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India poised to achieve Services Export target of
$1 TRILLION BY 2030, SAYS GOYAL
First India Bureau
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister of Commerce and
Industry Piyush Goyal
has said that India is
poised to achieve ser-
vices export target of $1
Trillion by 2030.
The Union Minister
was addressing the
gathering at the “Ser-
vices Export Promotion
Council- Global Servic-
es Conclave 2021” in
New Delhi on Tuesday
.
Goyal said that Ser-
vices are a key driver of
India’s economic
growth.
The Union Minister
added that Services sec-
tor provides employ-
ment to nearly 2.6 crore
people and contributes
approximately 40% to
India’s total global ex-
ports. He added that
Services trade surplus
was $89 Billion in FY
2020-21 and it has been
the largest FDI recipi-
ent (53% of FDI inflows
2000-2021).
The theme of the
Global Services Con-
clave 2021 was ‘India
Serves: Exploring Po-
tential Growth Sectors
Beyond IT/ITes’.
Emphasizing that
Service sector is our
competitive advantage,
powered by Skills,
Startups and IT Solu-
tions, Goyal said that
today, Indian services
have the twin power of
universal acceptance &
universal attraction.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal addresses at the Global Services
Conclave, in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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Rohit Sharma has been named India’s new T20I
captain as the BCCI on Tuesday announced a
16-member squad that will play three T20Is against
New Zealand starting later this month. However,
the team will be without the likes of stars Virat
Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Hardik
Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja, who have been
rested for the T20Is.KL Rahul has been appointed
as vice-captain of the team, which also marks
maiden international call-ups for IPL sensations
Venkatesh Iyer and Harshal Patel. Iyer represented
Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2021, scoring 370
runs at an average of 41.11 with four half-centuries
and grabbing three wickets, playing a crucial role in
the two-time champions reaching the final.
HITMAN: INDIA’S
NEW T20I CAPTAIN
Mamata Banerjee
rejigs Cabinet, retains
Amit Mitra as adviser
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mama-
ta Banerjee Tuesday
announced a cabinet
reshuffle and changed
major portfolios.
While addressing the
media after a cabinet
meeting, State Industry
MinisterParthaChatter-
jee said, “After the de-
miseof SubrataMukher-
jee, Pulak Roy has been
appointed as the new
PanchayatandRuralDe-
velopment Minister.”
Roy is now in charge of
the Public Health Engi-
neering department.
Last Monday, the six-
month tenure of State
Finance Minister Amit
Mitra also came to an
end. Since he did not
contest the bypoll, his
department automati-
cally went under the
CM’s control. On Tues-
day, the CM made Chan-
drima Bhattacharya
the Minister of State of
the Finance depart-
ment and urged Mitra
to stay in the govt.
Channi bows down to
Sidhu,removes AG
Chandigarh: Punjab
CM Charanjit Channi
on Tuesday said he had
accepted APS Deol’s
resignation as the
state’s Advocate-Gener-
al, in a move that meets
sulking Congress lead-
er Navjot Sidhu’s de-
mand and signals a
truce between the rul-
ing party’s top two lead-
ers in the state.
The former cricketer
haddemandedAPSDeol
be fired for representing
two accused cops in the
2015 sacrilege and police
firing case. Last week
Sidhu indicated he
would take back his res-
ignation as the Con-
gress’Punjabchief –but
only if the state govern-
ment removed APS Deol
from office.
Deol had been made
the Punjab govern-
ment’s top lawyer by
Chief Minister Channi.
UK to add
India’s Covaxin
to approved list
from Nov 22
London: The UK gov-
ernment has said that
India’s Covaxin will be
added to its list of ap-
proved COVID-19 vac-
cines for international
travellers from Novem-
ber 22, meaning that
those inoculated with
the Bharat Biotech-
manufactured jab will
not have to self-isolate
afterarrivalinEngland.
The move follows the
World Health Organisa-
tion’s (WHO) Emergen-
cy Use Listing for Cov-
axin, which is the sec-
ond most used formula-
tion in India. The
changes will come into
effect at 4 am on Novem-
ber 22.
Defcapabilitydevpanat’lneed
duetoborderissues:Naravane
Gandhinagar: Chief of
the Army Staff (COAS)
General MM Naravane
onTuesdaysaidcapabil-
ity development of the
armed forces remains a
national imperative giv-
en the country’s active
and disputed borders
with two neighbours
and observed that dis-
ruptive technologies are
fast transforming the
characterof themodern
world. “We have seen
the decisive impact of
these technologies in
recent conflicts around
the world,” General
Naravane said. Ad-
dressing MoUs signing
between Rashtriya Rak-
sha University (RRU)
and BISAG-N.
LAKHIMPUR KHERI VIOLENCE
Bulletsfiredfrom
AshishMishra’sgun:FSL
Lakhimpur:TheForen-
sicreportintheLakhim-
pur case has added new
prob-lemsfortheUnion
Home Min-
ister for
State Ajay
M i s h r a
Teni. The re-
port has belied
the claims of the
minister who claims
that no gunshots were
fired by his son and
aides in Lakhimpur.
The report of the FSL
has confirmed that bul-
lets were fired from the
licensed guns of the
minister’s son Ajay
Mishra and his aide An-
kit Das. Though there
has been no official con-
firmation about the out-
come of the report.
Additional Superin-
tendent of Police (ASP),
Lakhimpur said that it
would directly be pro-
duced in the court. Ac-
cording to sources, the
FSL report has con-
firmed that Ashish
Mishra and his aide An-
kit were present on the
spot where farmers
were first crushed and
later on bullets were
fired. Notably
, MoS Ajay
Mishra had been claim-
ing that his son was not
present on the spot in-
stead, only the vehicle
ownedbyhimwasthere.
Few eyewitnesses
had claimed that the
minister’s son was pre-
sent in the vehicle that
crushed farmers and
he even fired bullets.
The licensed repeater
gun and pistol of Ankit
Das also have firing
marks on them. The po-
lice had seized all these
weapons.
CHINA DELIVERS LARGEST, ‘MOST
ADVANCED’ WARSHIP TO PAKISTAN
China has delivered its largest and most advanced warship
to Pakistan as it seeks to beef up the navy of its all-weather
ally in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, where it has
increased its own naval presence in recent years. Designed
and built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited
(CSSC), the frigate was delivered to the Pakistan Navy in a
commissioning ceremony in Shanghai.
SAFFRON ‘POLITICAL SURGICAL STRIKE’ ON OPPONENTS!
Kartikey Dev
Singh
New Delhi: BJP on
Tuesday accused the pre-
vious Congress-led Unit-
ed Progressive Alliance
(UPA) government of ir-
regularities in the Rafale
fighter jets deal, citing a
French online journal’s
report, and triggered a
fresh war of words be-
tween the governing and
the opposition party
. Me-
diapart, the journal, on
Sunday published al-
leged fake invoices for
payments between 2004-
2013 claiming they ena-
bled French aircraft mak-
er Dassault Aviation to
pay at least `7.5 million in
kickbacks to a middle-
man to help it secure the
deal. The UPA was in
power then and the deal
referred to is the original
one signed by the previ-
ous government with
Dassault.
“The documents say
Dassault, which was
been described as D, paid
`7.5 million or `65 crore
as a commission to a
middleman for 36 Rafale
aircraft,” said BJP’s
Sambit Patra.
Fadnavis exposes Malik’s
‘deal’ with Dawood’s men
Mumbai: Keeping his
promise of “a post-
Diwali blast”, BJP
leader of Opposition
Devendra Fadnavis on
Tuesday made a
shocking expose of
how Nationalist Con-
gress Party Minister
Nawab Malik alleged-
ly entered into a “land
deal” at throwaway
prices with two hench-
men of fugitive mafia
don Dawood Ibrahim
Kaskar. Releasing doc-
uments of the 16-year-
old deal before the me-
dia, Fadnavis said
that a company con-
nected with Malik,
Solidus Investments
Pvt. Ltd. (SIPL), com-
pleted the land trans-
action in Kurla with
M. Salim Ishaq Patel
and Sardar Shahvali
Khan, both close aides
of Dawood and the lat-
ter a convict sen-
tenced to life impris-
onment in the March
1993 Mumbai serial
bomb blasts.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab
Malik on Tuesday demanded that the centre
should investigate claims made by a French
portal that Rafale makers paid 7.5 million Euros
to middlemen between 2007 and 2012. His
remarks come after a French portal claimed that
Rafale makers had paid 7.5 million Euros to
middlemen. “A lot of news regarding Rafale has
been coming in the French media. I think the
way the news is coming the government should
investigate the matter. We demand an investiga-
tion by the government,” said Malik.
I Need Commission!
BJP slams Cong over Rafale
deal, says kickbacks received
during UPA’s tenure
NCP’s NAWAB
MALIK
DEMANDS
PROBE
I will drop a
hydrogen
bomb tomor-
row in connection with
Fadnavis. I will expose
his underworld links
—NAWAB MALIK
claiming he would expose leader of Opposition
Devendra Fadnavis’ underworld connections
on Wednesday morning.
Ashish Mishra
BJP LEADER AJAY
SHARMA SHOT AT
SHAH IN BANARAS
ON FRIDAY
Prayagraj: BJP leader
Ajay Sharma was critically
injured after some miscre-
ants allegedly fired at
him inside his house. The
incident took place late
on Monday night near the
Phaphamau police station
area. The police said that
Sharma was shot five
times and the bullets hit
him on his shoulder and
stomach.
New Delhi: On Friday,
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah will travel to Varanasi
to meet with BJP workers
and leaders to discuss
the party’s strategy for
the upcoming elections.
“We are preparing to host
a meeting of 650 leaders
where the Union Minister,
state in-charge Dharmen-
dra Pradhan will take part,”
BJP leader said.
Army Chief General MM Naravane (L) shakes hand with Nepal
Army Chief General PR Sharma in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI
CRUCIAL READ
POST VOLATILE TRADING SESSION,
SENSEX ENDS 112 PTS LOWER
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex dropped by 112
points on Tuesday. After a volatile trading session, the
30-share index ended 112.16 points at 60,433.45. Simi-
larly, the NSE Nifty fell 24.30 points to 18,044.25. —PTI
FIRST ‘CLIMATE
CHANGE’ PATIENT!
A doctor in Canada’s British
Columbia province has di-
agnosed a patient who came
in with breathing trouble
as suffering from “climate
change”, possibly the first
such case recorded till date.
The patient was struggling
to breathe after the recent
wildfires in Kootenays wors-
ened her asthma, reported
Canada’s Times Colonist
newspaper.
MLC POLL
ON DEC 10
Bengaluru: The
election to legislative
council seats was
announced by the
Election Commis-
sion on Tuesday. The
biennial election to
the council will be
held on December
10 and results will
be announced on
December 14.
Justice Bhandari to head
to Madras High Court
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Collegi-
umhasrecommended
thetransferof Justice
Munishwar Nath
Bhandari from the
AllahabadHighCourt
to the Madras High
Court. The resolution
to this effect was
passed pursuant to a
Collegium meeting
held on September 16.
Justice Bhandari is
the second senior-
most judge at the Al-
lahabad High Court.
He served as its Act-
ing Chief Justice
from June 26 to Octo-
ber 10, after the retire-
ment of Chief Justice
Sanjay Yadav. He was
appointed as a judge
of the Rajasthan High
Court on July 5, 2007.
He was then trans-
ferred to the Alla-
habadHighCourtand
took oath as a judge
on March 15, 2019.

CAPITOL
NEW DELHI | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2021
02
New Delhi: The mini-
mum wage in Delhi has
gone up with the dear-
ness allowance seeing an
increase. Deputy Chief
Minister Manish Sisodia
issued orders to imple-
ment the increase.
After the increase, the
monthly salary of un-
skilled workers will in-
crease from `15,908 to
`16,064, that of semi-
skilled workers from
`17,537 to `17,693 and
that of skilled workers
will increase from
`19,291 to `19,473.
“The rate of mini-
mum wages for supervi-
sor and clerical employ-
ees has also been in-
creased. The monthly
salary of non-matricula-
tion employees has been
increased from `17,537 to
`17,693, the monthly sal-
ary of matriculated but
non-graduate employees
has been increased from
`19,291 to `19,473. The
monthly salary of la-
bourers with graduate
and above educational
qualification has been
increased from `20,976 to
`21,184,” the government
said in a statement.
“This step was taken
keeping the interests of
the poor and working
class during Covid in
mind. Dearness allow-
ance can’t be withheld
for workers in the unor-
ganised sector, who nor-
mally receive only mini-
mum wages. Therefore,
the Delhi government
has announced a revised
minimum wage by add-
ing dearness allowance,”
Sisodia said.
This is the second
time this year that dear-
ness allowance in mini-
mum wage has been
hiked. The previous hike
was implemented with
effect from April. Prior
to this, the government’s
move to increase wages
was challenged in court
by different employers’
associations. After a
court order, the govern-
ment was able to imple-
ment the new wage or-
der. The minimum wage
in Delhi is among the
highest in the country.
“Although we are cut-
ting many government
expenses, keeping the
interest of the labourers
in mind is important.
Due to inflation recorded
in the country and sky-
rocketing prices of com-
modities, every section
of society has been af-
fected financially.
Items of daily con-
sumption such as cere-
als, pulses and oil have
also become expensive. I
hope this increase in
wages will help labour-
ers,” Sisodia said.
Meanwhile, the gov-
ernment launched the
‘Shramik Mitra’ scheme
to ensure that benefits of
government schemes
reach construction wor-
kers in Delhi. —Agencies
New Delhi: The North
Delhi Municipal Corpo-
ration authorities on
Monday halted construc-
tion and demolition ac-
tivities at sites of 54 pri-
vate properties for al-
leged violation of green
norms, officials said.
The NDMC also im-
posed a fine of `16 lakh
on violators, according
to guidelines of the
green authorities, they
said.
The civic body in a
statement on Monday
said it is taking various
steps to combat air pollu-
tion in the city.
The corporation halt-
ed construction and
demolition activities at
sites of 54 private prop-
erties on Monday, where
“violations of NGT
norms were noticed,” it
said.
The NDMC also im-
posed a fine of `16 lakh
on violators, as per the
guidelines of the green
authorities, the state-
ment said. —PTI
New Delhi: Delhi Wom-
en and Child Develop-
ment Minister Rajen-
dra Pal Gautam on
Tuesday said various
stakeholders need to
work together to imple-
ment the city govern-
ment’s ‘Suryodaya
Scheme’ to tackle drug
abuse.
He chaired a high-
level meeting with the
department officials re-
garding the progress
and implementation of
the scheme that has
been developed to curb
drug abuse in the na-
tional capital, especial-
ly among the youth
through rehabilitation.
The main concern of
the minister was the ef-
fective roll-out and im-
plementation of the
scheme, according to a
statement. The minis-
ter pressed upon the
need to successfully re-
habilitate victims of
drug abuse and their
families, it said.
“The youth of this
country have become
victims of drug abuse.
Children as
early as
the age
of 10
a n d
1 1
have
become vic-
tims of drug
abuse. This is
the failure of so-
ciety at large
from parents,
schools to en-
f o r c e m e n t
agencies in pre-
venting the child
from falling into sub-
stance abuse. We will
create a robust
ecosystem for
a drug-free
childhood,” he
said.
The minister
a l s o
said it
is im-
portant
to ef-
f e c -
t ive ly
monitor,
e v a l u a t e
and implement
the best programmes by
all the agencies to reha-
bilitate victims of drug
abuse.
“All stakeholders
from various depart-
ments, such as educa-
tion, social justice, po-
lice and law enforce-
ment support and child
rights commission need
to work in close coordi-
nation.
“All the agencies
should come together
and work for a commu-
nity-based implementa-
tion of the Suryodaya
Scheme. We not only
need to rehabilitate the
child who is a victim of
drug abuse but also pro-
vide counselling to
their families,” the
statement quoted the
minister as saying.
In July 2021, Gautam
had inaugurated Suryo-
daya Kendra, a one-stop
centre for drug de-ad-
diction in Delhi. The
one-stop centre reha-
bilitates victims of
drug abuse through
counselling, among oth-
ers. —PTI
New Delhi: Small shop
owners, malls, colleges,
and residential societies
can now install private
chargers for electric vehi-
cles in Delhi.
The single window facil-
ity for installation of pri-
vate electric vehicle (EV)
charging stations was
launched by Transport
Minister Kailash Gahlot
Monday. This process
will be available both
online and through a
phone call.
A consumer can
avail the single win-
dow facility by either
accessing the discom’s
portal or calling them. The
discoms have empanelled
12 vendors to facilitate the
installation of slow and
moderate chargers. The
chargers will be made op-
erational in two weeks of
the request being placed.
The government is also
providing a subsidy of
`6,000 to the first
30,000 applicants for the in-
stallation. The tariff rate
fixed by the government for
electricity consumed
through these EV charging
points is INR 4.5 per unit.
“Today’s launch of a sin-
gle window
facili-
ty for installation of pri-
vate chargers in malls, of-
fices, residential societies,
colleges is happening for
the first time anywhere in
India. It marks the comple-
tion of a year-long exercise
initiated by the
Charging
Infrastructure Working
Group of Delhi govern-
ment,” said Jasmine Shah,
vice-chairperson, Delhi
Dialogue and Development
Commission.
A statement issued by
the Delhi government said
the space require-
ment for the in-
s t a l l a -
t i o n
o f
an EV charger is minimal.
“Only 1 sq ft is required
for LEV AC & 2 sq ft for AC
001, and the DC-001 can be
installed on the ground
having 2 sq m area and 2 m
height. Both LEV AC
charger and AC 001 charger
are wall-mounted… Both
these chargers are used to
charge primarily 2- and
3-wheelers. The DC 001
charging standard is used
for e-cars used primarily by
fleet operators,” it said.
The cost of the charger
will be inclusive of the EV
charger, installation, and
annual maintenance for
three years. —Agencies
Delhi malls, offices can now install private chargers for e-vehicles
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
DELHI GOVT HIKES
minimum wages for labourers
‘SHRAMIK MITRA’ LAUNCHED TO INFORM WORKERS ABOUT GOVT SCHEMES
We are
cutting
many gov-
ernment expenses,
keeping the inter-
est of the labourers
in mind is import-
ant. Due to sky-
rocketing prices of
commodities, ev-
ery section of soci-
ety has been affect-
ed financially.
—Manish Sisodia, Delhi
Deputy Chief Minister
ENCOURAGING YOUTH
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal presents `3 lakh
cheque to Lokesh, a 400m runner from Delhi to assist
him for training.
CRUCIAL READ
WOMAN ALLEGES RAPE BY MAN ON
PRETEXT OF JOB IN DWARKA
JUVENILE AMONG 3 PEOPLE HELD IN
ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE NEAR AIIMS
New Delhi: A woman alleged that a man raped her after
forcefully taking her to a hotel room in Dwarka on the
pretext of providing her a job,
police said. The incident took
place on Nov 6. A man named
Ankit Sehrawart had contacted
her on the pretext of providing
a job. On the day of the inci-
dent, he picked her up on his bike and allegedly took her
to a hotel. When she refused to check-in to the hotel,
the accused assured her that he knows everyone and
claimed that his mother is police officer, police said.
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has apprehended three
people, including a juvenile, after a brief encounter
near AIIMS, officials said on
Tuesday. The incident took
place on the intervening night
of Monday and Tuesday when
police were patrolling in Kotla
Mubarakpur area. During
patrolling, the staff spotted three persons on a bike.
On suspicion, they signalled the motorcycle to stop
for checking, but the rider accelerated and tried to
escape from the spot, Deputy Commissioner of Police
(South) Benita Mary Jaiker said.
New Delhi: A 31-year-old man was arrested in
Delhi’s Burari area for allegedly killing the wife of
his former employer after she asked her husband,
an assistant professor in Delhi University, to
remove the man from his job, police said on Tues-
day. Rakesh, a driver, allegedly strangled Pinki to
death and gave her electric shocks when she was
alone at her home in West Sant Nagar in Burari
on Monday, they said. Rakesh confessed to the
crime while police were patrolling in Burari area
on Monday evening.
MAN HELD FOR KILLING EX-EMPLOYER’S
WIFE AFTER LOSING JOB IN BURARI
Sarai Rohilla Police team nabbed two ECM ma-
chine thieves with the help of public. One Country
Made Pistol, one Screw Driver and a TSR used
in crime were recovered. One of the accused has
criminal history.
Construction
and demolition
activities halted
at 54 sites
Must work together to curb drug abuse: Delhi Minister
Delhi High Court dismisses with `25k costs challenge
to appointment of NCLAT Technical Member
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Tuesday dis-
missed with `25,000 costs
a plea challenging the ap-
pointment of a Technical
Member of the National
Company Law Appellate
Tribunal.
A bench headed by
Chief Justice D N Patel
said there was no reason
to entertain the petition
filed by ‘India Awake for
Transparency’ and di-
rected that the costs be
deposited with the Delhi
State Legal Service Au-
thority in four weeks.
The bench, also com-
prising Justice Jyoti
Singh, noted that the
Member in question was
fully qualified and was
duly chosen by a search-
cum-selection committee
under the Chief Justice
of India in January 2020.
“Looking to the quali-
fication of respondent no
2 (the Member), she is
fully qualified to be ap-
pointed and has been se-
lected by the search-cum-
selection committee in
accordance with law. The
process of selection is in
accordance with law...
Respondent no 2 has also
served at the National
Consumer (Disputes Re-
dressal) Commission for
several years,” the court
said. —PTI
DELHI GOVT, NDMC ASKED TO RESPOND
TO PLEA TO CONTROL DENGUE OUTBREAK
New Delhi:The Delhi
High Court on Tues-
day sought response
of the city govern-
ment and North Delhi
Municipal Corporation
on a plea for taking steps to control the dengue
outbreak like regular fogging in the area, forming
inspection teams to check any growth of mosqui-
to larvae on the premises and imposing penalties
for violations. Justice Rekha Palli issued a notice
and granted one week’s time to authorities to file
their status reports in the matter and listed the
plea for further hearing on November 18. —PTI

INDIA
03
POST BYPOLL VICTORIES, CAN CONGRESS
PRESENTONE-ON-ONECHALLENGETOBJP?
Anita Hada
New Delhi:
With the re-
sults of by-
elections to
three Lok
Sabha and
30 assem-
bly seats in
t h i r t e e n
states and
union territo-
ries falling large-
ly in Congress' fa-
vour, grand old party
has witnessed a huge
change in momentum
towards itself.
Earlier in face-to-face
battles, Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party has often
won, but this time Con-
gress has won and that
too with a huge margin.
Barring one state - As-
sam - Congress has won
by a huge margin and
where it has lost, there
has been a tough fight.
Even though during
the seven years of Nar-
endra Modi's rule, the
opposition parties have
been winning in the by-
elections, but this time
the Congress is consid-
ering its victory 'spe-
cial' and showing the
strength of a one-on-
one fight with the
Bharatiya Janata Party
.
Keep in mind that
earlier the Congress
used to lose in one-on-
one battles while BJP
considered it its
strength that it
had to fight the
C o n g r e s s .
But this
time in the
b y - e l e c -
tion, the
Congress
has defeat-
ed the
B h a r a t i ya
Janata Party-
by a big margin
or has lost by a very
small margin in a one-
on-one fight. It is being
told that there is a lot of
enthusiasm in the Con-
gress high command
about this.
Congress leaders
have presented this re-
port in front of the par-
ty, after which both Ra-
hul Gandhi and Priyan-
ka Gandhi Vadra have
tightened their stance
against the Bharatiya
Janata Party
.
RAJASTHAN MADHYA PRADESH
Congress won both the seats in
Rajasthan, where Congress got
37.51 percent votes and BJP
18.80 percent. In this way, the
BJP’s voting was half that of
the Congress party.
In MP, BJP won one Lok Sabha
and two Assembly seats and
Congress won one assembly
seat. There the BJP got 47.58
percent of the votes and the
Congress got 45.55 percent.
MAHARASHTRA HIMACHAL PRADESH
When the Congress won the only
assembly seat in Maharashtra, it
got 57.03 percent votes, while the
BJP got 35.06 percent. That is, the differ-
ence there was 22 percent of the vote.
In HP, the party won one LS & all
three assembly seats. In these four
seats, Congress got 48.90 percent of
the votes, while BJP got only 28.05 per-
cent. There was a difference of 20 percent votes.
According to sources, the recent
strategy of Congress is to remain
aggressive against BJP and present
itself as a better alternative to saffron
party. It is also being said that Con-
gress is toying with the idea of going
ahead alone for the time being. As
per highly placed sources in Cong,
party’s strategy has been changed
after by-polls. The results of by-polls
in states like WB, AP, Bihar, Telan-
gana etc. have worried Congress,
after which efforts will be made to
improve coordination with allies or
find new allies in these states.
CONGRESS PLANS MASSIVE RESTRUCTURING...
HOCKEY COACH MOVES DELHI HC OVER BEING
IGNORED FOR DRONACHARYA AWARD
ED ATTACHES ASSETS WORTH RS 61.38 CR IN BHUSHAN STEEL, BEL CASE
SCSP: PLEA SEEKS
DIRECTION TO
UTILISE FUNDS
New Delhi: The Delhi
HC on Tuesday issued
notice on a petition
seeking directions from
Delhi Govt to spend the
entire amount allocated
for SCSP under the
Budget Outlays for the
financial year 2021-22
and future financial
years for the welfare of
SC. The petition further
sought direction to Delhi
Government, department
for the welfare of SC/
ST/OBC, DSFDC and
Planning Department to
ensure that the unspent
funds that have been
diverted in the last three
years are reverted to the
SCSP and are used for
special schemes set up
for the welfare of the
Scheduled Castes. Court
fixed matter for January
11, 2022, for hearing.
New Delhi: Hockey coach Sandeep Sangwan on Tues-
day moved the Delhi High Court seeking an order for the
government to consider him for the Dronacharya Award
(Regular Category) for the year 2021 for his performance
as a coach. Justice Rekha Palli asked the Centre to take
instructions and listed the matter for further hearing on No-
vember 12. Sangwan, who claims to be a renowned hockey
coach, said he was ignored by the Centre from being
considered for the Dronacharya Award despite being found
meritorious by the Selection Committee for Sports Award
2021. The Centre was represented by Additional Solicitor
General Chetan Sharma and standing counsel Anil Soni.
Mumbai: The ED has provisionally attached
assets of about Rs 61.38 crore under the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
(PMLA), in relation to its probe on Bhushan
Steel Limited (BSL), Bhushan Energy Limited
(BEL) and a few others. BSL and its former
promoters are accused of siphoning off pub-
lic funds. The agency in a statement said the
attached assets consist of “agricultural land
in Raigad, Maharashtra, warehouses in enti-
ties under the control of erstwhile promoters
of BSL”. ED initiated a money laundering
probe into Bhushan Steel and Bhushan
Energy on the basis of a complaint filed by
SFIO in 2019, under various provisions of
Companies Act, 2013 and IPC, 1860.
COURT TO HEAR PLEA OVER BAR ON MARRIED
PEOPLE JOINING ARMY’S LEGAL WING
COURT SENDS NCB WITNESS KIRAN GOSAVI
TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY IN CHEATING CASE
New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Tuesday said it will hear on
January 11 a plea challenging the restriction on married
individuals being considered for JAG department, the
legal arm of the army. A bench of CJ DN Patel and
Justice Jyoti Singh allowed an early hearing application
by petitioner Kush Kalra and permitted the Centre to file
any additional affidavit on it. “List for hearing on January
11, 2022. If the respondent wants to file any affidavit,
the same is permitted to be filed. No purpose would
be served by keeping this matter pending for a long
period,” said the bench.
Pune: NCB independent witness in the Mumbai cruise
raid case Kiran Gosavi has been sent to Judicial custody
by a Pune court on Tuesday
in a cheating case registered
against him at Faraskhana
police station. Gosavi, till now,
was in police custody. On Oc-
tober 28, Gosavi, a key witness
in the Mumbai cruise drugs
case in which Bollywood actor SRK’s son Aryan Khan
was arrested, was held by Pune City Police in connec-
tion with a cheating case of Rs 18 lakh in the year 2018.
IN THE COURTYARD
BAIL OF EX-FORTIS
PROMOTER ON HOLD
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday
adjourned bail plea of
former Fortis Healthcare
promoter Shivinder
Mohan Singh, accused of
misappropriating about
Rs 2,400 crore of Relig-
are Finvest Ltd funds, for
November 11. The court
kept decision on hold.
Kavita Pant
New Delhi: Five years
have passed since de-
monetisation. On No-
vember 8, 2016, Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi, while address-
ing the nation at eight
o’clock in the night,
said that the notes of
Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 will
cease to be legal ten-
der. After that, for sev-
eral months, PM him-
self and his ministers
kept explaining to the
country that this has
been done to eliminate
black money.
When there was no
sign of ending black
money, it was said that
this masterstroke was
done by the PM to make
a cashless economy.
Since then, it is being
publicized that how
digital transactions
have taken over the role
in India. There is no
doubt that digital trans-
actions have increased
but at the same time
people’s dependence on
cash has become more
than ever.
Five years after de-
monetisation in India,
cash has become about
60 percent more than
before demonetisation.
According to the defini-
tion of RBI, having cash
in the hands of the pub-
lic means that if we sort
out the cash of the
banks from the curren-
cy in circulation minus
cash in banks i.e. total
liquidity, then what is
left is the cash in the
hands of the people and
it is Rs 28 lakh crore. It
is believed that the co-
rona virus has also in-
creased people’s confi-
dence in cash. However,
the amount of cash to
GDP ratio in India was
always 10 to 12 per cent,
which is now going to
increase to 14 per cent.
5 YEARS SINCE DEMONETISATION, MORE
CASH AVAILABLE TO INDIANS THAN EVER!
Mahesh Sharma
New Delhi: After in-
creasing it nine times
in three years, the cen-
tral government has
reduced the excise duty
on petrol and diesel
once. And within hours
of the Central govern-
ment’s move, leaders of
BJP started pressuriz-
ing the opposition-ruled
states to reduce their
VAT or local tax. In Del-
hi, BJP leaders also
demonstrated in front
of CM Arvind Kejri-
wal’s house.
Opposition leaders
do not want central govt
and the BJP to get all
the credit for the reduc-
tion in the price of pet-
rol and diesel and that
is why they have with-
held the decision in
their respective states.
An opposition leader
says that now if they
reduce VAT, the price of
petrol and diesel will
come down further but
the credit will go to the
BJP. That’s why the op-
position parties are
waiting for the matter
to cool down, after
which they will cut
down VAT and take full
credit. The state govts
of BJP and its allies
have no such need, so
they have reduced their
local taxes immediately
.
Rest of states will wait
for a while and reduce
their local taxes. Keep
in mind that the biggest
source of revenue with
the state govts is the tax
on petroleum products,
so they are not in a posi-
tion to give much relief.
States with opposition rule will also
reduce VAT,but no major relief expected!
VAT has been reduced in many places even in the
states ruled by the opposition, but there are about a
dozen states that have not reduced VAT and it is
said that in the coming days, VAT will also be
reduced in these states.
In report of RBI, total cash in India as on Oct 5,
2021 is `28.30 lakh cr, which was `17.97 crore 5
years ago on Nov 8, 2016. Cash use has grown by
57% in 5 years. People have more cash of `10.33
lakh crore than before. Over `2.5 lakh crore cash
has come into circulation every year. 2 months after
demonetisation, in Jan 2017, people had only
`7,80,000 cr of cash left, today it is `28.30 lakh
Mumbai police
detain 1 person
in Antilia case
Mumbai: The Mumbai
police have identified
one person among the
two who asked about
the location of Antilia,
residence of RIL Chair-
man Mukesh Ambani,
but nothing suspicious
has been found so far. “1
person identified; he is
a taxi driver from Guja-
rat. Nothing suspicious
recovered from him so
far,” said Mumbai Po-
lice. Cops have initiated
inquiry as taxi driver
alerted police. —ANI
Rakesh Ranjan
New Delhi: The Un-
ion Government on
Tuesday appointed
Sheel Vardhan Singh,
a 1986 batch IPS offic-
er of Bihar Cadre, to
the post of Director
General of CISF; a
post that fell vacant
after Subodh Kumar
Jaiswal was appointed
as CBI Director.
Presently, Singh is
working as Special Di-
rector in IB. Report-
edly, he will take
charge on Wednesday.
Further, Atul Karwal,
1988 batch Gujarat
Cadre IPS officer, was
appointed as Director
General, NDRF. Cur-
rently, Karwal is head-
ing the Sardar Vallab-
hbhai Patel National
Police Academy. On
taking over at NDRF
headquarters Karwal
will join his wife in
New Delhi where she
is serving as Union
Secretary in the De-
partment of School
Education.
SINGH & KARWAL APPOINTED AS DG IN CISF & NDRF RESP
NEW POSTINGS!
NARANG WILL BE NEW DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
IN HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD
New Delhi: The Pub-
lic Enterprises
Selection Board
(PESB) on Tues-
day recommend-
ed that Rajneesh
Narang be con-
sidered for ap-
pointment as
Director (Finance) of
state-run oil refiner
Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd
(HPCL).
Narang was
picked out of
nine candidates
who were inter-
viewed on Mon-
day.
Currently
, Na-
rang is working as
HPCLExecutiveDirec-
tor (Corporate Fi-
nance). He has also
beenfunctioningasthe
company’s Chief Fi-
nancial Officer (CFO)
since July 01, 2021.
If the PESB recom-
mendation is ap-
proved by the Union
Government, Narang
will step in the shoe of
R Kesavan who retired
this year.
New Delhi: CJ NV Ra-
mana Tuesday said the
legal profession is not
about profit maximisa-
tion but for service to
the society
.
Speaking at event or-
ganised by NALSA to
observe ‘Legal Services
Day’, Ramana said stu-
dents, educated in law,
are empowered to be the
voicesof vulnerableand
marginalised sections
of the society
.
Ramana said he was
very happy to see Union
Law Minister Kiren Ri-
jiju’s personal inclina-
tion towards progress
of legal services. Rijiju
expressed concern over
unpalatable remarks
made on SM against
judges. —ANI
❍ LEGAL SERVICES DAY
Advareempoweredtobe
voices of vulnerable: CJI
Your decision
to join legal
aid movement
will pave path for a
great career. This will
help you inculcate
empathy, under-
standing and a sense
of selflessness.
—NV Ramana, CJI
NV Ramana
Atul Karwal Sheel Vardhan Singh

PERSPECTIVE
04
Vol 1 Issue No. 71
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Jagat Prakash Nadda
@JPNadda
Hearty congratulations to all the
people of the state on the foundation
day of Uttarakhand, the holy land of
spirituality and culture. Chief Minister
@pushkardhami Under the leadership
of Ji, the state is continuously moving
on the path of development. I pray
to God for happiness, prosperity and
welfare of all the people of the state.
Nitin Gadkari
@nitin_gadkari
On World Legal Services Day, let us
pledge to make sure the availability of
free services to the weaker section of
the society and make them conscious
about their rights.
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than
all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that
is at work within us.
—Bible
IN-DEPTH
HEALTH CARE IN
AMERICA IS THE
BEST IN THE WORLD
here is an aphorism
that all budding en-
trepreneurs and griz-
zled veterans alike
come to intimately
understand: the market never
lies. Americans have among the
lowest life expectancy of high-
income countries — 77.3 years
versus Switzerland, for exam-
ple, at 83.2 years. The adult
chronic disease burden stands
at 24.6% of the population, com-
pared to an average of 18%
across these same countries.
Obesity defined as a BMI of 30
or more is at a staggering 40% in
the United States, compared to
an average of 21% in the group.
Yet over a million people travel
totheUSeveryyearfortheirmed-
icalcare,includingheadsof state,
thewealthyandelite,whopresum-
ably could have received care in
their home country or anywhere
else in the world. The numbers
citedabovedonotevenincludethe
millions who are cared for by the
international satellite campuses
of the Mayo Clinic, Cornell, Har-
vard and Johns Hopkins systems,
to name just a few, that have been
established to bring American
healthcaretotherestof theworld.
SOURCE: FAIR OBSERVER
TOP TWEETS
T
ustralia may be
leading the world
in measures to
protect public in-
terest journalism
from the threats arising from
media restructuring and
news aggregators such as
Google and Facebook, but it
has yet to properly address
the related need for firm pro-
fessional standards.
At the moment the Austral-
ian Press Council deals with
complaints about the print
and online content of the
newspapers, magazines and
journals that fund it.
Among those publishers
are the two biggest: Nine and
News Corp. Other big pub-
lishers are not or cannot be
members, among them
Guardian Australia, The
Conversation and the ABC.
THERE HAVE BEEN
ATTEMPTS TO LIFT
STANDARDS
The government’s Finkelstein
Review recommended a gov-
ernment-fundedstatutorybody
takeovertheroleandfunctions
of theAustralianPressCouncil
and the news-related functions
of the Communications and
Media Authority
.
THE GOVERNMENT IS
INCHING TOWARDS MORE
The government has raised
thepossibilityof tryingagain,
its green paper last year on
broadcasting promising to
“implementastagedprogram
of reform towards ‘platform
neutral’ media regulation”.
HERE’S HOW BETTER
REGULATION COULD WORK
The Council has its critics,
whether related to slowness
in handling complaints (a le-
gitimate concern) or seeming
insufficiently independent or
insufficiently (or overly) crit-
ical of the work it examines.
But its work is important.
SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION
Australian journalism
needs better standards
One thing that could be
done in Australia is
for digital platforms
and publishers to
voluntarily adopt an
improved version of
the Digital Industry
Group’s code
A
POST BYPOLL, TMC EMERGES
STRONGER, CONG DECIMATED,
LEFT… LEFT ASIDE
he bypolls are over and even
as it is a known fact that the
ruling party makes the best
out of the bypoll results… a
close look at how the ruling
party fared in these bypolls
would certainly paint an ex-
tremely dismal picture of the
Opposition in West Bengal.
TMC on November 2 made
a clean sweep in the Assem-
bly bypolls after it won in all
the four seats.
Even as TMC secured land-
slide victories in these elec-
tions, one constant factor that
needs to be acknowledged is
that the BJP remained as the
main Opposition even as the
saffron party saw how they
“dropped” the Shantipur and
Dinhata catches.
POINTS TO BE NOTED
TMC is growing stronger
by the day: Despite the fact
that the BJP had pressed into
service all its stalwarts for
the Assembly polls earlier
this year… the May 2, 2021
outcome script went horribly
awry for the saffron party
while Mamata Banerjee had
the last laugh. After the mas-
sive win against the BJP, it
was evident that TMC would
shift its focus pan-India.
However, this did not mean
that the TMC would loosen
its connect over West Bengal
and take the bypolls lightly
.
In the state Assembly polls
held in March-April this
year, the TMC received 48 per
cent vote share. In the Bha-
wanipore Assembly bypoll
on September 30, Mamata
garnered 71.9 per cent votes
and the party bagged a total
60.2 per cent votes in the elec-
tion at Samserganj and Jan-
gipur seats held on the very
same day
.
IntheNovember2victoryin
all the four bypolls, the TMC
logged in a major 75 per cent
combinedvoteshare.Withthis,
thepartynowhasastrengthof
217 MLAs in the House.
Moreover, the party en-
joyed straight drive wins
with record differences.
Udayan Guha won the Din-
hata seat in Cooch Behar dis-
trict by 1,64,089 votes. In Go-
saba, Subrata Mondal of the
TMC was triumphant by a
winning margin of 1,43,051
votes. In Khardah, Sovandeb
Chattopadhyay won by a mar-
gin of 93,832 votes. It may be
noted that Sovandeb had giv-
en up his Bhawanipore seat
for Mamata. TMC nominee
from Shantipur, Braja Kishor
Goswami managed to win by
a margin of 64,675 votes.
BJP not getting the grasp?:
Even as the BJP has come up
to become the main Opposi-
tion to the TMC in the earlier
held crucial Assembly
polls… the saffron party has,
it seems, lost quite a bit of
steam. Even as it failed to
win any of the four (Assem-
bly) seats, the party lost both
Dinhata and Santipur seats.
Moreover, to add to their
woes… BJP party candidates
even lost their deposits in
Dinhata, Gosaba and even in
Khardah constituencies.
During the Assembly polls
earlier this year, BJP’s vote
share was pegged at 38 per
cent. In Bhawanipore bypoll,
the BJP’s vote share dipped
to 22.3 per cent. In Samser-
ganj and Jangipur Assembly
elections, the combined vote
share of BJP was 14.2 per
cent. However, in the bypolls,
the party’s combined vote
share stood at 14.5 per cent.
It may be noted that the
party lost five of its “sulking”
MLAs to the TMC since the
Assemblypollswereover.BJP
MLAs who are now in the
TMC are Tanmoy Ghosh,
Mukul Roy
, Biswajit Das,
Krishna Kalyani and Soumen
Roy
. They have not yet re-
signed from their posts and
the unofficial tally of the BJP
in the House is now 70, down
from 77. Going by the trend
and with the current election
scenario… grapevine has it
thatmoredefectionsarelikely
.
Congress ‘deleted’, Left is
out of focus but in frame:
Although the party contested
only one seat out of the four,
the Congress candidate in
Shantipur managed to get
just a meagre 1.41 per cent
votes and was slightly better
that 0.92 per cent that is what
the NOTA got. Poll panel data
reveals that the Congress
ended up doing worse than
NOTA. While it clocked only
0.37 per cent votes, NOTA
bagged 1.07 per cent.
This will give the TMC an
upper hand in case the Grand
Old Party has a poll alliance
with TMC in the larger con-
text for Lok Sabha, it won’t be
difficult for the TMC to garm-
eralion’sshare.However,let’s
look at the Left... LF did better
and logged in 8.5 per cent
votes, up from the 4.7 % it re-
ceivedduringthestateAssem-
bly polls earlier this year.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
T
During the Assembly polls
earlier this year, BJP’s vote
share was pegged at 38 per
cent. In Bhawanipore
bypoll, the BJP’s vote share
dipped to 22.3 per cent. In
Samserganj and Jangipur
Assembly elections, the
combined vote share of BJP
was 14.2 per cent. However,
in the bypolls, the party’s
combined vote share stood
at 14.5 per cent
Even as TMC secured
landslide victories in
these elections, one
constant factor that needs
to be acknowledged is
that the BJP remained as
the main Opposition
even as the saffron party
saw how they “dropped”
the Shantipur and
Dinhata catches
ROBIN ROY
The writer is Senior Associate Editor,
Free Press Journal, Mumbai and former
Managing Editor, First India

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INDIA
05
Prez Ram Nath Kovind presents award to Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat. She is one of the founders of Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad.
President presents award to Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous) for
Public Affairs. His son Chirag Paswan receives the award.
Ram Nath Kovind gives award to Prof Ram Yatna Shukla. He is the
President of Kashi Vidwat Parishad and called “Abhinav Panini”.
President Ram Nath Kovind presents Padma Bhushan Award
to Sumitra Mahajan for Public Affairs in New Delhi on Tuesday.
President Ram Nath Kovind presents award to Tarun Gogoi
(Posthumous). His wife Dolly Gogoi receives the award.
PADMA AWARDS
PRESIDENT
CONFERS
TOP
HONOURS
resident Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday
presented Padma awards, the most
prestigious awards in the country, to
the recipients at the Civil Investiture
Ceremony-I at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
As a part of it, a total of 119 awards was pre-
sented in a ceremony conducted on November
8 and 9, out of which seven Padma Vibhushan,
10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri awards
will be conferred to the recipients.
PADMA AWARDEES ARE...
While the Padma Vibhushan awardees include
Shinzo Abe, SP Balasubramaniam, Dr Belle
Monappa Hegde, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan,
Narinder Singh Kapany, BB Lal and Sudarshan
Sahoo. The list of Padma Bhushan Awards include
ministers like Tarun Gogoi, Chandrashekhar Kam-
bara, Sumitra Mahajan, Ram Vilas Paswan and
Tarlochan Singh among others. Meanwhile, 29
of the awardees include women, 16 Posthumous
awardees and one transgender awardee.
P
BRAHMINS BANIYAS ARE IN MY
POCKET, SAYS MP BJP IN-CHARGE
Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party (BJP) in-
charge Muralidhar Rao
said that people belong-
ing to Brahmin and
Baniya communities
are in his pockets.
He made the remarks
while responding to the
allegations that BJP is
seeking caste-based
votes. “Brahmins and
Baniyas are in my two
pockets....when there
were brahmin workers
it was called Brahmins’
party. When Baniya
workers were there it
was called a party for
‘baniyas’...BJP will be
for everyone,” Rao said
during a press confer-
ence here.
In a series of tweets,
Congress party leader
Kamal Nath slammed
Rao for his remarks
and said that the BJP
leader has insulted the
‘Brahmin’ and ‘Baniya’
communities. —ANI
...over allegations
that his party seeks
caste-based vote
Kamal Nath @ OfficeOfKNath
Very sad information has been
received about the death of four
innocent people in the incident of
fire in the children’s ward of Kamala Nehru
Hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Condolences to the families of
the victims. The government
should make arrangements
for proper treatment of other
injured children.
SHIVRAJ ORDERS PROBE INTO HOSP FIRE
Bhopal: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
on Tuesday said that a probe has been or-
dered into the incident in Bhopal’s Kamla
Nehru Hospital where four children died
after a children’s ward caught fire.
‘This is a case of criminal neg-
ligence. Stringent action will
be taken against those found
guilty,’ tweeted Chouhan.
Low age of victims
in rape, murder not
sufficient to impose
death penalty: SC
New Delhi: Low age of
victimsinrape-and-mur-
der cases has not been
considered as the “only
or sufficient factor by
this court” for imposing
thedeathpenalty
,theSu-
preme Court has said
referring to its verdict
thathadanalysed67sim-
ilar cases dealt by it in
last 40 years.
The apex court’s cru-
cialobservationcameon
an appeal of Irappa Sid-
dappa who was convict-
ed and given the death
penalty by a trial court.
The Karnataka High
Court confirmed the tri-
al court’s decision on
March 6, 2017.
He was convicted for
kidnapping, rape and
murder of a five-year
old-girl in the village of
Khanapur in Karnataka
in 2010 and post the inci-
dent,hehadputthebody
of victim in a bag and
thrown it into a stream,
named Bennihalla. —ANI
Mahapanchayat
in Lucknow on
Nov 22 will be
historic:Tikait
New Delhi: Bharatiya
KisanUnion(BKU)lead-
er Rakesh Tikait on
Tuesday warned the
centre of intensifying
thefarmers’agitationin
the Purvanchal region
in poll-bound Uttar
Pradesh, adding that the
upcoming Kisan Ma-
hapanchayat in Luc-
knowwillprovetobethe
“lastnailinthecoffinfor
the three black laws”.
Earlier, he had said
that farmers will
strengthen the agita-
tion from November 27
by reaching Delhi bor-
ders on tractors. —ANI
The Kisan
Mahapanchayat
in Lucknow on
November 22 will be
historic. It will prove to be
the last nail in the coffin for
the anti-farmer government
and the three black laws.
Now, the farmers’
movement will also
intensify in Purvanchal.
—RAKESH TIKAIT,
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader
INC Manipur
@INCManipur
CLP Leader, Shri Ibobi;
PCC President Shri N.
Loken and Shri @
Gaikhangam2 along with
other delegates of CLP -
Shri @meghachandra_k,
Km. @MirabaiAkoijam
and Md. @fajur_rahim
met Congress President
Smt. Sonia Gandhi to
discuss political scenario
of Manipur at New Delhi.
New Delhi: Ahead of
the 2022 assembly elec-
tions, a meeting of Ma-
nipur Congress leaders
with party interim
President Sonia Gandhi
is underway at her resi-
dence in the national
capital on Tuesday, in-
formed sources.
AICC Manipur in-
charge Bhakta Charan
Das, senior observer
Jairam Ramesh along
with other party lead-
ers met Sonia Gandhi.
Former Manipur CM
Okram Ibobi Singh and
Gaikhangam Gangmei
are also present in the
meeting.
The meeting is crucial
as elections are due in
early next year and Ma-
nipur is an important
state in the north east re-
gion. Manipur has 60 as-
sembly seats wherein
BJP is in power. —ANI
AHEAD OF 2022 POLLS
SONIA GANDHI, MANIPUR LEADERS
DISCUSS POLITICAL SITUATION
A delegation from Manipur under the leadership of CLP leader O
Ibobi Singh met with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday.
K’taka BJP in-charge Arun Singh
to strategise for local body polls
Bengaluru: Karnataka
BJP in-charge Arun
Singh will convene a
core committee meet-
ing on Tuesday with
state party leaders to
plan strategies for the
upcoming local body
polls. The elections will
be held for the BBMP,
Vidhana Parishat (leg-
islative council), zilla
and taluk panchayat.
After the BJP’s defeat in
the Hangal bypolls in
Haveri, the home dis-
trict of CM Basavaraj
Bommai, the party is
serious about local body
polls, wants to iron out
differences. Opposition
split by a factional fight
between Shivakumar,
Siddaramaiah. —ANI
YEDIYURAPPA’S STATEWIDE TOUR
Yediyurappa has announced a statewide tour and
declared that it is his mission to bring BJP to
power again in the state Assembly elections. The
core committee will also discuss awarding cabinet
berths to Yediyurappa’s son BY Vijayendra.
Singh’s big challenge is
to bring in coordination
between former CM BS
Yediyurappa and other
top party leaders who
are opposing him
CRUCIAL READ
GOVERNMENT TO
APPOINT NEW UGC
CHIEF SOON
New Delhi: The Union
Education Ministry is
expected to appoint a
new UGC chairperson
within next one month.
The names of any of-
ficials of the Central or
state Govt will not be
considered for the post.
The tenure of DP Singh,
the current chairman
of the UGC, is ending
in the first week of De-
cember. In view of this,
UGC may get a new
chairman by the end of
December. Some new
standards have been
set for appointment.
PMGKAY: OPPN
TARGETS CENTRE ON
DISCONTINUATION
New Delhi: Opposition
on Tuesday attacked
Union govt over “dis-
continuation” of PMG-
KAY, saying scheme
should at least continue
till March 2022 as the
country ranked 101 in
the 2021 Global Hunger
Index and was facing
unemployment issues.
Opposition’s criticism
came after Food Secy
Pandey’s Nov 5 state-
ment that as of now,
Centre has no proposal
to extend distribution of
free ration under PMG-
KAY beyond Nov 30.
PRESIDENT, VP, PM MODI GREET PEOPLE OF
UTTARAKHAND ON THEIR FOUNDATION DAY
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice Prez
M Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday
greeted the people of Uttarakhand on their founda-
tion day. ‘The people of U’khand are known for their
simple lifestyle, honestly and humility, through their
hard work they have brought the state an important
place,’ Kovind tweeted. VP Naidu also took to Twitter,
Known as ‘Devbhoomi’, U’khand is renowned for its
rich spiritual heritage, spectacular natural beauty. PM
Modi wrote, “Warm greetings to all my brothers and
sisters of Devbhoomi on foundation day of U’khand.”
NO PRIOR NOTICE: SUVENDU ADHIKARI SKIPS
MEETING FOR APPOINTMENT OF BENGAL IC
Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari skipped a
meeting regarding the appointment of State Informa-
tion Commissioners in WB, and accused TMC govt
in the state of not giving
‘prior notice’ regarding
the official engagement.
Taking to Twitter, Adhika-
ri wrote, “Won’t be able
to attend meeting re-
garding the appointment
of State Information Commissioners as I have been
intimated about it only few hours back. I hope next
time prior notice is served at least 7 days earlier.”
Muralidhar Rao

BIZ BUZZ
06
World stock markets decline as
Beijing: Global stock mar-
kets were mixed on Tues-
day after Wall Street hit a
record for an eighth day
.
London opened little-
changed while Frankfurt,
Shanghai and Hong Kong
advanced. Tokyo and Syd-
ney declined.
On Wall Street, the fu-
ture for the benchmark
SP 500 index was up less
than 0.1%.
US stocks were boosted
on Monday by gains for
constr uction-related
stocks after Congress last
week approved a 1 trillion
infrastructure bill.
Meanwhile, the deputy
chairman of the Federal
Reserve, Richard Clarida,
said conditions to raise in-
terest rates might not be
met until late next year.
Traders worry a spike in
inflation might prompt
central banks to withdraw
stimulus that helped to
boost stock prices.
I n v e s -
tors will be
on the look-
out for any
clues that
signal an
adjustment
to central
banks’ taper
process and
rate hikes expecta-
tions, Anderson Alves of
ActivTrades said in a re-
port.
In early trading, the
FTSE 100 in London lost
less than 0.1% to 7,298.82
and the DAX in Frankfurt
advanced 0.1% to 16,070.01.
The CAC 40 in Paris shed
less than 0.1% to 7,042.55.
On Wall Street, the fu-
ture for the Dow Jones In-
dustrial Average was off
less than 0.1%.
On Monday, the SP 500
added 0.1%. The Dow ad-
vanced 0.3% and the Nas-
daq composite gained
0.1%, also setting records.
I n
Asia, the
S h a n g h a i
Composite In-
dex rose 0.2% to
3,507.00 while the
Nikkei 225 in Tokyo
lost 0.8% to 29,285.46. The
Hang Seng in Hong Kong
was 0.2% higher at
24,813.13.
The Kospi in
Seoul lost 0.1% to
2,962.46 while
Sydney’s SP-ASX 200
shed 0.2% to 7,434.20.
Also on Tuesday
, Japan’s
governmentreportedwage
growth fell to a three-
month lost
of 0.2% over a year
earlier in September.
—AP
WALL ST HITS RECORD AGAIN
HIGHLIGHT
In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost
less than 0.1% to 7,298.82 and the DAX in
Frankfurt advanced 0.1% to 16,070.01. The CAC 40
in Paris shed less than 0.1%
to 7,042.55.
1
In Asia, the Shanghai Composite
Index rose 0.2% to 3,507.00
while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo lost 0.8%
to 29,285.46. The Hang Seng in Hong
Kong was 0.2% higher at 24,813.13.The
Kospi in Seoul lost 0.1% to 2,962.46.
2
On Wall Street, the future for
the benchmark SP 500 index
was up less than 0.1%. US stocks
were boosted on Monday by gains
for construction-related stocks after
Congress last week approved a 1 trillion
infrastructure bill.
3
GSM UPDATE
India’s Sensex
sank 0.19% to
3,507.00
In Asia, the
Shanghai
Composite Index
rose 0.2% to
60,433.45
Sensex, Nifty decline
on profit booking in
financials, FMCG stocks
Mumbai: Equity
benchmark Sensex
declined by 112
points on Tuesday
due to profit book-
ing in index-heavy-
weights HDFC
twins, Kotak Bank
and Bajaj Finance
despite a positive
trend in global mar-
kets.
After a volatile
trading session, the
30-share index end-
ed 112.16 points or
0.19 per cent lower
at 60,433.45 with 16
of its constituents
ending in the red.
The broader Nif-
ty of the National
Stock Exchange fell
by 24.30 points or
0.13 per cent to
18,044.25 as private
banks and FMCG
stocks declined.
HDFC Bank was
the top loser in the
Sensex pack, shed-
ding nearly 2 per
cent, followed by
HDFC, Bajaj Fi-
nance, NTPC,
Maruti, Kotak Bank
and PowerGrid.
On the other
hand, gains in
MM, SBI, Reliance
Industries and ICI-
CI Bank helped re-
strict losses.
Sectorally, BSE
metal, finance, con-
sumer durables,
bankex and FMCG
indices fell up to
0.91 per cent, while
industrials, capital
goods, auto and oil
and gas indices rose
up to 1.39 per cent.
Broader midcap
and smallcap indi-
ces rose up to 0.82
per cent. —PTI
UPS DOWNS
India to achieve 50 % clean energy share, 500 GW RE capacity targets by 2030
New Delhi: India will
easily achieve the tar-
get of 50 per cent share
of energy from non-
fossil fuels and also the
500-gigawatt (GW) re-
newable energy capac-
ity before the deadline
of 2030 set by PM Nar-
endra Modi, said Power
and New Renewable
Energy Minister R K
Singh.
It assumes signifi-
cance in view of PM
Narendra Modi’s
pledge at the COP26
Climate Conference in
Glasgow that India will
achieve net zero carbon
emissions by 2070.
Modi also raised the
nationally determined
contribution (NDC)
target of non-fossil en-
ergy capacity to 500
GW by 2030, from 450
gigawatts earlier.
Talking to PTI, Sin-
gh said, “We are work-
ing hard towards the
prime minister’s target
of 500 GW from renew-
able energy by 2030. We
had said we will do 40
per cent (energy from
non-fossil fuel) by 2030.
We have reached 39 per
cent. We will easily
achieve the 50 per cent
target by 2030. The
prime minister has
given the target till
2030, we will achieve...
before that.”
He added that the PM
has increased the re-
newable energy (RE)
target by 50 GW to 500
GW to be achieved by
2030.
“We will achieve
that. It is not too much,
a tall order. Where am
I? I am already at 200
GW (of RE).
“I have established
an RE capacity of 149
GW. I have 63 GW RE
capacity under con-
struction. So, I am al-
ready at 212 GW
. So, get-
ting to further let us
say 300 GW by 2030 or
in a decade, I don’t
think that is difficult,”
he said.
About the mix of
various sources in re-
newable energy target,
India will have around
450 GW from solar and
wind, while 70-100 GW
will be from hydropow-
er plants. The minister
said, “We have RPO till
2022. Now, we will come
out with RPO till 2030
keeping in view the 500
GW RE target. We are
thinking that 70 GW to
100 GW will be from hy-
dro and 450 GW will be
solar and wind (under
new RPO till 2030).”
—PTI
Talking to PTI, RK Singh said,“We are working
hard towards the PM’s target of 500 GW from
renewable energy by 2030.We had said we will
do 40% (energy from non-fossil fuel) by 2030.
We have reached 39%.We will easily achieve
the 50% target by 2030.The PM has given the
target till 2030, we will achieve...before that.”
New Energy Electric
Vehicle Ind in Gangbei
into the Intelligent Era
Guigang: An electric
motorcycle can be pro-
duced in 30 seconds,
with a frame accuracy
error of less than 0.5
mm. Recently, located
in the China-ASEAN
New Energy Electric
Vehicle Production
Base, the intelligent
factory in Guangxi
Luyuan Electric Vehi-
cle Co.,LTD has been
fully launched, in
which the modern
workshops will realise
“strong manufactur-
ing” in quality more
than the “mass manu-
facturing” in output,
according to the Pub-
licity Department of
Gangbei District.
The intelligent fac-
tory, with a total in-
vestment of RMB 400
million, covers an area
of 258 mu and takes
only 248 days from
groundbreaking in De-
cember 2020 to comple-
tion in September
2021. With advanced
pipe processing, weld-
ing, and assembly pro-
cess equipment in the
industry, and through
the intelligent and dig-
ital production in the
factory, real-time in-
formation connectivi-
ty and automatic pro-
cessing have been
achieved in key pro-
cesses such as frame
manufacturing, iron
and plastic parts coat-
ing, motor manufac-
turing, and whole mo-
torcycle assembly.
Moreover, production
equipment in the
workshop has been put
into the Internet of
things (IoT), which
can not only improve
efficiency, but also re-
duce labor costs.
In this intelligent
factory
, automatic cut-
ting, bending and
welding are realized in
frame manufacturing
of electric motorcy-
cles, which are moni-
tored with the MES
system, so that the ac-
curacy error of fin-
ished products is less
than 0.5 mm. —PTI
Mumbai: The rupee
pared initial gains to
settle marginally up by
1 paisa at 74.02 against
the US dollar on Tues-
day amid a lacklustre
trend in domestic equi-
ties.
At the interbank fo-
rex market, the domes-
tic unit opened strong
at 73.92 but erased early
gains to finally close at
74.02, up 1 paisa from its
previous closing.
During the session,
the domestic unit wit-
nessed an intra-day
high of 73.85 and a low
of 74.09against the US
dollar.
On Monday
, the rupee
had settled at 74.03
against the US dollar.
Meanwhile, the dol-
lar index, which gauges
the greenback’s
strength against a bas-
ket of six currencies,
fell 0.13 per cent to 93.93.
—PTI
` settles almost flat at 74.02 against $
RSWM Limited commits `330 Cr
for Capex in Financial Year 2022
New Delhi: RSWM
Ltd, one of the largest
manufacturers and
exporters of synthetic
and blended spun
yarns from India, an-
nounced its financial
results for the quarter
ended on September
30. RSWM Limited de-
livered a robust busi-
ness performance and
closed H1FY22 with
`82 crores Profit After
Tax, a strong return
to profitability after
the loss of `83 crores
in the corresponding
period H1FY21. The
company continued to
see the rallying effect
of the positive senti-
ments and market re-
covery on the busi-
ness in FY22, reflect-
ing in the strong sales
and profit results re-
corded in the first
half of the year, de-
spite the continued
lockdown in the ini-
tial months of H1
FY22.
RSWM also an-
nounced its business
plans, including a few
critical structural
changes, manufactur-
ing capacity building
and allocation of `330
crore to continue
growth trajectory and
stronger financial
performance. The in-
vestment allocation
will support expan-
sion of Denim Fabric
manufacturing capac-
ity, Cotton Melange
Yarn manufacturing
capacity and Modern-
isation Balancing
equipments across all
units.
With strategic in-
teventions and fo-
cused efforts, RSWM
has improved its Debt
Equity ratio from 1.56
as on 31/03/18 to 0.92
as on 30/09/21. Over
the last 4.5 years, the
debt has been reduced
to `612 cr from `1402
cr as on 31/03/18 to
`790 cr as on 31/09/21.
TURNOVER OF `1695 CR IN H1FY22
Pragun bags Machinist
Next Gen Leader Award
Mumbai: The Machinist Super Shopfloor Award,
in its seventh edition, conferred Pragun Jindal
Khaitan, Vice Chairman MD, Jindal Aluminium
Limited, with Machinist Next Gen Leader 2021
Award. The honour duly recognises Pragun’s con-
tribution through innovation using best-in-class
technology and most acceptable ethical business
practices in the field of the downstream alu-
minium industry. He successfully made his mark
in the Editorial Choice Awards category for his
honest endeavors in all the 11 categories dubbed
as the critical measurable parameters to evaluate
the performance of a manufacturing plant. —PTI

07
NEWS
T h i r u v a n a n -
thapuram: Amid rag-
ing debates continuing
over the Mullaperiyar
Dam, the LDF govern-
ment on Tuesday made
it clear that it is firm on
its demand for a new
reservoir considering
the safety of the exist-
ing one and a Chief
Minister level meeting
would be held next
month to arrive at a
consensus with Tamil
Nadu over the issue.
Power Minister K
Krishnankutty, who
spoke on behalf of Wa-
ter Resources Minister
Roshy Augustine in the
Assembly
, said that Ker-
ala has always put for-
ward the suggestion for
a new dam with an aim
to ensure the safety of
life and property of the
people of the state.
Water for Tamil Nadu
and safety for Kerala
was the state’s motto in
this regard, he said dur-
ing question hour.
For the construction
of a new dam, an Envi-
ronmental Impact As-
sessment (EIA) study
should be conducted
and the union ministry
of environmental and
forests had given condi-
tional clearance for the
Terms of Reference
submitted by the state
in this regard on No-
vember 14, 2018. “Based
on that, an environmen-
tal impact assessment
study is progressing,”
the minister said.
The minister admit-
ted that the matter of
the construction of a
new dam was consid-
ered in various govern-
ment and bureaucratic
level meetings. —PTI
New Delhi: The Su-
preme Court Tuesday
said the Manipur Gov-
ernor cannot “sit over”
the opinion given by the
Election Commission
(EC) regarding the dis-
qualification of 12 BJP
MLAs in the “office of
profit” issue.
A three-judge bench
headed by Justice L
Nageswara Rao made
the observation after it
was apprised that the
Governor is yet to take
a decision on the EC’s
opinion furnished on
January 13, 2021.
“Reference has been
passed by the Election
Commission. Why can’t
the Governor pass an
order? The government
should ask the Gover-
nor. Something must be
done. The Election
Commission had sub-
mitted its opinion in the
matter in January. The
Governor cannot sit
over the decision,” said
the bench, also com-
prising Justices B R Ga-
vai and B V Nagarath-
na. The SC was hearing
a plea filed by Karong
MLA DD Thaisii and
others seeking disquali-
fication of 12 MLAs on
the ground that they
were holding the posts
of Parliamentary Sec-
retaries. At the outset,
senior advocate Kapil
Sibal, appearing for
Thaisii, contended that
the Governor cannot
keep the decision pend-
ing and he was entitled
to know the view. —PTI
New Delhi: Faridabad
MLA Neeraj Sharma at-
tacked the BJP for be-
ing “anti-Hindu” and
having “no concern for
the migrants in Hary-
ana.”
Sharma said, “For
the past 20 years, Chhat
Pooja has been organ-
ised at the Aravalli golf
Course, but by not al-
lowing it to take place
this year, the BJP has
shown its true anti-Hin-
du colours.” In a press
release, Neeraj Sharma
accused the BJP of hav-
ing double standards
for the migrants. In
Delhi, the BJP talks
about safeguarding the
interests of the mi-
grants, while in Hary-
ana their interests are
snubbed and attacked.
Dr Sharma clarified
that families from
Purvanchal have been
organising this pooja in
a very simpleand peace-
ful way and in accord-
ance with religious tra-
ditions for the last 20
years. But the BJP has
not allowed the pooja to
take place this year ac-
cusing the devotees of
creating mess.
New Delhi: The Centre
has asked all its depart-
ments to follow vital
procedures while pro-
cessing disciplinary
cases against employ-
ees, failure of which
has led to intervention
by courts, according to
a Personnel Ministry
order.
The charged officers
also tend to take advan-
tage of these procedur-
al flaws in processing of
disciplinary cases at
various stages of their
examination e.g. shar-
ing of documents, ap-
proval of article of
charge by the discipli-
nary authority, sharing
of UPSC advice and
general examination of
the charged officer, to
quote a few, it said.
“It has been observed
that the disciplinary au-
thorities, while process-
ing the disciplinary
cases under the Central
Civil Services (Classifi-
cation, Control and Ap-
peal) Rules, 1965, some-
times fail to appreciate
the vital procedural re-
quirements..provided
under the said rules,
albeit unintentionally,
which are required to
be mandatorily fol-
lowed..” —PTI
SHOW OF STRENGTH IN OPPONENT’S BASTION
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: With politi-
cal warriors challeng-
ing each other in their
strongholds, the poll
battle for the Uttar
Pradesh Assemebly
has started getting
fierce.
On November 6,
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath reached
Etawah, the bastion of
the Samajwadi Party.
Addressing the founda-
tion stone laying cere-
mony of the district
jail, Yogi targeted the
SP. Referring to the fir-
ing on kar sevaks in
Ayodhya, he took a jibe
at Akhilesh and said,
“Babua, ye Twitter hi
vote bhi de dega (This
twitter will give you
votes).”
Targeting Akhilesh
indirectly, Yogi also
said that some people
of this Etawah had op-
posed the Covid-19 vac-
cine..
Last month, Con-
gress general secre-
tary Priyanka Gandhi
Vadra reached Vara-
nasi, the parliamenta-
ry constituency of PM
Narendra Modi. While
addressing a rally she
invoked Goddess Dur-
ga and
started
h e r
s p e e c h
with a
s t u t i
(prayer).
O b v i -
ously,
the Congress leader
w a s seen
adopt-
i n g
t h e
style of soft Hindutva
to challenge the Saf-
fron party
.
Recently, Priyanka
visited also Gorakh-
pur, hometown of UP
the CM, to attend
‘Pratigya Rally’ of
Congress party. While
addressing the rally
she hit out at the ruling
party. She ac-
cused the UP
CM of run-
ning the
govern-
m e n t
contrary to the beliefs
and teachings of Guru
Gorakhnath.
Political analyst
Vikrant Dubey said
that reaching the
strongholds of opposi-
tion leader is a deftly
planned election strat-
egy of political lead-
ers. It creates pressure
on the opposition and
boosts the morale of
the cadre of their own
party
.
However, Akhilesh
Yadav will kick off the
third phase of ‘Sama-
jwadi Vijay Yatra’ on
November 13 from
Gorakhpur. This Rath
Yatra will go from
Gorakhpur to Kushina-
gar. During this, Akh-
ilesh Yadav is sure to
make a scathing attack
on the BJP and the Yogi
government. Union
Home Minister Amit
Shah will likely be pre-
sent in Azamgarh, the
parliamentary constit-
uency of Akhilesh Ya-
dav, on November 13.
There he will lay the
foundation stone of a
university as well as
blow the bugle of BJP’s
election campaign. It is
believed that during
this visit, the SP camp
will be especially on
target in Shah’s ad-
dress. According to
sources, preparations
are being made to or-
ganize a big election
rally of BJP soon in
Rae Bareli, the only
stronghold of Con-
gress.
Yogi Adityanath
K’taka to train 18K SHG members in rural waste mgmt
First India Bureau
Bengaluru: The Ma-
hatma Gandhi Institute
of Rural Energy and
D e v e l o p m e n t
(MGIRED), in collabo-
ration with the Depart-
ment of Rural Develop-
ment and Panchayat
Raj, the Department of
Rural Drinking Water
and Sanitation, and the
National Rural Liveli-
hood Mission (NRLM),
is training 18,000 rural
women from Karnata-
ka’s SHGs (Self Help
Groups) in various as-
pects such as solid
waste management and
solar energy utilisation
in rural areas. These
women will be engaged
as Swachha Karmikas
by their local Gram
Panchayats to carry out
solid waste manage-
ment duties like daily
waste collection, waste
segregation, Swaccha
Vahini driving, and so
on.
The programme con-
sists of five days of
classroom training and
exposure trips. The goal
of the programme is to
provide SHG members
with the knowledge and
skills necessary to effi-
ciently administer
SwacchaSankeerna as a
business module and to
make the SWM unit
self-sustaining, hence
providing a source of
financial assistance for
SHG members.
According to Para-
meswar Hegde (Direc-
tor ISA, RDWSD), the
classroom training that
will be offered in all 30
districts this fiscal year
would benefit 18,000 ru-
ral women, providing
them with an alterna-
tive source of income.
The programme is free
of charge and includes
travel, boarding, and ac-
commodation for three
women from each of the
Gram Panchayats. This
year, 600 batches will be
covered with 30 women
in each batch.
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Classroom
training in all
30 districts to
benefit rural
women,
provide them
with an
alternative
source of
income
Follow norms in disciplinary
cases against staff: Centre
Kerala wants new dam at
MULLAPERIYAR
LDF GOVT IN THE STATE FIRM ON DEMAND FOR NEW RESERVOIR
KERALA GOVERNMENT KEEN ON RENEWING
PARAMBIKULAM-ALIYAR PACT WITH TN: CM
T h i r u v a n a n -
thapuram: The Kera-
la government on
Tuesday said their ob-
jective is to renew the
Parambikulam-Aliyar
agreement, a decades-
old river water shar-
ing pact with neigh-
bouring Tamil Nadu,
by completely protect-
ing the interests of the
state through talks.
Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan told
the state Assembly
that though the review
talks began in 1988, a
final decision was yet
to be taken on the mat-
ter due to the lack of
understanding on var-
ious issues, including
on the sharing of ex-
cess water.
Tamil Nadu govern-
ment, during a Chief
Minister-level confer-
ence on inter-state wa-
ter agreements held
here in 2019, had
agreed to renew the
pact, he said.
For this, five-mem-
ber committees, com-
prising experts, in-
cluding technical per-
sons, had been formed
under the aegis of de-
partment secretaries
of the two states, he
said adding that these
panels had met three
times so far. “Based on
the decisions taken at
these meetings, a con-
sensus has been made
with Tamil Nadu to
formulate an initial
framework for review-
ing the Parambiku-
lam-Aliyar agree-
ment,” Vijayan noted.
As requested by
Kerala, the neighbour-
ing government had
also agreed to increase
the number of meet-
ings of the Joint Water
Regulatory Board
which has the power
to divide and distrib-
ute water under the
agreement.
As per the direc-
tions of the National
Green Tribunal, the
state also demanded
that the natural flow
(E-flow) of water to all
rivers, which are part
of the pact, should be
maintained and the
provision for E-flow
should be included in
the renewal agree-
ment.
Kerala used to ex-
press concern over Ta-
mil Nadu’s approach
to the river-water
sharing agreement,
signed by the two
states in 1970, with ret-
rospective effect from
1958. —PTI
SC: Guv can’t
‘sit over’ EC
view on MLAs’
disqualification
Ladakh’s first medical
college set to begin
session next yr: Officials
Faridabad MLA flays BJP
for being ‘anti-Hindu’
Leh: The Ladakh gov-
ernment has speeded
up the work of first
medical college in the
union territory by set-
ting a target of begin-
ning the first academic
session in 2022, officials
said on Tuesday
.
Principal Secretary
(Health and Medical
Education Department)
Dr Pawan Kotwal
chaired a meeting in
which he directed offi-
cials to ensure comple-
tion of pre-fabricated
structures for the aca-
demic block of the new
medical college in Leh.
During the meeting,
Kotwal told officials
that requisite infra-
structure in accordance
with the National Medi-
cal Commission (NMC)
norms along with non-
medical furniture
should be made ready
by March-April 2022, so
that classes would com-
mence. —PTI
Faridabad MLA Neeraj Sharma
Govt wants to start the first academic session in 2022.
The trained women will be engaged as Swachha Karmikas.
Pinarayi Vijayan

08
2NDFRONT
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Har-
yana Chief Minis-
ter Manohar Lal Khat-
tar announced to name
the mini sports stadi-
um built by Karnal
Smart City Limited in
about 4 acres on the
name of The Flying
Sikh Sardar
Milkha Singh
Playground to-
day at Gap-
p u
Wala
B a g h
site in
Ward 16. He
added that a statue
of Sardar Milkha Sin-
gh would be installed at
the gate of the sports
ground. He also an-
nounced to build a
community centre and
library on its first floor
on about two and a half
acres of land adjoining
it and said that a yoga
shed would be built at
one corner of the
sports ground, in
which yoga classes
would be held.
Apart from this, it
was also announced
that on 7 acres of land
available in Kailash vil-
lage, adjacent to Karnal
where astroturf
field for hockey
would be built at a
cost of about Rs.8
crore. He added that
there is a dense popula-
tion of people belong-
ing to poor and middle
class families around
this sports ground, for
their convenience, the
councillor or mayor of
this ward will fulfil
their demands.
On this occasion
Khattar inaugurated 4
projects,includingmini
sports stadium, beauti-
fication of Atal Park,
strengthening of vari-
ous roads and construc-
tion work on footpaths,
constructed at a cost of
about Rs. 8.22 crore.
He said that Haryana
has now become the
hub of sports, where all
possible facilities are
being provided for the
players. He said that in
the recent Olympic
Games, promising play-
ers of this state had
brought laurels to the
state by winning med-
als and making State
proud. In these games,
40 percent of the med-
als won by players from
across the country
were players of Hary-
ana.
After this, the Chief
Minister inaugurated
the practice match of
the players in the Vol-
leyball Court set up at
the Mini Sports Stadi-
um. Similarly he also
interacted with the
players of Hockey at
the Stadium and also
encourage players of
both the game to move
forward in the game.
He also gave his auto-
graph on volleyball on
the occasion.
Karnal MP Sanjay
Bhatia congratulated
the citizens of this area
for the mini sports sta-
dium and said that
what the previous gov-
ernments could not do
in the last sixty-seventy
years, the present gov-
ernment has done it.
He appealed the chil-
dren present in the pro-
gramme to play sports
along with studies so
that the harmonious
balance between the
physical and mental de-
velopment can take
place simultaneously
.
CM Khattar
inaugurates 4
projects worth
`8.22cr namely
mini stadium,
beautification of
Atal Park,
strengthening of various
roads and construction
work on footpaths
Haryana to set up stadium in Flying Sikh Milkha Singh’s name
Further reduce excise duty on
fuel: Raj CM Gehlot to PM Modi
Jaipur: Amid increas-
ing pressure from oppo-
sition parties to reduce
VAT on petrol and die-
sel, Rajasthan Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
onTuesdayurgedPrime
Minister Narendra
Modi to further slash
excise duty on fuel to
provide relief to people.
In a letter to the
prime minister, Gehlot
also requested that a di-
rection be issued to oil
companies to stop con-
tinuous increase in fuel
prices so that people get
the benefit of reduced
excise duty, accord-
ing to a statement.
The opposition BJP
in the state termed Ge-
hlot’s statement a dra-
ma, saying his govern-
ment charges the high-
est VAT on fuel in the
country
. The BJP asked
why the Rajasthan govt
is not slashing tax on
fuel when 25 states, in-
cluding Congress-ruled
Punjab, have done that.
The Centre on No-
vember 3 slashed excise
duty on petrol by Rs 5
per litre and on diesel
by Rs 10 a litre to give
reprieve to consumers
battered by record-high
retail fuel prices.
The politics over fuel
intensified after Con-
gress-ruled Punjab cut
down the price of petrol
by Rs 10 a litre and die-
sel by Rs 5 per litre,
claiming in an adver-
tisement that fuel prices
are lower than Delhi,
HaryanaandRajasthan.
Gehlot demanded
that the Centre should
further reduce excise
duty by Rs 10 on petrol
and Rs 15 on diesel. If
the Centre reduces ex-
cise duty then automat-
ically VAT in the state
will reduce by Rs 3.40
on petrol and Rs 3.90 on
diesel.
Asaresult,Rajasthan
isreadytobeara
revenue loss
of Rs 3,500
crore, he
said.
H e
said after 2016, the Cen-
tre has reduced the state
share in excise duty on
fuel and states do not get
any share from addi-
tional or special excise
duty charged by it.
“Continuously reduc-
ing the share of states
in taxes is against the
spirit of fiscal
cooperative
f e d e r a l -
ism,” Ge-
hlot said.
H e
said it is
right of
the state
under the
Constitution
toimposetaxfor
revenue collection for
development schemes.
“Increasing excise
duty excessively first
and then reducing it
and simultaneously
creating a competitive
environment among
states to reduce VAT is
also against the spirit
of cooperative federal-
ism,” Gehlot said. —PTI
Asaresult,Rajasthan
isreadytobeara
revenue loss
of Rs 3,500
crore, he
in taxes is against the
spirit of fiscal
cooperative
f e d e r a l -
ism,” Ge-
the state
under the
Constitution
toimposetaxfor
Gehlot demanded
that the Centre
should further re-
duce excise duty by
Rs 10 on petrol and Rs
15 on diesel. If the Centre re-
duces excise duty then auto-
matically VAT in the state will
reduce by Rs 3.40 on petrol
and Rs 3.90 on diesel.
tinuous increase in fuel
prices so that people get
the benefit of reduced
excise duty, accord-
Rs 10 on petrol and Rs
15 on diesel. If the Centre re-
Didi wants `4L cr
collected by Centre
refunded to states
Kolkata: Claiming
that the Centre has
raised Rs 4 lakh crore
in the recent times
from increased fuel
prices, West Bengal
Chief MinisterMama-
ta Banerjee on Tues-
daydemandedthatthe
money be equally dis-
tributed among states.
Banerjee, during
an Assembly session,
alleged that the Union
government has
slashed excise duty
recently on petrol and
diesel, with an eye on
the upcoming Assem-
bly polls in five states.
“The central govt
has collected around
Rs 4 lakh crore from
the taxes levied from
cooking gas, petrol
anddieselatincreased
prices. Now, they
(BJP) want the states
to reduce the VAT.
Where will the states
get their money from?
“The Centre should
distribute that Rs 4
lakh crore equally
among the states,” she
said. “Whenever elec-
tions are near, they
(Centre) bring down
theprices.Oncethatis
over, they increase it
again.Thoselecturing
us on oil prices should
first answer where the
state govt will get its
money from. The Un-
ion govt does not give
us our due funds,” she
said, targeting the
BJP
, which has threat-
ened to launch a
“movement” if the
VAT on oil is not re-
duced. —PTI
Liquor shops source of great vexation, nuisance for people: Kerala High Court
Kochi: Liquor shops
with long queues out-
side are a source of “ex-
treme nuisance” and
“great vexation” for
people living or work-
ing close to such out-
lets, the Kerala High
Court said on Tuesday
and added that ordi-
nary citizens who are
not drinkers should be
spared this “anti-so-
cial” scenario.
Justice Devan Ra-
machandran said the
court was not looking to
set up a five-star facility
for drinkers, but it was
concerned that “liquor
shops still cause great
vexation to people, espe-
cially women and chil-
dren, in areas they are
located”. “Parents are
also concerned by the
bad influence such out-
lets could have on future
generations,” the court
observed and added “or-
dinary citizens who are
not drinkers should be
spared this anti-social
scenario”.
The Excise Commis-
sionerate and state-run
Beverages Corporation
(BEVCO) told the court
that sanctioning more
outlets could ease the
pressure on the existing
306 licensed liquor
shops. The Excise Com-
missionerate, repre-
sented by the senior
government pleader S
Kannan, told the court
that its suggestions to
provide ‘walk-in’ and
parking facilities at the
liquor outlets was being
considered.
It also said that it has
requested the state gov-
ernment to “favoura-
bly” consider the BEV-
CO’s proposal to sanc-
tion 175 more outlets in
Kerala.
Kannan told the
court that while in
Kerala there is only
oneliquoroutletfor
1.12 lakh people, in
the neighbouring
states of Tamil
Nadu, Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana the ratio
was much less as there
werethousandsof shops
there which sell alcohol.
The court said that
while the govt was look-
ing into the issue, one
thing that was non-nego-
tiable was that the har-
assment and the distur-
bancebeingcausedtothe
people due to these out-
lets “should be stopped”.
It said that just be-
cause a lot of people
have not come to court
because they were
scared, their concerns
“cannot be taken light-
ly” and the fact these
shops cause “extreme
nuisance” cannot be
lost sight of. The court
said that while there
has been marginal pro-
gress, the situation was
“not acceptable, much
less satisfactory”.
“Certainly more is
required to be done,”
the court said and listed
the matter for hearing
on November 23 and di-
rected the Excise Com-
missionerate and BEV-
CO to apprise it on that
date about the steps
taken till then to pro-
vide more facilities at
liquor outlets. —PTI
LESSER SHOPS
HUB OF SPORTS
Jammu: Jammu and
Kashmir BJP presi-
dent Ravinder Raina
on Tuesday said the
targeted killing of in-
nocent civilians by
terrorists in the valley
is a conspiracy of Pa-
kistan to disturb peace
in the Union Territory.
He said Pakistan is
the biggest enemy of
Kashmiri Muslims and
Islam.
Condemning the kill-
ing of a salesman, Mo-
hammad Ibrahim
Khan, at Bohri Kadal
locality of downtown
Srinagar on Monday
evening, Raina said Pa-
kistani cowards have
committed another
grave sin by shedding
the blood of an inno-
cent who was out to
earn a livelihood for his
family
.
“The killing of civil-
ians shows the frustra-
tion of Pakistan which
is a murderer of Kash-
miri Muslims and ene-
my of Islam. Pakistani
terrorists are frustrat-
ed by the successful
counter-insurgency op-
erations by our police,
paramilitary forces
and army and have
hence resorted to the
killings of unarmed ci-
vilians under the cover
of darkness to disturb
the peaceful atmos-
phere,” Raina said.
He said the Paki-
stani terrorists have
killed thousands of in-
nocents over the past
30 years but our forces
are determined to fin-
ish them along with
their supporters and
sympathisers”.
—PTI
Bonanza for Haryana farmers: Crop Compensation amount increased
First India Bureau
Chandigarh: Haryana
Chief Minister Mano-
har Lal Khattar while
giving a bonanza to the
farmers of the State,
increased the crop com-
pensation amount in
case of damage from Rs
12,000 to Rs 15,000 and
increased the amount
of Rs 10,000 to Rs 12,500.
Besides this, it has also
been announced to in-
crease the compensa-
tion slab below this by
25 per cent. The Chief
Minister made this an-
nouncement during the
launch of a modern Co-
operative Sugar Mill in
Karnal on Monday
built at a cost of Rs 263
crore.
The Chief Minister
said that the Haryana
Government is giving
the highest crop com-
pensation across the
country, however, as
there was no increase
in this amount since
few years, so it has
been enhanced further.
The Chief Minister
called upon the farm-
ers to get their crop in-
sured. He said that two
days ago the govern-
ment had announced
that the farmer pos-
sessing 2 acres of land
will not have to pay
crop insurance premi-
um, while for the farm-
ers possessing 5 acres
of land, the govern-
ment has decided to
pay half the premium.
The farmers having
land more than 5 acres
will have to get the crop
insured themselves.
He said that the ca-
pacity of Karnal Sugar
Millhasbeenincreased
from 2200 TCDC to 3500
TCDC. He said that
now the farmers of
Karnal and its sur-
rounding areas will not
have to take their sug-
arcane elsewhere be-
cause if required mill
with run more.
The CM said that the
rate of sugarcane in
Haryana is the highest
in the country and he
assured the farmers
that the rate of sugar-
cane would remain the
highest.
Besides this, the
Chief Minister imme-
diately enhanced the
washing allowance
given to employees of
Sugar Mill from Rs 25
to Rs 100. The Chief
Minister also assured
to consider the ex-gra-
tia policy of these em-
ployees.
OnWorldScienceDayforPeaceand
Development,letusallpledgetodoourbitto
ensurethatthebenefitsofsciencereachthe
needyandalsotothankallscientistsfortheirefforts
whichhaveledtothebettermentofhumankind!
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Civilian killings
Pak conspiracy
to disturb peace:
JK BJP chief

NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
he bold and beauti-
ful, Lekh smiled
away with moist
eyes as she folded
her hands in grati-
tude to gesture the
traditional Indian
‘Namaste’greeting
when her proud
motherwelcomed
her with a tilak
on the forehead.
She entered her home in
Bangalore as the newly-
crowned beauty queen, and
dedicated her victory to her
mother, Gowri Kumari.
“I feel over the moon!
More than the win, it’s the
rich once-in-a-lifetime expe-
rience that I’m going to take
back home with me. No bet-
ter feeling than watching
your parents’ eyes gleam
with pride,” Lekh said back-
stage after winning the
crown at Novotel Dona Syl-
via Resort, Goa.
When asked about how
she feels with the diversi-
fied culture, she said, “My
father was in the Indian
Army so I’ve done my
schooling in Army Schools
across the states of JK, Ut-
tarpradesh, West Bengal,
Punjab before we finally
settled in Bangalore, Kar-
nataka which has taught
me to accept all the diverse
cultures and it’s people of
this beautiful country
.”
A multi talented woman
with a curious mind has led
Lekh to explore various
forms of art which includes
dance forms, playing the
guitar, singing, reading, etc
which she even showcased
at the various talent rounds
held during the pageant.
When asked about her fu-
ture plans, the stunning star
replied, “I plan on working
in the film industry as I’m a
theatre artist and I would
like to test my acting skills
and as a Rotaract member I
wouldplanonexpandingmy
service to mankind by tak-
ing up projects across the
country to help solve issues
faced by the lesser fortu-
nate.” “I have worked exten-
sively on becoming the best
version of myself and this
crown affirmed my belief
that hardwork always pays
off and grateful for plat-
forms like First Miss India
that help girls like me shine
through!”, Lekh concluded.
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Lekh Utaiah after her crowning, also seen are Ken, Ashok, Simran, Kriti, Gaurav, Pearl, Aakriti, Deepti and Swati
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Lekh Uthaiah, First Miss India 1st runner up from the Silicon Valley of India,
Bangalore shares how far she has come, her experiences post victory and plethora
of emotions she experienced with her homecoming!
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—PHOTOS BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Jagdeesh Chandra with Lekh Utaiah
Lekh’s heartwarming performance during the talent round
Lekh crowning her mother in an expression of gratitude
Lekh’s proud mother (Gowri Kumari) welcomes her, also seen are
Uthaiah PK (father) and Rajath Thimmaiah (brother)
Lekh flaunting
her traditional dress
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LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Some positive changes can
be expected on the home
front. This seems a good
day for job seekers. New
avenues for earning open up as you
get more determined. Fitness through
extra efforts is assured for the
deskbound. Chances of making an
exciting plan together is possible.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
A family youngster is likely
to do you proud. A
business trip is indicated
and will achieve much.
Your strategy to promote yourself on
the professional front will bear fruits.
You may need to speed up things on
the academic front to remain ahead.
Something special awaits you today.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Financially, this day may
prove lucky for you, so go
ask for the raise.
Professionals will be able
to give their best in a new situation.
Don’t take any chances with your
health today. You will succeed in
putting your stagnant love life back
on the track.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Some favourable
developments on the social
front are foreseen. Buying
new furniture or a major
appliance is possible. With good
networking, a prized posting can be
yours Those trying to get back their
money will succeed. A healthy phase of
life begins for some.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Success is foretold on the
academic front. Your own
happiness is in your hands
today. Spouse may need
her space, respect that. This is a
favourable day for completing
pending jobs. Financially, no
problems are foreseen. Much fun is
in store on the social front.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Those fond of travelling may
get their chance soon. This
is the time when you enjoy
yourself with a new group of
friends or colleagues. A change of job
is likely to give you better salary and
perks. Those in business will soon get
a chance to make profits. Spending
time with lover proves most fulfilling.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Your reputation is likely to
boost your image on the
social front. On the work
front, you will manage to
keep your superiors in good humour.
This is an excellent day to spend time
with family.Good planning will see
you complete a task at work in
record time.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You are likely to take up
someone’s cause and earn
appreciation from all
quarters on the social
front. Remaining on the good side of
those who matter on the academic
front will help you achieve. Good
tidings of your well wishers will keep
you going on the professional front.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You may wait for
someone’s invitation for a
trip. Tenant troubles are
foreseen for some house
owners. You will find family life more
than fulfilling. A senior is likely to put
in a good word for you to the higher
ups. Financially, you will be able to
consolidate your position.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Your desire for an exciting
time on the social front is
likely to be fulfilled today.
Those looking for buying a
house can get a good bargain.
Appreciation is in store for some
homemakers. A professional victory
is yours if you play your cards well
today.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You may get busy
organising something on
the social front. You may
need to put your ideas into
action, if you want to prove yourself.
A party may be thrown in your
honour at work. Your good
performance is likely to be noticed by
higher ups.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You will manage to achieve
what you had aimed for on
the academic front. A
celebration can find you in
your element today. Praise and
honour are likely to greet you in
something that you have managed to
achieve. You will be a pillar of
strength to a friend or associate.
YOUR
DAY
Horoscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
woman has been
rightly described
as a ‘full circle’ by
author Diane Ma-
riechild because
‘within her is the
power to create,
nurture and transform’.
Women just need encour-
agement, opportunities,
resources and skills to
equip and empower them-
selves.Empowerment ena-
bles women to realize their
full identity, potential and
power – in all spheres of
life. And power is not a
commodity to be transact-
ed; nor can it be given away
as alms. Power is to be ac-
quired, exercised, sus-
tained and preserved.
With thisobjective in
mind to make women ac-
tive contributors in nation
building, rather than mere
beneficiaries of welfare
schemes, Adani Founda-
tionhas been working ex-
tensively to promote sus-
tainable livelihoods at
itsCSR sites across India.
Women from Tiroda block
in Gondia district of Ma-
harashtra, which has a
population of 1,87,331, are
setting an example in self-
reliance and economic in-
dependence. Multiple pro-
grammes are holistically
changing lives of these
women, leading to good
health and better standard
of living.
Fortune SuPoshan, a nu-
trition intervention pro-
ject of the Foundation, is
one such programme that
is helping women become
change makers while at-
taining socio-economic in-
dependence. It employs
women as community re-
source persons, called Su-
Poshan Sanginis, and
trains them to guide com-
munities in various as-
pects of nutrition and
health. Along with earning
an honorarium, the Sangi-
nis also carve their own
identity in the process.
This project recently com-
pleted four years in Tiroda.
In collaboration with the
Government of Maharash-
tra, Adani Foundation
andManav Vikas Mission
have been running various
initiativeswhich include
makingincense (agarbatti
and dhoop) andlac bangle-
sas well ascultivation of
oyster mushrooms.Pres-
ently, the Foundation is
working with a total of 253
members of 43 women’s
Self-Help Groups
(SHGs),fostering entrepre-
neurshipbased on knowl-
edge-sharing, upgrading
skills andproviding mar-
ket linkage support.Even
amidst COVID-19, our pro-
ject stakeholders could
continue to earn. This was
a turning point as men,
who had lost their jobs due
to Covid-19, began to ap-
preciate the hard work put
in by the women of the
household, who managed
domestic responsibilities
as well as their work with
aplomb.
In fact, when everything
had come to a standstill,
the demand for incense
had peakedand so did the
earnings of our SHG mem-
bers.It was around this
time that a group of Su-
Poshan Sanginis thought
of becoming a part of
SHGs through the support
of Adani Foundation.
When everyone was home-
bound and sitting idle, our
SuPoshan Sanginis were
itching to go the extra mile.
Looking at the require-
ment, the Foundation ar-
ranged for 20 agarbatti ma-
chines in five villages -- Ga-
rada, Ramatola, Tikaram-
tola, Mendipur, and Gu-
madhawada. In all, 60
women were involved in
agarbatti making.During
the entire year, when many
were forced out of their
jobs and sitting idle, each
member was able to pro-
duce 50-100 kg per day and
sell in the Gondia market
through buyback policy,
earningRs 3,000-4,000per
month.
One such group com-
prising Sarita Chaudhary,
Lalita Chaudhary and
Gunvanta Chaudharypro-
duced only 5-10 kg of in-
cense sticks initially be-
cause they lacked confi-
dence. However, in Febru-
ary 2020, Sarita, who was
also a SuPoshan Sangini
for Mendipur and
Barbaspura,and her other
team members produced
about 50 kg of agarbattis.
The quality of their prod-
uctsfetched them maxi-
mum market rate. This
encouraged them to put in
more hours into incense
production. Later, Sarita’s
husbandalso started help-
ing them in purchasing
raw material and selling
the finished products. In
March and April, they pro-
duced about 150-200 kg of
agarbattis. By June 2020,
the production reached
500-550 kg, earningthem Rs
35,200. During the six-
month-long lockdown,
their total income touche-
dRs 70,000.
Like Sarita, there are
other SuPoshan Sanginis
who are involved in differ-
ent activities -- two are en-
gaged in Milk Collection
and Chilling Centres
(MCCC), nine in house-
hold dairy business and 22
in mushroom cultivation.
Lac bangle makingis an-
other initiative that at-
tracts many stakeholders
as lac is cultivated on a
large scale by farmers in
Gondia. 45 SHG women,
includingtribal women of
Tiroda, were trained in it.
The Adani Foundation pro-
vided them a buyback plat-
form through which they
sell bangles to Dulhandevi
Sanstha, an NGO. These
women create colourful de-
signs and earn Rs 3,000-
4,000 per month.
While the womenin Ti-
roda are traditionally in-
volved in seasonal paddy
farmingfor five to six
months,for the remaining
months theyhave some-
thing to look forward to.
By engaging in gainful in-
c o m e - g e n e r a t i n g
activities,the total house-
hold income increases, and
the women develop a sense
of self pride.Indeed, awell-
nourished family with a
sustainable source of in-
come is the way forward
for buildingthe Atma Nirb-
har Bharat of our dreams.
duced about 150-200 kg of
Empowerment to Entrepreneurship:
How Tiroda Women Are
Driving Rural Economy
KAVITA SARDANA
Advisor, Health Nutrition,
Adani Foundation
A
Multiple
programmes of
Adani Foundation
are holistically
changing the
socio-economic
status of women
in Maharashtra’s
Tiroda

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