additional charge of DG (Telecom)
to Tushar Kanti Paul. He is a HAG level ITS officer.
NO PVT SECTOR APPLICANT ALLOWED
TO APPLY FOR POST OF ED, IBBI?
Govt has advertised for one post of Executive
Director of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of
India (IBBI)with last date of application is May
29, 2020. However, only eligible officers currently
working in Central Government, State Govern-
ments, Public Sector Units or Autonomous
Organizations are eligible to apply. There is no
provision for private sector experts to apply yet.
BBB RECOMMENDS RAJEEV ARORA
FOR MD & CEO OF INDIA POST
PAYMENT BANK
The Banks Board Bureau has recommended
name of Rajeev Arora for the post of MD & CEO
of India Post Payment Bank. A total of 12 candi-
dates were interviewed from public and private
sector organizations for the post.
TWO POSTS OF JUDICIAL MEMBERS
NOW VACANT IN LOKPAL
After the sad demise of Justice AK Tripathi, two
posts of Judicial Members, out of four sanc-
tioned, have gone vacant in Lokpal now.
RAILWAYS WANTS 15 MEMBERS FOR RCTs
As many as 15 Members Judicial posted in var-
ious Railway Claims Tribunals (RCTs) are going
to complete their terms in the coming months.
Railway has started exercise to appoint new
members against these. Details can be seen from
Indian Railways’ website.
SUDHEER KUMAR APPOINTED AS
PART TIME DIRECTOR, IRCON
Sudheer Kumar, Additional Member (Planning)
in Railway Board, has been appointed as Part-
Time (Official) Director on the Board of IRCON
International Limited.
EIGHT YEAR DEPUTATION TENURE OF
AJAY KUMAR NEMA ENDS THIS YEAR
An eight-year central deputation of Ajay Kumar
Nema, outside the cadre, is ending this year.
Nema, who is presently serving as Director, NITI
Aayog, belongs to a 1994 batch ITS officer.
COL SUSHIL KUMAR APPOINTED AS
PMG, SOUTHERN REGION AJMER
Col Sushil Kumar has been appointed as PMG,
Southern Region, Ajmer, Rajasthan circle. He is a
1997 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.
SACHIN KISHORE APPOINTED
PMG, WESTERN REGION
Sachin Kishore has been appointed as PMG,
Western Region, Jodhpur, Rajasthan circle. He is
a 1997 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.
POWERGallery
‘People now...
Neemrana and other
such places daily for
work should not be
quarantined, he said.
The Chief Minister
said that people have
incorporated masks
into their daily rou-
tine, this is a good sign.
He said that people
have started getting
awareness about coro-
na now. With this, we
will be able to give
more relaxation in
lockdown and get ready
for life.
Ruling skies...
The first aircraft to be
flown in is planned to
be piloted by the Com-
manding Officer of the
17 Golden Arrows’
squadron along with a
French pilot, they said.
The aircraft on their
way from France to In-
dia would be refuelled
by a French Air Force
tanker aircraft in the
air before they make a
stopover in the Middle
East.
Sources said that the
Rafales could have
come directly from
France to India but a
10-hour flight could
have been stressful sit-
ting inside a small
cockpit.
The first batch of
seven Indian pilots has
also finished their
training at a French
airbase while the sec-
ond batch would be go-
ing to France as soon
as the lockdown mea-
sures are relaxed in
both the countries.
India had signed a
deal worth over Rs
60,000 crore with
France in September
2016 for 36 Rafales to
meet the emergency re-
quirements of the Indi-
an Air Force. —ANI
FarmVille time...
She also announced a
Rs 10,000 crore scheme
for formalisation of
micro food enterprises
(MFE).
The scheme will be
launched to help 2 lakh
MFEs by adopting clus-
ter-based approach
such as mango in Uttar
Pradesh, kesar in Jam-
mu & Kashmir, bamboo
shoots in North-East,
chilli in Andhra
Pradesh, tapioca in
Tamil Nadu.
This fund would help
in reaching untapped
export markets in view
of improved health
consciousness. A sum
of Rs 11,000 crore will
be allocated for activi-
ties in marine, inland
fisheries and aquacul-
ture besides Rs 9,000
crore for infrastruc-
ture development.
“This will lead to addi-
tional fish production
of 70 lakh tonnes over
the next five years.”
For 100% vaccina-
tion of all animals
across the country, a
national animal dis-
ease control pro-
gramme for the foot-
and-mouth disease will
be launched with an
outlay of Rs 13,343
crore for estimated 53
crore cattle, buffalo,
sheep, goat and pig
population.
Sitharaman said
that an animal hus-
bandry development
fund worth Rs 15,000
crore will be set up to
support private invest-
ment in dairy process-
ing, value addition and
cattle feed infrastruc-
ture.
The National Medic-
inal Plant Board has
supported 2.25 lakh
hectare area under cul-
tivation of medicinal
plants. Nearly one lakh
hectares will be cov-
ered under herbal cul-
tivation in the next two
years with an outlay of
Rs 4,000 crore. This
will generate Rs 5,000
crore of income for
farmers
FM also announced a
Rs 500 crore bee-keep-
ing initiative to in-
crease yield and quali-
ty of crops through
pollination. This will
increase the income of
nearly two lakh
bee-keepers.
FM added that since
the demand for milk
reduced by 20-25%
amid the Covid lock-
down, the government
has brought a new
scheme to provide in-
terest subvention at 2%
per annum to dairy co-
operatives for 2020-21.
Speaking to media,
she informed that in
the last two months
several measures have
been taken to support
farmers, including
minimum support
price (MSP) purchases
of Rs 73,300 crore
during the two months
of lockdown.
Also, Rs 18,700 crore
in cash dole out under
the PM Kisan Fund
transfers have been
done and Rs 6,400 crore
of payment in crop in-
surance have been
made. FM said during
the lockdown period,
560 lakh litre per day of
milk was procured by
cooperatives against
daily sale of 360 lakh
litres per day.
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Hitting out
at the Centre over Rs 20
lakh crore economic
package which is nearly
10% of gross domestic
product, senior Con-
gress leader Anand
Sharma on said it was
just a 'dramatic' an-
nouncement by PM
Narendra Modi, claim-
ing that the package not
even amounts to 1.5 per
cent of GDP.
“We have to make a
distinction between fis-
cal stimulus, economic
package and easing of
liquidity. Around 95 per
cent of what we are see-
ing is easing of liquidi-
ty. It would be an eco-
nomic package if there
was cash, income sup-
port for those who lost
wages and livelihood
that has not come from
the government,” Shar-
ma said.
TheCongressRajyaSab-
ha member claimed that
the government's outgo is
“very little” and the rights
of migrants and poor la-
bourers have been “violat-
ed” by the government.
“Sitharaman an-
nounced liquidity
measures, MSME credit
and a large number of
MSMEs have been left
out. Migrant labours
have given no cash
transfer. When they
talk about food ration
then what is the out-
flow? It is just for two
months there is no uni-
versal operability of ra-
tion cards. The designat-
ed ration shops will not
have enough shops then
where will migrant la-
bourers go they will be
turned back,” he said.
“There should have
been preparedness and
coordination. Migrants
are not objects of pity,
they are equal citizens of
India. They have their le-
gal and constitutional
rights. Right to food is
guaranteed to them by
theConstitution,”headd-
ed. He asked the govern-
ment to do the “right cal-
culation of economic
package & be honest to
declare it. —ANI
‘CENTRE’SPACKAGE,ADRAMATICMOVE’
‘Nepal protesting at someone’s behest
New Delhi: TheSCourt
asked the Centre to in-
form it about steps tak-
en for quarantining doc-
tors and medical staff
involved in tackling
Covid-19 at accommoda-
tions near hospitals.
A bench of Justices
L. Nageswara Rao, San-
jay Kishan Kaul and
B.R. Gavai took up the
matter through video
conferencing and told
Solicitor General Tush-
ar Mehta, appearing for
the Centre, “why can''t
you requisition other
places near the hospital
itself?” Mehta replied it
is a fair suggestion, and
it will be considered.
The top court asked the
top law officer to take
instructions and ap-
prise it by next week.
Senior advocate
Mukul Rohatgi, repre-
senting doctor-petition-
er Arushi Jain, contend-
ed before the bench that
resident doctors in gov-
ernment hospitals, after
they complete 7/14 days
on duty, are supposed to
be quarantined.
Rohatgi submitted
before the court that
currently doctors are
being quarantined in
places where they share
room and bathrooms
and that the Centre
must change this ar-
rangement and ensure
they are accommodated
where social distancing
is feasible.
Rohatgi said any lax-
ity in the arrangements
would defeat the pur-
pose of quarantining
and corona warriors
would suffer. “There
should be a hotline.
Where will the doctors
complain?” asked
Rohtagi. —Agencies
Why can’t doctors,
staff be quarantined
near hospitals?
SC TO CENTRE
New Delhi: Director
General Indian Coast
Guard K Natarajan said
on Friday that the com-
missioning of a coast
guard ship and two
boats in Goa was done
through video confer-
encing in view of the
COVID-19 pandemic
and it also led to lessen-
ing of expenditure en-
tailed in such normal
activities. He said the
ships were commis-
sioned in a shorter time
and it was first of its
kind commissioning in
maritime history, done
by following guidelines
of the Centre. —ANI
‘Digital commissioning
uniqueinmarinehistory’
Panaji: A marriage in-
vite by Lt Cdr Nishant
Singh to Commanding
Officer of INAS 300 of
INS Hansa, the Indian
Navy's air base in Goa.
But Singh decided to be
a bit unconventional
and the commanding
officer decided to
match the tone. The let-
ter, dated May 9, was
captioned “Permission
to Bite the Bullet.”
“I regret to be drop-
ping this bomb on you
at such a short notice,
but as you would agree,
I intend to a drop a nu-
clear one on myself and
I realise that just like all
the split second deci-
sions we take up in the
air in the heat of com-
bat.” “I officially seek
your approval to will-
ingly sacrifice myself
in absolute peace time,
completely outside the
line of duty, & follow up
many other brave men
into this graveyard spi-
ral of matrimony,” the
pilot said. —PTI
Pilot’smarriageinvitebreaksInternet
The letter dated May 9, 2020, was captioned, “Permission to
Bite the Bullet.”
New Delhi: Amid an
ongoing India-Nepal
diplomatic row, Indian
Army Chief General
MM Naravane on Fri-
day said, there had nev-
er been an issue about
the tri-junction (of In-
dia-China-Nepal) and
added that Nepal might
have raised the issue at
“someone else’s be-
hest.” Though he did
not name China, the
hint was amply clear as
Beijing was the only in-
terested party to it.
Nepal has been pro-
testing after India on
May 8 opened a road till
the Lipulekh pass in
Uttarakhand for con-
necting India with
Kailash Mansarovar in
Tibet, China. General
Naravane was answer-
ing questions after a
talk on “COVID and In-
dian Army.
We have to make a distinction between
fiscal stimulus, economic package and
easing of liquidity. Around 95 per cent
of what we are seeing is easing of liquidity. It
would be an economic package if there was cash,
income support for those who lost wages and
livelihood that has not come from the
government. —Anand Sharma, Conngress Leader
New Delhi: SC is-
sued notice to the
Centre and Reserve
Bank of India on a
plea by CREDAI-
seeking clarity on
the three-month
loan moratorium
announced by the
central bank. The
court sought their
responses within
two weeks.
Credai sought
clarification on
whether the notifi-
cation made it
mandatory for all
non-banking fi-
nance companies
to be eligible for
loan moratorium
or the bank could
use its discretion
to grant this bene-
fit. Senior advocate
Harish Salve,
appeared for
CREDAI. —Agencies
RBI FOR
CLARITY
OVER LOAN
PROHIBITION
Gehlot balms...
It is clear that there is
nothing for the land-
less labours and the
Urban poor in these
packages.”
While the union
government delved
deeper into its pack-
age and announced
what it had kept aside
for farmers, CM Ge-
hlot made announce-
ments for farmers
from state’s quota as
well. The Chief Min-
ister gave approval to
various proposals
like providing loans
at low interest rates
to farmers, decentral-
ized sale of produce
and better purchase
price of produce.
Gehlot has ap-
proved a grant of fifty
crore rupee per year
in the Sehkar Kissan
Kalyan Yojna. “With
this, farmers will be
able to take loan at
just three percent in-
terest rate while the
state government will
bear the remaining
ten percent through
Krishak Kalyan
Kosh/ earlier only
two percent loan was
borne by state govern-
ment” Gehlot said.
Under the scheme,
farmers will be as-
sessed on the basis of
market value or sup-
port price of the pro-
duce they hold, which-
ever is lower, and 70
percent of the as-
sessed amount will be
made available as
loan. “Small and mar-
ginal farmers will be
able to get loan upto
1.5 lakh rupees while
big farmers will be
able to get loans upto 3
lakh rupees at a rate
of only 3 percent. The
farmer will get this
loan for a period of 90
days. In special cir-
cumstances this limit
will be up to 6 months.
If the loan is repaid
within the stipulated
time, the farmer will
get an interest grant.
In order to secure the
yield of farmers, this
scheme will be imple-
mented in those ‘A’ and
‘B’ category village
service cooperatives
which are regularly
audited, running in
profit, NPA level is
less than 10 percent ,
where surplus re-
sources are available
and full-time adminis-
trator or assistant ad-
ministrator is em-
ployed,” he said.
The Chief Minister
has also given great
relief to various Man-
di Committees of the
State by providing an
opportunity to restore
the allotments to the
allottees who were not
able to construct the
plots allotted on 99-
year lease pattern.
Gehlot has also ap-
proved the proposal to
provide plots and va-
cant built-up assets in
200 agricultural pro-
duce market complex-
es of the state to the
Rajasthan State Seed
Corporation to set up
seed distribution out-
lets. Similarly, the
chief minister has
also relaxed the provi-
sions related to securi-
ty amount and land
requirement in re-
spect of declaration of
private warehouse as
registered by Ware-
house Development
Regulatory Authority
(WDRA).

TALKING POINTJAIPUR | SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2020
ELEMENTS OF AATM
NIRBHAR BHARAT
PM MODI SAID THAT THE
FINANCIAL PACKAGE
WILL HELP REVIVE
EVERY BRANCH OF THE
ECONOMY - FROM
DEMAND, SUPPLY CHAIN
TO MANUFACTURING
T
his is the
time to rede-
fine every-
thing. Dis-
ruptive innovation is
the mantra of the day.
All the models or equi-
libria of an economy
that were valid before
the COVID are either
invalid or dysfunction-
al now. Reverse migra-
tion is a classic exam-
ple. Fresh thinking is
needed to absorb the
‘new normals’. India’s
approach towards de-
velopment also needed
reorientation to adjust
to the dynamic varia-
bles in the post COVID
environment. Prime
Minister’s address to
the nation on the May
12th highlights the
structure of the reori-
entation of the devel-
opment approach it-
self. Discussions in the
last two days on elec-
tronic and print media
were focused on find-
ing the contours of the
Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Most analysts did the
common error of com-
prehending the struc-
ture of the develop-
ment approach
through the relief
package numbers. Ac-
tually the process was
reversed. The num-
bers were ingeniously
designed around the
development model of
‘Aatmnirbhar Bharat’.
Some freshly grown
authors even went to
the extent of compar-
ing it with the 1957
speech of Nehru when
he made a call for self-
reliant India. ‘Self-reli-
ance’ being a generic
term, all Prime Minis-
ters including Shastri
Ji to Atal Ji used the
term freely at different
times and contexts.
Equating Modi’s Atm-
nirbhar Bharat with
Neharu’s self-reliance
is a conceptual error
as Neharu’s model of
self-reliance was based
on heavy industriali-
zation, urbanisation,
and Govt. Acting as an
active producer to es-
tablish the supply in-
stitutions. It brutally
killed Gandhi’s model
of Gram Swaraj and
Swadeshi and took no
cognizance of Indian
realities, enterprise,
or of the rural econo-
my. That is how and
why it failed. Ma-
halanobis Model
grossly failed in the
context of India. The
horrible situation that
has emerged now by
reversed migration is
a result of the Nehru-
vian model only.
DR JYOTI KIRAN SHUKLA
Former Chairperson of State Finance
Commission, Rajasthan
Modi’s vision of
Aatm Nirbhar
Bharat which is
clearly presented
through his speech
is an innovative dis-
rupt. The economy
needed to redefine
factors of produc-
tion which he did by
saying that land, la-
bour, liquidity, and
laws are going to be
the centre points of
all the stimulus and
reforms now on. Ac-
tually, they are the
core factors to influ-
ence the final out-
come- ‘enterprise’.
Therefore in the
ANB model, the
stimulating environ-
ment to the enter-
prise is the key vari-
able, and therefore if
anything, it is a con-
trast version of
Nehru’s self-reli-
ance. Here the at-
tempt is to unshack-
le the spirit of enter-
prise And handhold
support and nurture
it by creating an en-
vironment through
reforms, liquidity,
and laws.
Thus a call ‘vocal
for local’ is the glob-
al version of Gan-
dhian Swadeshi.
This is an updated
version to install the
new normal in the
system and convert
a crisis into an op-
portunity.
LIQUIDITY FOR MSMES, A GOOD PART OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE
STRENGTH OF ITS OWN DEMAND BY DEMOGRAPHY AATMNIRBHAR BHARAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW
In ANB India high-
lights the strength
of its own demand by
demography and de-
cides to use technolo-
gy systems, infrastruc-
ture to address its lo-
cal strengths and con-
vert it into ‘global
brands. Vocal for glob-
al is not just a slogan
but a mindset change
like ‘Swacch- Bharat.
Let us now analyse the
package numbers in
the light of the above.
A package of 20 lakh
crores, 10% of the
GDP approximately,
and about 70% of the
national budget itself
is certainly a volumi-
nous number.
The phased an-
nouncement had its
first installment on
May 13th which was
dedicatedtotheMSME
sectoralongwithsome
announcements for
the NBFC sector and
others on tax rate re-
lief and contract re-
lated relief. A key fea-
ture was to combine
reforms with relief for
further relief. A strong
effort has been made
to strengthen ‘enter-
prise’ and thus em-
ployment. Revising
the definition of
MSME, micro, and
other units with a revi-
sion of investment cri-
teria itself was a long-
standing demand.
This is a significant
reform that will bring
competitiveness, effi-
ciency, and productiv-
ity and in turn quality
improvement for fur-
ther competitiveness.
With this 3lakh crores,
collateral-free auto-
matic loans for busi-
ness including MS-
MEs, 50000 cr equity
infusion through
funds of funds, and
20000 subordinate debt
for stressed MSMEs
makes a completely
virtuous circle of re-
covery and growth for
this sector. Corre-
sponding reform and
credit inclusion in the
NBSC sector are to
support the defective
liquidity to ensure the
supply side.
The most remarka-
ble element of Aat-
manirbhar Bharat
through MSME is the
announcement that no
global tenders are nec-
essary up to 200 crores.
This is not only open-
ing a new range of op-
portunities for the lo-
cal manufacturing sec-
tor but also is provid-
ing an incentive for
quality and competi-
tiveness. So there is
demandboostersalong
with the removal of
supply bottlenecks. So
a virtuous circle is
again instituted.
Swadeshi in this
was not restricted
or inward-looking, but
it is rational and fa-
cilitating, for exam-
ple, the definition
change of MSME is to
bring competition and
quality up-gradation
for international com-
petitive standards.
Some criticized say-
ing that it is just a rep-
etition of Make in In-
dia. No, it is not! As it
speaks about the de-
mand sides forcefully.
Make in India is just
concentrating on the
supply side. So Aatm-
nirbhar Bharat is tak-
ing a comprehensive
view and using the de-
mography of India as
a demand creating a
variable for strong
markets rather than a
liability.
Giving an emphatic
commitment to upcom-
ing labour reforms, all
the announcements re-
lated to food, rental
housing, and one na-
tion one ration card
clearly depicts the evi-
dent script of Antyo-
daya with social secu-
rity and enhanced pro-
ductivity with an up-
graded version of
technology-based sys-
tems. It’s not a coinci-
dence that FM present-
ed all the earlier steps
taken for immigrant
workers including 1100
cr fund release from
disaster fund to the job
registration under
NREGA in the last two
months. It was a delib-
erate attempt to high-
light the consistency
of the government’s
intentions and efforts
to work for the poor in
the last 6 years which
is now being done
along with structural
reforms and a huge in-
fusion of funds.
In this package
where agriculture, mi-
grant labourers and
some portion of the
housing sector has cov-
ered the emphasis
again is on relief
measures which are
boosting demand by
enhancing the disposal
income on one hand
and creating demand
in the manufacturing
and construction sec-
tor on the other. 2.33
crores job opportuni-
ties for the migrant la-
bourers on a revised
daily wage with a
package of 10 thou-
sand crores or middle-
class housing or Cam-
pa fund, meticulous
work has been done to
obtain the Twin objec-
tives of employment
creation and demand
expansion in almost
all sectors of the rural
economy. Similarly, for
the Street vendors,
5,000 crores will be in-
fused to give them
small loans to restart
the business. This
again will boost em-
ployment and demand
and at the same time
will create an environ-
ment of relief for the
small vendors. The de-
sign of the entire pack-
age is impressive be-
cause it is not just pro-
viding relief but is si-
multaneously obtain-
ing and achieving the
objectives of boosting
demand and Employ-
ment creation. On the
other hand to respond
to this demand an ap-
propriate liquidity en-
vironment is being cre-
ated with correspond-
ing efforts. All the an-
nouncements made in
the last 2 months and
in this package thus
show that the Virtuous
cycle of substantial de-
mand with significant
supply is well crafted
and has no gaps. Thus
a blueprint of dynamic
equilibriums is visible
and clear.
So the actual story
of the package is not
confined to numbers
only. But it goes be-
yond by instituting a
fresh approach to eco-
nomic development,
where virtuous cycles
of investment, em-
ployment, demand,
Savings, and further
investments are insti-
tutionalized through
innovative disrupt
based on local
strengths and global
technology and invest-
ment. ANB is all about
an endogenous model
of development based
on the Indian ethos of
humanitarian globali-
sation for develop-
ment or Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam.

Rajendra Chhabra
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s
bureaucracy, under
the leadership of
Chief Secretary DB
Gupta, is doing its
best in the fight
against coronavirus
from the very first
day. But the issue of
lack of coordination
andegoclashesamong
various departments
and top officials is
causing problems.
Inthelasttwomonths,
more than a dozen com-
mittees have been
formed in different mat-
ters, but the justification
of these committees
could not be understood.
Similarly, more than 30
IAS officers have been
entrusted with various
responsibilities. In both
cases, an unnecessary
dispute has taken place
on the orders issued
from time to time. The
mostrecentsuchdispute
pertains to this week.
For arrangements
of the 14-day quaran-
tine for the migrants
coming to the state, a
committee of half a
dozen senior officers,
led by ACS (PWD)
Veenu Gupta, was
formed after an order
issued by ACS Medical
Rohit Kumar Singh to
this effect. But a new
order of the forming
of this committee was
issued by the Home
Department after 24
hours signed by CS DB
Gupta. When a similar
order had been issued
by ACS medical, the
HomeDepartmenthad
no need to ‘re-issue’
the same order, since it
was not its ‘area’.
Insuchascenario,the
order issued by Rohit
Kumar Singh was of no
use. According to the
committee officers,
Singh is a senior of-
ficer and the order
should have been is-
sued with the signa-
ture of the CS. Then
why did the ACS Med-
ical not coordinate
with other officers be-
fore issuing the order?
The lack of uniformity
in which department
has to issue what orders
has also been seen in
other matters as well.
In the beginning,
the Medical Depart-
ment had first issued
an order regarding the
lockdown, but later
the Home Department
issued the same order
with new details. It
happened due to the
lack of coordination
among the two depart-
ments. Similarly, the
order of appointment
of state-wise nodal of-
ficers for migrant
workers was first is-
sued by DOPT, but lat-
er CS Gupta issued the
same order by making
some amendments.
In fact, the nodal de-
partment of dealing
withtheproblemrelated
tocoronavirusistheDis-
aster Management De-
partment and CS Gupta
hasalltherightstoissue
the orders as the SEC
and CEO of the Disaster
Management Authority.
. But, due to lack of coor-
dination and clarity, the
situation has become
like “free for all”.
Any department, in-
cluding DOPT, Home,
IT, Medical and Indus-
tries, is issuing or-
ders, which is not only
causing duplicacy, but
also resulting in con-
fusion in the field.
Life is unpredictable. Make
every moment count, Live in
the present and live life with
no regrets.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
No permission pending for any train with Raj govt: Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: As the reports
of migrants being
forced to walk home
continuously pours
in, opposition parties
have hit back strongly
at Union Railway
Minister Piyush Goy-
al. Most vocal om the
issue has been Ra-
jasthan Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot, who
took to micro-blog-
ging site twitter to de-
bunk Goyal’s claims.
Responding to the Un-
ion Minister’s claim
that several states were
not giving permission
for ‘Shramik special
trains’ to enter their ter-
ritory, Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot said
there is no permission
pending for any train
with his government.
Moreover, Rajasthan
Transport Minister
Pratap Singh Khacha-
riyawas also hit out at
the union government
claiming that the cen-
tre was trading lies on
the matter.
“There is no permis-
sion pending for any
train with govt of Ra-
jasthan. In fact Ra-
jasthan was in strong
favour that Railways
should be allowed for
the commute of mi-
grants. But I am not sur-
prised to see statement
by Railway minister,
they are skilled in pass-
ing their failure on to
state governments,” Ge-
hlot posted on his Twit-
ter account. The chief
minister was respond-
ing to a statement by
Goyal that “several
states such as West
Bengal, Rajasthan,
Chhattisgarh and
Jharkhand, are not
giving enough permis-
sions for ‘Shramik
special trains’ to enter
their states.”
Gehlot, who has
carved niche across the
political arena of doing
an exemplary work in
management of not just
Corona but even guiding
the state through these
turbulenttimes,haseven
been praised by PM for
hisapproach. Goyalhad
said, “Indian Railways
has provided 1,200 trains
exclusivelyearmarkedto
runthe‘ShramikSpecial
trains’ for our migrant
labourers to take them
back to their homes.”
Centre is skilled in passing their
failure on to state govts, he said
Govt and Org worked
together in Raj: Pande
Serious coordination crisis in handling corona,
will a ‘sensitive’ CM Gehlot intervene?
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The Con-
gress party has already
announced that it would
be providing journey
fare to labours and mi-
grants heading home.
On Friday, a review
meeting was chaired
by senior Congress
leader KC Venugopal
on the troubles faced
by labours, with PCC
Chiefs and In-charge
of states. Rajasthan
was represented by
AICC General secre-
tary and Incharge Avi-
nash Pande and PCC
Chief Sachin Pilot.
Pande lauded Gehlot
government’s efforts in
handling the troubles
faced by labours. The
Rajasthan incharge
also played a presenta-
tion highlighting how
the Gehlot govern-
ment achieved what it
did in this hour of cri-
sis. “The satta (power)
andorganisationworked
intandemtobringrelief
to people. District ad-
ministration has been
directed to ensure that
migrant labour does not
face any trouble,” Pande
said. Rajasthan was also
lauded by members in
the meeting for holding
first place in providing
jobs under MNREGA.
Notably, Congress
President Sonia Gan-
dhi’s directions were
also shared in the
meeting wherein
members have been
asked to prepare a
data of all migrant la-
bours and contact
them for any help. It
was also discussed to
start a national level
helpline which would
coordinate with the
state level helplines so
that labours do not have
to walk to their destina-
tion. Representatives
from Maharashtra and
MP complained that
there not getting any re-
sponse from UP, Gujarat
andBihargovernments.
Meanwhile, during
the meeting, Pande
suggested, as a meas-
ure to keep the mo-
rale of the party
workers high, “PCC
that performs better
than other PCCs
should be awarded by
Congress President
Sonia Gandhi.”
Vaishali
New Delhi: Four time
Parliamentarian,
young turk and one of
the promising faces of
BJP, Minister of state
(MoS) for Finance An-
urag Thakur on Fri-
day said that the Nar-
endra Modi led gov-
ernment has under-
taken various meas-
ures over the course of
pasttwodaystoensure
that each strata of the
society gets adequate-
ly equipped to deal
with the ongoing situ-
ation prevalent due to
Covid-19. “The day one
and two of economic
stimulus package of Rs
20 lakh crore witnessed
measures to strengthen
MSMEs,migrantlabour-
ers, street vendors, etc.
Today an array of meas-
ures have been an-
nounced for strengthen-
ing food givers that are
bound to benefit them
and further propel the
economy,” he said.
Talkingabouttheben-
efits that the govern-
ment has provided to
farmers, he said, “The
new scheme to provide
interest subvention at
2 per cent per annum
to dairy cooperatives
for 2020-21 and an ad-
ditional 2 per cent p.a.
interest subvention on
prompt payment/in-
terest servicing will
unlock 5000 Cr addi-
tional liquidity, bene-
fiting 2 Crore farmers.
Rs 1 lakh crore for fund-
ing Agriculture Infra-
structure Projects at
farm-gate&aggregation
points will add impetus
towards developing
farm-gate and aggrega-
tion point, affordable
and financially viable
Post Harvest Manage-
ment infrastructure.”
During his finance
ministry tenure, this
was his first major
media challenge but
with his oratory skills
and smiling face,
Thakur has converted
this challenge into an
opportunity.
The minister, who
has a panache for sim-
plistic oration, briefed
about ‘vocal for local’,
and explained “In or-
der to promote the vi-
sion of PM of ‘Vocal
for Local with Global
outreach’, Rs 10,000
crore scheme for for-
malization of Micro
Food Enterprises
(MFE) is of extreme
significance. This
schemewillbelaunched
to help 2 lakh MFEs in
attaining FSSAI food
standards, building
their brand whilst mar-
keting the same for
greater benefit.”
“Each important as-
pect has been duly un-
dertaken while drafting
these measures in order
to ensure that each one
in the gamut gets bene-
fited through the eco-
nomic stimulus pack-
age,” he said.
MoS Thakur delves deeper into
government’s offering for farmers
Meghwal admitted to Medanta hosp for treatment
CM Ashok Gehlot DB Gupta
Anurag Thakur
Avinash Pande KC Venugopal
CM Ashok Gehlot
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Social Justice
and Empowerment
Minister Master Bhan-
war Lal Meghwal was
airlifted to Medanta
hospital in Gurgaon
early in the morning
on Friday. CM Ashok
Gehlot reached the air-
port after a two month
gap. Gehlot appeared
more like a senior fam-
ily member of Megh-
wal rather than CM of
the state. CM Gehlot
saw daughter Banarsi
and son Mohit off with
Meghwal in the air am-
bulance for Gurgaon.
Health Minister Dr
Raghu Sharma was
also present at the
airport. Dr Virendra
Singh and specially con-
stituted medical board
member accompanied
Meghwal to the airport.
Collector Jogaram and
Civil Aviation Director
Kesari Singh had taken
over airport arrange-
ments from early in the
morning as initially
Meghwal was to be air-
lifted at 6.30 am but the
delay in arrival of air
ambulance postponed
the departure to 8.10 am.
It is noteworthy that
CM Gehlot himself
spoke to Dr Naresh
Trehan of Medanta
on Meghwal family’s
instance and made ar-
rangements for his
emergency airlift for
further treatment.
AICC General Secre-
tary and Rajasthan In-
charge Avinash Padne
wishedforthesuccessful
treatment of Meghwal
and tweeted, I wish to
god for the speedy recov-
ery of Rajasthan Minis-
ter Master Bhanwarlal
Meghwal Ji. Yesterday I
hadadetaileddiscussion
with his doctor to know
his health condition and
assuredhisdaughterBa-
narasi Devi ji that Bhan-
warlal ji would return to
health soon.
Alwar: Even as Tonk
simmers after a gang
rape, another minor in
Rajasthan was again
similarly assaulted in
Alwar by three youths
who filmed the act and
assaulted her threaten-
ing her against report-
ing the incident.
Officials confirmed
that the offence was re-
ported in Bhiwadi on
May 10, but it was only
on May 13 that the po-
lice filed the complaint,
said the girl’s father.
In his complaint, the
father said that his
daughterwenttoherun-
cle’s house on May 10 at
around noon. When she
did not return for a long
time, they got worried
and started searching
for her. In the meantime,
they received a call that
their daughter was ad-
mitted to a private clinic
andtheyshouldtakeher
back home.
Meanwhile, DSP
Women Cell, Bhiwadi,
Prem Bahadur said that
the three accused have
been detained. Former
CM Vasundhara Raje
tweeted,“AfterTonk,the
rapeof aminorinAlwar
reveals the fake claims
made by the state gov-
ernment pertaining to
women security in state.
The deteriorating law
and order situation in
state shows that police
andadministrationhave
losttheirgrip..”—Agencies
Three youth gang rape minor in
Alwar,make video of the act
QUALITY EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE:
CM INCREASES AMBIT UNDER RTE
CM Ashok Gehlot & Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma looking after
the preparations to airlift Bhanwarlal Meghwal to Medanta Hospital.
The Rajasthan incharge lauded Gehlot government for handling of issues
facing migrant labours in AICC VC with PCC Chiefs and Incharges

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