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State growth pegged at 6.8%, slightly behind India’s 7%
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Maharash-
tra’s economy is expect-
ed to grow by 6.8%
against India’s projected
7% growth in the outgo-
ing fiscal, the state’s an-
nual Economic Survey
report said.
Deputy Chief Min-
ister Devendra
Fadnavis who
also holds the
finance portfo-
lio tabled the
survey re-
port for
2022-23
in the
Assembly on Wednes-
day, a day ahead of the
state Budget.
Agriculture and allied
activities sector will
grow by 10.2% in 2022-23,
it said.
The industrial sector
is expected to grow by
6.1% and services sector
by 6.4%.
The figures mostly
showed decline com-
pared to 2021-22, when
the overall growth of the
state economy was 9.1%,
agriculture and allied
sector growth stood at
11.4%, industrial growth
at 3.8% and services sec-
tor growth was 10.6%.
As per advanced esti-
mates, the nominal (at
current prices) gross
state domestic product
(GSDP) for 2022-23 is ex-
pected to be Rs35,27,084
crore, the survey said.
The real (at constant
2011-12 prices), the GSDP
is expected to be
Rs21,65,558 crore.
The average share of
Maharashtra in the all-
India nominal GDP was
the highest among the
states at 14%, the report
said.
As per the advanced
estimates, the per capita
state income for 2022-23
is expected to be
Rs2,42,247 against
Rs2,15,233 in 2021-22.
Maharashtra stood
fifth in terms of per cap-
ita income in 2021-22
when Karnataka led the
states with a per capita
income of Rs2,78,786.
The percentage of fis-
cal deficit to GSDP is 2.5
and that of debt stock to
GSDP is 18.4.
Maharashtra received
119.8% of the normal
rainfall during 2022, the
report noted.
The Foreign Direct In-
vestment inflow during
April 2000 to September
2022 was Rs10,88,502
crore which was 28.5%
of the total FDI inflow in
the country, the report
said.
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MAHA ECONOMIC SURVEY 2022-23
Agriculture and
allied activities
will grow by
10.2% in 2022-
23, while the
industrial sector
is expected to
grow 6.1%
Manik Saha 2.0 in Tripura...
POWERED BY ‘BRAND MODI’
Architects of BJP’s Northeast
win; Modi, Shah, Nadda and
Himanta attended oath ceremony
Manik Saha takes oath as Chief
Minister of Tripura along with
eight-member cabinet team with him
Moni Sharma
Agartala: Manik Saha
took oath for the second
time as Tripura Chief
Minister on Wednesday
after the BJP clinched a
victory in the February
16 Assembly polls.
Eight other ministers
were sworn in on
Wednesday
.
During the oath cer-
emony here, top BJP
brass was accompanied
by Assam CM Himanta
BiswaSarma,Arunachal
CM Pema Khanda, Ma-
nipur CM N Biren Sin-
gh and Sikkim CM PS
Tamang. Also on the
stage was BJP’s Biplab
Deb, who was replaced
by Saha mid-term.
However, three cabi-
net berths have still
been kept vacant antici-
pating that the second
largestpartyTIPRAMo-
tha would join the gov-
ernment, if not, then
these would be filled up
in the next phase, the
BJP sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Tripura Governor SN Arya greets crowd in presence of Manik Saha and others during the oath-taking
ceremony of State CM-designate Manik Saha and newly sworn-in State Cabinet Ministers, at Swami Vivekananda Stadium, in Agartala.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
exchanges greetings with Amit
Shah, JP Nadda, Himanta Biswa
Sarma, N Biren Singh and Pema
Khandu in Agartala on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pats
on the shoulder of newly sworn-in
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha
at the Swami Vivekananda Stadium,
in Agartala on Wednesday.
THE NEW SAHA TEAM INCLUDES...
NO TALK OF ALLIANCE: TIPRA MOTHA
CHIEF AFTER MEETING SHAH, NADDA
IND VS AUS, 4TH TEST: PM MODI &
AUSTRALIA PM TO ATTEND TODAY
WAAH! PM NARENDRA MODI
CONGRATULATES SAHA
4new ministers was retained from previous govt. They
are Ratan Lal Nath, Pranajit Singha Roy , Shantana
Chakma and Sushanta Chowdhury. BJP inducted 3 new
ministers from within its ranks - Tinku Roy, a close
confidante of Biplab Deb, Bikash Debbarma, chief of
BJP’s Scheduled Tribes Morcha, and Sudhanshu Das.
BJP’s ally IPFT, which was routed in these elections, got
one ministerial berth. Sukla Charan Noatia from IPFT
took oath as minister.
HM Amit Shah along with JP Nadda, Manik Saha and
Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday met Tipra Motha
supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarma in Agartala amid
speculations that the tribal party, which had made an
impressive show in the assembly elections, is likely to join
hands with the BJP ahead of the 2024 general elections.
Debbarma took to Twitter to clarify that issues such as
alliance and cabinet were not discussed. He said Shah has
started process for a constitutional solution for indigenous
people of Tripura and an interlocutor for this process
would be appointed within a specified time frame.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said
he and Prime Minister Modi will be at the toss for
the fourth and final Test for the ongoing series
between India and Australia for Border-Gavaskar
Trophy, at Ahmedabad on Thursday. In a radio in-
terview with NOVA 93.7 Perth ahead of his ongoing
visit to India, Albanese confirmed to hosts that he
and PM Modi will be at toss for Ahmedabad Test.
PM Narendra Modi congratulated Manik Saha on taking
oath as Tripura Chief Minister and said he and his team
of newly sworn-in ministers will certainly deliver on the
mandate given by the people of the State once again.
I am committed to the development
of the state with any political con-
sideration. I believe in a democracy
people have the right to vote for Opposition
parties and the co-existence of the ruling party
and opposition is the beauty of India, which
led to development and prosperity. Under the
guidance of PM Modiji we shall drive Tripura
into a model state.
—Manik Saha, Tripura Chief Minister
A grand welcome for Australian PM in India
Anthony Albanese’s first India trip starts with Sabarmati Ashram, Holi celebration in Ahmedabad
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad:Australian
PM Anthony Albanese
onWednesdayvisitedthe
Sabarmati Ashram, a
place closely associated
with Mahatma Gandhi,
afterarrivinghereonhis
first India visit. Alba-
nese,whoisonafour-day
trip to India, was wel-
comed at airport by Gov-
ernor Acharya Devvrat
& CM Bhupendra Patel.
“Honoured to cele-
brateHoliinAhmedabad,
India. Holi’s message of
renewal through the tri-
umphof goodoverevilis
an enduring reminder
for all of us. No matter
what your faith is or
where you’ve come
from—we celebrate and
value what unites us,”
said Albanese.
Anthony Albanese pays floral
tribute to Mahatma Gandhi
during visit to Gandhi Ashram,
in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Anthony Albanese with Acharya
Devvrat and Bhupendra Patel
during the Holi celebrations at
the Raj Bhavan in Ahmedabad.
Preps underway at Narendra Modi Stadium ahead of final
test match of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
is being received by Gujarat
Governor Acharya Devvrat,
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel
and Gujarat BJP President
CR Paatil upon arrival at
the Ahmedabad Airport, in
Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
A true privilege
to pay homage
to Gandhi’s leg-
acy at Sabarmati Ashram
in Ahmedabad.
—Anthony Albanese,
Australian Prime Minister
I am looking
forward to de-
liberations with
my Australian counterpart
Anthony Albanese to
further the friendship be-
tween the two countries.
—Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
IN chopper meets
with accident off
Mumbai coast
ED summons
Telangana CM
KCR’s daughter
Mumbai (FIB): An ad-
vanced light helicopter
(ALH) of the Indian
Navy on Wednesday met
with an accident off the
Mumbaicoast.TheNavy
said 3 crew members
were safely rescued by a
naval patrol craft. An in-
quiry to investigate the
incident has also been
ordered, it said “The In-
dianNavyALHonarou-
tine sortie off Mumbai
ditchedclosetothecoast.
Immediate Search and
Rescue ensured safe re-
covery of crew of three
by naval patrol craft,”
the Navy said in a brief
statement. P3
New Delhi (FIB): Tel-
angana CM K Chan-
drashekar Rao’s daugh-
terK Kavithaarrivedin
New Delhi on Wednes-
day hours after the ED
summoned the BRS
leader in connection
with a money launder-
ingcaselinkedtoalleged
irregularities in the
Delhiexcisepolicy
.Kavi-
tha,44,hasbeenaskedto
depose on Thursday be-
foreagencyinDelhi.She
has asked for the deposi-
tion date to be set for
March 15. She said she
would fully cooperate
with probe agency but
would seek legal help.
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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR MUMBAI
NISAR SATELLITE
LANDS IN INDIA,
ISRO TO LAUNCH
JT MISSION IN ’24
New Delhi: Former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been assigned
to a segregated ward due to security reasons, Delhi prison officials said here
on Wednesday. The statement comes after the AAP raised objections over
Sisodia being kept in Tihar Jail number 1 with dreaded criminals.
Bengaluru: The US Air Force in a major step
towards building Indo-US ties on Wednesday
handed over NISAR, an earth observation satellite
jointly developed by NASA and ISRO, to the
Indian space agency in Bengaluru.
KEY VOTE ON
BIDEN’S CHOICE
FOR INDIA
AMBASSADOR
Washington: The foreign relations committee of
the US Senate will vote on whether Eric Garcetti,
President Joe Biden’s choice for Ambassador to India,
can take over the post. Garcetti’s appt to key envoy
post has been held up due to sexual allegations.
SISODIA LODGED IN SEGREGATED WARD; TIHAR JAIL
CRUCIAL READ
INDIA IMPOSES PMLA PROVISIONS
ON CRYPTOCURRENCY SECTOR
New Delhi: The govt has bought a range of virtual
digital asset (VDA) transactions under ambit of
Prevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA) 2002.
Finance Ministry said exchange between virtual digital
assets and fiat currencies, exchange between one or
more forms of virtual digital assets, transfer of virtual
digital assets, will fall under purview of the PMLA Act.
LANKA PRESIDENT
THANKS FM SITHA
IAS HELD HOSTAGE,
THRASHED IN GUJ
Colombo: Sri Lankan
President Ranil Wickrem-
esinghe on Wednesday
lauded 3women leaders,
including Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman, for
providing much-needed
assistance to the debt-rid-
den island nation during
ongoing economic crisis.
Himmatnagar: Gujarat
IAS officer Nitin Sang-
wan was allegedly held
hostage and thrashed by
a group of men associ-
ated with fishing activity
during his visit to a village
near the Dharoi dam in
Sabarkantha district, said
police on Wednesday.

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MAN NABBED FOR
LURING, RAPING
6-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Aurangabad: A 55-year-old
man has been arrested for
allegedly raping a six-year-
old girl under the pretext
of offering her chocolates
in a village in Beed district,
police said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred
on March 03, when the
girl was playing with her
friends. The man took her
to an abandoned building
and sexually assaulted her.
He reportedly threatened
the victim with severe con-
sequences if she revealed
the incident to anyone.
TRIPLE TALAQ: MAN,
FIANCEE BOOKED
AFTER ‘DIVORCE’
Thane: A man and his
fiancee from Thane district
have been booked after he
allegedly pronounced “triple
talaq” to his wife. According
to the complainant, her
husband and his fiancee
abused her on the night
of February 26 when she
asked him to live with her.
The man shouted “talaq-ta-
laq-talaq” and said he had
dissolved their marriage. A
case has been registered
against the couple under the
Muslim Women (Protection
of Rights on Marriage) Act.
FOUR MEMBERS OF
FAMILY RESCUED
FROM BLDG FIRE
Nagpur: A family of four,
including two children, was
rescued from a fire by the
Fire Brigade in Nagpur city.
The building they were in
caught fire on Tuesday at
around 9 pm. Fortunately,
no one was injured in the
incident. The family got
stuck on the second floor
of the two-storey building
and were going to jump
from the terrace in a panic.
However, teams of the fire
brigade and civic officials
reached the spot in time
and rescued the family.
COPS FINE TWO-
WHEELER RIDERS
FOR VIOLATIONS
Mumbai: City traffic police
penalized more than 10,000
two-wheeler riders for not
wearing a helmet and 73
motorists for drunk driving
during a special drive on
Holi, an official said. “Due
to Holi and Shab-e-Barat on
Tuesday, we conducted a
special drive and penalized
people who were found
violating traffic norms,” the
official added. Traffic police
fined 746 motorcycle users
for riding triple seats and
10,215 were fined for not
wearing helmets.
MAN HELD FOR SETTING HIS WIFE ON FIRE
AFTER SHE REFUSES TO LEAVE THEIR HOME
Palghar: A 40-year-old man from Thane district has been
arrested for allegedly setting his wife on fire. The incident oc-
curred when the woman refused
to leave their home in Nala Sopa-
ra, an official said. The victim is
currently undergoing treatment
at a civic hospital. She told the
police that her husband wanted
to drive her out of their home and
when she did not agree to it, he
poured kerosene on her and set
her ablaze. The accused has been
booked for attempted murder.
42-YR-OLD THRASHES TRAFFIC COP FOR
TOWING AWAY FRIEND’S SCOOTER IN MUM
Mumbai: Police arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly
abusing and assaulting a traffic constable for reportedly towing
away his friend’s scooter parked
in a no-parking zone. The incident
occurred when the accused,
Mohammed Nahim Khan, had
an argument and attacked police
constable Sriram Pawar (42)
when asked to pay Rs736 as a
no-parking fine. Khan waylaid
the tow vehicle and twisted his
hand for taking away his friend’s
scooter. People present at the
spot overpowered him and called the police.
CRUCIAL READ
Unseasonal rains destroyed crops on 13.8K ha
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Unseasonal
rains have damaged
mango, wheat and
harbhara (Bengal
gram) crops across
13,729 hectares in eight
districts of the state,
Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis
told the Assembly on
Wednesday. Orders
have been issued for
the immediate release
of aid to farmers hit by
the rains, he added.
Maximum damage
has been reported from
Palghar, Nashik,
Ahmednagar, Jalgaon,
Nandurbar, Dhule,
Buldhana and Washim
districts, he said.
“Orders to release
immediate relief and
financial assistance
have been issued,” said
Fadnavis.
A decision on imme-
diate relief was taken
on Tuesday night based
on preliminary infor-
mation, even as the ex-
act extent of damage is
being ascertained, he
said.
On Tuesday, Chief
Minister Eknath Shin-
de’s office said that he
had spoken with the
chief secretary and a
few district collectors
about the damage to
crops. He had also in-
structed revenue offi-
cials to conduct the
damage assessment
survey of the affected
areas, his office had
said. On Wednesday,
Leader of Opposition
Ajit Pawar raised the
issue and demanded
that the government
spell out how it plans
to mitigate the hard-
ships of farmers who
lost their standing
crops due to unseason-
al rains, thunder-
storms, hailstorms
and lightning.
Addressing the me-
dia before the start of
House proceedings, Pa-
war had said, “Maha-
rashtra’s farmers have
suffered a lot in the
past three days due to
unseasonal rains.
We’ll raise the issue of
compensation to farm-
ers in the Assembly
today. Today, the state
government must
come forward to sup-
port and compensate
the farmers.”
“We have given ad-
journment notice in
the Assembly on the is-
sue of compensation to
the farmers,” the Ma-
harashtra LoP further
said.
“There was a fore-
cast of rain for these 3
days everywhere. Now,
the government should
focus on ensuring the
materialisation of the
farm insurance
claims,” he added.
Nationalist Congress
Party (NCP) legislator
Chhagan Bhujbal said
when the state celebrat-
ed Holi with colours on
Tuesday, it was a black
day for farmers.
Congress’ Nana Pa-
tole demanded that the
Lower House set aside
the business of the day
to discuss the measures
needed to provide re-
lief to farmers.
Eight districts
were badly hit,
Fadnavis tells
House; orders
issued for
immediate
release of aid to
state farmers
MAHA GOVT MUST
HELP FARMERS:
LOP AJIT PAWAR
Addressing the media
before the start of House
proceedings, Pawar had
said, “Maharashtra’s
farmers have suffered a
lot in the past three days
due to unseasonal rains.
We’ll raise the issue of
compensation to farmers
in Assembly today. Today,
the state government
must come forward to
support and compensate
the farmers.” “We have
given adjournment notice
in the Assembly on the
issue of compensation to
the farmers,” the Maha-
rashtra LoP further said.
Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (in Nehru jacket) arrives for the Budget Session of the
Maharashtra Assembly in Mumbai. —PHOTO BY PTI
‘Justcrocodile’stears,Oppn
onlydoespoliticsoverfarmers’
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Hitting out at
the Opposition for issu-
ing an adjournment no-
tice in the name of
farmers in the House,
Deputy Chief Minister
Devendra Fadanvis on
Wednesday said, “The
Opposition only does
politics in farmers’
names of farmers, they
don’t want to help farm-
ers; these are croco-
dile’s tears.”
He continued: “CM
Shinde has already an-
nounced the help for
onion farmers. We have
given more than Rs7,000
crore in aid to farmers
and we are still doing
panchanama to help the
farmers affected by the
unseasonal rains but
the Opposition just
wants to create a ruck-
us.”
Any amount of pro-
test by the Opposition
can’t divert us from
helping the farmers, he
also said.
On February 28, the
Maharashtra Legisla-
tive Council was ad-
journed after opposi-
tion legislators created
a ruckus on the issue of
farmers demanding an
appropriate price for
onions as prices dipped.
The Opposition lead-
er of the Legislative
Council, Ambadas
Danve said that they
were demanding a dis-
cussion on the farmer’s
issue with the govern-
ment but the govern-
ment did not do so,
hence the council was
adjourned.
NCP MLAs had shown up at the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai carrying onions on their heads and
wearing onion garlands in support of farmers last week. —FILE PHOTO
Trend of passing exams illegally has begun
in Maharashtra, feels Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): The
Shiv Sena - Uddhav Bal-
asaheb Thackeray on
Wednesday targeted the
state government over
the alleged paper leak
of Higher Secondary
School (HSC) exams,
saying a new trend of
passing exams illegally
has begun in the state.
AneditorialinSaama-
na, the faction’s mouth-
piece, said all results,
right from the judiciary
to the Election Commis-
sion, have been leaked,
an oblique reference to
the poll body’s decision
to allot the “Shiv Sena”
name and its “bow-and-
arrow” symbol to rival
and Chief minister
Eknath Shinde.
The editorial said
that questions have
been raised over the ed-
ucational degrees of a
few senior BJP leaders.
“Since the new gov-
ernment took over,
there is a trend of ille-
gally passing exams in
the state,” it said in an
apparent jibe at the gov-
ernment led by Eknath
Shinde, whose coup top-
pled the Thackeray-
helmed Maha Vikas
Aghadi government
last year.
It asked when the
“real culprits” would be
caught.
“When there is an in-
competent government,
non-serious education
minister, and lax ad-
ministration, then the
state will be destined to
have papers leaked,”
the editorial said.
A police case was reg-
istered in Buldhana dis-
trict last week after the
HSC Mathematics ques-
tion paper leaked and
its images were shared
on social media, an of-
ficial had said.
Hike in service tax on cessed
buildings set to be scrapped
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Deputy
Chief Minister Deven-
dra Fadnavis on
Wednesday said that
the increased monthly
service tax levied on
Maharashtra Housing
and Area Development
Authority’s (MHADA)
cessed buildings will be
abolished.
The state finance
minister said tax of
Rs250 per month will be
levied, which was appli-
cable till 2019.
Fadnavis announced
this decision in re-
sponse to a question
raised by Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) MLA
Ashish Shelar, who re-
quested that either the
tax must be waived or it
must be charged at a
nominal rate.
Till March 2019, a ser-
vice tax of Rs250 per
month was being
charged. From April
2019, this was increased
to Rs500 per month,
with a 10% increase
every year.
Threat to mill owner,
Patole’s bro booked
Gadchiroli (PTI): Po-
lice in Gadchiroli dis-
trict of the state have
registered a case
against Vinod Patole,
brother of Maharash-
tra Congress President
Nana Patole, and oth-
ers for allegedly threat-
ening a rice mill owner.
A complaint was
filed in this regard by
Pramod Salve, director
of a nursing college in
Gadchiroli district.
Vinod Patole had de-
nied the allegations
against him in a press
conference.
As per the First In-
formation Report
(FIR), the family of the
complainant’s sister
had entered into a ver-
bal agreement in 2020
to sell the rice mill
owned by her to Vinod
Patole for Rs51 lakh. Vi-
nod Patole paid Rs20
lakh till 2021 but did
not assure to pay the
balance money. Hence,
Salve sent a notice to
him and issued an ad-
vertisement to sell the
rice mill.
The FIR said Vinod
Patole and four others
stopped Salve in Chat-
gaon village on March
03 when he was headed
towards Gadchiroli
city and threatened to
kill him.
Vinod Patole and
four others were
booked on charges of
criminal intimidation
and wrongful restraint
under the Indian Penal
Code (IPC).
No arrest has been
made yet, and further
investigation is under-
way, a police official
said.
Maha Cong chief Nana Patole
—FILE PHOTO
Vinod Patole had a
verbal agreement to
buy the mill for `51L,
failed to pay `31L
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The National
Green Tribunal (NGT)
has ordered a highway
construction company
to pay Rs55.47 crore for
causing environmental
damage by illegally ex-
cavating stone, sand and
murram for its projects
in Nashik and Hingoli
districts of the state.
In two separate or-
ders issued on Febru-
ary 22, the tribunal’s
western zone bench in
Pune directed Rajen-
drasinh Bhamboo Infra
Private Limited to pay
Rs36.35 crore and
Rs19.12 crore to the Ma-
harashtra Pollution
Control Board (MPCB)
within a month.
The detailed orders
were made available re-
cently. “We find that
since the activity of
mining has been con-
ducted by the project
proponent (Rajendras-
inh Bhamboo Infra)
without taking prior
environmental clear-
ance, the same is treat-
ed to be violation which
impacts the environ-
ment adversely,” said
the NGT in an order.
One Dattatraya Phal-
ke had filed pleas with
the tribunal saying that
the company be black-
listed for having repeat-
edly “violated environ-
mental norms for its
commercial benefits”.
Earlier, the tribunal
had punished the com-
pany by imposing “en-
vironmental compensa-
tion” on it, but it contin-
ues to violate the envi-
ronmental norms, said
petitioner Phalke.
Pay `55.47 cr for environmental damage: NGT to bldg firm
ACCOUNTABILITY
Plea filed with tribunal called for blacklisting of firm over violations.
—FILE
PHOTO
It mined stone, sand and murram for
projects in Nashik and Hingoli districts
without prior environmental clearance
CM Shinde orders probe into
Metro 6 PAP allotment scam
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Chief Min-
ister Eknath Shinde
has directed Mumbai
Metropolitan Region
Development Authori-
ty to form a special
team to conduct an in-
quiry into complaints
of bogusbeneficiaries’
list and irregularities
in allocation of hous-
ing units.
MLC Kapil Patil,
who raised the ques-
tion in the Legislative
Council last week, al-
leged a Rs90 crore
scam in allocation of
units to Project Af-
fected Persons (PAPs)
after displacement
due to the Metro 6
(Swami Samarth Na-
gar-Vikhroli)corridor.
He alleged involve-
ment of the deputy
collector responsible
to verify the eligibility
of slum dwellers af-
fected by the project.

MAHARASHTRA
03
BMC looking for alternatives
to underground parking lots
First India Bureau
Mumbai: In the face of
opposition to its pro-
posed plan of creating
parking lots under open
spaces, the Brihanmum-
bai Municipal Corpora-
tion is now mulling oth-
er possibilities.
TheBMChasfloateda
tender for “planning, de-
sign, construction of an
undergroundmulti-level
electromechanical car
parking system” for 288
vehicleswithshuttleand
robo parker system on
the north side of Bal
GandharvaRangmandir
at Patwardhan Park.
The civic body float-
ed a tender for a five-
storey parking lot on a
traffic island opposite
Apsara Pen shop at Flo-
ra Fountain, Hutatma
Chowk for 200 cars. The
tender included plan-
ning, design, construc-
tion as well as opera-
tion and maintenance
after completion of the
same on the traffic is-
land.
The BMC also floated
a tender for a parking
space, which can ac-
commodate 640 cars, at
its own engineering
hub building at Dr E
Moses Road in Worli
with similar conditions
such as maintenance of
the parking system for
20 years after comple-
tion and operation and
housekeeping of it for a
period of five years, ac-
cording to a report in
MidDay newspaper.
Notably, the BMC’s
previous plan for un-
derground parking has
raised concerns over
tree-felling and the pos-
sibility of flooding.
BESTseeksfreshbidsfor700double-deckere-buses
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A plan to pro-
cure 900 double-decker
e-buses in the 2023-24 fis-
cal could face delays
with the BEST under-
taking terminating a
contract for 700 electric
AC double-deckers for
Mumbai, officials said.
The termination of the
contract could also af-
fect the electrification
of the fleet next fiscal.
BEST on Tuesday
floated two fresh ten-
ders: one to procure 700
double-decker e-buses
and another to procure
50 open-deck e-double
deckers (with AC lower
deck) for Heritage Tours
in south Mumbai.
According to news re-
ports, BEST terminated
the existing contract-
-worth around Rs2,800
crore--over delays in
“providing a prototype
of the new vehicle” and
“bringing these buses
on city roads.”
As per BEST’s sched-
ule, which was also
mentioned in the recent
civic budget, the under-
taking expects its elec-
tric fleet to make up 50%
of the total 7,000 buses
by early next year. This
e-fleet will gradually re-
place all existing diesel
and CNG buses in a year
or two.
Court allows man to rent out
home previously gifted to son
First India Bureau
Mumbai: In an interim
order, the Bombay High
Court recently allowed a
74-year-oldmantocreate
third party rights by
renting out his proper-
ties, in an appeal by his
son against an Appellate
Tribunal order.
It also restrained him
from selling the proper-
ties till the proceedings
are finally decided.
The order by Justice
GS Kulkarni came in an
appeal by senior citizen
Rajendra Agrawal’s son
againstaNovember2022
order by the Appellate
Tribunal under the
Maintenance and Wel-
fare of Parents and Sen-
ior Citizens Act 2007.
The tribunal order
had allowed Agrawal,
an Andheri resident, to
cancel two gift deeds he
signed in 2012 giving his
properties to his eldest
son Ravi and take pos-
session of these proper-
ties. He had set ground
that specific conditions
in the deeds including
his sons looking after
him and not sell off the
properties were violat-
ed. His eldest son Ravi
Agrawal, 45, and his
wife Sarika 45, had chal-
lenged the tribunal or-
der before the court.
Noting the tribunal
order was a reasoned
one, Justice Kulkarni
said it appeared that Ra-
jendra Agrawal had ex-
ecuted gift deeds in fa-
vour of the petitioners
with a specific condition
that the proceeds from
these properties should
beusedtomaintainhim.
He observed that
there was also an explic-
it condition that the
properties in the gift
deeds shall not be sold
by the petitioners.
The court also ob-
served that since the gift
deeds are cancelled and
Agrawal is in posses-
sion of the properties,
the petitioners cannot
create any embargo or
restrain him from rent-
ing them out so as to
earn his livelihood and
maintain a standard of
living to which he is le-
gitimately entitled.
“
Accordingly
,respond-
entno.4(Agrawal)isper-
mitted to create third
party rights by letting
out the premises, how-
ever, he shall not sell the
property in favour of
any third party during
the pendency of the pre-
sent proceedings,” said
the February 24 order
granting interim relief.
PRE-EMPTIVE
ACTION
Bombay HC
cites cancellation
of gift deeds as
reason not to
embargo or
restrain owner
from action
CHECKING OPTIONS
BEST is looking to get 700 e-double-deckers. —FILE PHOTO
3 minors run
away; found
on train just
hours later
Thane (PTI): Three
girls from Miragaon in
Thane district of Maha-
rashtra who ran away
from their homes have
been traced within
hours on an out-station
train at Khed in Ratna-
giri district, police said
on Wednesday
.
The girls, aged be-
tween 11 years and 14
years, were playing in a
garden on the evening
of March 06. As it be-
came late, they thought
thattheirparentswould
scold them and decided
to run away. They
reached a nearby rail-
way station and board-
ed a train, without
knowing its destina-
tion, a Kashimira police
station officer said.
Meanwhile, the par-
ents of the girls lodged
a complaint with the
police as they failed to
return home till late at
night.
“Police managed to
trace the location of
one of the girls as she
was carrying a mobile
phone and found that
they were travelling on
Mandovi Express. They
were traced at Khed in
Ratnagiri district,
around 153km from
Thane, on Tuesday.
They were brought
home safely and reu-
nited with their fami-
lies,” the officer added.
3 ‘safe’ after Navy chopper
makes emergency landing
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Three per-
sons were rescued af-
ter an Advanced
Light Helicopter
(ALH) of the Indian
Navy made an emer-
gency landing in the
Arabian Sea off the
Mumbai coast on
Wednesday, an offi-
cial said.
The ALH had been
on a routine sortie
with three personnel
on board. The crew
was rescued by a na-
val patrol aircraft,
the official said.
An inquiry was
launched into the in-
cident, the official
also said.
“An Indian Navy
ALH on a routine fly-
ing mission off the
Mumbai coast experi-
enced a sudden loss of
power and rapid loss
of height. The pilot
carried out controlled
ditching over water
close to the coast. All
three aircrew exited
the helicopter safely
and were recovered as
part of a swift Rescue
Operation by a naval
patrol craft,” the Navy
said in a release.
“Ditching” refers
to an emergency land-
ing on water.
The chopper’s crew
m e m b e r s - - w h o s e
identities and ranks
have not been re-
vealed--were shifted
to the INS Shikra hel-
iport in Colaba,
where they under-
went a medical exam-
ination and have been
declared as “fine”,
the official said.
“The pilot did a
controlled landing so
that the aircraft is not
lost. The floatation
gears were deployed
and efforts are on to
salvage the helicop-
ter,” the official said.
Pilot deployed
floatation gear
after sudden
loss of power
and rapid loss
of height;
inuiry launched
Women’s Day: Commuters wear black
ribbons to highlight pending demands
Thane (PTI): Several
women at Dombivli rail-
way station on Mumbai
suburban railway net-
work wore black rib-
bons on Wednesday in
protest against the al-
leged “apathy” of rail-
way officials towards
their commuting woes
and other issues.
They claimed their
long-pending demands
including better facili-
ties for women com-
muting between Karjat
and Kasara and CSMT
in south Mumbai are
being neglected by au-
thorities despite the
submission of several
reminders and holding
of meetings.
Lata Argade, presi-
dent of Upanagariy
Railway Pravasi Maha-
sangh, told reporters at
Dombivli railway sta-
tion in Thane district
that their demands in-
clude shuttle services
between Thane and
other far away stations
like Karjat and Kasara.
She said the number of
coaches reserved for
women on suburban
rakes remained the
same as it used to be 20
years ago despite a man-
ifold rise in the number
of commuters.
Among other issues
raised by Mahasangh
are the nuisance caused
by beggars, drug ad-
dicts, and anti-social ele-
ments, and the overall
safety of women on lo-
cal trains.
Nearly 40 lakh com-
muters travel daily in
the local trains operated
by the Central Railway
in Mumbai suburban
network, excluding the
services operated by the
Western Railway
.
Passengers wait to board trains at CSMT. —FILE PHOTO
Number of coaches
reserved for women
same as it was 20
years ago, despite a
manifold rise in the
number of commuters
Husband has legal right to home: Court on domestic violence case
First India Bureau
Mumbai: A magistrate
court has refused to
dispossess a man of his
residence jointly pur-
chased with his es-
tranged wife in case of
domestic violence. It
observed that as he has
a legal right in it, he
cannot be dispossessed.
“Besides, he has
moral authority to
share the home with
his wife and daughters
in order to look after
their well being,” said
the court. The woman
and their daughters
lived separately.
While directing the
man to pay a monthly
maintenance of
Rs17,000 to his wife,
the court said that the
entire family has a
right to access the
property. The amount
will have to be paid
from the date the wom-
an had first moved
court in August 2021.
The woman moved
the Domestic Violence
plea against her hus-
band, father-in-law and
two sisters-in-law. She
told the court that she
married the man in 2017
and had two daughters
born in 2008 and 2014.
The petitioner said
that she was taunted
and abused soon after
the marriage when she
was living with her in-
laws. She said she
shouldered responsi-
bilities at her work
place and home and
hoped that things would
get better one day
.
The woman said that,
however, she was
blamed for problems in
her sister-in-law’s life
and was subjected to
cruelty
. In 2008, her oth-
er sister-in-law’s hus-
band died and she was
blamed for that as well.
She said subsequent-
ly she left her husband
and was eventually
persuaded to return.
After she insisted on
living separately they
bought the flat but her
father-in-law too
moved in with her and
the harassment contin-
ued. The woman al-
leged that she was also
taunted for giving
birth to a second child,
again a girl.
The woman said that
her husband earned
Rs1.30 lakh every
month. She sought a
monthly maintenance
of Rs50,000 and wanted
sole possession of the
apartment.
EQUAL RIGHT
Man told to pay
`17K per month
in maintenance;
magistrate says
whole family has
right to access
the property
The court said the
woman and her
daughters have lost
‘this opportunity of
financial and moral
safety’ on account of
the couple’s separation

PERSPECTIVE
04
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
It is better to conquer yourself than to win
a thousand battles. Then the victory is
yours. It cannot be taken from you.
—Buddha
Amit Shah @AmitShah
India is proud of its resilient Nari-
Shakti. While they contribute to
building the nation with countless
sacrifices, their individual stories
of courage, grit and determination
ignite our minds with inspiration.
I salute all of those strong women
on International Women’s Day.
TOP TWEETS
Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh
Congratulations to Dr. Manik
Saha Ji and all others who
took oath in Tripura today. I
am confident that his team will
deliver good governance to the
people of Tripura and build on
the pro-people pro-poor work
done in the last five years. @DrManikSaha2
JAPAN’S WORRY OVER AGEING
apan’s Prime
Minister Fabio
Kishida’s advi-
sor Masako
Mori has made
a scary prediction about
his country. “The country
will cease to exist if it can’t
slow the fall in its birth
rate that threatens to shat-
ter the social safety net
and economy.” The state-
ment came after a record
slump in the number of
babies born in the country
last year. In 2022 Japan re-
corded less than 8,00,000
births and around 1.58 mil-
lion deaths. If the trend
continues, the country will
disappear. Faced with a
high proportion of popula-
tion aged 65 and above, the
sharply declining birth
rate poses several prob-
lems like weakened indus-
trial and economic
strength. Prime Minister
Kishida has promised “un-
precedented” steps to tack-
le the problem of social
distortions.
Japan is not the only
country which is saddled
with an ageing population
and falling birth rates. A
report by the World Eco-
nomic Forum said that fer-
tility rates have been fall-
ing globally for the last 70
years with a total decline
of 70 percent. The report
attributed the main rea-
sons for this to women’s
empowerment in educa-
tion and workforce, lower
child mortality rate and
higher cost of raising chil-
dren. Ageing population,
the report said, is the out-
come of increased life ex-
pectancy and lower fertili-
ty rate. The increased
population of silvers has
its own problems like
shrinking workforce and
higher costs of healthcare.
As for higher education
and lower fertility India is
an example. The fertility
rate has declined by 20 per-
cent in 10 years and female
participation in the work-
force has risen from 18.6
percent in 2018-19 to 25.1
percent in 1920-21.
J
Japan’s Prime Minister
Fabio Kishida’s advisor
Masako Mori has made a
scary prediction about his
country. “The country
will cease to exist if it
can’t slow the fall in
its birth rate that
threatens to shatter
the social safety net
and economy”
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KUDOS TO SAHA FOR
BJP’S MANIK ‘SARKAR’ 2.0
PARTY, HOWEVER, MUST INTROSPECT RESULT; IPTA, BJP’S POLL ALLIANCE WAS NOT ONLY TORN
APART BY THE EMERGENCE OF TIPRA MOTHA BUT IT LOST ITS SHEEN TOO
eventy-year-oldBJPleader
Manik Saha on Wednes-
daytookoathas chief min-
ister of the sensitive bor-
der state of Tripura. Eight
more ministers, including
Ratan Lal Nath, Pranajit
Singha Roy
, Santana Chak-
ma, Tinku Roy and Bikash
Debbarma were also
sworn in by Governor
Satyadeo Narain Arya.
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi, Home Minister
Amit Shah and BJP presi-
dent JP Nadda as well as
Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
wereamongthedignitaries
present on the occasion.
However,behindtherosy
picture,BJPmustacknowl-
edge the fact how Manik
Saha albeit very little time,
managedtosteerallcontro-
versies and bickerings and
kept his flock together and
despitethefactthattheBJP
and its alliance were down
from its last time tally of 44
to 33 seats this time, man-
aged to snatch the thunder
in a keenly fought Assem-
bly polls.
Manik Saha had been
made chief minister earli-
erin2022,replacingBiplab
Kumar Deb, in a brand re-
newal exercise after it was
found that his popularity
rating was plummeting on
account of the poor law
and order situation in
Tripura’s hinterland.
The BJP brought in
Manik Saha as the chief
minister in May last year.
That was just months af-
ter he made it to the Rajya
Sabha as a BJP member.
Just in March, Manik Sa-
hah became the first BJP
leader from Tripura to get
elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Manik Saha’s not being
a veteran politician
helped him get acceptance
among the common peo-
ple of Tripura, most po-
litical pundits feel.
In January
, Chief Minis-
ter Manik Saha had oper-
ated upon a 10-year-old boy
for oral cystic lesion. He
emerged from the operat-
ing room in January and
declared“Therewasnodif-
ficulty in performing the
surgerythoughitwasafter
alonggap.Thepatientisin
good condition now.” And
it also now looks that the
BJP’s surgery in Tripura
worked out well too!
And understandably
, af-
ter the northeast Assem-
bly results were out, Holi
had arrived “earlier” in
Tripura for the BJP, but
the celebrations were not
that boisterous for the Saf-
fron might especially with
the emergence of the Ti-
pra Motha!
A recap of the last elec-
tion results would reveal
thattheSaffronmightmay
have maintained its win-
ning streak, but the results
will present the Big Pic-
ture clearly to one and all.
The Tripura Assembly
has 60 seats. The BJP
managed to get 32 seats
and its ally IPFT one seat.
CPM bagged 11 and the
Congress just three. The
Tipra Motha Party man-
aged to get 13 seats and
emerged as the second-
biggest party. However,
the 2018 Assembly polls
saw the BJP-led NDA win
44 of the 60 seats.
THE COMPLEX
TEXTURE
In Tripura there are
around 12 to 16 seats with
a considerable amount of
mixed population and the
tribal population in these
seats roughly range be-
tween 20 and 30 per cent.
Taking a shrewd move
this election, Tipra Motha
jumped onto the poll band-
wagon to garner the sup-
port of around 8,000 to
10,000 votes in these seg-
ments thus denting the
fortunes of IPTA and the
Left heavily! Of course,
the IPTA seemed to be a
bigger loser.
If you take a closer look
at the results, the break-
up will reveal that in 2018
BJP won 36 seats on its
own and the IPTA bagged
the rest to take the NDA
tally to 44. With the emer-
gence of Tipra Motha, all
that is history “now”,
IPTA has won in 1 while
BJP, too, had to remain
satisfied with a lesser
score than last time.
However, BJP’s timely
intervention and removal
of Biplab Deb as its CM is
seen as an astute master-
stroke by the central lead-
ership as political analysts
believe that in the remain-
ing few months to the run-
up to the 2023 polls, the
dental surgeon, Manik
Saha, managed to scram-
ble home with the pro-peo-
ple schemes or else the
mood of the voters with
Biplab Deb around would
and could have been differ-
ent for the Saffron might!
The party must reckon
Saha’s contribution who
also in the face of the Tsu-
nami-like emergence of
the Tipra Mohta managed
a decent win and the maxi-
mum loss was inflicted on
Left and Congress alliance
that appeared to look as a
strong contender (at least
this time).
After the results, Manik
Saha tweeted his thanks to
PMNarendraModi…“The
landslide victory is the re-
flection of people’s trust in
your development goals”.
THE RISE OF
TIPRA MOTHA
Before the results were out
onMarch2,2023,themedia
was full with speculations
that Pradyot Kishore Man-
ikyaDebbarmawouldplay
the role of a kingmaker or
atleastasadecidingfactor.
Now, that the results are
out, it can be easily said
that the thoughts were not
just plain fancies. Tipra
Motha, was also projected
to play a key role in the for-
mation of the government
in the state. It was, howev-
er, a touch and go affair for
the Tipra Motha.
Tipra Motha had also
rejected proposals of an
alliance from the ruling
BJP as well as the CPI(M).
And after the results, Ti-
praMothaemergedstrong
especially for the battered
IPTA and anyone with the
slightest political acumen
cannot politically ignore
the Tipra Motha, now. Ti-
pra Motha alone won 13
seats. The two-year-old
party proved to be a strong
political force to reckon
with in the tribal areas
and was next only to the
Saffron might.
The party fielded candi-
dates in 42 of the 60 seats
in Tripura. It may be re-
called that the Tipra Mo-
tha chairperson Pradyot
Kishore Manikya Deb-
barma announced on the
last day of the campaign
in Tripura that he would
resign from politics after
the election and never
seek votes as ‘Bubagra’
(the king).
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
S
However, BJP’s timely
intervention and removal of
Biplab Deb as its CM is seen
as an astute masterstroke by
the central leadership as
political analysts believe that
in the remaining few months
to the run-up to the 2023
polls, the dental surgeon,
Manik Saha, managed to
scramble home with the pro-
people schemes or else the
mood of the voters with
Biplab Deb around would
and could have been different
for the Saffron might!
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Journalist and
former Managing Editor, First India
DENTING THE IPTA
The party’s demand for a Greater Tripaland consolidated its grip
over the tribals and it sounded a death knell of sorts and led to
large-scale desertions from IPFT to its ranks.
AT A GLANCE...
l Manik Saha defeated his
nearest rival Ashish Kumar
Saha of Congress by a margin
of 1,257 votes. He overcame
detractors within his own party
who predicted a “tough time”
for him in the prestigious con-
stituency of Town Bardowali.
l Saha had only 10 months as
the Chief Minister of Tripura af-
ter replacing Deb but managed
to lift the state government’s
image before the February 16
assembly polls.

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INDIA
‘SisodiakeptinTiharjail
withdreadedcriminals’
New Delhi (ANI): Aam
Aadmi Party MLA Sau-
rabh Bharadwaj on
Wednesday launched
an attack on the BJP-led
central government
over the arrest of for-
mer Delhi deputy chief
minister and party vet-
eran Manish Sisodia
and alleged that the lat-
ter was refused the
‘vipassana cell’ and
lodged with dreaded
criminals in Tihar Jail.
“The reason behind
holding this conference
today on Holi is to ex-
pose the Centre’s con-
spiracy due to which
Manish Sisodia is be-
hind the bars,” Bharad-
waj said while addresss-
ing a press conference.
He alleged that Siso-
dia’sarrestinthealleged
Liqour Scam case was
part of a major conspir-
acy
. “He (Sisodia) has
been kept under Jail
No.1of Tihar,whilesuch
first trial people are not
kept there. Jail no.1 is
home to some of the
most dreaded criminals
andmurderers,”hesaid.
Bharadwaj also took
a jibe at the BJP govern-
ment for failing to de-
feat the AAP in the
Delhi assembly and
MCD elections.
“We are political ri-
valsof BJP
,butdoesthis
kind of enmity happen
in politics, we want to
know from BJP, you
could not defeat us in
Delhi, MCD, will the
Prime Minister take re-
venge for this defeat in
thisway
,”hequestioned.
Bharadwaj further
alleged that the BJP
was conspiring to kill
his party leaders. “Why
is PM Modi silent on
the matter. You are not
able to harm AAP po-
litically, you have even
sent them to jail and
now the conspiracy has
reached the point of
killing our leaders,” the
AAP leader said.
He also claimed that
as per the court’s order,
“Sisodia was supposed
to be kept in a Vipas-
sana cell but why is he
being kept with such
dangerous criminals.”
“Today Manish Siso-
dia and Satyendar Jain
are not among us but
there is also concern
whether the central
government will also
carry out political kill-
ings,” Bharadwaj said.
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj
SISODIA JAIL INMATES ARE ‘HARDCORE
CRIMINALS’, CONSPIRACY OF CENTRE: AAP
New Delhi (Agencies): AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj has
accused the central government of hatching a conspiracy
to endanger Manish Sisodia's life. He questioned the jail
administration's move to lodge the former
Delhi deputy CM in Jail No. 1, despite the
court order to lodge him in a Vipassana Cell.
Bharadwaj highlighted that the Delhi court had
clearly directed that Manish Sisodia should be
lodged in a cell where he can do his medita-
tion. “However, the BJP government has de-
liberately housed him with the most hardened
criminals in Tihar Jail. This is a clear sign of the government's
vindictive attitude towards its political rivals,” he said.
DELHI PRISON TRASHES AAP’S “PLOT TO
KILL MANISH SISODIA IN JAIL” CHARGE
New Delhi (Agencies): The Delhi prisons department today
trashed the AAP’s allegation of a plot to murder its senior
leader Manish Sisodia in Tihar jail. Manish Sisodia’s bail
petition will be taken up on Friday. The prisons department
said in a statement that Manish Sisodia “has been assigned
to a segregated ward keeping his security in mind”. “The
ward of CJ-1, where he is lodged has minimum number
of inmates who are not gangsters and are maintaining
good conduct inside the jail,” the prisons department said,
responding to AAP’s allegation that Sisodia has been lodged
with dangerous and violent prisoners.
BJP to propose resolution against
BBC documentary in Guj Assembly
Ahmedabad (PTI):
Gujarat BJP MLA Vi-
pul Patel will move a
resolution on Friday in
the Assembly seeking
“strong action” against
the “concocted” find-
ings shown in a BBC
documentary, which he
alleged “once again at-
tempts to blame the
then-state government”
forthe2002post-Godhra
riots. The proposed res-
olution will likely say
the BBC documentary
was a “low-level at-
tempt” to tarnish In-
dia’s global image.
“India is a democratic
country and freedom of
expression is at the core
of its Constitution, but
that does not mean that
a news media can abuse
such freedom,” accord-
ing to a summary of the
proposed resolution
shared by the Assembly
secretariat on Tuesday
.
The two-part BBC
documentary, titled “In-
dia: The Modi Ques-
tion”, claimed it investi-
gated certain aspects
relating to the 2002 Gu-
jarat riots when Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi was the chief
minister of the state.
“If someone behaves
or acts like this (BBC),
then he cannot be taken
lightly
. BBC is losing its
credibility and seems to
be working with some
hidden agenda against
India the Indian gov-
ernment. Hence, this
House requests the Gov-
ernment to take strict
action against the mind-
bogglingfindingsshown
in documentary
,” said a
note on the resolution to
be moved by Patel.
Dhankhar
appoints
personal
staff on 20
house panels
New Delhi (ANI): In an
unprecedented move,
Rajya Sabha Chairper-
son Jagdeep Dhankhar
on Tuesday appointed
eight members of his
personal staff on 20
committees under the
ambit of the Upper
House Secretariat.
Eight members of Mr
Dhankhar’s personal
staff, including four
posted in the Vice-Pres-
ident Secretariat, have
been appointed on the
20 committees, an order
issued by the Rajya Sab-
ha Secretariat said.
Eight committees in-
clude four department-
related parliamentary
standing committees
and four other parlia-
mentary standing com-
mittees. These include
committees headed by
non-BJP and opposi-
tion MPs.
Among those ap-
pointed to the commit-
tees include the Officer
on Special Duty (OSD)
to the Vice-President,
OSD to the Chairman
and Personal Secretary
to the Vice-President.
Jagdeep Dhankhar
BJP misuses CBI, ED only to defame
Opposition, says SP leader Ram Gopal
Etawah (ANI): Senior
Samajwadi Party lead-
er Ram Gopal Yadav on
Tuesday criticized BJP
and alleged the rival
party was continuously
misusing the central
agencies against the op-
position parties.
Addressing reporters
here Yadav said, “BJP
continuously misuses
the CBI, the ED and
other institutions.
There are several in-
stances in which noth-
ing has been found but
still such actions are
taken to defame opposi-
tion among the people”.
The SP leader further
stated that there will be
an increase in raids
with Lok Sabha 2024
elections drawing close.
“As the elections of
2024 draw near, there
will be no opposition
leader left who is not
raided by income tax,”
He said.
He pointed out that
BJP needs to learn les-
sons from the past while
drawing parallel com-
parisons between the
current BJP and how
Indira Gandhi treated
the opposition.
Yadav said “Indira
Gandhi had made eve-
ryone go, even at that
time there was no oppo-
sition leader left to cam-
paign. When the elec-
tions came, Indira ji did
not get any seat except
the Chhindwara seat of
MP. These people do not
want to learn anything
from history. No one
can stay in power by
misusing power.”
Ram Gopal Yadav
AKHILESH,MAYAWATI
QUESTION ENCOUNTERS
New Delhi: The Sama-
jwadi Party and the BSP
have raised questions on the
encounters being carried out
after Umesh Pal’s murder in
Prayagraj. Samajwadi Party
president Akhilesh Yadav
said, “What is the govern-
ment trying to conceal by
eliminating the accused
through encounters?’
OFFICIALS LET MLA’S
WIFE MEET HIM: COPS
Chitrakoot: About Rs 6 lakh
cash, a car, 2 mobile phones
were recovered from the
houses of eight jail officials
who were arrested in connec-
tion with the illegal meeting
of MLA Abbas Ansari and his
wife in a prison. Two officials
were arrested in connection
with the meeting of Ansari and
his wife in the jailor’s room.
BJP AT THE HELM
HM Amit Shah, BJP National Prez JP Nadda, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, and newly
sworn-in Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Saha visited Matabari, on Wednesday.
Conrad Sangma,Neiphiu Rio
take oath as new Chief Mins
New Delhi (Agencies):
Nationalist Democratic
Progressive Party’s
Neiphiu Rio and Na-
tional People’s Party
chief Conrad Sangma
took oath as the Chief
Minister of Nagaland
and Meghalaya respec-
tively on Tuesday
. Both
the ceremonies were
graced by Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi.
Taditui Rangkau Ze-
liang and Yanthungo
Patton take oath as Dep-
uty chief ministers of
Nagaland in Kohima.
During the oath-tak-
ing ceremony in Megha-
laya, Governor Phagu
Chauhan swore in
12-member council of
ministers including
NPP’s Prestone Tyn-
song and BJP’s Alexan-
der Laloo Hek.
Prime Minister Modi
arrived in Guwahati in
the morning, where he
was received by Assam
Governor Gulab Chand
Kataria. He then left for
Shillong on a helicopter
where he was received
by Union Home Minis-
ter Amit Shah and BJP
president J P Nadda,
who had reached there
on Monday
.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Meghalaya CM Conrad K
Sangma during the swearing-in ceremony, in Shillong.
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
BJP-Cong slugfest continues
on Rahul’s London statement
New Delhi (Agencies):
The Bharatiya Janata
Party and Congress are
at loggerheads over Ra-
hul Gandhi’s state-
ments in London on
various platforms with
the BJP alleging that
the Congress leader
tried to get intervention
from the West.
The Congress, how-
ever, has countered this
and said that the BJP is
twisting the facts.
Now, the Congress is
saying that the BJP is
rattled since he at-
tacked the RSS. “It is
built along the lines of
the Muslim Brother-
hood and the idea is to
use the democratic con-
test to come to power
and then subvert the
democratic contest af-
terwards. And it
shocked me at how suc-
cessful they have been
at capturing the differ-
ent institutions of our
country -- the press, the
judiciary, Parliament,
Election Commission --
all the institutions are
under pressure, under
threat and controlled in
one way or the other,”
Rahul Gandhi had said.
While the Congress is
countering the BJP, by
highlighting that Rahul
Gandhi said, “Look,
first of all, this is our
problem, it is an inter-
nal problem and it is an
Indian problem and the
solution is going to
come from inside, it is
not going to come from
outside. However, the
scale of Indian democ-
racy means that democ-
racy in India is a global
public good, it impacts
way further than our
boundaries.”
The Congress said
that he kept Indian de-
mocracy above all when
he said, “If Indian de-
mocracy collapses in
my view, democracy on
the planet suffers a very
serious, possibly a fatal
blow. So, it is important
for you too. It is not just
important for us. We
will deal with our prob-
lem, but you must be
aware that this problem
is going to play out at a
global scale, it is not
just going to play out in
India and what you do
about it ...is of course
up to you, but you must
be aware that in what is
happening in India, the
idea of a democratic
model is being attacked
and threatened.”
The Congress even
challenged to debate all
the issues raised --
whether it is weakening
democracy, unemploy-
ment or high prices and
all that he has spoken
on China.
Congress Supriya
Shrinate said, “So,
where is the problem? Is
this jealousy, is that
complex what are you
embroiled in? You
should be happy that
here is an Indian Parlia-
mentarian, who has
been asked to deliver a
lecture in a country
that ruled us for 200
years. We look them in
the eyes and say that we
will decide what the fu-
ture of democracies in
the world will be.”
Former Union minis-
ter Ravi Shankar Pras-
ad criticised Rahul Gan-
dhi over his statement
in which he asked for
America and Europe’s
interference to restore
democracy in India.
During his recent visit
to London, Rahul Gan-
dhi said at an event that
the “US and Europe are
not doing enough to re-
store democracy in In-
dia” as they are “getting
trade and money” from
the country
.
Ravi Shankar Prasad
13 BJP FUNCTIONARIES QUIT PARTY
IN TAMIL NADU TO JOIN AIADMK
Chennai (ANI): A total of 13 functionaries from the Tamil
Nadu’s BJP on Wednesday quit the party to join its alliance
partner the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(AIADMK). The 13 belonged to the BJP’s IT wing in Chennai
West The development comes as the State unit of the BJP
accused the the Edappadi Palaniswami-led AIADMK over
allegedly “poaching” its leaders. BJP IT Wing District presi-
dent Anbarasan in a statement said, “I have worked for BJP
for years. People know that I have never expected any posi-
tion. Considering the unusual scenario in the party for the
past few days I have decided to resign from the party.” The
statement bears the signatures of 10 IT Wing District Secre-
taries and two IT Wing District Deputy Secretaries. Several
BJP MLAs have resigned and joined AIADMK recently.
BJP TO HOLD CONFERENCES IN WESTERN
UP TO CONNECT WITH MUSLIM VOTERS
Lucknow (PTI): With an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls,
the ruling BJP is planning to hold conferences in various
parliamentary constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh
starting from Muzffarnagar next month to connect with
the Muslim communities having an influence in the region.
“Muslim Jat, Muslim Rajput, Muslim Gurjar and Muslim
Tyagi communities have a sizeable number of voters in
western Uttar Pradesh. In almost every Lok Sabha con-
stituency of Western UP, their population is on an average
2.5 lakh,” UP BJP Minority Morcha president Kunwar Basit
Ali said. “The party will try to connect with these voters by
organising ‘Sneh Milan: Ek Desh, Ek DNA, Sammelan’ in
various West UP districts,” he said, adding these confer-
ences would start after Eid next month in Muzaffarnagar.
Rahul Gandhi Supriya Shrinate

06
INDIA
Tikamgarh: Five peo-
ple were killed while
several others were in-
jured after a four-wheel-
er collided with a tree
on Jatara Road in Ti-
kamgarh, Madhya
Pradesh on Wednesday,
the police said.
Sub Divisional Police
Officer Abhishek Gau-
tam said that four peo-
ple died on the spot
while one succumbed to
injuries while being
taken to the hospital.
According to the po-
lice, the driver lost con-
trol as he was over-
speeding the car which
led to the collision with
the tree.
Officials said that all
the injured have been
sent to Tikamgarh Dis-
trict Hospital In Rajna-
gar village of the dis-
trict.
First India Bureau
New Delhi: President
Droupadi Murmu said
that the country has a
good representation of
women in decision-
making institutions at
the grassroots level but
as we move up in the
hierarchy, we see fewer
women.
Extending her wish-
es on the occasion of
International Women’s
Day, Murmu shared an
article on the indomita-
ble spirit of Indian
women on Internation-
al Women’s Day
.
Her article “Every
Woman’s Story My Sto-
ry!” talked about the sta-
tus of women in society
.
Lauding examples of
women empowerment,
the article said, “ In the
21st century, when we
have made unimagina-
ble progress in every
field, till date no woman
has become the head of
state or government in
many countries.”
“My election as the
President of the world’s
largest democracy is a
part of the story of
womenempowerment,”
she added. Today,
countless women are
contributing to nation-
building by working in
their chosen fields, she
further stated. She ob-
served, “We have a good
representation of wom-
en in decision-making
institutions at the
grassroots level. But as
we move upwards, the
number of females
gradually decreases.”
She further observed,
“I strongly believe that
there is a need to change
the mindset prevailing
in the society
. In order to
build a peaceful and
prosperous society
, it is
necessarytounderstand
and break free from in-
grainedprejudicesbased
on gender inequality
.”
World would be happier place if women made equal partners: Murmu
PRESIDENT’S PITCH FOR GENDER EQUALITY
End violence against women girls
by terrorists: India at UNSC debate
India calls for the adoption of a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of terrorism
United Nations (PTI):
India has told the UN
Security Council that
violence perpetrated by
terrorists against wom-
en and girls remains
rampant and should be
strongly condemned
while calling for the
adoption of a zero-toler-
ance approach to all
forms of terrorism.
India’s Permanent
Representative to the
UN Ambassador Ruchi-
ra Kamboj said on Tues-
day that Member States
must provide a condu-
cive environment for
the participation and
inclusion of women in
political processes and
decision-making.
“Terrorism and vio-
lent extremism contin-
ue to be the biggest vio-
lators of human rights
and a persistent threat
to global peace and se-
curity. Needless to say,
women and girls suffer
invariably and dispro-
portionately,” she said.
Speaking at the UN
Security Council open
debate on ‘Women,
Peace and Security: To-
wards the 25th Anniver-
sary of Resolution 1325’,
she said violence
against women and girls
perpetrated by terror-
ists remains rampant.
“This deserves the
strongestcondemnation
and calls for the adop-
tion of a zero-tolerance
approach to all forms of
terrorism,” she said.
India’s Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj.
Five killed, several injured after
car collides with tree in MP
Woman’s body
found stuffed in
suitcase on
Rohtak highway
Panipat (ANI): A wom-
an’s body was found in
a suitcase on the
Rohtak-Jaipur highway
near a railway over-
bridge in Panipat city
of Haryana, police said.
After getting infor-
mation about the inci-
dent a Haryana Police
team reached the spot.
Forensic Science Labo-
ratory team also
reached the spot and
inspected the suitcase
and the spot where the
suitcase was found.
IPS officer Mayank
Mishra, ASP Panipat
zone also reached the
spot with his team.
TMC leader sent to custody till
March 10 in cattle smuggling case
New Delhi (PTI): A
Delhi court on Wednes-
day sent TMC leader
Anubrata Mondal to ED
custody till March 10 in
an alleged money laun-
dering case related to
West Bengal cattle
smuggling case.
The midnight court
passed the order on a
plea moved by the En-
forcement Directorate
(ED), which sought his
14-day custody and said
the accused was re-
quired to be quizzed.
Special Judge Rake-
sh Kumar directed the
agency, represented by
Special Public Prosecu-
tor Nitesh Rana, to pro-
duce the accused on
March 10 before the
regular court.
The ED on Tuesday
got custody of arrested
Trinamool Congress
(TMC) leader Mondal
after doctors at Joka-
ESI Hospital in West
Bengal found him fit to
travel to New Delhi.
Anubrata Mondal
Rs8 crore cash
from Arecanut
sale: MLA facing
corruption charges
85 women CRPF officers to ride
1,800 km to Maoist stronghold
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): A team of 85
women bikers of the
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) will un-
dertake 1,848 km-long
expedition from Delhi
to one of the most Left
Wing Extremism af-
fected areas of Chhat-
tisgarh.
“We will cover 1,848
kilometres in 16 days
and it’s a challenge con-
sidering bullet is a
heavy bike but we love
new challenges,” said
Anjilee, who comes
from Muzaffarpur in
Uttar Pradesh.
“On a bike I feel pow-
erful as powerful as
shakti. I don’t fear any-
one nor do I get tired,”
said Anjilee, who has
been riding a bike since
school days.
“I would like to say
never think of yourself
as someone who won’t
be able to accept any
challenge we should al-
ways conquer our fears
and participate in eve-
rything,” said another
woman officer.
The level of josh and
motivation can be
judged from the way
they are revving their
bikes.
Davangere: The embat-
tled BJP MLA Madal
Virupakshappa, who is
facingcorruptioncharg-
es after Rs 8.23 cr was
seized from his house
and office said that he
got the money from sale
of arecanut (supari).
Channagiri MLA
Virupakshappa, who
wastheKarnatakaSoaps
and Detergents Limited
chairman,toldreporters
at Channeshapur after
getting bail from the
High Court this was the
first in the history of In-
dia that a raid has been
carried out against a rul-
ing party MLA.
India to send 20K MT of
wheat to Afghanistan
Afghanistan (PTI): In-
dia and five central
Asian countries assert-
ed that Afghanistan’s
soil must not be used for
any terrorist activities
and called for formation
of a “truly inclusive”
political structure in
Kabul that respects
rights of all Afghans in-
cluding women and mi-
norities. At the first
meeting of the India-
Central Asia joint work-
ing group on Afghani-
stan, New Delhi also
announced a fresh
tranche of assistance of
20,000 metric tonnes of
wheat to Afghanistan
and the consignments
will be sent through the
Chabahar Port in Iran.
Wheat shipment to Afghanistan.
The ride will begin from the India Gate on March 9 and will end at
Jagdalpur in south Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on March 25.
President Droupadi Murmu applies tilak to a student as she receives
Holi greetings from students at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.
WOEFUL WEDNESDAY
3 DIE IN BIHAR AFTER MORTAR SHELL FALLS
OUTSIDE ARMY FIRING RANGE, SAYS POLICE
Gaya (PTI): Three villag-
ers were killed in Gaya
district of Bihar when an
Army mortar shell fell and
exploded well outside the
firing range in the early
hours of Wednesday, a
senior police officer said.
Senior Superintendent of
Police, Gaya, Ashish Bharti
said the incident took place
in Gularved village, falling
under Barachatti police station area, where six people got
injured when the mortar shell fell and burst. All of them were
rushed to the Anugraha Narayan Magadh Medical College
and Hospital in the town where three of the injured villagers,
including a woman, died while undergoing treatment.
4 LOSE LIVES AFTER CAR FALLS INTO GORGE
Shimla (ANI): Four persons
were killed and one gravely
injured after the car they were
travelling in fell into a gorge
in Shimla district on Wednes-
day. The incident happened
near Nerwa village of Chaupal
Tehsil. “A car carrying five
people fell into a gorge on
its way to Nerwa village. The
accident took place 5 kms
away from Nerwa,” the police
said. Further, as per police,
3 persons died on the spot
while another succumbed to
his injuries during treatment.
“A fourth occupant of the car
sustained critical injuries and
is undergoing treatment at
the hospital,” he added.
MAN TRANSPORTING
COWS SHOT AT IN UP,
PROBE LAUNCHED
Lucknow (ANI): A truck
driver was shot near a culvert
in the Mohan Nagar area of
Lucknow while transporting
cows, the police said. The
victim has been identified as
Prem Singh Yadav. According
to Police, “Driver Prem Singh
along with his owner Sanjeev
Singh was transporting cows
from Gorakhpur to Lucknow
in a DCM truck. On their
way, some unknown persons
came and opened fire at the
driver.” “The assailant fled
after committing the crime,”
added police. Upon receiv-
ing the information, a team
of police reached the spot
and the driver was rushed to
hospital. His condition was
said to be stable. Further
investigation is underway.
“UNWORTHY TO EVEN RESPOND”: INDIA
SLAMS PAK MINISTER’S KASHMIR REMARKS
United Nations (PTI): India tore into Pakistan after its
foreign minister raised the issue of Kashmir at a Security
Council debate on women, peace and security, saying it
is “unworthy” to even respond to such “malicious and
false propaganda”. Responding to Pak Foreign Minister
Bilawal Bhutto’s remarks on Kashmir, India’s Representa-
tive to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj termed
his statement as “baseless and politically motivated”.
“Before I conclude, let me dismiss the frivolous, baseless
and politically motivated remarks made by the delegate of
Pakistan regarding the Union Territory of JK,” she said.
AIR INDIA GROUP FLEW 90 ALL-WOMEN
CREW FLIGHTS TO MARK WOMEN’S DAY
New Delhi: Air India, along with Air India Express
and AirAsia, flew over 90 all-women crew flights in
the run-up to Women’s Day since March 1. 90 was
the chosen number as tribute to the 90th Anniversary
of Bharat Ratna JRD Tata’s first commercial flight, a
statement read. The Air India Group has been operat-
ing these all-women crew flights since March 1.
ACHIEVE ACCESS FOR ALL WOMEN AND
GIRLS TO DIGITAL INNOVATIONS: WHO
“FACTUALLY INACCURATE”: INDIA SLAMS UN
HUMAN RIGHTS FOR COMMENTS ON JK
United Nations: India voiced regret over comments by
the UN’s human rights commissioner on the situation in
Kashmir, terming the reference as “unwarranted and fac-
tually inaccurate”. “We regret the High Commissioner’s
unwarranted and factually inaccurate portrayal of the hu-
man rights situation in the Union Territory of JK. Let me
reiterate that the matters pertaining to the Union Territory
of JK are an internal affair of India and we do not see
any role for the OHCHR in it,” Representative of India to
the UN in Geneva Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey said.
New Delhi (ANI): WHO is calling for intensified action
across the world to ensure that every woman and
girl, everywhere has timely and equitable access to
digital innovations and technologies that can protect,
promote and support health and well-being, and ac-
celerate gender equality,” said, Dr Poonam Khetrapal
Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia.
IN COLOURFUL VIBE
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag
Singh Thakur takes a selfie with Union Minister of Law
and Justice Kiren Rijiju, External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar, US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo,
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and others during Holi
celebrations, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Narendra Modi@narendramodi
On International Women’s Day, a
tribute to the achievements of our
Nari Shakti. We greatly cherish the
role of women in India’s progress.
Our govt will keep working to
further women empowerment.
Amit Shah@AmitShah
India is proud of its resilient Nari-
Shakti. While they contribute to
building the nation with count-
less sacrifices, their individual
stories of courage, grit and de-
termination ignite our minds with
inspiration. I salute all of those
strong women on International
Women’s Day.
AYODHYA MOSQUE
CONSTRUCTION TO
BEGIN AFTER RAMZAN
WOMAN ‘CAUGHT
SMOKING’ INSIDE
FLIGHT TOILET, HELD
5 HELD IN ASSAM FOR
SUPPLYING SIM CARDS
TO PAK AGENTS: COPS
SHARMILA DETAINED IN
HYD DURING PROTEST
ON WOMEN’S DAY
Uttar Pradesh: The
construction of a mosque
in Ayodhya is likely to start
after the holy month of
Ramzan. The Ayodhya De-
velopment Authority (ADA)
has given clearance to the
mosque complex layout in
Dhannipur village in a recent
board meeting. Nitish Ku-
mar, district magistrate and
chairman of ADA, Ayodhya,
said, “All pending clearanc-
es to Ayodhya’s mosque
cum complex project have
been cleared in the recent
board meeting.
Bengaluru: A 24-year-old
woman allegedly caught
smoking in the toilet on an
Indigo flight from Kolkata
was arrested on her arrival
in Bengaluru. She was later
released on bail. As per
police complaint, Priyanka
C, who boarded the Indigo
6E-716 flight from Kolkata
on March 5, was suspected
to be smoking in the toilet
mid-flight by the cabin
crew, who asked her to
open the toilet door. When
the door was opened, a
cigarette was found lying
in the dustbin and the crew
put it out with water, ac-
cording to the complaint.
Guwahati: Five people
were arrested from Nagaon
and Morigaon districts
of Assam for allegedly
supplying SIM cards to
Pakistani agents, a police
spokesperson said. Several
mobile phones, SIM cards
and other incriminating
materials, including a hand-
set used to share defence
information with a foreign
embassy, were seized, he
said. Assam Police said the
arrests were made during
an operation carried out on
Tuesday night.
Hyderabad: Police on
Wednesday detained YSR
Telangana Party (YSRTP)
leader Y S Sharmila
when she staged a silent
protest against atrocities
on women. Sharmila was
leading the protest to com-
memorate the International
Women’s Day. Talking to
media persons, she said
that Telangana has turned
into a place filled with
landmines for women
under KCR’s rule. She
further said the state now
has the dubious record of
registering most number
of rapes and kidnapping
cases against women.
CRUCIAL READ
Ghaziabad: A gym trainer who was allegedly assaulted by
a group of youths after he objected to “obscene acts” by
a man and a woman while riding a scooter in Ghaziabad
has died of his injuries, police said. Six accused have been
arrested and charges under IPC section 302 (murder) will
be added in the FIR, they said. Virat Mishra, around 27
years of age, was assaulted in Sahibabad area, according
to Bunty, who knew the victim and also got thrashed in
the episode while intervening in it. “Virat had objected to
the man, identified as Manish, and the woman engaged
in objectionable acts, saying it was a residential area and
they should go somewhere else. “On this, Manish called
up some his friends who immediately reached the spot
and attacked Virat on his head and body with stones and
sticks,” Bunty claimed in his complaint to the police.
MAN WHO WAS BEATEN FOR OBJECTING TO
“OBSCENE ACTS” IN PUBLIC DIES, SAYS UP COPS
—PHOTO
BY
ANI
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BY
ANI

Start-up ecosystem needs shift in mindset
New Delhi (PTI): The
start-up ecosystem is wit-
nessing robust growth and
needs a shift in the mind-
set, a study undertaken by
city-based CIEL HR Ser-
vices said.
CIELHRServicesmanag-
ing director Aditya Naray-
an Mishra in a statement
said, “The start-up and en-
trepreneurship ecosystem
in India is witnessing ro-
bust growth. When we at
CIEL took a closer look at
the system with a gender
lens, we discovered that
with the progress the chal-
lenges have also scaled.”
“What the ecosystem
needs immediately is a
shift in mindset and that is
evident in CIEL’s study re-
port. One of the recom-
mendations is to promote
entrepreneurship among
students and also provide
them the right facilities
like access to capital, men-
torship programme...,”
Mishra also the CEO of the
company said.
‘WITNESSING ROBUST GROWTH’
MAJOR
FINDINGS
z According to the findings,
women entrepreneurs
continue to face challenges
with Indian start-ups
witnessing dynamic
growth
z Women in an
entrepreneurial role
struggle to raise capital,
face lack of professional
networks and mentorship
business
BRIEFS
New Delhi: Air India on
Wednesday said 15% of
its 1,825 pilots are wom-
en pilots, making it an air-
line with the largest num-
ber of female pilots. To
mark International Wom-
en’s Day, the Tata Group-
owned Air India, along
with Air India Express and
AirAsia India, has sched-
uled more than 90 all-
women crew flights, and
the carriers have been op-
erating these all-women
crew flights on interna-
tional and domestic
routes since March 1, ac-
cording to a release.
—PTI
15% OF AIR INDIA’S
TOTAL 1,825 PILOTS
ARE WOMEN
New Delhi: Adani Power
said it has amalgamated
its six subsidiaries, in-
cluding Adani Power
(Mundra), with itself. An
amalgamation of six
wholly-owned subsidiary
companies of Adani Pow-
er Ltd (APL)—Adani
Power Maharashtra Ltd
(APML); Adani Power Ra-
jasthan Ltd (APRL); Udu-
pi Power Corporation Ltd
(UPCL); Raipur Energen
Ltd (REL); Raigarh Ener-
gy Generation Ltd (REGL)
Adani Power (Mundra)
Ltd (APMuL)—with APL
was sanctioned by the
Ahmedabad-bench of Na-
tional Company Law Tri-
bunal on February 8,
2023. —PTI
ADANI POWER
AMALGAMATES SIX
SUBSIDIARY COS
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki
India and Hyundai Motor
India saw a dip in their
market share in February
while Tata Motors, Mahin-
dra and Kia India wit-
nessed an year on year
increase last month. As
per the retail sales data
collated by the FADA,
Maruti Suzuki’s retail
sales last month stood at
1,18,892 units as com-
pared with 1,09,611 units
in February 2022. Simi-
larly, Hyundai’s market
share last month dipped
to 13.62%. —PTI
MARUTI, HYUNDAI
MARKET SHARE DIPS
IN FEBRUARY 2023
New Delhi: Gold price
tumbled by `615 to
`55,095 per 10 grams in
the national capital on
Wednesday amid a de-
cline in rates of precious
metal in the overseas
markets, according to
HDFC Securities. The yel-
low metal had closed at
`55,710 per 10 grams in
the previous trade. Silver
also plummeted `2,285
to `62,025 per kilo-
gramme. In the overseas
markets, both gold and
silver were quoting lower
at $1,814 per ounce and
$20.05 per ounce, re-
spectively. —PTI
GOLD TUMBLES BY
`615/10 GM; SILVER
PLUMMETS `2,285
07
Commodity Price Change % Chg
GOLD 55,095.00 615.00 1.11 (Per 10g)
SILVER 62,025.00 2285.00 3.68 (Per 1kg)
COMMODITIES
Currency Price Change % Chg
USDINR 82.03 0.11 0.13
GBPINR 97.02 1.37 1.40
CURRENCIES
*Rates till the edition went to print.
CREDIT CARD
OUTSTANDING RISES
29.6% IN JANUARY
New Delhi: The credit card
outstanding in January rose
29.6% to reach an all-time
high of `1.87
lakh crore
on back of
increased dig-
itisation and
rising consumer confidence in
the post-Covid period. As per
the latest data of the Reserve
Bank, the credit card outstand-
ing has recorded a growth of
over 20% in the 10 months
of the current fiscal. June had
recorded the highest growth of
30.7%. On the monthly trends
in credit card usage, there has
been a consistent growth in
the credit card spends for the
last few months. —PTI
VOLATILITY IN STEEL
PRICES TO CONTINUE
IN MEDIUM TERM
New Delhi: The volatility in
steel prices is likely to con-
tinue in the medium-term due
to the impact
of geopolitical
situation on
supply chain
logistics,
according to SteelMint. Last
week, steel makers increased
the prices of hot-rolled coil
(HRC) by `1,400 to `60,700
per tonne. In the last six
months, the steel prices have
not been stable. “The volatil-
ity in the prices is likely to
continue in the medium-term
on account of geo-political
situations across the globe
impacting the supply chain,”
SteelMint said. —PTI
NAFED TO BEGIN ONION PROCUREMENT FROM 3
MANDIS IN GUJARAT FROM TODAY
New Delhi: Cooperative Nafed will start procurement of kharif
onion in Gujarat from Thursday from three mandis to provide
relief to farmers, as prices have crashed
in the wholesale markets, according to
the Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry.
Nafed will begin onion procurement
from Bhavnagar, Gondal and Porbandar
mandis in Gujarat from March 9. More
centres will be opened from time to
time as required, it said. “Farmers
are requested to bring their good quality and dried stock to the
procurement centres to avail better rates at these centres,” the
ministry said. —PTI
IOC KEEN TO DEVELOP HALDIA REFINERY INTO
PETROCHEMICALS COMPLEX
Kolkata: Oil marketing PSU Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is keen
to develop its existing refinery in West Bengal’s Haldia into a
petrochemicals complex for “sustain-
ing operations profitably”, a company
official said on Wednesday. Running a
standalone refinery is “not sustainable
in terms of profitability” for which it has
to be supplemented by a petrochemicals
complex, he said. “We want to set up a
petrochemicals complex contiguous to
the Haldia refinery whose current capacity is 8.5 million tonnes
per annum (mtpa)”, the company official said. —PTI
OTHER STORIES
‘India growth slow
down is temporary’
New Delhi (PTI): Moody’s
Analytics said India’s do-
mestic economy, rather
than trade, is its primary
engine of growth and the
slowdown in economic ac-
tivity late last year will
only be temporary
.
The government data re-
leased last week showed
India’s GDP growth slowed
to a three quarter low of
4.4% in October-Decem-
ber,2022, mainly due to con-
traction in manufacturing.
While the manufactur-
ing sector contracted by
1.1%, private consumption
expenditure slowed to 2.1%
in the October-December
quarter of current fiscal.
In its report on emerging
market outlook, Moody’s
Analytics said growth
slowed substantially on a
year-ago basis, with private
consumption lagging over-
all GDP for the first time
since the Delta wave of Cov-
id-19 struck the economy in
the second quarter of 2021.
“Our take is that the slow-
down late last year will be
temporary and even salu-
tary
, helping to wring some
of the demand-side pres-
sures out of the economy
without stopping it whole-
sale. On the external front,
better growth in the US and
Europe’sincipientrecovery
will propel India at the mid-
year mark,” it said.
The US and Europe are
India’s largest trade part-
ners and are important
destinations for exports of
business services.
TOP TALKING
POINTS
z The government data
released last week showed
India’s GDP growth slowed to
a three quarter low of 4.4%
in October-December,2022,
mainly due to contraction in
manufacturing
z While the manufacturing
sector contracted by 1.1%,
private consumption
expenditure slowed to 2.1%
in the Oct-Dec quarter
z The US Europe are India’s
largest trade partners and are
important destinations for
exports of business services
IN 7TH ROUND
India-UK FTA talks
covered11policyareas
New Delhi (PTI): The sev-
enth round of India-UK free
tradeagreement(FTA)talks
concluded following techni-
cal discussions across 11
policy areas over 43 sepa-
rate sessions between nego-
tiators from both sides last
month, the British govern-
ment has said.
In an outcome statement,
the Department for Busi-
ness and Trade did not give
any further details on the
policy areas covered, but
confirmed that the eighth
round of talks is due to
take place in a few weeks’
time.
“On 10 February 2023,
the United Kingdom and
the Republic of India con-
cluded the seventh round
of talks for an India-UK
FTA,” the outcome state-
ment reads.
“Technical discussions
were held across 11 policy
areas over 43 separate ses-
sions. They included de-
tailed draft treaty text dis-
cussions in these policy
areas. The eighth round of
negotiations is due to take
place later this Spring,” it
said. Last month’s session
was also conducted in a hy-
brid fashion, with a num-
ber of Indian officials trav-
elling to London for nego-
tiations and others attend-
ing virtually. In keeping
with the norm so far of al-
ternating locations, the
next round is expected to
take place in New Delhi to-
wards the end of this
month.
Jio extends 5G
coverage to 27
more cities
New Delhi (PTI): Reliance
Jio, the country’s largest
telecom operator, on
Wednesday announced the
launch of its 5G services in
27 more cities of 13 states
and union territories to ex-
tend its network of ultra
high-speed telephony to 331
cities across India.
Jio True 5G is now avail-
able in 27 additional cities
in states like Andhra
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Jammu Kashmir, Karna-
taka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telan-
gana, UP, Uttarakhand and
West Bengal, the company
said in a statement.
Starting March 8, 2023,
Jio users in these 27 cities
will be invited to the Jio
Welcome Offer, to experi-
ence unlimited data at up
to 1 Gbps speeds, at no ad-
ditional cost, it said.
Sensex rises over 120 points; Nifty closes above 17,750
Mumbai (PTI): Rising for
the third straight session,
equity benchmark Sensex
closed higher by 123 points
on Wednesday, propped up
by robust fag-end buying in
banking and financial
stocks amid a bearish trend
in global equity markets.
In a largely subdued ses-
sion, the 30-share BSE
Sensex ended 123.63 points
or 0.21% higher at 60,348.09.
During the session, the in-
dex touched a high of
60,402.85 and a low of
59,844.82.
The broader NSE Nifty
gained 42.95 points or
0.24% to finish at 17,754.40.
IndusInd Bank was the
biggest gainer on the
Sensex chart, rising 4.75%,
followed by MM, LT,
NTPC, ITC, Ultra Cement,
Tata Steel, Maruti and SBI.
In contrast, Bajaj Fi-
nance, Tech Mahindra, In-
fosys and Sun Pharma
were among the losers,
shedding up to 2.30%.
In the broader market,
the BSE midcap gauge rose
0.61%, and the smallcap in-
dex gained 0.28%.
` FALLS 11 PAISE TO
CLOSE AT 82.03
AGAINST DOLLAR
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee
depreciated 11 paise to close at
82.03 (provisional) against the
US currency on Wednesday as
a strong dollar in the overseas
market weighed on investor
sentiments. At the interbank
foreign exchange market, the
rupee opened at 82.25 against
the greenback and closed at
82.03 (provisional), registering a
fall of 11 paise.
Indian market large enough
for all players: Emirates
New Delhi (PTI): Indian
aviation market is “large
enough to accommodate all
players profitably” and ir-
respective of what compet-
itors do, the airline is fo-
cused on its strategies,
leading Gulf carrier Emir-
ates has said amid Air In-
dia ramping up its fleet and
operations. Emirates flies
to nine Indian cities and
operates 167 weekly flights
to the country
.
A senior Emirates execu-
tive said the expansion of
Air India might push air-
ports to improve their ser-
vices, which will be a posi-
tive development for all
other airlines, Indian cus-
tomers as well as the avia-
tion and travel industries
as a whole.
“Air India flying to new
international routes might
also have a positive (effect)
on Emirates. When a new
route is operated by an air-
line, then that could result
in increased traffic de-
mand and the particular
airline might not be able to
cater to the demand.
“As a result, the potential
customers will look at oth-
er carriers and that can
have a positive impact,”
Mohammed Sarhan, Vice
President - India Nepal
of Emirates, said.
To a query related to Air
India and competition in
the Indian market, Sarhan
said that competition is
there and irrespective of
what competitors do, “we
are focused on our strate-
gies”. He asserted that “the
market is large enough to
accommodate all players
profitably”.
ACCORDING TO
EMIRATES
z Indian aviation market
is “large enough to
accommodate all players
profitably” and irrespective
of what competitors do,
the airline is focused on its
strategies
z The leading Gulf carrier flies
to nine Indian cities and
operates 167 weekly flights
to the country
‘GQG PARTNERS LIKELY TO
INCREASE ADANI INVESTMENT’
New Delhi (FIB): GQG Partners would likely expand its
investment in the Adani group, the fund firm’s founder
Rajiv Jain said on Wednesday, a week after its $1.9 billion
infusion into the embattled Indian conglomerate. “Chanc-
es are we’ll probably buy more because we typically initi-
ate a position and then depending
on how things go and how the
earnings come through we tend to
get it to full size because we’re not
at full size at this point,” Jain said.
GQG Partners, co-founded by
Jain in 2016, bought shares worth
$1.87 billion in four Adani group
companies, marking the first major investment in the
Indian conglomerate since a short-seller’s critical report
in January sparked a stock rout. Jain, based in Florida,
flew to Australia this week for talks with investors, which
include some of Australia’s largest pension funds. Last
week, pension fund investor Cbus Super, with A$71 bil-
lion ($46.82 billion) under management, told Reuters they
had queried GQG about the Adani purchase.

08
2NDFRONT
The power of self- discipline is the
biggest power which can change your
life, as and when you want.
— Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
No dreams of being PM, but will
bring change in 2024: Uddhav
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Former
Chief Minister Ud-
dhav Thackeray on
Wednesday said that
while he has no prime
ministerial ambitions,
he hopes to bring
“change in 2024”.
The leader, who re-
cently lost the “Shiv
Sena” name and poll
symbol to rival and
CM, Eknath Shinde, on
Wednesday made his
first appearance at
Vidhan Bhavan since
the beginning of the
Budget Session, to par-
ticipate in a meeting of
the Maha Vikas Agha-
di allies.
The MVA alliance
consists of the Con-
gress, the Nationalist
Congress Party and
the Shiv Sena - Uddhav
Balasaheb Thackeray.
“I am not dreaming
of becoming Prime
Minister but will defi-
nitely try to bring
change in 2024,” he
told reporters, prior to
his visit to the Vidhan
Sabha.
“There was a time
when Congress thought
no one could defeat
them. And now BJP
thinks the same. But
soon their government
will also fall, they too
will be defeated. When
Congress was in power,
former Union Minister
George Fernandes
challenged that he
could defeat Congress.
Today, the same has
happened to the BJP,”
he said, in reference to
Ravindra Dhangekar
defeating the BJP can-
didate in the recent
Kasba Peth bypoll.
“I’m glad that Ravin-
dra Hemraj Dhangekar
has become an MLA
from Congress. The
Kasba seat which was
the traditional seat of
the Bharatiya Janta
Party was won by Con-
gress MLA Dhangekar
under the leadership
of MVA,” he added.
Earlier in the day,
state Minister Shamb-
huraj Shivajirao Desai
said the Legislative
Council was “waiting
eagerly” for Thacker-
ay’s visit.
“It’s a good thing.
The Bhavan is eagerly
waiting for him. He is
an honourable mem-
ber of the Vidhan
Bhavan and ex-CM.
Let’s see what he has to
say,” Desai said.
Ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray visited Vidhan Bhavan for the first time since the Budget Session began. —PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
There was a time
when Congress
thought no one
could defeat
them. And now
BJP thinks the
same, ex-CM says
MVA allies have decided to come together to hold
rallies in different parts of the state to take on the
Eknath Shinde-BJP govt, insiders say
On Women’s Day, Ajit Pawar
rues lack of woman ministers
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The Leader
of the Opposition in the
Maharashtra Legisla-
tive Assembly Ajit Pa-
war on Wednesday
pointed out that there is
not a single woman in
the state cabinet.
The Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP) lead-
er was speaking in the
Assembly on a resolu-
tion moved by Speaker
Rahul Narwekar urging
the government to for-
mulate a new women’s
policy
.
The alliance govern-
ment of Eknath Shinde-
led Shiv Sena and
Bharatiya Janata Party
which came to power in
June 2022 has 20 minis-
ters including the chief
minister.
To mark Internation-
al Women’s Day, the As-
sembly discussed the
proposed fourth wom-
en’s policy
.
Pawar said the new
policy should provide
for social security for
women and also their
financial empower-
ment. Domestic vio-
lence is often not re-
ported because women
do not speak out about
such issues and the new
policy should address
this problem, the Lead-
er of Opposition added.
NCP leader Chhagan
Bhujbal praised the de-
cision of the BJP gov-
ernment in neighbour-
ing Madhya Pradesh to
provide an allowance of
Rs1,000 per month to
women from the finan-
cially weaker section.
There was a time
when Maharashtra
took the lead in intro-
ducing such measures,
the former minister
said.
Bhujbal also demand-
ed that the House pass a
resolution demanding a
50% quota for women in
Parliament and state
legislatures.
The (upper)
limit of 43
(state cabinet)
ministers has not been
exhausted. Women
make up 50% of the
population but Maha
does not have a single
woman minister.
—Ajit Pawar, LOP, Assembly
First India Bureau
Mumbai: Responding
to the breach of privi-
lege notice issued by
the Maharashtra As-
sembly Speaker, Shiv
Sena - Uddhav Balasa-
heb Thackeray faction
leader Sanjay Raut on
Wednesday said that
his “chor-mandal” re-
marks were directed
only towards a specific
group and not all
MLAs. He has not done
anything or said any-
thing with an intention
to insult the state legis-
lature, he added.
“I have been a Rajya
Sabha MP and know the
importance of Assem-
bly, the statements were
directed towards only a
specific group (Shinde
camp) and not all
MLAs,” Raut said.
Meanwhile, Speaker
Narwekar on Wednes-
day said he had accept-
ed Raut’s request for
more time to submit a
written clarification
on his “chor-mandal”
remark.
“I have received a
communication from
him today
. The response
was sought as part of
natural justice. My
view was that the re-
marks referring to the
legislature as a body of
thieves' was an insult to
the House,” Narwekar
said. “I have accepted
the request,” he added
without specifying how
much time has been
given to Raut.
Earlier, Raut had
sparked chaos in the
House after he called
the legislature a “chor-
mandal” (council of
thieves). His comment
also prompted mem-
bers of the ruling BJP
and Shiv Sena to submit
to the speaker a notice
for breach of privilege
motion against the MP.
“This is not a legisla-
ture but a band of
thieves. What if we are
removed from the post
are we going to leave the
party? Many such posts
have been given to us by
the party, Balasaheb
had given them, and Ud-
dhav ji has given them,
we are not hawkers,”
Raut had allegedly said.
Chor Mandal: Remarks aimed
at particular group, Raut says
First India Bureau
Mumbai: The state will
introduce a new wom-
en’s policy during the
ongoing Budget Ses-
sion, the government
said on Wednesday
.
Women and Child De-
velopment Minister
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
announced the decision
in the Legislative As-
sembly while replying
to a debate on the issue,
which was initiated in
the House to mark Inter-
national Women’s Day
.
The state govern-
ment will take note of
all the suggestions put
forth by MLAs with re-
gard to welfare, securi-
ty and empowerment of
women, Lodha said,
and will also table its
performance report on
decisions related to
women empowerment
regularly
.
The new policy will
be practical, he said,
adding that a “tourist
policy” for women will
also be announced.
A “janata durbar”
will be held for women
at the district level eve-
ry month where 50 com-
plaints will be taken up,
he said.
A women’s bazaar to
promote products of
Self-Help Groups has
also been proposed eve-
ry month in all dis-
tricts, the minister
added. As much as 50%
of Corporate Social Re-
sponsibility (CSR)
funds should be allocat-
ed for women’s causes,
he said.
Speaking later, Chief
Minister Eknath Shin-
de said the state Budg-
et, which is to be pre-
sented on Thursday,
will be women-centric
and dedicated to mid-
dle-class people.
“We will be fulfilling
our promises (when the
Budget is presented)
Everyone is anticipat-
ing what the Budget
will hold for them. I can
tell you that it will look
to fulfill the needs and
aspirations of women
and the middle class.
This government is
committed to working
for the people,” he said.
New women’s policy to be rolled out during Budget session
COMING SOON
lll
‘Tourist policy’,
‘janata durbar’
and women’s
bazaars on the
cards even as
Shinde-
Fadnavis govt
gears up for its
1st Budget
CM Eknath Shinde —FILE PHOTO
Sanjay Raut —FILE PHOTO
Giriraj Singh —FILE PHOTO
Nashik: A local court
here on Wednesday
sentenced independ-
ent MLA and former
Maharashtra minister
Omprakash alias
Bachchu Kadu to one
year’s rigorous impris-
onment for obstruct-
ing government work
and trying to assault
an official during a
2017 agitation.
He was sentenced on
two counts, and as per
the court order which
became available late in
the evening, both the
sentences of one year
each would run concur-
rently
.
Kadu, leader of the
Prahar Sanghatana
who supports the
Eknath Shinde-led Ma-
harashtra government,
subsequently secured
bail from the court.
His lawyer said they
will file an appeal in the
High Court against the
sentence.
On July 24, 2017, the
Prahar Sanghatana had
staged an agitation out-
side the Nashik Munici-
pal Corporation over
the issue of non-utiliza-
tion of 3% funds re-
served for the specially-
abled persons.
As per the prosecu-
tion, Kadu, who led the
agitation, abused and
tried to hit Nashik com-
missioner Abhishek
Krishna.
Beed bizman
assaulted;
FIR names
NCP MLA
Aurangabad (PTI):
An attempt-to-mur-
der case has been
registered against
Nationalist Con-
gress Party (NCP)
legislator Prakash
Solanke, his wife
and others after a
group of unidenti-
fied people attacked
a businessman in
Beed district, an of-
ficial said on
Wednesday
.
A businessman
named Ashok She-
jul was allegedly
beatenupbyuniden-
tified people in Ma-
jalgaoncityonTues-
day
. Solanke repre-
sents the Majalgaon
constituency
. In his
complaint, Shejul
said the attackers
came on bikes and
hit him with pipes.
The attackers told
Shejul that he
should be killed be-
cause he keeps com-
plaining about
Prakashdada's
(MLA Solanke) or-
ganisation, the offi-
cial said. On the
businessman's com-
plaint, the police
registered a case un-
der Indian Penal
Code sections, in-
cluding 307, against
the MLA, his wife, a
man and five to six
unidentified per-
sons, the official
said, adding that the
complainant is be-
ing treated at a pri-
vate hospital.
1-yr jail term for MLA
Kadu in 2017 protest
Bachchu Kadu —FILE PHOTO
First India Bureau
Thane: Union Rural De-
velopmentandPanchay-
ati Raj Minister Giriraj
Singh on Wednesday
said the Central govern-
ment has resolved to
make members of wom-
en Self-Help Groups
(SHGs) “lakhpatis”.
“There are 86,000
SHGs in India which in-
clude 9 crore women. In
the last eight years, the
government has dis-
bursed Rs6.26 lakh crore
to these women. It is the
dream of Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi to
make each and every
member of SHGs a lakh-
pati. We are working in
that direction,” he said,
afterinauguratingaone-
day workshop of women
andanexhibitionatSha-
hapur in Thane district.
Meanwhile, a section
of the pandal put up for
the event collapsed due
to heavy winds.
IN GOVT, FACED RESISTANCE TO PRO-
WOMEN DECISIONS: SHARAD PAWAR
Mumbai (PTI): National-
ist Congress Party (NCP)
president and former
Union minister Sharad
Pawar on Wednesday
recalled resistance he
faced from certain quar-
ters while implementing
decisions related to
women empowerment,
including inducting
female officers into the
armed forces, but said
when an administrator
is strong policies get
eventually executed. The
veteran parliamentarian
held key portfolios of
defence (1991-1993)
and agriculture (2004-
14) as a Union minister
and also served as chief
minister of Maharashtra
four times during his
decades-long political
career. Pawar said while
serving as chief minister
of Maharashtra, he
chose to handle the
women and child welfare
department instead of
crucial portfolios like the
home which changed
people's perspective
about his administration.
Pawar said many deci-
sions taken by him while
in government were not
appreciated by his male
colleagues, including his
move to give equal share
in family property to
women. The former CM,
however, asserted that
despite facing opposi-
tion, he went ahead with
decisions that empow-
ered women.
Centre wants to make
women ‘lakhpatis’: Min

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