First india lucknow edition-23 february 2021

VIDHAYAK
NIDHI
YOGI SPEAKS
A HI-TECH BUDGET
In his PC, CM Yogi referred to the
enthusiasm of the youth and parents
towards newly-launched ‘Chief Minister
Abhyudaya Yojana’ for the youth trying for
success in the competitive examinations
like Civil Services, NEET, JEE.
FIRST PAPERLESS BUDGET
CM congratulates Finance Minister’s
team on creating new history by
presenting paperless budget
ATMANIRBHAR
State Government’s budget will
realise the concept of ‘self-reliant
Uttar Pradesh’
MAJOR TAKEAWAYS
All-inclusive budget representing
sentiments of 24 crore people. Every
village will be digital, says Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Tap water and electricity in every
house, water for every farm and
work for every hand. The budget
aims to ensure the all-round
development of the state.
SABKA SAATH SABKA VIKAS
UTTAM PRADESH
A YODHA BUDGETS
FOR VIKAS, VISHWAS
STATE BUDGET 2021-22
Ayodhya gets priority on Yogi’s ‘B’ Day
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Lucknow: When a Yogi is at
the helm of affairs in Uttar
Pradesh, Ayodhya is bound to
to get back to its glorious
days.
The Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath government has
proposed a sum of at least Rs
640 crore for the development
and beautification of Ayod-
hya. The budgetary provisions
for fiscal 2021-22 include a sum
of Rs 300 crore for the con-
struction of an approach
road to Shri Ram Janmabhoo-
mi temple, Ayodhya Dham.
The government has also
proposed a sum of Rs 140
crore for the all-round growth
of the city, including the de-
velopment of Suryakund
there. Another sum of Rs 100
crore has been provided for
the development and beautifi-
cation of other tourism facili-
ties in Ayodhya.
The budget has also made
a provision of Rs
101 crore for the
d e v e l o p -
ment of the
A y o d h y a
a i r p o r t .
The airport has been named
Maryada Purshotam Shriram
Airport. Besides the provision
for the Ayodhya airport which
will subsequently be made an
international airport, the
budget also provides for Rs
2,000 crore for increasing the
number of airstrips at Jewar
Airport from 2 to 6.
Toattracttouristselsewhere
in the state, the budget pro-
vides Rs 100 crore and Rs 200
crore respectively for the de-
velopment and beautification
of tourism facilities in Vara-
nasi and Chitrakoot. All devel-
opmental projects in the state
will be executed in accordance
with the mythological signifi-
cance of various cities.
M Tariq Khan
hief Minister
Yogi Adity-
anathhascalled
the financial
budget 2021-22
of the state gov-
ernment as an all-inclusive
budget representing senti-
ments of 24 crore people of
the state. " The budget is a
true representation of 'Sab-
ka Saath, Sabka Vikas and
Sabka Faith' and will be-
come a medium to give new
hope, new energy and new
possibilitiesof development
in the state during the Covid
period,'' the CM said.
CM Yogi was speaking to
mediapersonsafterFinance
Minister Suresh Khanna
presented the budget in the
state assembly on Monday .
The CM also congratulated
the Finance Minister and
his entire team for creating
a new history by presenting
thefirst-everpaperlessbudg-
et and said the budget reaf-
firms the resolve of the gov-
ernment to provide tap wa-
ter in each household, elec-
tricity in every house, water
to every farm and work to
every hand."Not only this,
efforts like connecting rural
areas with banking facility
through village secretariat,
common service center, BC
Sakhi in every village, em-
ploying women in commu-
nity toilets will give new di-
mension to women empow-
ermentandself-relianceand
making village, a digital vil-
lage.
Referring to the impor-
tance of financial
disciplines due to
problems in revenue collec-
tion during the Corona pe-
riod, CM Yogi said that the
budget will expedite the ef-
forts towards all-inclusive
and integrated develop-
ment of various sec-
tions while real-
ise the concept
of 'Ease of Liv-
ing' and 'Self-reliant
Uttar Pradesh' on the
ground.
CM Yogi lauded the provi-
sion of including farmers'
familiesand'Bataidar'inthe
Kisan Accident Insurance
Scheme.Similarly, he said
that social security to
about one crore la-
borers in the
unorganized
sector, Mukhy-
amantri Sak-
sham Suposhan
Yojana for anemic
children, establish-
ment of Sainik
Schools and State Univer-
sities in each division, con-
structing Medical Colleges
under PPP Model in Un-
served Districts, setting up
of Law University in Praya-
graj, Extension of Jal Jee-
van Mission to all the dis-
tricts, Development of Road
ConnectivityinRuralAreas,
new policies in the aviation
sector including Interna-
tional Airport in Ayodhya
and Kushinagar, develop-
ment of destitute
"Gauvansh" in collabora-
tion with NGOs at panchay-
at level and proposals for
establishment of tribal mu-
seum in Lucknow, were the
most thoughtful schemes
which promised to take the
state to new heights.
Vishal Srivastav
Lucknow: Presenting the
budget of aspirations and
hopes of the people of Ut-
tar Pradesh, state finance
minister Suresh Khanna,
ensured that he tapped
every important sector.
The Yogi Adityanath
government opened its
purse allocating a total of
Rs 5, 50, 270 crore. This is
an increase of Rs 38, 000
crore standing at 6.8 per-
centage points higher as
compared to Rs 5, 12, 861
crore for the year 2020-21.
Khanna would also go
down into the history
books for presenting the
first ever paper-less budg-
et in the state. This year’s
budget is the 5th budget of
the Adityanath govern-
ment in the state.
Reading out the budget
speech from a giant screen
of an Apple Computer,
Khanna said in his
1.40-minute long speech
thaT the target was to
make Uttar Pradesh “Aat-
manirbhar” and ensure
the all-round development
of the state.
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Health
Agriculture Infrastructure
KHANNAPRESENTSPEOPLE’SBUDGET
POCSO case
against
Siddiqui &
Rajbhar
Uttar Pradesh is the first state in the
country to table a paperless budget.
All members of the State Legislature
had been geared up with iPads to view
the budget highlights which was also
viewed on two big screens put up in
the House. The Budget Session was
commenced on February 18 and will
continue till March 10.
Yogi government has
fulfilled the wishes
of the MLAs. Once
again, MLAs will be
able to recommend the
development of their
area. A provision of
1512 crore has been
made in the budget.
The provision was
suspended during
Corona period. The
government has
decided to provide
funds equivalent to
the Legislature Area
Development Fund for
the development work
in their constituency.
The funds will only
be released after the
members recommend
for the same.
Lucknow: A spe-
cial court here
framed charges
against former
ministers Nasee-
muddin Siddiqui,
Ram Achal Rajb-
har and others in a
case registered un-
der the POCSO Act
and provisions of
the IPC.
The case against
them was regis-
tered at the Haz-
ratganj police sta-
tion in July 2016
for allegedly using
indecent language
against the daugh-
ter and mother-in-
law of current Ut-
tar Pradesh minis-
ter Swati Singh.
Besides former
ministers, Special
Judge PK Rai also
framed charges
against three other
accused- Mewalal
Gautam, Naushad
Ali and Athar Rao
Singh. The judge
fixed March 20 as
thedateof hearing.
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`27,598.40 crore
THE BUDGET INCLUDES NEW SCHEMES OF RS 27,598.40
CRORE AND THE AIM IS TO ENSURE ALL ROUND
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE.
ANALYSIS
STATE
BUDGET
2021-22
`4094cr
crore for Nutritional
Programme and `415
crore for National Nutri-
tion Campaign. Rs. 200
crore for the new scheme
Mahila Samarthya Yojana.
`12
Tablets to be provided to
eligible students under
‘Mukhya Mantri Abhyudaya’
Yojana. Model Career Cen-
tres in 12 other districts.
`8.55cr
proposed for Youth
Sports Development and
Promotion Scheme. `25
crore for the construction
of rural stadium and open
gyms.
`100cr
for the new ‘Mukhy-
amantri Pravasi Shramik
Udyamita Vikas Yojana’ to
provide employment and
self-employment to migrant
workers.
`12cr
for Mukhyamantri
Durghatna Bima Yojana for
providing social security to
palledars, labourers’ families
and workers of unorganized
sector.
`1950
crore for construction
of new medical col-
leges in 13 districts such
as Bijnor, Kushinagar,
Sultanpur, Gonda Lalit-
pur, Lakhimpur-Kheri,
Chandauli,Bulandshahar,
Sonbhadra etc.
`48cr
for medical
colleges of 16 unserved
districts of the state to
make them operational
in PPP mode.
`23cr
proposed for
National Digital Health
Mission and `960 crore
proposed for medical
colleges under
construction.
`175cr
proposed for the establish-
ment of new
medical colleges in Amethi
and Balrampur. `23 crore
proposed for National
Digital Health Mission.
CM Yogi accompanied by state FM Suresh Khanna, MoS Sandeep Singh, CS RK Tiwari, ACS Home Awanish Awasthi & ACS Information
Navneet Sehgal during the post budget press conference
Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit chairing the Budget
proceedings
ACS Home Awanish Awasthi and CS RK Tiwari discussing
happenings of the day
Minister Siddharth Nath Singh. Minister Ashutosh Tandon.
ACS Information Navneet Sehgal and Director Information
Shishir in an intriguing discussion
PROVISION FOR
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Lucknow: In an all-in-
clusive first ever paper-
less budget presented in
the State Assembly on
Monday
,YogiAdityanath
government effectively
reached out to every sec-
tion of the society with
special emphasis on the
farming community and
infrastructure, particu-
larly Expressways.
In order to take out the
Covid-hit economy from
2020 adverse impact, the
government has done a
balancing act extremely
well in not only enhanc-
ing the size of the budget
fromRs5.12lakhcrorein
last fiscal to Rs 5.50 lakh
crore but also making
fresh allocation of Rs 27,
598.40 crore for various
welfareschemesandpro-
jects. The enhancement
is to the tune of Rs
37,410,06 crore as com-
paredtopreviousbudget.
AtatimewhentheOppo-
sition is arrayed against
the government over the
farmers’ issue the Yogi
government has bril-
liantly adopted a posi-
tive approach to im-
prove the lot of farming
community
.
Farmers’accidentwel-
fare scheme, free irriga-
tionfacilitiesandsubsidy
on farm loan for which a
total Rs 1700 crore have
been allocated, would go
a long way in helping the
community
.Itisnodoubt
a ‘win-win’ situation for
the farmers and double
theirannualincome. The
governmenthasalsopaid
attention to sugarcane
farmers problems. The
plan for distribution of
tablets to deserving stu-
dents under ‘Mukhya
Mantri Abhuyudai’
scheme is also aimed at
reaching out to younger
generation in the ‘elec-
tion-oriented budget’. As
expected,thechief minis-
ter also laid stress on fur-
ther uplift of religious
places with an allocation
of Rs641croreforoverall
developmentof Ayodhya.
Other religious places in-
cludingVaranasi,Chitra-
koot, Vindhyachal and
Naimishsharain have
been together allocated
Rs 150 crore.
As against the total ex-
penditureof Rs5,50,270.78
crore the estimated reve-
nue receipt is likely to be
Rs 5,06,181.84 crore and
Rs 87,841.40 capital re-
ceipts.Thegovernmentis
expecting to receive Rs 1,
19, 395. 30 crore from cen-
tral share in taxes and Rs
1,86,345 crore from its
own resources.
Yogi’s please-all budget lays stress on farmers, infra
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nnouncing a
slew of steps to
strengthen the
education infra-
structure and
provide quality educa-
tion, the Yogi govern-
ment earmarked a huge
Rs 18,172 crore for the
integrated education
campaign.
Of this Rs 110 crore
and Rs 40 crore respec-
tively are for providing
free school bags and
uniforms to all stu-
dents of class 1-8th eve-
ry year. In addition to
this, there will be pro-
visions of Rs 3,406
crores for the mid-day
meal programme and
Rs 300 crore for provid-
ing shoe-stocking and
sweaters to all children.
In a bid to improve
secondary education,
the Budget will have
provisions of Rs 200
crore for development
of infrastructure facili-
ties in aided private sec-
ondary schools. Where-
as, Rs 100 crore will be
proposed to complete
the residual works of
the government inter
colleges under construc-
tion. Budget will have
provision of Rs 90 crores
for construction of one
new Sainik School in
Gorakhpur and comple-
tion of the residual
work at Sainik Schools
in Mainpuri, Jhansi and
Amethi.
The budget will pro-
vide Rs 15 crores for de-
velopment and construc-
tion of a girls’ hostel and
an auditorium in the
Captain Manoj Kumar
Pandey Sainik School in
Sarojini Nagar. In addi-
tion to this, Rs 5 crores
proposed for the forma-
tion of Uttar Pradesh
Sanskrit Education Di-
rectorate and an office
of Uttar Pradesh Sec-
ondary Sanskrit Educa-
tion Council and con-
struction of aided non-
government secondary
schools.
For the Higher Educa-
tion, budgetary provi-
sions of Rs 200 crores
have been proposed for
the development of Raj-
kiya Mahavidyalaya and
one state university will
be set up in each of the
divisions of the state.
First India News
he villages of
UP will now
have their
own village
development
secretariats and they
will have multipur-
pose panchayat build-
ings as Yogi govern-
ment is going to boost
the village develop-
ment.
By equipping the
villages with latest fa-
cilities, the govern-
ment is preparing to
present a new model
of rural development
in the country
.
In every Nyaya Pan-
chayat, at least two
Chandra Shekhar Ru-
ral Development Sec-
retariats will be estab-
lished. For this, a pro-
vision of Rs 10 crore
has been made in the
budget. Through the
secretariats, all the ac-
tivities related to vil-
lages and panchayats
will be conducted. The
government is going
to equip every village
with the facility of
multipurpose pan-
chayat building in the
near future. For this,
an allocation of Rs 20
crore has been made
in the budget.
With the construc-
tion of panchayat
buildings, all the dis-
putes will be settled at
the village level itself.
Under the Mukhy-
amantri Panchayat
Protsahan Yojana, a
provision of Rs 25
crore has been in the
budget for develop-
mental works in the
gram panchayats.
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GETS LION’S SHARE
Villages to have own
panels to manage
their affairs: CM Yogi
One state university will be set up in each of the divisions of the state
EDUCATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT
BALANCED BUDGET
State FM Suresh Khanna presenting Budget in Assembly as CM Yogi and members are all ears.
Suresh Khanna offering prayers with his Digital Budget tab at home.
CM Yogi Adityanath.

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`37,410 crore
THE BUDGET PRESENTED BY FINANCE MINISTER KHANNA, IN
THE PRESENCE OF CM, IS OVER `37,410 CRORE MORE THAN
THE PREVIOUS YEAR’S BUDGET SIZE.
SPEAKUP
STATE
BUDGET
2021-22
`100cr
for the establishment of the
Atal Bihari Bajpayee
Medical University,
Lucknow and `100 crore
for providing medical
facilities for incurable
diseases.
`2,500
crore for Twarit Aarthik
Vikas Yojana and
`1,000 crore for the
Mukhyamantri
Samagra Sampada
Vikas Yojana.
`10cr
crore for the
establishment of 02
Chandrasekhar Azad
Gramin Vikas
Sachivalaya in each
Nyaya Panchayat.
`25cr
crore to encourage excel-
lent gram panchayats under
the Mukhyamantri
Panchayat Protsahan Yo-
jana and `20 crore for the
construction of multipur-
pose panchayat buildings.
`653cr
is proposed for capacity
augmentation, training and
construction of structural
framework in panchayats
under the Rashtriya Gram
Swaraj Abhiyan
644L
lakh MT Target fixed for
production of food grain,
oil seeds -13 lakh,
Kharif - 223 lakh MT and
Rabi - 417 lakh MT
2021
Pipraich sugar mill with
methanol manufacture
facility to start December
2021. First sugar mill in
North India to manufacture
ethanol directly from
sugarcane juice
3,500
The crushing capacity of
Mohiuddinpur-Meerut
Sugar Mill of the
corporation area was
increased to 3,500 TCD
from 2,500 TCD.
20
Target to set up 20 new
Krishi Vigyan Kendra for
dissemination of latest
agricultural information.
Establishment of
cow-protection centres
to be done.
PROVISION FOR
FRANCA
Yogi has government
tried to present a bal-
anced budget, aimed at
all sections of society
but failed to present a roadmap for
dealing with inflation. Price hike in
petroleum products will have an
impact on every household and es-
sential goods and can affect lower
and below poverty line class.
—Ravindra Kumar Jain, Former
Secretary, Western UP Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
The budget does not
meet the expectations
of the poor and farm-
ers. Khel khatam, paisa
hajam. Poor and farmers were
expecting a big relief, but that
was not to be. The government
has no time left and people have
seen what they did in the past four
years.
—Akhilesh Yadav, National
President, Samajwadi Party.
The budget empowers
all areas including the
agriculture and busi-
ness sectors. But the
issue of ‘unemployment’ remained
unaddressed. Employment op-
tions should be given to educated
youths in UP as they feel uncom-
fortable in opening businesses.
—Dr Vikash Singh, Assistant
Professor, School of Mass
Communication, IMS Unison
University, Dehradun, U.K.
The budget is extremely
disappointing to the
state, especially in terms
of addressing unem-
ployment. Like the central gov-
ernment’s budget, the UP budget
makes promises and shows beau-
tiful dreams. Yogi government’s
record on fulfilling its promises to
the 23 cr people of Uttar Pradesh
has been far from satisfactory.
—Mayawati, National President
Bahujan Samaj Party
The budget aimed at
overall development
of poor, farmers and
infrastructure. Special
provisions to develop religious
tourism including beautification of
Varanasi, Ayodhya and Gorakhpur.
Rs 100 cr boost for start-ups can
can help boost employment. How-
ever, the ODOP scheme did not get
as much as it deserved.
—Punar Dawar, President, Agra
Footwear Manufacturers and
Exporters Chamber
The budget does not
talk much on the needed
support to small scale
industries. The govern-
ment also is mum on the issue (of
compensation) of crops that go
wasted. There has been no clar-
ity on payments for sugarcane
to the farmers. There is pin drop
silence on farmers’ suicides in
Bundelkhand. The youth in UPare
at the mercy of private sector.
—Ajay Kumar Lallu, President,
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
Budget 2021 focuses on
development of infra-
structure, healthcare,
women, youth, farm-
ers, social welfare policies, capital
expenditure, monetization, digitali-
zation and a budgetary provision
for education and skill develop-
ment programs.These progressive
steps will lead state to expected
V-shaped growth and development
if implemented correctly.
—Vartika Agnihotri, Student
It is a hollow budget
with no benefits for
farmers, youngsters,
children or women.
There is no provision for payments
to wheat and sugarcane farmers
as thousands of them seek money
from the government. How will it
double farmers’ income? There is
nothing for industries, and thus
turn won’t be able to help youths
getting job.
—Sanjay Singh, Rajya Sabha MP,
and UP in-charge, AAP
UP Govt has not provided any direct
benefits to MSME sector through subsi-
dies, incentives but industrial sector will
get indirect benefit through development projects
on infrastructure. Union government had provided
several facilities for industrial sector for boost-
ing the economy but state government has not
extended such benefits yet.
— Awdhesh K Agarwal,Chairman Indian
Industries Association, Lucknow
The estimate of revenue appears to be on
the higher side but the budget rightly focus-
es on social and economic infrastructure.
It attempts to win over farmers, youths and women
with tailor-made schemes. The increase outlay on
medical facilities, expressways, metro rail and urban
utilities will expand the capacity of economy.
—Prof Yashvir Tyagi,
Former HOD, Economics Dept, Lucknow University.
LINGUA
Opposition and people from many walks of
life spoke their heart out to First India on the
Budget 2021 presented by Yogi Adityanath-
led government of Uttar Pradesh on
Monday. While many appreciated the
positives, others, including the
opposition reviewed it critically.

STATE
BUDGET
2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS
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INFRA STRUCTURE
`11,148cr
 `7,200 crore for land acquisition of Ganga
 `1107 crore for Purvanchal Expressway Project
 `1492 crore for Bundelkhand Expressway Project
 `860 crore for Gorakhpur Link Expressway Project
 `489 crore for construction work
`1,375 crore
`1,375 crore is proposed for scholarship
scheme of backward class students and Rs.
829 crore for the scholarship of minority
students under scholarship scheme.
hief Minister
Yogi Adity-
anath had re-
cently talked
about making
state cabinet
meetings vir-
tual.Extending this
digitization goal for the
state, Budget 2021-22
wasUP’s first paperless
budget making Uttar
Pradesh the first Indi-
an State to do so.Over-
all, the state budget for
UProse by 7.3% from
Rs 512,860 crores in
2020-21 to Rs 550,270
croresthis year. Fur-
ther, as against
new schemes of Rs
10,967 crores last year,
this year the state wit-
nessed new schemes
worth INR 27,598
crores.
The Total Receipts
are estimated to be Rs
506,182 crore for FY
2021-22 which is 1.1%
higher than the esti-
mates for FY 2020-21
which stood at Rs
500,559 crore. Further
Total expenditure esti-
mates of Rs 550,270
crores are ~7.3% high-
er than Rs 512,861
crores for FY 2020-21.
Fiscal deficit estimates
which were Rs 53,195
crore (2.97 % of the es-
timated Gross State Do-
mestic Product ‘GSDP’)
for FY 2020-21 have in-
creased to Rs 90,730
crore or4.17 % of GDP
with this budget. 100
crores were set aside
for the ’Atma Nirbhar
Krishak Samanvit Vi-
kas Yojana’ with a goal
of doubling the farm-
ers’ income.
As opposed to Rs 500
crores last year, an in-
creased amount of Rs
600 crores was provi-
sioned under ‘Mukhy-
amantri Krishak
Durghatna Kalyan Yo-
jana’ this year. For the
‘Mohiuddinpur-Meerut
Sugar Mill’, the crush-
ing capacity has been
increased from 2,500
TCD to 3,500 TCD al-
ready and a target has
been set to take it upto
5,000 TCD, hence bene-
fiting 100,000 cane
farmers in the state.
A provision of Rs
7,000 crore was pro-
posed under the ‘Prad-
han Mantri Awas Yo-
jana (Gramin)’ as
against Rs 6,240 crores
as announced in Budg-
et 2020; Rs 5,548 crore
was proposed under
‘Rashtriya Gramin Ro-
jgar Guarantee Yojana’
to create 35 crore man
days employment as
against provision of
Rs 4,800 crore for FY
2020-21 A provision of
Rs 15,000 crores has
been made towards the
‘Jal Jeevan Mission
(Gramin) Scheme’ this
year against Rs 11,500
crore in 2020-21, an in-
crease of 30%
C
STATE
BUDGET
`25cr
`25 crore for care
of children of
Divyang couples under
Palanhar Scheme.
`1386
crore
RS. 588 CRORE FOR DEVELOPING BASIC
AMENITIES FACILITIES IN MINORITY
DOMINATED DISTRICTS AND RS. 479 CRORE
FOR MADARSA MODERNISATION SCHEME.
`550
crore
TO SET UP NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY IN DISTRICT
PRAYAGRAJ AND RS. 450 CRORE FOR BUILDINGS OF COURTS
IN DISTRICTS WITH RS. 100 CRORE FOR CONSTRUCTIONS
OF HOUSES FOR HON’BLE JUDGES OF THE HIGH COURTS.
`600
crore
`150 CRORE FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
OF LUCKNOW BENCH OF ALLAHABAD HIGH
COURT AND RS. 450 CRORE FOR ALLAHABAD
HIGH COURT IS MADE.
40
PPP model based
construction of ‘Advanced
Information Technology
Complex’ in 40 acre area
at Nadarganj near
Lucknow Airport
proposed.
`1000cr
Rs. 600 crore made
for Rajya Pratikaratmak
Vanropan Yojana and
Rs. 400 crore to provide
incentives to
Samajik Vaniki
Karyakaram.
`3,600cr
Rs. 3,100 crore for
the Vridhawastha / Kisaan
Pension Yojana
and Rs. 500 crore is
made under the Rastriya
Parivarik Labh Yojana.
`1,430cr
Rs. 1430 crore for
Purvadasham (Pre-
Matric) Dashmottar
(Post-Matric)
Scholarship Scheme for
Scheduled and General
Classes.
`400cr
Rs. 250 crore made for
the Mukhyamantri
Samuhik Vivah Yojana and
Rs. 150 crore for
Daughter’s Marriage
Assistance Scheme
for the daughters
BPL families.
`720cr
Rs. 720 crore proposed
for pension of Rs. 500 per
month to about 10.87 lakh
eligible Divyangjan
under Divyang Pension
Scheme.
`39cr
Rs. 39 crore is
proposed for rehabilitation
of leprosy affected.
PROVISION
FOR
STATE
BUDGET
STATE
BUDGET
CULTURE
RELIGION
`320 crore
 `300 crore made for construction
of approach road to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi
temple, Ayodhya Dham.
 `15
crore made
for centenary
year celebration of
Chouri-Choura Shatabadi
Mahotsava.
 `08 crore for the con-
struction of Uttar Pradesh Tribal
Museum in Lucknow
 `4 crore for the freedom fighter
gallery in Shahjahanpur ‘Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman’ to eminent writers
and artists who have not been decorated by any awards in the state. Annually
5 people to be honoured and given a sum of `11lakhs.
Rural Planning
`21,427 crore
 `7,000 crore for Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana (Gramin `369 crore under
Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana-Gramin
 `5,548 crore under Rashtriya Gramin
Rojgar Guarantee Yojana
 `5,000 crore for Batch-1 of Pradhanmantri
Gram Sadak Yojana-3
 `10 crore for Bundelkhand region
 `2,500 crore for Twarit Aarthik Vikas Yojana.
 `1,000 crore for the MSSVY
Farmers Welfare
`18,000 Crore
 `100 crore for Atma Nirbhar
Krishak Samanvit Vikas Yojana
 `600 crore for Mukhyamantri Krishak
Durghatna Kalyan Yojana.
 `700 crore for the free water facility.
 `400 crore for crop loan to farmers at conces-
sional rates. Set up of 15 thousand solar pumps
MSME
`480 Crore
 `250 crore for ODOP scheme.
 `100 crore to set up industrial
parks / locations / clusters in PPP
mode in the closed spinning mills.
 `100 crore is made for MYSY
 `30 crore for VSSY
Housing
`2691crore
 `4 lakh houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
(Shahri), in addition to the houses by SUDA
 `140 crore for overall development of Suryakund
at Ayodhya and the city
 `50 crore for construction of Rashtriya Prerna
Sthal in Lucknow.
 `597 crore for Kanpur Metro Rail
 `478 crore is proposed for Agra Metro Rail
 `1,326 crore is proposed for the Delhi-
Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor.
 `100 crore is proposed for the metro rail projects
in Varanasi, Gorakhpur and other cities
Education
`26,269core +
 `3,406 crore for the mid-day meal programme
 `18,172 crore for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyaan
 `40 crore is for free Uniform and 110 crore for
school bags yearly to students of I to VIII
 `300 crore for shoes shocks and sweaters
to all primary students
 `90 crore made for Sainik Schools
 `200 crore for development of infrastructure
facilities in Madhyamik schools
 `05 crore made for the construction of aided
Secondary Schools building, establishment facility
in Government Sanskrit Schools, formation of
Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Education Directorate and
Uttar Pradesh Secondary Sanskrit Education
Council office building
 `15 crore for development of Captain Manoj
Kumar Pandey, Sainik School, Sarojninagar,
doubling its capacity, construction of hostel of
150 capacity for girl cadets and construction of
one thousand capacity auditorium
 ` 100 crore is proposed to complete the
Government Inter Colleges.One state university
will be set up in each of the un-served
divisions of the state.
 `200 crore for construction of Government
Degree College buildings
Medical
` 8836 crore
 `50 crore for Covid-19. vaccination scheme
 `5395 crore for Rashtriya Gramin Swasthya Mission
 `1300 crore for Ayushman Bharat Yojana
 `142 crore made for Ayushman Bharat- Mukhyamantri
Jan Arogya Yojan
 `320 crore for Pradhanmantri Matritva Vandana Yojana
 `1073 crore for diagnostic infrastructure
 `425 crore for Urban Health and Arogya Centres
 `54 crore for strengthening the State Drug Control System
 `77 crore for establishment of block level Public Health Units
COVID-19
VACCINE
Urban Devp.
`14,499 cr
 `10,029 crore for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Shahri)
 `2,200 crore under the Amrut Yojna.
 `2,000 crore under the Smart City Scheme in10
selected cities
 `175 crore for the Rajya Smart City Yojna -develop
10 Nagar Nigams as smart and safe cities.
 `80 crore is proposed for the Kanha Gaushala evam
Besahara Pashu Aashray Yojana.
 `5 crore for the construction of a park / exhibition
site / auditorium in memory of the martyrs.
CAPITAL SPECIAL
 A provision of Rs 100 crore has been
made for setting up for Atal Behari
Vajpayee University in Lucknow.
 A biosafety level-4 lab will be set
up under Institute of Virology and
Infectious disease with the help of
KGMU, AKTU and CDRI.
 Another Rs Rs 50 crore has been
set aside for a Rashtriya Prerna
Sthal in Lucknow
By no reduction in allocation of budget, UP has shown that the pandemic was only an opportunity
to stand stronger after the storm.
Hits Misses: Where this budget stands against 2020-21
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

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23 02 2021
`510 crore
`300 CRORE BUDGET PROPOSED FOR SPECIAL SCHEMES
OF PURVANCHAL. BUDGET OF `210 CRORE PROPOSED FOR
SPECIAL SCHEMES OF BUNDELKHAND REGION
OVERVIEW
STATE
BUDGET
2021-22
2030
Target fixed under
Rastriya Pashu Rog
Niyantran Karayakaram, a
to eliminate the mouth and
foot disease by the year
2030 in the state
`243cr
for ‘Pradhanmantri
Matsya Sampada Yoja-
na’.02 lakh fishermen to be
covered for free Premium
under Machhuwa Durghat-
na Beema Yogna
`400cr
for the Pradhanmantri
Sookshm Khadya Udyog
Unnayan Yojana and `40cr
for implementation of Uttar
Pradesh Food Processing
Industry Policy,2017.
`400cr
under the Interest Subsidy
Scheme to provide conces-
sional loan to the farmers.
`150 crore for advance
storage of chemical
fertilizers
`10L
Interest-free loans up
to `10 lakh for reserved
category beneficiaries and
general category women
under the Mukhyamantri
Gramodyog Rozgar Yojana.
`10L
Interest-free loans up to
10 lakh at 4 percent annual
interest for male
beneficiaries of general
category under the
Mukhyamantri Gramodyog
Rozgar Yojana.
`10cr
`10 crore to preserve / pro-
mote the art and artisans of
traditional Matikala
25,000
Target to generate 25,000
employment in the field of
textiles with power supply
to power loom weavers by
the state government at
a subsidized rate.
Establishment of
Electronic City on Yamuna
Expressway near
Jewar Airport and Defense
Electronics Manufacturing
Cluster in Bundelkhand.
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PROVISION FOR
I think the budget
is working towards
the empowerment of
women be it through the
laptops proposed to be given to
young girls or more employment
to women under the Atma Nirbhar
Krishik Samanvit Vikas Yojana. I
think it’ll work towards overall bet-
terment of people.
— Vandana Sehgal,
Principal Dean, Faculty of
Architecture, AKTU, Lucknow.
I think the budget I’m happy with the new
budget with all the new
schemes for infrastruc-
ture development taking
place, but as a housewife I was
looking forward to seeing some
subsidies in the basic home
necessities. Apart from that I’m
glad to see the education sec-
tor getting a boost, which I think
would help a lot of kids get better
higher education.
—Preity Gupta, Homemaker.
The budget has a lot of
new and action packed
fund allocation for infra-
structure, which will push
the state GDP. A little more focus
could have been put to lower tax on
certain products to provide relief to
citizens. Also, I am ecstatic about
Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangal
Yojana, under which the government
has allocated Rs 1,200-cr to give
tablets to girl students.
— Roshni Gupta, Communication
Design student, Pearl Academy.
The budget is good in a few aspects,
especially in terms of increase in funds
for schemes like MNREGA, Aatmnirbhar
Bharat and Mukhya Mantri Samagra Sampada
Vikas Yojna etc but these funds are likely to face a
downside if the ongoing hike in petrol and diesel
isn’t slashed. The price of commodities will in
turn rise, making it difficult for the working class.
— Asma Hussain,
Fashion Designer philanthropist.
EDU BOOST PLEASES BUT PRICES PINCH
Shishir Awasthi
he last full budg-
et of the state
before the As-
sembly elections
next year re-
ceived mixed reactions
and was seen trending in
social media.
The budget on one
hand was described as
focused on development
while many criticised for
beingmade keeping in
mind the upcoming elec-
tions. Some were even of
the opinion that Ayod-
hya is being made an
election issue and the
Yogi government will
use the Ram card to re-
tain power in the state.
The budget of Yogi
Government was being
presented in the paper-
less mode and soon the
pictures of Finance Min-
ister Suresh Khanna pre-
senting the budget from
an Apple tab went viral
in social media.
Ayodhya once again
has found its place in the
budget as Rs 140 -crore
has been allocated for the
complete development of
Ayodhya. The airport
coming in Ayodhya will
be named as Maryada
Purshottam Shriram
Airport and a provision
of Rs 101 crore has been
made for it. In his budget
speech, the minister also
announced funds up-
wards of Rs 300 crore for
the Ram Temple.
CM Yogi’s tweet about
the budget read, “This
budget gives new flight
to hope, energy and new
possibilities of Uttar
Pradesh amidst the trag-
edy of global epidemic
corona”. BJP ministers
and leaders replied to
the tweet of Chief Min-
ister of UP with hash
tags #YogiJiKaVikas_
Budget.
But the Opposition
took a dig at the govern-
ment’s focus on Ayodhya
and hash tags like #Ayo-
dhya and #Modi_rojgar_
do among others were
seen trending in Twitter.
Sanjay Singh of AAP
put up a tweet on the
budget which stated “
Adityanath ji’s budget is
a ‘laffaazi budget’ which
does not focus on either
farmers, youth, children
or women and there is no
word about payments of
Rs 10,000 crore arrear
payments to sugarcane
farmers?” he asked.
BSPsupremoMayawa-
ti tweeted, “The BJP gov-
ernment’s budget pre-
sented in the UP Legisla-
tive Assembly is like the
budget of the Central
Government which has
no solution for overcom-
ing unemployment. Just
like the Central Govern-
ment’s budget, the state
budget is also an attempt
to entice public with
promise and beautiful
dreams.”
T
MIXED RESPONSE TO
YOGI’S ‘POLL BUDGET’
New flight to hope, tweets CM; AAP, BSP say no focus on youth, farmers
SOCIAL MEDIA ABUZZ
LALLU TWEETS
Hashtags in support and against the budget started trending on social media platforms from the
morning on the budget day on Monday.
First India Bureau
he Yogi Gov-
ernment al-
located a
huge chunk
of funds to
bankroll expressways
andairportsprojectsin
the state.
Of the four express-
ways, while work on
three is already under-
way, the bigggest allo-
cation was made for
the proposed 594-km
Ganga Expressway
.
The government has
made a provision of
Rs 7,200 crore for land
acquisiton for the pro-
ject. To improve air
connectivity and boost
tourism, the govern-
ment has allocated
over Rs 2,100 crore for
airports in the state
aside from Rs 100 crore
for Ayodhya airport.
Of this Rs 2,000 crore
has been allocated for
the international air-
port in Jewar, and for
the development and
expansion of two
smaller airports in
Chitrakoot and Sonb-
hadra. Work on the
first phase of the Noi-
da International Air-
port is underway
. The
airport, being built at
an estimated cost of Rs
29,560 crore, is touted
to be the biggest in In-
dia upon completion.
The budget also pro-
posed to establish an
electronic city along
the Yamuna Express-
way near the airport in
Jewar.
For the three under-
construction express-
ways, the government
has allocated over Rs
3,450 cr — Rs 1,492-cr
for 296-km Bun-
delkhand Expressway,
Rs 1,107-cr for 340-km
Purvanchal Express-
way and Rs 870-cr for
the91-kmlongGorakh-
pur Link Expressway
.
The budget also al-
located Rs 1,326-cr for
Delhi-Meerut Rapid
Rail and Rs 100-cr each
for metro rail in Gora-
khpur and Varanasi.
T
Big push for road
network, metro rail
and air connectivity
FOCUS INFRA
This first ever paperless budget of UP
worth around Rs 5.50L crore has envisaged
financial security of farmers and women
empowerment. Education sector has been
strengthened. The budget has taken us towards the
one trillion dollar economy goal. It has touched the
main points of all classes. Focus on skill develop-
ment, employment generation and infrastructure
development will take UP to the next level.
— Sharad Jaipuria,
Chairman FICCI UP State Council.
The budget is focused
mainly on infrastructure,
which is great. I also like
how the tourism industry
has been given a boost in Ayodhya,
which will gather a whole new lot
of tourists due to Ram Mandir. I
would’ve appreciated more if the
education sector was given more
funds to improve its quality, which is
not too good due to either electricity
or internet or just educators.
—Akarshan Jaiswal, Scholar of
Computer Engineering, GL Bajaj College.

LUCKNOW | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021
07
UTTAR PRADESH
First India Bureau
Gorakhpur: Actress
Deepika Singh was
full of praise for CM
Yogi Adityanath for
transforming Gora-
khpur to be on par
with metro cities. She
even praised the
roads of the city for
being wide as well as
clean.
Deepika who was in
the city to attend the
two-day grand textile
exhibition and fash-
ion fiesta organised
by Poddar Textile at
Hotel Radisson Blu
while speaking to the
reporters said that
the people of Gorakh-
pur have welcomed
her with warmth and
the event feels more
like a family event.
The actress added
that the country’s
economy is coming
back on track after re-
covering from COVID
pandemic.
Welcoming Deepika
at the press confer-
ence, Vineet Poddar
of Poddar Textile said
that at the fashion
show and exhibition,
businessmen from
Gorakhpur and ad-
joining districts as
well as Bihar were in
attendance.
He added that this
would be Purvan-
chal’s first show
where the 95 percent
of invitees werein at-
tendance.
Mahesh Poddar
said that a large num-
ber of people have
participated in this
fashion fiesta and the
trade exhibition in
Gorakhpur is the only
one in which both
producers and sellers
are meeting at the
same place.
Kunj Bihari Poddar,
director of Poddar
Textile, said that in
the two-day fashion
show and textile exhi-
bition the county’s
prestigious brands
Kalashree, Pratibha
Fashion, Manish Tex-
tiles, NS Studio,
Varun Fashion,
Shubh Laxmi, Kalista
Fashion, Subhash
Sari and Poddar Tex-
tile were prominently
featured.
Abhishek Poddar
said that Deepika Sin-
gh honored some dis-
tinguished business-
men and directors by
providing memen-
toes.
Ankur Poddar said
that a lucky draw was
held for the mer-
chants in which LED
TV was given away as
the first prize. Apart
from Navin Paldiwal,
Piyush Jain, Khushal
Khattar, directors of
many companies were
present in the event.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Yogi Adity-
anath who has been
breaking records as the
Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh has added an-
other feather to his cap.
Yogi Adityanath, who
holds the record for be-
ing the longest-serving
CM of the BJP in Uttar
Pradesh,isnowthefirst
BJP Chief Minister in
Uttar Pradesh to pre-
sent five budgets in his
tenure. This would be
the fifth and final budg-
et of this tenure of Yogi
Adityanath’s govern-
ment in the state.
CM Yogi Adityanath
along with Finance
MinisterSureshKumar
Khanna arrived in Vid-
han Bhavan to present
the budget on Monday
in the budget session of
the Legislature. The Fi-
nance Minister Suresh
KumarKhannapresent-
ed a total budget of
worth Rs. 5,50,270 Crore
for the FY 2021-22.
CM Yogi Adityanath
presented the last budg-
et of his tenure in this
governmentandassoon
as this budget was pre-
sented in the Vidhan
Sabha, his name was
etched in the records
book as he becomes the
first Chief Minister of
the BJP government in
Uttar Pradesh under
whose supervision the
budget was presented
for the fifth consecutive
time. Earlier, Kalyan
Singh, Ram Prakash
Gupta and Rajnath Sin-
gh were also Chief Min-
isters of Uttar Pradesh,
butnoonecouldpresent
the budget more than
three times.
YogiAdityanathholds
a lot records as it is him
who put Uttar Pradesh
at the top in regards to
the development works,
work under Swachh
BharatMissionandhav-
ing conducted the most
coronavirus tests in the
country among all the
statesinthecountry
.The
tableauof UttarPradesh
was also declared the
best tableau in the coun-
try in the Republic Day
parade of this year. Dur-
ing the COVID pandem-
ic period, Kumbh was
organized in Prayagraj
under the leadership of
Chief MinisterYogiAdi-
tyanath, who held con-
stant meetings with
Team-11 and reviewed
everycornerof thestate
and made sure the event
was a successful one.
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi has been
continuously giving de-
velopment works in Ut-
tar Pradesh under the
Yogi government as an
example to Chief Minis-
ter of other state of the
country
. PM Modi has
been vocal in praising
CM Yogi Adityanath for
his hard work and dedi-
cation towards develop-
ment works in the state.
YogiAdityanathgovern-
ment’s One District One
Product scheme is also
being praised by public.
Thebudgetpresented
by the Yogi government
for the FY 2021-22 is the
largest budget to be pre-
sented in the history of
Uttar Pradesh.
ADITYANATH NOW FIRST BJP CM IN UP
TO PRESENT 5 BUDGETS IN HIS TENURE
First India Bureau
Amethi: After making
a dent in the Congress
stronghold, Union Min-
ister Smriti Irani has
now completed prepa-
rations to set her roots
down in Amethi.
The Union Minister
got the deed of land in
the Deputy Registrar
Office of Gauriganj
Tehsil on Monday
.
The Union Minister
said that from now on
the Amethi’s MP will
stay with the people of
Amethi and the Bhoo-
mi Pooja will soon be
done in presence of vil-
lagers.
The Union Minister
has purchased the land
which belonged to
Phoolmati in the area
136Air,GauriganjMed-
an Mavai at a price of
Rs. 12,06,000.
Phoolmati’s son
Gaya Prasad Pandey
andJanSinghwerepre-
sent as witnesses.
Smriti, who defeated
RahulGandhi,hasbeen
continuously active
since the 2014 general
electionsandthepeople
of Amethi affectionate-
ly call her as ‘Didi’.
The Amethi public
placed their trust on
Smriti Irani and she
was elected as MP
from here dethroning
Rahul Gandhi. In a
program in Tiloi, she
had announced of
building a house in
Amethi and looks like
she will soon start re-
siding in Amethi.
‘Experienced Rajnath
should come forward for
discussion with farmers’
Deepika all praise for Yogi for putting Gorakhpur at par with metros
Smriti signs deed of land for building residence in Amethi
Smriti Irani
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Naresh Ti-
kait, the national presi-
dent of the Bharatiya
Kisan Union (BKU) who
took part in an event af-
ter reaching Dhanaura
village in Hapur said
that he discussed about
the issue of the three
agricultural laws of the
Central government
with the farmers. He
added that the farmers
have faith on Rajnath
Singh who has a lot of
experience and that he
should come forward in
the discussion regard-
ing the farmers.
Naresh Tikait
claimed that he was not
being allowed to speak
on the issue of farmers’
interests and that the
Agricultural law is a
national issue. He add-
ed that the central gov-
ernment should include
former Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and
LK Advani in the talks
for these issues.
BKU leader Naresh
Tikait claimed that Ag-
riculture Minister Nar-
endra Singh Tomar has
been restrained from
speaking about issue
just like Union Minister
Sanjeev Balyan. He add-
ed that they should be
allowed to speak their
mind and that Sanjeev
Balyan is stuck between
the farmers and the
government.
Naresh Tikait said
that there is an atmos-
phere of panic among
BJP workers and that if
the condition remains
the same then about 100
MP’s will revolt imme-
diately. He added that
the atmosphere in the
villages is bad and he
had warned Sanjeev
Balyan about the same.
Naresh Tikat said that
as the mistake is made
from the government
end, the government
will have to come for-
ward to resolve the
issue.
File photo of Naresh Tikait with Rajnath Singh.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
There is an atmosphere
of panic among BJP
workers and that if the
condition remains the
same then about 100
MP’s will revolt
immediately. the
atmosphere in the
villages is bad and he
had warned Sanjeev
Balyan about the
same. the government
will have to come
forward to resolve
the issue
—Naresh Tikait
BKU national president
Actress Deepika Singh
Plea in Allahabad HC
to take cognisance of
Unnao double murder
First India Bureau
Prayagraj: A
letter-petition has
been sent to the
Chief Justice of the
Allahabad High
Court requesting
him to take cogni-
zance in the matter
of the suspected
murder of two mi-
nor dalit girls and
the critical condi-
tion of the third un-
der mysterious cir-
cumstances in the
Babuhara village
under Asoha police
station in the Un-
nao district of Uttar
Pradesh.
In the letter peti-
tion, which has
been sent by one
Nilim Dutta, who is
chairman of Uni-
fied People’s Move-
ment, it has been
stated that it does
not inspire any con-
fidence that the Un-
nao police would do
justice in this pre-
sent case.
In this backdrop
of the situation, the
petitioner has re-
quested court to
take cognizance of
the matter and
bring under its su-
pervision the inves-
tigation of the case
and to hand it over
to the Central Bu-
reau of Investiga-
tion (CBI).
Besides, the peti-
tioner has also re-
quested the court to
direct the UP gov-
ernment to shift the
lone minor survi-
vor, who is in criti-
cal condition by air-
ambulance with a
team of specialist
doctors to the
AIIMS, New Delhi.
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meeting Dr Roger
Gopaul, High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. “We
had discussion on various aspects of mutual cooperation and exchanged
thoughts on our shared cultural values,” the CM said.
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While PM Modi’s ‘Poriborton’ (change) jibe may have been targeted for West Bengal, it appeared to have a far reaching effect. On one hand, a ‘change’ occurred in continuance of
Pudduchery govt where its CM failed to prove majority resigned. But that was not all, perhaps the most hardened agitators of recent years, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, also un-
derwent a ‘poriborton’ of heart and agreed to another rounds of talks with Centre, which on Monday went back to the drawing board to assess the situation posed after ‘poriborton’
i.e. spike in corona cases in few states. In Mumbai, the stock market continued its slump for 5th day; another ‘poriborton’ after rising several points post Union Budget.
GUJARAT RAJYA SABHA BYPOLLS:
BJP WINS BOTH SEATS UNOPPOSED
NEWS DIGEST
Ahmedabad: BJP nominees Dineshchandra Ana-
vadiya and Rambhai Mokariya were on Monday
declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from
Gujarat as the Opposition Congress did not field
candidates for the two vacant seats, one of which
was held by its veteran leader Ahmed Patel.
Elections to 2 seats were held following demise of
Patel and BJP’s Abhay Ganpatray Bhardwaj.
UP PRESENTS
`5.5 L CRORE
BUDGET
IRAQI ROCKETS
TARGET US
EMBASSY
Lucknow: Yogi
Adityanath-led UP
govt on Monday pre-
sented `5,50,270.78
cr budget for 2021-22
in Assembly. With
Assembly polls a year
away, budget included
various new schemes.
Baghdad: At least 3
rockets targeted the
US embassy on Mon-
day in high-security
Green Zone of Iraq’s
capital Baghdad, local
security sources told
AFP. The attack is
third in a week.
Puducherry: Amid a
spate of resignations
including Congress
MLAs A John Kumar
and Lakshmi Naray-
anan and DMK MLA K
Venkatesan in the Pu-
ducherry assembly re-
sulting in a floor test,
Puducherry Chief Min-
ister V Narayanaswa-
my on Monday submit-
ted his resignation to
Lieutenant Governor
Tamilisai Soundarara-
jan after losing the ma-
jority in the Assembly
during the floor test.
Puducherry Lt Gov-
ernor Tamilisai Sound-
ararajan had ordered a
floor test in assembly
on February 22. The UT
is going to Assembly
polls later this year. The
dates are yet to be an-
nounced.
Assembly Speaker VP
Sivakolundhu an-
nounced that the Chief
Minister has failed to
prove his majority and
adjourned the house
sine die. Meanwhile, the
TreasuryBenchesraised
theissueof votingrights
to nominated MLAs.
Shortly before the result
of the floor test, Naraya-
nasamy alleged that the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)wasforciblytrying
to implement Hindi in
theUT,whichfollowsthe
two-language system.
—ANI
Puducherry CM
resigns after losing
majority in Assembly
New Delhi: After cer-
tain sections of media
recently reported on
CentralPoliceForcesbe-
ing sent specifically to
Stateof WestBengal,the
Election Commission of
India has negated the
point stressing that it is
a standard practice for
Central Police Forces to
be deployed for advance
area domination.
“Central Police Forc-
es (CPFs) are routinely
sent to all the States and
UTs where elections are
totakeplace,foradvance
area domination, espe-
cially in the vulnerable
sectorswhichareidenti-
fied by meticulous ad-
vance reviews and con-
crete feedback from
various sources includ-
ing political parties and
entities. This practice is
going on since late
1980s,” the ECI said in a
release.
Notably, during LS
elections 2019 also, Cen-
tral Forces were sent to
all States and UTs and
the same has been done
inallStateElectionstoo.
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court on Monday
sought responses of
Congress president So-
nia Gandhi, her son Ra-
hul and others who are
accused in the National
Herald case following a
plea by BJP MP Subra-
manian Swamy seek-
ing to lead evidence
before the trial court.
Justice Suresh Kait,
while issuing notice to
the Gandhis, AICC gen-
eral secretary Oscar
Fernandes, Suman
Dubey
, Sam Pitroda and
Young India (YI),
sought their stand on
Swamy’s plea by April
12 and stayed the pro-
ceedings in the case till
then.
Advocate Satya Sab-
harwal, appearing
for the BJP MP,
and advocate
Tarannum Cheema, ap-
pearing for the Gandhis
and others, confirmed
that the high court has
issued notice in the
matter and stayed the
trial court proceedings
till April 12.
Mumbai: Mohan
Delkar,aseven-time
MP from Dadra and
Nagar Haveli, was
found dead at a hotel
in Mumbai’s Marine
Drive, Maharashtra
on Monday
. Delkar,
who was staying in a
sea-facing room on
fifth floor of the Sea
Green Hotel, alleg-
edly died by suicide
by hanging.
His body has been
sentforpostmortem.
Mumbai Police said
that a suicide note
has been found and
an investigation is
underway
. The exact
cause of death will
be known after post-
mortem is conduct-
ed. The body was
taken to JJ Hospital
for postmortem
while several senior
police officials
reached the hotel.
Police officials from
Marine Drive were
questioning the ho-
telstaff togetdetails.
Mohan Sanjibhai
Delkar, 58, was an
Independent Mem-
ber of Parliament.
He is survived by
wife, a son and a
daughter.
Dadra
Nagar Haveli
MP dies by
suicide
HC seeks reply from Sonia,
Rahul over Swamy’s plea
NATIONAL HERALD CASE CPFs sent routinely to
poll-bound states: ECI
Hooghly: Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi on
Monday asserted that
poll-bound West Bengal
has made up its mind for
‘poriborton’ (change).
During his second vis-
it to the state this month,
PM inaugurated the ex-
tension of Metro Rail-
way from Noapara to
Dakshineswar and flag
off the first service on
this 4.1 km stretch con-
structed at a cost of `464
crore. While addressing
a public meeting in
Hooghly, PM said, “To-
day, Bengal is taking a
big step to prove its re-
solve for fast develop-
ment.” Addressing the
huge crowd at the meet-
ing, PM Modi said, “This
enthusiasm and energy
by all of you is sending a
message from Kolkata to
Delhi. Now West Bengal
has made up its mind for
‘poriborton’ (change).”
In West Bengal, the
Prime Minister will in-
augurate the extension
of Metro Railway from
Noapara to Dakshine-
swar. —ANI
Dhemaji: Taking a shot at the previous govern-
ments for neglecting the state of Assam, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that
despite the state’s great potential, it was given
a ‘sautela’ treatment and its development
needs were overlooked in various sec-
tors. Speaking at the launch of vari-
ous projects in Silapathar, PM said,
“Centre and Assam governments
working collaboratively to develop
State infrastructure. Despite the
State having great potential, the
former governments gave it
‘sautela’ treatment by overlooking
development in various sectors.”
“Bet it, connectivity, hospitals,
educational institutions were not
in the priority list of the previous
New Delhi: Noting the coun-
try’s growing capabilities in the
Defence sector, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Monday said India
is exporting defence equipment to more
than 40 countries and working towards
becoming one of the major exporters in the
world. Speaking at the webinar for effective
implementation of Union Budget provisions
in the Defence Sector, PM Modi said, “To-
day, we are exporting defence equipment
to more than 40 countries. We have to
come out of the list of importing nations
in the defence sector and become a
major exporter in the sector. P5
PM SETS STAGE
FOR ‘DESI’
WEAPONS
WEST BENGAL MADE UP ITS MIND
FOR CHANGE, ASSERTS PM MODI
Sensex sinks 1,145 pts; Nifty drops below 14,700
Mumbai: Equity in-
vestors lost over Rs
1,000 crore every min-
ute on Manic Monday
as traders dumped
shares, spooked by
reemerging cases in
some pockets of In-
dia. Rising bond
yields and extreme
volatility also added
to the mayhem.
Extending its loss-
esforthefifthstraight
session, equitybench-
mark Sensex plum-
meted 1,145 points on
Monday, tracking
heavy losses in index
majors Reliance In-
dustries, HDFC and
TCS amid negative
cues from global mar-
kets.
The 30-share BSE
index ended 1,145.44
points or 2.25 per cent
lower at 49,744.32. The
broader NSE Nifty
sank 306.05 points or
2.04 per cent to finish
at 14,675.70.
Dr Reddy’’s was the
toploserintheSensex
pack, shedding
around 5 per cent, fol-
lowed by MM, Tech
Mahindra, Axis
Bank, IndusInd Bank
and TCS.
Bearish Dalal
Street slews
investors’ 3.8
lakh cr rupees as
shares plunge for
5th day straight
Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi
V. Narayanasamy submitted the letter of the resignation of the chief
minister and his Council of Ministers to Lt. Governor Dr Tamilisai
Soundararajan, in Puducherry on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Sunil Arora
‘ASSAM IGNORED BY PAST GOVTS’
After 22 years,main accused
in Odisha gangrape case held
New Delhi: The Odisha
police on Monday ar-
rested the prime ac-
cused in the sensational
gangrape case involv-
ing the estranged wife
of an IFS officer, after
22 years from Maha-
rashtra. The case had
created a political up-
roar in the state leading
to the resignation of the
then Chief Minister of
Odisha, JB Patnaik, in
1999.
Bibekananda Biswal
alias Biban was arrest-
ed by the Twin city com-
missionerate police
from Aamby Valley in
Lonavala where he
worked as a plumber.
“We have launched “Op-
eration Silent Viper” to
track and arrest the ac-
cused. Our teams were
active in Maharashtra
after having received a
tip off about his where-
abouts and we were
working closely with
the Maharashtra police.
He was working there
under a fake identity of
Jalandhar Swain at
Idyllic resorts,” Com-
missioner Sudhanshu
Sarangi said.
Three persons in-
cluding the accused had
allegedly raped the sur-
vivor, who was 29 then,
inside a car in front of
her friend. The case
was reported on Janu-
ary 9, 1999. —Agencies
Bhima Koregaon case: HC
grants bail to ailing Rao
Mumbai: The Bombay
High Court on Monday
granted interim bail
for six months on med-
ical grounds to ailing
poet and activist Vara-
vara Rao, an accused
in the Elgar Parishad-
Maoist links case.
A bench of Justices
S S Shinde and Manish
Pitale took into ac-
count the advanced age
of Rao (82), his “pre-
carious” health condi-
tion, quality of medi-
cal aid provided to him
in prison, and medical
facilities available at
the Taloja prison in
neighbouring Navi
Mumbai, while holding
that his case was “fit
and genuine for grant
of relief ”. Rao is cur-
rently admitted in Na-
navati Hospital located
in Mumbai. —ANI
SC allows Karti to
travel abroad with
condition
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day allowed Congress
MP Karti Chidambar-
am, who is being inves-
tigated in the INX Me-
dia case, to travel
aboard on the condition
that he will have to de-
posit an amount of Rs 2
crores and submit his
detailed itinerary be-
fore travelling.
Earlier this month, a
Delhi court had per-
mitted the Central Bu-
reau of Investigation
(CBI) to investigate
documents it has re-
cently received from
Swiss authorities in
the INX Media case in-
volving former finance
IN THE COURTYARD
SC issues
notice to FRL,
others on
Amazon plea
The Supreme
Court on Mon-
day sought re-
sponses from
Future Retail
Ltd and others
on Amazon’s
plea against the
Delhi High
Court direction
to maintain sta-
tus quo on the
Future-Reliance
deal.A bench
comprising Jus-
tices R F Nari-
man B R Gavai
issued notices to
Future Retail

istory repeats itself
and so does fashion.
It’s a source of confi-
dence and contem-
porary lifestyle.
Fashion is an art, an
expression and an
exhibition of freedom.
Looking at fashion down
the years, it surely has
changed its course from prim
and proper dresses to more
freestyle mom jeans and bag-
gy sweatshirts.
Today, City First will take
you on a vicarious fashion
journey through the decades
and the stark contrast be-
tween these styles.
Fashion evolution through
every decade was gleaming
with trends that defined that
era like when Madonna re-
leased her 1986 music video
for “Papa Don’t Preach,” she
brought the punk style, and
leather jackets, more into the
mainstream.
This gave rise to metal and
gothic punk style while the
disco from the early 80s’ took
a hike.
While the ‘80s were all
about dark stiff and power
dressing, it soon faded when
the flowy, silky satin dress
took over. With supermodels
like Kate Moss, Cindy Craw-
ford strutting on ramps in
backless black LBD and their
Indian contemporaries like
Sushmita Sen and Malaika
Arora donning silk halter
neck tops, chiffon sarees and
cuts which were peculiar and
unconventional.
The ‘90s was also the
prime of athleisure ac-
tivewear. It was the incep-
tion of baggy jeans and dad
sneakers coming into main-
stream as a fashion staple.
It was the ‘90swhen Cher
Horowitz taught us any-
thing in ‘Clueless’, it’s that
plaid sets can look incredi-
bly chic.
Then came the 2000s which
redefined fashion when peo-
ple started following pop
stars, celebrities like Paris
Hilton and Britney Spears
were the fashion inspiration.
Fast forward to the cur-
rent decade where
the lines between
haute couture
and everyday
fashion be-
c a m e
blurred, as
s t a t e m e n t
pieces took
over red carpets and
streets alike. From pick-
ing up platform heels
from the ‘80s to bring-
ing back the sexy crop
tops from the ‘90s, it’s a
generation of revisit-
ing. It’s the romanticism
of silhouettes and the
love for creativity
that causes the
emergence of new
trends and we
thank designers
who crafted
them.
MONICA PRABHAKAR
cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com
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Chronicles!
Today, City First will take you on a vicarious fashion journey
through the decades and the stark contrast between these styles!

leep is an integral
part of life, we
spend about one-
third of our lifes-
pan sleeping, yet
manyof usknowso
muchlessaboutthe
phenomenon of sleep. For
centuries, sleep was consid-
eredapassiveactivitywhere
the brain and body become
dormant. It was only after
1950 that we started under-
standingthescienceof sleep
becauseof breakthroughsin
technology and realised that
sleep is a dynamic process
where the brain and body
rest and rejuvenate but
many parts of the brain stay
active to improve quality of
lifeandperhapsitslongevity
.
Sleephastwostages-Non-
REM (Rapid Eye Movement)
and REM. In the first one,
there are no eye movements
behind the closed eyelids
while in the second one the
eyes move rapidly behind
closed eyelids. Non- REM
(NREM) has four stages - in
the first stage you are in be-
tween being awake and fall-
ing asleep, then there is the
stage of light sleep when the
bodytemperaturedropslow-
er, heart rate and breathing
fall in a certain rhythm fol-
lowed by third and fourth
stages where your sleep gets
deeper and deeper and most
of the non-vital activities of
the brain are closed but even
then some parts of the brain
might be working silently to
improve memory and learn-
ing especially in children
and young. Each of the
NREM stages lasts between
5-15 minutes. Young people
get about 2 hours of this re-
storative sleep which gets
shorter and shorter as we
age and elderly people hard-
ly get 30 minutes of NREM
sleep.
DuringREMsleep,breath-
ingrategoesupandbecomes
irregular, brain waves occur
as during the awakened
state,thebodybecomespara-
lyzed, we cannot lift our
arms or legs as you might
have experienced during
somevividorfearfuldreams.
RME sleep usually begins 90
minutes after falling asleep.
RME sleep is much more in
children and helps them
learnandenhancesmemory
byplayingdreams.Thearms
and legs are paralyzed so
thatthedreamsarenotacted
upon otherwise the person
might hurt himself or some-
one sleeping nearby
. This
atonic temporary paralysis
is protective. RME sleep is
very important for mental
and physical growth, exces-
sive alcohol and antidepres-
sant drugs reduce it and
hence, cause migraine-like
headache, weight gain, poor
learning and daytime leth-
argy
. Poor REM sleep leads
to the abnormal leg and arm
movements, crying, shout-
ing and other noises during
sleep and are the cause of
alarm to family members.
As our knowledge stands
today
, the sleep circadian
rhythm is controlled by the
enigmatic pineal gland
which is believed to produce
the hormone of darkness’
melatonin which takes feed-
backs to the suprachiasmat-
ic nucleus - the Master Clock
- of the brain which then
brings about sleep. As the
name suggests, melatonin
production gets a bump up
as darkness spreads and the
body responds to sleep stim-
uli. This should emphasize
on us to start switching off
the lights of our household
as the sun starts its descent
to the north. Melatonin not
only induces sleep but also
has anti-inflammatory
, anti-
coagulant, antioxidant and
endothelium protective
properties, thereby
, making
sleep not only dozing off but
bringing about so many
unique benefits to it. The
‘darkness’ hormone has
some bright side with its in-
builtantivirusproperties-is
has proved useful in Ebola
virus infection. Its useful-
ness in Covid19 deserves a
deeper look. Turn to your
body when no external rem-
edy is found is a case of so
many dreaded diseases. You
are much more ‘naturally’
endowedthanyouhavebeen
made to believe.
Sleep, like so many things
in life have their share of
myths. One most commonly
heardisthatapersongoesto
sleepanytime,anywherethe
moment one gets a resting
place - be a chair or a sofa.
This isn’t great sleep, the
person might be suffering
from sleep deprivation or
sleep apnea. The true and
beneficial sleep is one ac-
cording to the circadian
rhythm and sleep clock of
the body
. Sudden sleepers
needmedicalconsultationto
rule out any pathology
.
People believe that they
can compensate for a night-
time sleep deficit by a day-
time nap. A power nap, post-
lunch, of between 15-30 min-
utes is fine but prolonged,
compensatorydaytimesleep
destroys the natural rhythm
and deprives the body of re-
storative benefits of night
sleep. Remember, sleep is as
important as success, give it
its due space.
One more common myth
that is especially prevalent
for successful people like
politicians, film stars, au-
thors and scientists is that
they sleep 4 to 5 hours a day
and still stay in an excellent
state. Such a possibility has
aone-in-fourmillionchance.
Mostly they sleep adequate-
ly but propagate the myth
for obvious publicity
. Sec-
ondly
, even if it is true then
there is always a possibility
of many disastrous mis-
takes for which the person
and in some cases innumer-
able people pay the price.
Haven’t you heard the say-
ing - big people make big
mistakes?
Another frequently no-
ticed belief is that you have
better sleep in a warm room
during winter. People use
heat blower or room heater
forthispurposebutthisisn’t
logical. To have a relaxing
and rejuvenating sleep, your
body temperature has to fall
a bit during the induction of
thesleepcycle.Thewarmair
won’t allow this to happen
and you will have poor sleep
and would wake up a bit
tired and lethargic. The best
option is a good quality quilt
or blanket.
Finally, philosophy plays
a great role in the sleep pat-
tern. Overthinking, ego,
sorrow, jealousy
, hate, anger
all these negative senti-
ments are thieves of sleep.
Have a philosophical atti-
tude to life. You are born as
a human being to observe
and experience life as well
as death and hence be a sim-
ple, witnessing conscious-
ness, nothing more. You be-
long to none and none be-
longs to you. Work logically
and with dedication, accept
the outcome of your labour
blissfully, it is immaterial
whether it is positive or neg-
ative and you will be blessed
with great sleep and, most
probably
, longer life.
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GEETANJALI CHAUHAN, Entertainer
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Your profession is likely to
go great guns, as you add
celebrities to your client
list. Good preparation is
likely to keep you ahead of others in a
competitive situation. Wealth comes
to some by way of inheritance. Those
suffering from a lifestyle disease will
manage to keep it under check.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Someone is testing your
patience, so remain cool.
Your performance at work
will remain consistent.
Total satisfaction is guaranteed in
something that you are pursuing on
the academic front. Marriage of
someone eligible in the family is
likely to be solemnised soon.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
There may be clash of
purpose between your
desire to buy quality stuff
and your wish for saving
money, so take the middle path. A
good companion promises to make a
long journey interesting.
Achievements of a family youngster
can make you proud.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You will be able to impress
all and sundry on the
professional front. Your cost
cutting measures are likely
to benefit you a lot. Maintaining a
balanced diet may begin to show on
your body earlier than expected.
Getting into a favourable situation on
the academic front is possible.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
This is the day when you
can struggle a bit on the
professional front. Remain
up to date with the course,
as a surprise test can be unleashed
anytime. An opportunity on the
financial front, if seized immediately,
can earn good returns. A diet plan
adopted recently will suit you.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Your good performance at
work will be noticed by
those who matter. Those
debuting on television or
films may find instant fame. Singles
may make efforts to win a romantic
dinner date with the one they secretly
love. Students should get the right
coaching to regain lost ground.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Money will not seem a
problem for those trying to
purchase a major
household item. Getting
work out of a new team may seem
tough. Spouse may ask for your time
and attention today for an important
discussion. A special treat awaits you
on the romantic front.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Your multitasking skills
may be much in demand
as you make it possible to
juggle different jobs at
work with ease. You will find yourself
fit and energetic. Luck shines on
your bank balance. Cupid may strike
its arrow across those looking for it
lately. You might befriend a stranger.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Doors to new opportunities
will open by meeting
people. Doing up the
property owned by you is
indicated and will be a step in the
right direction. Remain a little
tight-fisted on the financial front to
conserve money. Key to your good
health is constant workout.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You may need a good
resource to fund your
current venture. Good
news awaits some on the
academic front. You will be able to
achieve stability on the professional
front. An invitation to a party or
function can be expected and will
enable you to meet someone.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
A senior will appreciate
your skills in an event.
Those planning to set up a
side business are likely to
bring their ideas in execution. A
family youngster may look up to you
for guidance. You are likely to take
the initiative in getting something
constructed.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You may receive a payment
you had given up for lost.
Delegating work will lessen
your workload at office,
but do supervise the work. Today,
you may have to contend with some
unwanted guests preying on your
private time. Monetary benefits are
likely to come in a partnership.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING
SLEEP
SLEEP
DR RAMAWTAR
SHARMA
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K
ateHudsonrecentlyaddressed
the criticism that her movie
‘Music’ has been receiving for
its portrayal of autistic peo-
ple. The actress was asked about the
controversy during a recent appear-
ance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ where
she defended the film. She said, “I think
when people see the film, then they will
see the amount of love and sensitivity
that was put into it,” —ANI
Facingcriticism
G
ameof ThronesstarSophie
Turner celebrates her 25th
birthday on Sunday
. From
the thousands of wishes
thatfloodedTwitterandInstagram
for Sansa Stark, the most hilarious
one came from her brother-in-law,
Nick Jonas. Taking to Instagram,
Nick chose a photo from their
time in India during his wed-
ding to Priyanka Chopra to
wish Sophie. —Agency
igi Hadid
shared a sneak-
peek of how
her mother-
hood changed
her in her lat-
est posts on IG.
In the photo shared by
her, the playroom in-
cluded a cute little tee-
pee, loads of soft toys
andapersonalballpitas
well. Sharing her photos
from her early days of
pregnancy, Gigi looked
radiant as she flaunted
her growing bump in a
bikini. —Agency
T
riptiArora,aJaipur
based Fashion de-
signer is a perfect
example of excel-
ling in the profession
with passion. She is
currently a Head
designer with a
domestic line
based in Pink
City
. Along with being a pro-
fessional Fashion Designer,
she is a model with many
achievements in her cap.
During the conversation,
Tripti shared, “While pursu-
ing my course, I got a
chance to show-
case my design
and walk the
ramp at Delhi
Times Fash-
ion Week
2018. I al-
ways loved
to be on
t h e
stage,
whether it is for showcasing
my designs or being a model.”
While talking about her
passion,themodelsaid,“Love
forfashionstartedwhenIwas
a11-year-oldandwasawarded
‘Princess of Jodhpur 2008’.”
Her journey then contin-
ued and this year Tripti was
awarded ‘Elite Miss Ra-
jasthan Viewer’s choice 2020’.
Talking about her goal, she
said, “Being consistent to-
wards both designing and
modelling is too much fun as
I understand fashion from a
dual perspective. One day I
wish to have my own label.”
MITALI DUSAD
O
ne of the most popu-
lar literary festivals
in the world, the 14th
edition of JLF began
on Friday
, February 19, with
the inaugural keynote ad-
dress by author Sir Ian
Blatchford, Director and
Chief Executive of the Sci-
ence Museum Group and Dr
Tilly Blyth, Head of Collec-
tions and Principal Curator,
ScienceMuseum,London.In
its brand-new virtual plat-
form, one can experience
these iconic venues through
augmentedrealityasyouen-
tereachspaceandsitface-to-
face with your favourite
writer.Sunday morning wit-
nessed Gautam Choubey
andFrancescaOrsiniincon-
versation with Jatindra Ku-
mar Nayak with a reading
byManojBajpayee.Choubey
discussed how Phoolsunghi
is relevant to contemporary
readers. He said, “The book
celebrates those emotions
which you crave but are in-
capable of producing or
summoning.”
“My grandfather, Dr
Chandradhar Pandey
, was a
major Bhojpuri novelist. So
I could have chosen to trans-
late one of my own grandfa-
ther’s works, but I thought
this text will provide the
kind of visibility that Bho-
jpurineedsbecauseitbrings
togetherthestoryof Mahen-
dar Misir and is written by
an important figure in the
history of Bhojpuri litera-
ture.” he concluded.
www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia LUCKNOW | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021
M
akers of
R o o h i
dropped
the
film’s first song
Panghat on Mon-
day morning and
we got to see Jan-
hvi Kapoor in a
dual avatar.
While the trail-
er gave us a good
glimpse of Jan-
hvi’s adorable
and spooky ava-
tar, the song
shows two glam
sides of the ac-
tress.
While one is
Janhvi in bright
red bridal wear, the
other one shows
her in all black su-
per stylish outfit
with a striking
headpiece. In
other words, a
glamorous
witch.
—Agency
T
he Da-
dasa-
h e b
Phal-
ke Interna-
tional Film
F e s t i v a l
Awards 2021
were held in
Mumbai on
Saturday and
on the very
evening, late
actor Sush-
ant Singh Ra-
jput was hon-
oured with the Critics
Choice Award at the cer-
emony. The Dil Bechara
actor passed away tragi-
cally at his house in
Mumbai on June 14,
2020. —Agency
HONOURED
A
bhishek Bach-
chan an-
nounced his
forthcoming
film and shared the
first look too. Titled
Dasvi, in the poster, the
actor is seen in a rug-
ged avatar with a salt-
and-pepper beard and
gold earrings. Going by
the title, Abhishek
seems to be a man who
hasn’t even passed the
tenth grade. The actor
is showing an intense
yet funny look in the
poster which has
made fans excited
as ever.
—Agency
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Phoolsunghi is the first Bhojpuri novel to be
translated into English and opens up the local
culture and tradition to a larger audience!
SUSHMITA AIND
T
he third day of JLF
featured Chitra Ba-
nerjee Divakaruni,
Priya Atwal in a
panel discussion with
Navtej Sarna entitled ‘Ma-
harani Jindan Kaur: The
Rebel Queen’. Chitra and
Priyasharedtheirperspec-
tives of writing about the
unsung warrior of the
Sikh community
, Mahara-
ni Jinda. Chitra through
her novel ‘The Last Queen’
breatheslifeintoherbones
and brings alive her voice.
She mentions, “There has
not been enough writing
which has focused on her
romance, her chivalry
, I as
a novelist have taken that
opportunity to breathe life
into her. She was the
daughterof thecanalkeep-
er who further came to be
known as the Mother of
the Khalsa even for a brief
moment of time.”
Priya Atwal, a histori-
an, talks about Maharani
Jindan in ‘Royals and Re-
bels’. Unlike, Chitra, Priya
does not highlight her
character in her work but
creates a map of Queens.
For her, she is not just a
polite woman, but fierce
and dangerous.
The Rebel Queen
MITALI DUSAD
‘Q
ueersonof asin-
gle mother.’ This
is how Douglas
Stuart, Scottish-
American writer, who re-
cently won the 2020 Booker
Prize for his debut novel,
Shuggie Bain introduced
himself in his session with
writer and playwright Paul
McVeigh, on day 3 of the
acclaimed Jaipur Litera-
ture Festival 2021.
Stuart spoke about his
mother, on whom the
book’s character Agnes is
based. The session touched
upon many aspects of this
autobiographical debut
novel that reflected Stu-
art’s own life including be-
ing bullied in school, deal-
ing with feelings of inferi-
ority and being seen as the
child of an addict. When
Paul McVeigh asked about
the protagonist, Shuggie’s
isolation as a pre-teen, Stu-
art admitted that Shuggie,
in his confused idea of con-
formity, didn’t reject mas-
culinity; in fact, he craved
acceptance. He expressed
that the character is devoid
of ‘ease’ as he tries to strike
balance in life.
Reflecting upon life
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Passion for the
Passion for the profession!
profession!
KARISHMA
GWALANI
Karishma.gwalani
@firstindia.co.in
Unseen photos
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HBD Sophie!
Panghat
...her post
Gigi Hadid
Sophie Turner
...Nick’s post
Kate Hudson
Poster of the film
Janhvi Kapoor
During the virtual session
Book cover: Phoolsunghi
Tripti Arora

12
CITY BUZZ
COMBINING ART AND
EDUCATION: A JOURNEY
CITY FIRST EXCLUSIVELY SPOKE TO DR SEHGAL ABOUT HER INSIGHTFUL
JOURNEY FROM BEING AN ARTIST TO AN EDUCATOR!
eet Dr Van-
dana Sehgal,
principal
dean at the
Faculty of
A r c h i t e c -
ture, Abdul
Kalam Technical Uni-
versity (AKTU), Luc-
know. Dr Sehgal is
known for her astound-
ing artwork and solo
exhibitions like ‘Be-
tween Spaces’ and ‘Luc-
know- Ek Nazar’.
City First exclusively
spoke to Dr Sehgal
about her insightful
journey from being an
artist to an educator.
On being asked about
her transition between
two cities, Chandigarh
and Lucknow, Dr Van-
dana Sehgal, said, “I
was born in Chandi-
garh, a place which pro-
motes a self-reliant life-
style, especially for
girls. I’ve always been
in awe of the city’s
beauty and architec-
ture which ameliorated
the artist in me. But it
wasn’t until architec-
ture college that I real-
ised about my aesthetic
evolution as an artist as
well as an architect.”
She adds, “coming to
Lucknow was com-
pletely a choice to start
my journey as an edu-
cationist but some-
where in the past 25
years, I fell in love with
this city
. This city has a
soul and a way of ele-
gance that I imbibed
naturally
.”
Talking about what
she likes being better,
an academician or an
artist, she said, “I ad-
mire both. Since I’m an
avid reader, my art is
influenced by a strong
theoretical base, more
so than skills. So, it’s
like they’re intercon-
nected, my academics
informs my art and my
art informs my aca-
demics.”
Last but not the least,
talking about that one
piece of wisdom that Dr
Sehgal would like to im-
part as a word of knowl-
edge to the younger
women, she says, “Do
things that you like,
work in the direction
that makes you better
and happier. The larger
picture is always better
than what you’ve imag-
ined. So, just work hard
and don’t take the ups
and downs of life very
seriously
.”
In a man’s world, it’s
the woman like Dr Se-
hgal who prove their
worth through their ex-
perience, power, zeal
and much more making
all womanhood proud.
MONICA
PRABHAKAR
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
M
THE CURRENT
SCENARIO
B
lue Dart Express
Limited is an in-
ternational logis-
tics company
. es-
tablished in the year
1991. The company has
its registered office in
Mumbai.
“We have worked on
yieldrationalisationand
cost management, both
have helped us on im-
proving our topline and
bottom line. Make in In-
dia,AtmanirbharBharat
or be it 5 trillion econo-
my
, if we are going to
pursue that, all these are
goodindicatorsforusnot
only in short-term but
alsoforthelongterm.We
feel that we will have a
positive outlook for the
company
,” he said.
On margins and e-
commerce Gambhir
said, “E-commerce is
oneof themainverticals
for us and a critical one
for topline and bottom
line. There has been
good traction and good
volumegrowthine-com-
merce space.”
On the price increase,
Gambhir said, “We have
been taking price in-
crease and this year also
we have announced a
price increase effective
January 1st which is
currently being worked
upon and we are seeing
good traction on that.”
Onmarketshare,headd-
ed, “We have been grow-
ing market share post-
COVID and we have al-
ready reached pre-COV-
ID level.”
BOOK LAUNCH!
ENLIGHTENING SEMINAR!
CONCLUDED BEAUTIFULLY!
POETIC EVENING! BADMINTONTOURNAMENT! VACCINATED!
Jagdeesh Chandra released the book, ‘What Schools Must Teach’ at Lakshmi Niwas Hotel,
Bikaner on Monday. The book is a compilation of 10 articles published in various National
and International magazines. The articles have been authored by Kamlesh Chandra,
Chairman SHANA International School. The articles draw the readers attention vividly
towards the need for pedagogical innovation in the field of school education. They establish
the fact that Life Centric Education is the solution to most of the problems the world is
facing today. The book also speaks about the innovative practices of SHANA International
School, the Modern Gurukul.
Vani Awasthi, wife of DGP HC Awasthi
and Shweta Thakur wife of Police
Commissioner DK Thakur, organised
a seminar for the welfare of students
along with a career counselling session
in Reserve Police Lines, Lucknow on
Monday. An award ceremony was also
organised to motivate the students on
the occasion. Vani and Shweta wished
the students good luck for their future.
EVOKING
THOUGHTS
CITY FIRST
A
w o r k s h o p
was organ-
ised on story
writing, dedicated to
the youth in PLF on
Monday. Abhishek
Vijay, an upcoming
writer said, “I start
writing a story and it
never gets complet-
ed.” He shared this
concern in the ses-
sion ‘Kahani ki Kari-
gari - A workshop on
story writing’ with
other experienced
writers like
Satyanarayan, Ma-
hesh Katare, Charan
Singh Pathik, Uma
and Nitin Yadav
managed to evoke
many nuances for
story development.
While addressing
the youth, Mahesh
Katare said, “poetry
could be recited
alone but for a story,
you certainly need
one more person to
share it with.
Satyanarayan said
that one could lie in
love, one could even
cheat God but one
cannot lie in any art
form. —CITY FIRST
After the flower show at Governor
House garnered much love and
attention from the city folks,
Lucknow welcomed a beguiling
blossom for the second time in
the month. The two-day flower
exhibition that became a magnet
for all flora-enthusiasts and
budding floriculturists being
organised by the municipal
corporation at Dr SC Rai Park
concluded on Monday. Deputy
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,
Dr Dinesh Sharma awarded
the participants while the gardeners were honoured by Urban Development Minister
Ashutosh Tandon ‘Gopal’ on the occasion. Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia and Lucknow Municipal
Commissioner Ajay Dwivedi graced the occasion.
Poet Dr Kumar Vishwas spoke a lot about himself and his poetic journey in a motivational
dialogue session with the young writer Akshat Thapa on Sunday evening at the Gomtinagar
Indira Gandhi Foundation. Among the guests were Deputy Chief Minister Dr Dinesh Sharma,
MLA Dr Neeraj Bora, Commissioner of Police DK Thakur, Shailendra Sharma Atal.
A Women’s Badminton League was organised by Jazba Foundation at BBD Badminton
Academy, Lucknow on Sunday. Police commissioner DK Thakur graced the tournament
and awarded the winners. He was captured playing after the match.
Under the COVID-19 vaccination programme, IPS Akash
Tomar, SST Etawah and IPS Ankit Mittal, SP Chitrakoot took
coronavirus vaccine on Monday. The officers requested
everyone to get inoculated to win the war against COVID-19.
Dr Vandana Sehgal
Aneel Gambhir
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
—PHOTOS
BY
SUMIT
KUMAR
MITALI DUSAD
mitalidusad01@gmail.com
The logistics industry continues to be driven by the growing
customer expectations of convenience and quick deliveries.
CNBC-TV18 spoke to Aneel Gambhir, CFO of Blue Dart to
map the demand trends on Monday!

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