The document discusses the swearing in of Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Some key details: - Yogi Adityanath, a five-term Gorakhpur MP and Hindu ascetic, was a surprise choice for CM by the BJP. - He took oath along with two deputy CMs, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma. - As CM, Adityanath will face challenges of development, law and order, issues of farmers, youth and jobs in the large state. - The BJP's choice of Adityanath as CM stunned observers but the party says it does not differentiate

1. Responses by the
Chairman, SBI for the set
Questions of Newspaper
“Country & Politics”.
1. You were among four
contenders for the top job.
The others were 3 SBI MDs,
but longer residual service
by you in the Bank
Government clinched the
decision in your favour. You
had succeeded Pratip
Chaudhuri as 24th
Chairperson of the largest
Bank of the Country., First
women Chairperson with 3
years terms which was also
first time in Bank’s 207
years History and you got
extension for another year
for your good works. You
had joined the Bank 39
years ago as Junior officer,
served in many positions,
held positions of with huge
responsibilities and chal-
lenges, witnessed of coun-
try’s economic up and down
as well the Bank’s. You were
involved in setting up sever-
al new companies in the
Bank’s umbrella such as SBI
General Insurance, SBI
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Year : 5 Issue No. 42 New Delhi 20-26 March 2017 Rs. 2/- Pages : 16
Vipin Gour
Priest-turned-politician
Yogi Adityanath was on
Sunday sworn in as Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister. The
44-year-old five-term MP
from Gorakhpur was unani-
mously elected by the BJP leg-
islature party leader at a meet-
ing of the newly elected
MLAs. State BJP chief
Keshav Prasad Maurya and
Lucknow Mayor Dinesh
Sharma were also sworn in as
deputy Chief Ministers.
The oath taking ceremony
took place at Kanshiram
Smriti Upvan where Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and
BJP chief Amit Shah were also
present.
There is challenge ahead
for CM Adityanath, as per the
Constitution, the state govern-
ment can have a ministry size
not exceeding 15 per cent of
the size of the assembly. This
means that the Yogi
Adityanath government can
appoint 13 more ministers
since 47 has already been
appointed as ministers. This
means that the Yogi has some
elbow room to accommodate
egos of some key people. But
with 312 BJP MLAs in the
new UP assembly and 13 more
from allies, the Yogi has a lot
to consider.
The choice as Uttar
Pradesh chief minister of Yogi
Adityanath, a firebrand Hindu
ascetic with a history of agita-
tion against minority Muslims,
stunned observers who said it
marked a departure from the
platform of development for
all on which Modi rose to
national power in 2014. A
spokesman for Modi’s
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
however said the government
did not make any distinction
between citizens on the basis
of religion. Adityanath, 44,
was elected by state lawmak-
ers on Saturday, a week after
the BJP won a landslide victo-
ry in India’s most populous
state by mobilising the Hindu
vote. The BJP won the biggest
majority for any party in the
state legislature in 40 years.
The swearing-in ceremony
was the culmination of a
seven-phased Assembly poll
spread over two months in the
huge state, which resulted in
no less than a landslide victo-
ry for the BJP, which won 312
of the 403 Assembly seats.
The BJP didn’t name a chief
ministerial candidate all
through the campaigning, or
even until 24 hours ago.
YogiAdityanath sworn in as UPCM
TheSBIChairpersonMrs.ArundhatiBhattacharya
InterviewedbyS.Kumar,ExecutiveEditor
Read full Interview on page no 7 ........
S Kumar
Exe - Editor
Shiv Sena asks
Maharashtra CM
Fadnavis to apologise
The Shiv Sena on
Saturday asked Maharashtra
Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis to apologise to
farmers in the state, claim-
ing he had “deceived” them
with fake promises of loan
waiver during the 2014
Assembly polls.
“The Chief Minister
informed the Assembly that
the state government cannot
waive off the loans of farm-
ers. He should apologise for
giving false assurances to
the farmers before polls and
thereby deceiving them,”
the Sena said in an editorial
in party mouthpiece
‘Saamana‘. “You (the BJP)
should not forget that you
came to power by promising
that you will not let any
farmer suicide take place in
the state,” it said.

2. 2 20-26 March 2017 EDITORIAL
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vke ukxfjdksa dks fxjoh j[k nsus ds
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gSaA bl la?k"kZ us bu lkr lkyksa esa
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ftles foi{kh ikfVZ;ksa lfgr vusd
lkeftd laLFkkvksa us Hkh viuh vge
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clik½ us lÙkk esa jgrs VksjsaV dh
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ls eqdj tk,axs ;k VksjsaV dh
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xk¡o ds yksx VksjsaV ikoj ds f[kykQ
yxkrkj vkanksyu dj jgs gSaA ysfdu
mudh ijs'kkuh u rks 'kklu dks fn[krh
gS u ç'kklu dksA vkxjk ds 'kgjh {ks=
ds vykok VksjsaV xk¡oksa ds yksxksa dk gj
ntsZ ls mRihMu dj jgh gSA dHkh VksjsaV
ikoj bu {ks=ksa esa fcuk ijfe'ku ds
Hkwfexr ykbu Mkyus igq¡p tkrh gS vkSj
dHkh bu xk¡o ds yksxksa dks vkSj nwljs
ekeyksa esa Qlkdj mudk mRihMu fd;k
tkrk gSA 24 xk¡o ds yksx fiNys 7 lky
ls 'kklu ç'kklu ls gj Lrj ij viuh
fctyh O;oLFkk dks VksjsaV ikoj ls vyx
dj nf{k.kkapy fo/kqr forj.k fuxe
fyfeVsM ls tksM+us fd ekax dj jgs gSaA
ysfdu mudh vfgald ekax ij vc rd
u 'kklu us xkSj fd;k gS u gh ç'kklu
usA
bfrgkl l`tu dh jkg esa jksM+s
fofiu xkSM+
iadt ds flag
ubZ ljdkj cuus ij vkxjk ds yksxksa dks ca/kh VksjsaV ikoj ls eqfDr dh vkl

3. 3 20-26 March 2017
COLUMN
The BJP Parliamentary
Party warmly compliments
the voters, the people, the
extraordinary leadership of
Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi, the hard work and the
leadership of the Party
President Shri Amit Shah and
the Party workers for this
extraordinary and historic
win. The BJP Parliamentary
Party warmly salutes and con-
veys its gratitude to the voters
of all the states where the
Vidhan Sabha polls were held
and also the people of India
for there profound goodwill.
The results of this election,
particularly in Uttar Pradesh
and Uttrakhand, is a historic
electoral revolution by the
voters who showed great
determination and commit-
ment to bring BJP to power in
quest of good governance and
development. The BJP
Parliamentary Party notes
with great assurance the rise
of BJP in north-eastern state
of Manipur where lotus has
bloomed for ther first time
and there is a BJP govern-
ment. We also note with hap-
piness that BJP is back to
power in Goa along with its
allies. The election, particu-
larly the resounding, convinc-
ing and historic victory in
Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand
is a victory of hope and aspi-
ration. The victory reaffirms
the strong bond, which the
people of India have devel-
oped for the leadership of
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi as a global icon of
change and good governance.
The poor people in particular,
recognize Shri Narendra Modi
as their voice for ushering in
growth with equity. They see
him as a leader who will res-
cue them from the scourge of
poverty and under develop-
ment. Uttar Pradesh is the
biggest state of India and
many ways is a mini India. All
the traditional barriers of caste
community and sectarian
political interests were demol-
ished in a substantial way in
pursuit of a larger vision to
align with the visionary lead-
ership of Narendra Modi and
his exemplary record of gov-
ernance. The vary successful
implementation of pro-poor
schemes like Jan Dhan, the
great success of subsidy dis-
bursal through the JAM (Jan
Dhan Adhar Mobile) Trinity,
Fasal Bima Yojana, Ujjwala
Yojana, various Jan Suraksha
Schemes, avalibility of fertil-
izers to the farmers, digital
delivery of services through
Common Services centres
under the digital India pro-
gram, Beti Bachao Beti
Padhao and many other
schemesclearly conveyed to
the people as to how these
pro-poor initiatives are being
delivered on the ground in
contrast to the highly sectari-
an and partism delivery of
programs by others. Historic
initiatives like surgical strikes
and demonetization also con-
vinced the voters that the
Prime Minister Shri Naremdra
Modi wants to make India
resurgent and also free from
the vices of corruption and
black money,, despite a mas-
sive disinformation and politi-
cally motivated campaign.
The Parliamentary Party
salutes the profound wisdom
of peoples of India and voters
of these states in particular.
The phenomenal victory of
325 in a house of 403 in Uttar
Pradesh and 57 in a house of
70 in Uttrakhand is an affir-
mation of trust that the people
want India to become truly a
great country to fulfill the
vision of the Prime Minister.
The BJP Parliamentary
Party also greets the Prime
Minister for his firm declara-
tion that these results must
make us humble. In line with
his clarion call that “Sarkar
Bahumat Se Banti Hai Lekin
Sarvmat Se Chalti Hai”, we
renew our commitment to
work for the welfare of all
regardless of who voted in our
favor and who voted against.
Our government must be
inclusive for the welfare of all
to actualize the abiding theme
of government – “Sabka Sath
Sabka Vikas”.
Resolution of the BJPParliametary Party on the Extraordinary
Performance of BJPin Recent Vidhan Sabha Election
It is not been too long that the
Kathak legend Padma Vibhushan
Birju Maharaj turned 79, but the
celebration is endless. I met this
wonderful man a few times and
each time he left me speechless
with his humility and down to earth
nature.
Once while shooting when his
sugar was getting low due to dia-
betes he told me,“Sandip give me
two pieces of your glucose biscuit
that is all I need.” This is how I will
always remember the maestro,
extremely humble, soft spoken and
down to earth.
I called Maharajji to wish him
for this big day and asked him few
questions which he replied in a
humorous manner.
What is your most cherished gift
this birthday?
All my dear ones came home
and we all sang and danced togeth-
er and this jashan went on non-stop
with students dancing, friends
singing what more can I ask for.
That is the best gift ever I feel.
It was your birthday and how
did you spend it?
I was in Lucknow during my
birthday and all the dance lovers
came together and danced for me. I
felt completely overwhelmed, what
better way can it be that everyone
was celebrating my birthday danc-
ing with happiness. I sat and
looked back at all the old memo-
ries, my old clothes, instruments,
books etc of my Guru and uncles.
My ancestral house has become a
museum now so everything is well
preserved. It was a nostalgic
moment for me.
Let us talk about Bollywood,
who is your favourite dancer?
For me, it is Madhuri Dixit all
the way. I taught Kamal Haasan too
and he is a very eager learner and I
enjoyed teaching him. I am happy
that I received Filmfare award for
‘Mohe Rang do laal’ so I guess
Maine Deepika Padukone ko
Bajirao Mastani mein thee kthak
nachwa diya (I made Deepika
dance well in Bajirao Mastani).
How would you rate today’s
actresses?
I was watching Katrina Kaif on
television, “Uss ko naachna nahi,
hilna bolte hai” (It is not called
dancing, it is called shaking). I
miss the olden days of cinema.
There was a time when Waheeda
Rehman, Vyjayanthimala, Hema
Malini and Meena Kumari danced,
that was captivating. I liked Helen
too and she never looked vulgar
while performing all those cabaret
songs. What is that you first talk to
your director when you sign a
film?
I do receive offers to choreo-
graph Bollywood films, but before
I say yes or before I start choreo-
graphing a song I ask my director,
‘Heroine kapde pehnegi na?” (Will
the heroine wear cloth?).I don’t
want my song to look cheap or vul-
gar so it is important for them to
know what clothes are being
planned for the song.
Your advice to filmmakers of
new generation?
A film should have all types of
songs to suit all tastes. I am not
against international style of
dances like Hip hop and jazz get-
ting popular in films. I request
directors, please go ahead and
include commercially successful
songs, item numbers and love mak-
ing songs but, please include one
song promoting Bhartiya Sanskriti
and Sabyahta (Indian culture and
tradition) do promote our roots a
little too.
Maharajji’s closest disciple, the
very elegant Saswati Sen or
Saswati didi as she is popularly
known as said some wonderful
words about her Guru on his spe-
cial day. She told me, ‘Maharajji is
a true Maestro, a real genius, is a
dancer, singer, composer, poet,
writer, musician, painter, percus-
sionist and most importantly an
inspiration. I thank Natraj for
blessing me with a guru and a men-
tor like him.’
My dearest friend, the gorgeous
Vijayshree Choudhary, who is also
the Hirkani Awardee and has learnt
Kathak under the guidance of
Maharajji for many years conveyed
her wishes to him too. She said,
‘Charan Sparsh Guruji, to me you
are the ultimate mentor, because
you have taught me not just dance
but even things about life.
I owe everything I know to you
and only you. With folded hands, I
bow to you and wish you a Happy
Birthday.” The love that the dance
community has for Maharajji is
rare to see, he is one of the finest
gentlemen who is loved by one and
all. Once I visited him at his dance
class in Delhi, he made me sit next
to him and said, “Sandip, dancer
may be of any style Indian or inter-
national, a dancer is a dancer. I
never differentiate between them
because to me a dancer means, a
one who has dedicated his or her
entire life to dance.”
King of Kathak turns a year older

4. 4 20-26 March 2017
DELHI
Hone Sehgal
Who doesn’t love a little
bit of fun and frolic amid
hectic schedules? But
there’s no secret that shoot-
ing for shows isn’t so much
masti as it seems. Instead,
it’s all about tight sched-
ules, long shooting hours,
lots of hard work and bevy
of busy people running
from one corner to another.
So, if you visit the sets of
bindass’ Girl In The City
Chapter 2 it wasn’t any dif-
ferent. But thanks to actor
Karanvir Sharma, who
makes his web-series debut
as Kiran on the new chapter
of Girl in the City, for caus-
ing happy chaos on the sets!
Karanvir is quite a
prankster in real life.
One day, like usual the
cast and crew was preparing
for the shoot till suddenly
the fire alarm went off.
Everyone got a little per-
turbed and a few crew
members went on to hunt
the fire threat on the loca-
tion. The situation was in
control, but no one could
figure what triggered the
alarm! Finally, Karanvir
broke into giggles as he no
couldn’t hold his amuse-
ment any longer and con-
fessed that he had set the
fire alarm.
But that wasn’t all! A
few days later, Karanvir
was up to some new prank.
After shooting a scene,
Meera Sehgal aka Mithila
Palkar went on a wild goose
chase for her mobile phone.
She searched her room,
asked her team if they had
seen her mobile phone. At
last, she decided to inform
the crew about her missing
phone. Guess what she
found out! She wasn’t the
only one who had lost her
phone.
Once again, the shoot
came to a sudden halt and
every one began looking for
lost phones till they noticed
Karanvir, unaffected, and
his head buried in his own
phone and next to him was
a bag – filled with of course
all the “lost” mobiles
It were such instances
that often lightened up the
mood and heightened the
spirits on the sets. And dur-
ing the shoot, every time
Karanvir was around, the
team was on high alert wait-
ing for the next prank to
unfold and getting a well-
deserved break from hectic
schedules!
Recalling the playful
memories, the young actor
said, 'The vibe is pretty
chilled on the sets of Girl In
The City Chapter 2. I have
had an opportunity to play
pranks on the sets and it has
been so much fun. Be it
catching crew members
sleeping and snoring on set
or turning on the fire alarm
or misplacing their smart
phones. Everyone has been
a great sport and worked
really hard at the same time.
This has been one of the
most memorable shoots for
me."
Girl In The City Chapter
2 premieres on the 24th of
March 2017, 6 pm only on
bindass!
KaranvirSharma’sprankskeepseveryoneawakeonthesetsofGirlIntheCityChapter2
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6. 6 20-26 March 2017
NATIONAL
The Bengaluru City Crime
Branch police seized 50 lakh
in demonetised 1,000 and 500
currency notes and arrested 2
people who were collecting it
on the promise of getting it
exchanged with legal tender.
The CCB Police team headed
by ACP H M Mahadev got a
tip off information on friday
night that some persons are
holding huge amount of
demonetised Rs.1,000 and
Rs.500 currency notes in a
house on link road near
Langford town and are about
to exchange it into new cur-
rency.As soon as the informa-
tion was passed we swung into
action and raided the house
and detained two person and
found Rs.1lakh in Rs.1000
notes and Rs.49 lakh in Rs.500
notes of demonitised currency
note total of Rs.50 lakh rupees
with mobile phones has been
seized during the raid from
their possession. The two
accused has been identified as
Anand Jain a jewellery shop
owner in Adugodi and a resi-
dent of link road and Vinayak
Prasad a real estate business
man. Addl CP Crime,S Ravi
said,yesterday night we got a
credible information that some
people are going to transact
old currency notes for the new
ones.This information we got
in the Ashok nagar police sta-
tion limits place called shanti-
nagar.Our team immediately
swung into action ACP
Mahadev and then his inspec-
tors,Dr.Sudhakar and Raju
they undertook whole night
operation and we could lay
hands on Rs.50 lakh rupees
old currency notes.The first
disclosive prima facie was that
they said they were 2 accused
one by name Ashok Jain and
second by Vinayak Prasad
they told us that they were
being offered a commission of
Rs.1 lakh for every 1 Crore
that is going to be exchanged
but looks like it is not a gen-
uine transaction it was to cheat
people that they can exchange
although it is not so easy he
said.
During the course of inves-
tigation the accused has con-
fessed the crime and said that
they were exchanging
demonitised notes with new
currency on the commission
basis, detailed investigation
they spilled the beans and
revealed that one Vijay kumar
owner of a jewellery shop in
sadashivanagar and Salam a
real estate business man had
come to them with old notes to
exchange with new currency a
manhunt is on to nab the
absconding accused a case has
been registered in Ashoknagar
police station and further
investigation is on and finally
Bengaluru Police
Commissioner, Praveen
Sood,has appreciated Addl CP
Crime, S Ravi,ACP
H.M.Mahadev,and his team as
PIs as,Dr.B.S.Sudhakar and
S.Raju and his whole team for
busting the currency exchange
racket and nabbing the two
accused successfully he
added.
Currency-ExchangeRacketbustedbyBengaluruCCBPolice
DCP Labhuram of North Zone said,
Gangamangudi police inspector Smt,Merry Shylaja,
and their crime staff has detected a mobile phone
theft case registered on 11th March 2017 in their
jurisdiction limits,the team swung into action on the
basis of CCTV footage and technical inputs they
have arrested 3 accused within 24 hours, and recov-
ered various companies mobile phone such as,
Samsung,Nokia,Micromax, companies totally 88
mobile phone worth of Rs.3 lakhs has been recov-
ered from them.the accused has been identified
as,Jabbi (31),Syed Wajheed (48),Mujaheed
(32),during the course of investigation they have
confessed the crime and a case has been registered in
Gangamangudi police station and further investiga-
tion is on. Vidyaranyapura police inspector,
R.Puneeth and his crime staff has detected a HBT
case registered on 17th December 2016 in their juris-
diction limits. A woman lodged a complaint stating
that 180 grams of gold ornaments were stolen from
her house and she suspected on her domestic servant
Shilpa and based on complaint our team detained
Shilpa for questioning and during the course of
investigation she has confessed the crime and detail
investigation by the team revealed that she is a habit-
ual offender and involved in two other theft cases in
the neighbourhood, where as in 2013 she has com-
mitted a crime in her relatives house the police have
detained her for questioning but let her go as she was
pregnant at that time,so the cops did not arrest
her.and with this we have cracked three cases reg-
isitered in our police station.The accused has been
identified as Shilpa alias Pavithra (28) year old wife
of John, a resident of Vidyaranyapura and a native of
Holenarasipura in Hassan district and by arresting
her we have recovered 350 grams of gold ornaments
worth Rs.9 lakh rupees and she used to commit crime
to lead a lavish life she said in her statement to
police. Peenya police inspector, B Aiyyan Reddy and
his crime staff has detected a bike theft case regis-
tered in their station by a complainant manjappa reg-
isitered a complaint on 20th March 2017 in which he
has stated some miscreants have theft his bike on
16th March which was parked in front of his house
based on the complaint our team swung into action
and based on CCTV footage with other technology
skills our team have detained one person on suspect
for questioning and during the course of investiga-
tion he has confessed the crime and based on his
statement we have arrested other 2 of his associates
and we have recovered totally 25 two wheelers and 1
three wheelers and recovered Rs.16 lakh worth prop-
erty from their possession and detailed investigation
revealed a person by name Jaswanth Sharath Babu is
also involved in this crime and to lead a lavish life
they used to lift the bikes and used to sell the same in
Raichur,Koppala and other places to make easy
money to lead a lavish life.
North Zone Police arrested 11 accused and detected 41 Cases
BJP councillor and Dalit
leader Srinivas Prasad (38),
popularly known as
Kithaganahalli Vasu, was
stabbed with sharp weapons
around 5 a.m.The victim was
on his morning walk when the
gang intercepted him near
BTL College and killed
him.Srinivas Prasad received
call around 5 am in the morn-
ing and left home in his car at
5.30 am.Suspects accosted and
stoned his vehicle at truck ter-
minus on Hosur Road.
Assailants attacked him with
lethal weapons and absconded.
The police reached the site of
the attack after they were alert-
ed by highway patrol staff.
They found him dead in a
truck stand near Bommasandra
BTL college.He succumbed to
injuries on the spot at 5.45 am.
A case of murder was regis-
tered against unknown people
at Hebbagudi police station,
The motive for murder was not
clear as some reports suggest-
ed it was political rivalry while
some said a land dispute had
triggered it.Highway patrol
staff alerted police who in turn
informed family members.
Political rivalry is
suspected.His wife Shailaja is
a Zilla Panchayath member.
He was a contender for a
BJP ticket from Anekal assem-
bly constituency. He is sur-
vived by wife, a daughter ( 5)
and a son senior officer told
media persons. Traffic move-
ment on the busy Hosur Road
was disrupted for sometime
when hundreds of BJP party
workers staged a protest
demanding immediate arrest
of the killers of BJP councillor
Kithaganahalli Vasu. The pro-
testers shouted slogans and
staged dharna in the middle of
the road, blocking the traffic
movement.
he West Zone police in a
prompt action solved the sunil
murder case within 36
hours,and they have arrested a
26-year-old rowdy-sheeter
Spot Naga along with eight of
his associates for the brutal
murder on Friday. Residents
of Chandrappa road, Kamala
Nagar, Bengaluru were wit-
ness to a horrific sight on
March 8th morning .
A rowdy sheeter named
Sunil was butchered by a
group of men in broad day-
light even as a crowd watched
in shock. Police records indi-
cate Sunil had a criminal
record and was 25 years old.
The gang chased him and
brutally murdered him in a
filmy style as he hid in a
strangers house to save his
life but the gang of five armed
with deadly weapons even
broke the glass and door of
his and were shouting and
after breaking the door they
gain forcibly entry and pulled
him out and butchered him in
front of his mother outside his
house the crowd watched the
whole incident and even some
residents has captured whole
incident on their mobile
phone camera.
But none of the resident
went to rescue as the notori-
ous criminals were armed
with deadly weapons and no
one even called the local
police station or to control
room and alerted the cops on
the day.
A BJP councillor was hacked to death by a
gang of unidentified assailants at Anekal
Basaveshwaranagar cops arrested Spot
Naga and his gang within 36 hours

7. 7 20-26 March 2017
HAPPENING
TheSBIChairpersonMrs.ArundhatiBhattacharya.......
Fund, SBI SG Global Security
Services and launch of IT Platforms,
Mobile Banking etc. Can you please
narrate little about your long career
with SBI and your feelings now?
Response:
I joined SBI as a Probationary
Officer in 1977 and have continued
here since then. Looking back on my
journey of over 39 years of association
with SBI, I am filled with an immense
sense of satisfaction. In retrospect, my
decision to take up banking as a career
did turn out to be the right choice
because of the extraordinary variety
and range of experience the Bank has
provided and the wonderful, admirable
colleagues, a second family so to
speak, one has had the good fortune to
meet and befriend en-route. I have
therefore never been tempted to move
to more lucrative avenues even though
offers and opportunities were avail-
able. I see my work not as one job but
a combination of many jobs as each
assignment which I went through in
my career path has been unique and
can be counted as a new job each and
every time. Starting from my first
assignment at the foreign exchange
division of the bank’s Kolkata Main
branch, it has run the gamut of all
spheres of banking like Retail,
Corporate, Foreign exchange,
International exposure via a posting at
New York, Treasury, Rural, New
Business, HR, Investment banking and
finally as Chairman.
The transition was of course full of
challenges but these challenges were
not insurmountable. I had the courage
and conviction that I will overcome
and make my mark. This strength came
from the knowledge that I had great
and unstinted support of my family and
colleagues. Within the organisation I
never felt that I was alone to meet the
difficulties. My team was always
available to take up the slack when
required.
2.You had joined the likes MDs &
CEOs of Chanda Kochhar, MD of
ICICI Bank; Shikha Sharma of Axis
Bank; Naina Lal Kidwai, country
head, HSBC; Kaku Nakhate, presi-
dent and country head (India), Bank
of America Merrill Lynch,
Vijayalakshmi Iyer of Bank of
India; Archana Bhargava of United
Bank of India and Shubhalakshmi
Panse, of Allahabad Bank and Usha
Ananthasubramanian of Punjab
National Bank. You were the first
ever women to lead Fortune 500
Company of India. Being a woman
how do you maintain relations and
professional exchanges with above
mentioned women Heads? How you
have managed to work smoothly
with most male colleagues in
Management and in overall Bank
staff? There were any problem you
faced during last three years as
women Chairperson?
Response:
Gender was never an issue in my
early days. In fact the organisation
often went out of its way to meet the
requirements of women, be it posting
or any other problem which one may
have. We felt protected and nurtured
and the environment was never threat-
ening. This could be on account of the
relatively lesser number of women in
the work place then. Current dynamics
are different, with more women in the
top management as well as junior lev-
els, but I feel that the response of car-
ing and nurturing which I experienced
still needs to be the same. I keep this in
mind whenever issues pertaining to our
women employees come up for my
consideration. Moreover, I believe that
once you reach the top, it is more about
the responsibilities, your ability to lead
your team and interact with profession-
als, more than the gender. While it
makes me feel proud as a woman to
see so many women at the top eche-
lons, I have never felt much difference
in interacting with leaders of opposite
gender.
3. During your 1st interaction
with the media, you had said that the
war on non-performing assets has
intensified and that non-performing
managements have no reason to con-
tinue being in office. It was really a
tough talk and most even in
Management were surprised, how it
has been fulfilled in last 3 years?
Response:
When I took over charge, growing
NPAs were one of the major problems
the Bank was facing. Our team had
gone through each and every account
granularly to determine the solutions to
help and enable them to come out from
the stress. Committees were formed to
monitor all high value stressed
accounts proactively and find solutions
to prevent their slippages. Our staffs
have rendered excellent support in our
drive to contain and resolve NPAs
throughout. The work is continuing.
4. You were not very upbeat that
time about improvement in the
Bank's subsequent quarterly per-
formances. A lot more can be done to
improve productivity, you had
quipped. The process for the merger
of other associate Banks with the
SBI was likely to start that year in
FY 2014, where it stand now?
Response:
The merger of all 5 associate banks
with SBI has been approved by the
Central Government on 22nd February
2017.
In terms of the separate Orders of
Acquisition issued by the Government
under Section 35 of the State Bank of
India Act, 1955, the merger of all the
five banks with SBI will become effec-
tive from 1st April 2017. Thus, from
1st April 2017, 7000+ branches and
75000+ employees of all 5 Associate
banks will become branches/ employ-
ees of State Bank of India.
The business levels of State Bank
of India are expected to go up by 30%
after the acquisition. With the merger,
State Bank will also be within top 50
banks globally in terms of asset size.
The mergers are also expected to bring
in economies of scale as well as higher
efficiencies especially in treasury oper-
ations, credit monitoring as also reduc-
ing overheads on account of disman-
tling of Head Office and other admin-
istrative set up of the Associate Banks.
5.You took over the charge when
the Bank was battling rising bad
loans as borrowers, find difficult to
meet repayment obligations in slow-
ing economy. Your biggest challenge
was to improve the Bank's worsen-
ing asset quality. The Bank's non-
performing assets were 5.5 percent
of all assets in the June quarter. At
that time Net profit in the 1st quar-
ter fell 13.6% to Rs. 3,241 Cr against
Rs 3,751 Cr in the same quarter of
previous year. Now the Bank is in
shape and performing well under
your leadership and with the good
works by Managements and staffs,
Net profit been increased in many
fold, how you have come out from
those bad days and reached in
today’s position, once again in num-
ber 1 despite many losses? How
overall all staffs and Trade Unions
are happy, what is the Corporate
mantra that worked Miracle?
Response:
The level of NPAs in the industry
will generally be in tandem with the
prevailing conditions in the economy.
When I took over the charge as the
Chairman, the industry was grappling
with slowdown in the economy and
growing NPAs due to stalled projects
and lack of policy initiative to resolve
them. Corporate loan book started
showing asset quality issues due to the
borrower’s default in their repayment
obligations.
Tackling the NPAs in the industry
needs concerted three pronged efforts
by the Govt/Regulators, the promoters
and the banks. With the new Govt. in
place in 2014 with single party majori-
ty, the business sentiment has
improved. Regulators have started
several measures to address the NPAs
in the industry like guidelines on CDR,
SDRs and S4A to revive the corporate
portfolios followed by the
Government’s initiatives in strengthen-
ing the DRTs and Bankruptcy code for
streamlining the recovery mechanism.
We have undertaken several initia-
tives to address the NPAs proactively.
We have formed a Committee system
at Corporate Centre to monitor the
high value stressed accounts and deter-
mine differential solutions to resolve
them. Similar committees have been
put in place at Circle level to monitor
the accounts and prevent further accre-
tion to the NPAs. These efforts yielded
substantial improvement and the level
of NPAs declined to 4.25% as on
March, 2015.
However, the Asset Quality Review
by RBI had led to substantial increase
in NPAs during the 2015-16 across the
industry due to classification of assets
displaying inherent weakness and pro-
vision for NPAs with retrospective
date resulted in increase of NPAs to
6.50% as on March, 2016. Concerted
efforts are being made to prevent fur-
ther slippages and management of
stressed assets in the Banks is a contin-
uous exercise. With the initiatives
launched by the Govt. such as bank-
ruptcy code, strengthening of DRTs
etc. the NPA level in the Bank is
expected to improve.
6. What is your opinion on recent
economic condition of the country
especially after Demonetisation?
About the currency and role of
Reserve Bank as well Government’s
view? What is Bank’s position in
present economic situation? How
you have succeed to handle after-
math of November 8'16 when high
value notes been banned? What is
your view of Present Governments
overall performance?
Response:
On 8 Nov’16, around 86% of the
currency in circulation was demone-
tized with the aim of curbing corrup-
tion, counterfeiting, and the use of high
denomination notes for terrorist activi-
ties, the accumulation of “black
money” in the economy and increasing
formalization of the economy through
digitalization.
The initial impact of demonetiza-
tion was contraction in economic
activity, particularly in those areas
where cash intensity of the sector was
high – such as agriculture, transport,
MSME etc. It must be borne in mind
that it is not yet possible to ascertain
what the real impact was with absolute
accuracy. For instance in agriculture
which is mostly cash financed, after
demonetization net sown area has
increased. This is surprising, but in
many areas farmers resorted to barter
to avoid delay in sowing. It was clear
that by harvest time, cash supply will
be fully restored.
There were frenzied predictions
that demonetization would adversely
affect the poor and the GDP will
decline during the subsequent quarters.
However, the Q3 GDP data (7.0%)
released by the CSO belied the fore-
casts and in fact kept the upward
momentum intact. For the full year,
India’s GDP is estimated to grow at
7.1%, unlike the popular view that it
will drop down significantly post
demonetization. Also, only one quarter
has passed since demonetisation and
its impact is going to be long term. I
believe that there will be more posi-
tives than negatives in the long run.
However, the good news is that
FY18 growth could move up once
remonetization is complete and as this
move is aimed with long term gains in
sight it is not expected that it will lead
to any lingering risks.
Contd. On Next Page

8. However the Central Bank
has been working vigorously
towards remonetization and
Currency in circulation for the
week ended 17 Feb’16 has
increased to Rs 11.31 trillion,
which is around 65% of the
currency in circulation pre
demonetization / 57% of the
replenished currency.
The situation has normal-
ized to a great extent and with
the greater number of people
moving towards digital modes
of transactions, RBI may not
even need to remonetize the
entire amount of extinguished
currency.
Though the announcement
came as a bolt from the blue,
we appreciated the intent and
we were able to organize and
mobilize all the resources to
ensure minimum inconven-
ience to the public. In fact our
staff toiled extra hours every
day and even on few holidays
to help the public exchange
their SBNs within the time
limits. RBI also tried very
hard during the exercise by
printing the new currency
notes to replace the old SBNs
in adequate numbers.
However, there were some
issues in terms of logistics
especially transportation of
currency to RUSU and remote
areas where public were
inconvenienced to some
degree.
From the business point of
view, though demonetization
has helped banks to garner
huge amount of deposits but
the credit growth has declined.
Going forward, we believe
things are improving and cred-
it growth will start to pick up,
though slowly. Bank is well
capitalized and its diversified
portfolios hedges against the
possible risks in the economy.
The stress that is seen in
the Corporate Loan book
presently is temporary and
with the policy push given by
the Govt. and its commitment
to resolving the stalled proj-
ects along with initiatives
being launched to address the
NPAs in the Banking industry
will substantially improve the
bottom-line of the Bank.
Finally, the present
Government has been formed
with full majority ensuring
stability in Governance. They
have launched several initia-
tives for development espe-
cially improvement in rural
areas like PMJDY, PMMY,
PMSJY and PM Fasal Bima
Yojana. Bold initiatives like
demonetization, rationaliza-
tion of indirect taxes through
GST, Bankruptcy code to
improve the recovery of the
institutional debt indicate the
Government’s resolve to
improve economy and create a
conducive environment for
growth.
7. What is your plan for
post retirement? Do you
expect or will accept if the
Government offer you any
Higher position in Financial
sectors or elsewhere? Do you
expect any Highest Awards
from Government for your
long time contribution for
the Bank as well for the
Country?
Response:
These are at this juncture
hypothetical questions and I
will consider these issues at
the appropriate time
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9. 9 20-26 March 2017
INTERNATIONAL
RIYADH: Iranian pilgrims will participate in this
year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said on Friday,
despite ruptured ties between the regional rivals.
For the first time in nearly three decades Iran's
pilgrims -- which would have numbered about
60,000 -- did not attend last year's hajj after Riyadh
and Tehran failed to agree on security and logistics.
Tensions remain as Saudi Arabia repeatedly
accuses Iran of fuelling conflicts by supporting
armed Shiite movements in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and
Bahrain. But after talks between the two sides, the
Iranians will join this year's ritual which takes place
at the beginning of September. "The ministry of hajj
and the Iranian organisation have completed all the
necessary measures to ensure Iranian pilgrims per-
form hajj 1438 according to the procedures followed
by all Muslim countries," the official Saudi Press
Agency said, referring to this year in the Islamic cal-
endar. The hajj ministry said that the kingdom, home
to Islam's holiest sites, welcomes "all pilgrims from
all the different nationalities and backgrounds".
Iran rejects accusations of regional aggression
and says Riyadh must stop its alleged support for
Sunni "terrorists" like the Islamic State jihadist group
and al-Qaida. Although the verbal sparring contin-
ued, Saudi media reported in December that the
Saudi minister in charge of pilgrimages, Mohammed
Bentin, had invited Iran to discuss arrangements for
this year's hajj. An Iranian delegation visited Saudi
Arabia in February for talks with Bentin. In early
March, Iran said there had been progress. "Most of
the questions up for discussion have been resolved
and a couple of issues are remaining," Iran's ISNA
news agency quoted Ali Ghazi Askar, the Iranian
supreme leader's representative for hajj affairs, as
saying.
"If those questions are resolved, we hope pilgrims
will soon be sent to Saudi Arabia." A major issue was
compensation for the families of hundreds of people
killed in a stampede during the 2015 hajj. Iran says
464 of its citizens died in the disaster. More than 1.8
million faithful took part in last year's hajj. The pil-
grimage is one of the five pillars of Islam and all
Muslims who can must perform it at least once in
their lives. Iranian pilgrims have for the past two
years not attended the lesser pilgrimage to Mecca
and Medina in western Saudi Arabia, known as
umrah, which occurs outside hajj.
Iran pilgrims to join this year's hajj: Saudi
LONDON: Britain's Queen
Elizabeth II on Thursday gave
her Royal Assent to the Brexit
trigger bill, authorizing Prime
Minister Theresa May to
invoke Article 50 to begin the
country's exit negotiations from
the European Union. The
European Union (Notification
of Withdrawal) Bill had been
passed by MPs and Lords in
Parliament earlier this week
and the monarch's signature
means May will be able to keep
to her declared March-end
timetable of informing the EU
that Britain has invoked Article
50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which
relates to leaving the 28-mem-
ber economic bloc. "This will
be a defining moment for our
whole country as we begin to
forge a new relationship with
Europe but also a new role for
ourselves in the world. We will
be a strong, self-governing,
global Britain with control once
again over our borders and our
laws," May had told the House
of Commons earlier this week
at the passage of the Brexit bill.
She had indicated that after a
"number of processes that will
take place", she will return to
the Commons before the end of
the month to inform Parliament
that she has invoked Article 50,
after which a two-year negotia-
tion time-frame is triggered for
Britain to leave and strike a
new deal with Europe as a non-
member of the EU. May is
believed to be planning a tour
of the UK - covering Wales,
Scotland and Northern Ireland -
in an attempt to forge a united
front around Britain's exit from
the EU. The move follows
Scottish First Minister Nicola
Sturgeon's announcement that
she would be seeking parlia-
mentary approval for a second
independence referendum in
Scotland, to be held next year.
"This is not a moment to
play politics, or create uncer-
tainty or division. It is a
moment to bring our country
together, to honour the will of
the British people and to shape
for them a brighter future and a
better Britain," May had said in
response.
However, Sturgeon has
attacked her for ignoring the
Scottish voice within the broad-
er Brexit debate.
Queen signs Brexit trigger bill into law
NEW DELHI: Beijing was
furious with India last year for
launching Agni V, but now it
plans to build ballistic, cruise,
anti-aircraft and anti-ship mis-
siles with "all-weather friend"
Pakistan, China's state-run
media reported. The two coun-
tries will also jointly mass pro-
duce FC-1 Xiaolong, a light-
weight and multi-role combat
aircraft, reported Global
Times, the Chinese
Communist Party's news out-
let. In addition, the two agreed
to strengthen anti-terrorism
cooperation and strike terrorist
forces including China's insur-
gent East Turkestan Islamic
Movement. These were the
outcomes of yesterday's meet-
ing in Beijing between
Pakistan's army chief+ Qamar
Bajwa and a top Chinese mili-
tary official, Fang Fenghui. In
exchange for Beijing's
largesse, Islamabad agreed to
ensure the safety of the China-
Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC)+ . "Pakistan and
China enjoy a special friendly
relationship with each other
and have a common destiny,"
Bajwa reportedly said at the
meeting, according to a state-
ment on the website of China's
defence ministry. Pakistan has
deployed more than 15,000
troops to protect CPEC+ and
the country's navy has raised a
security contingent to protect
the Gwadar Port, said Masood
Khalid, Pakistan's Ambassador
to China, at a news conference
on Tuesday, according to
Global Times. The Port is a
key CPEC project.
China to 'authorise'
Pakistan to build missiles
SEOUL: The United States' "strategic patience"
with nuclear-armed North Korea is over, Secretary
of State Rex Tillerson said in Seoul on Friday after
visiting the Demilitarised Zone.
The announcement signals a clean break from
the stance of the previous administration under
Barack Obama, when the United States ruled out
engaging the North until it made a tangible commit-
ment to de-nuclearisation, hoping that internal
stresses in the isolated country would bring about
change. "The policy of strategic patience has
ended," Tillerson said at a joint press conference
with his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-Se.
"We are exploring a new range of diplomatic, secu-
rity, economic measures. All options are on the
table."
Tillerson is in Asia for his first foray into crisis
management, and his remarks came a day after he
said in Tokyo that 20 years of efforts to denu-
clearise the North had "failed" and promising a new
approach, without giving specifics.
North Korea has a long-standing ambition to
become a nuclear power and conducted its first
underground atomic test in 2006, in the teeth of
global opposition. Four more test blasts have fol-
lowed, two of them last year. Leaving the North
with its present level of weapons technology was
not an appropriate goal, Tillerson said in Seoul.
"That would leave North Korea with significant
capabilities that would represent a true threat."
The United Nations has imposed multiple sets of
sanctions on the North over its nuclear and missile
programmes, but its main diplomatic protector and
trade partner China is accused of not fully enforc-
ing them.
US 'strategic patience' with North Korea has ended: RexTillerson

10. 10 20-26 March 2017
HAPPENING
Amit
Noida: 64 Delegates
from 26 Countries attended
the Global Management
Summit at Marwah Studios,
Film City Noida presented
by ICMEI- International
Chamber of Media And
Entertainment Industry In
association with
Government of India where
folder of the Global
Management Summit was
released.
Large number of dele-
gates from different parts of
India were also part of this
international event where
case study of world-
renowned media person
Sandeep Marwah was pre-
sented, narrated, discussed
and answered.
The five hours interac-
tion with Marwah brought
many points of administra-
tion and management on the
table, which many people
promised to adapt in their
system. “A consolidation of
all the information of dele-
gates in one book is a per-
fect step,” said Justin Luate
Phillips James from South
Sudan.“We are here a
Global Family and it has
been recorded in one book
which is now a document in
itself,” said Majid
Hossinpur from Iran.
“Our relations with India
through Marwah Studios
has grown a lot,” said
Kinley Budha from Bhutan.
“We welcome the team of
ICMEI to Bhutan,” added
Choden from Bhutan. A
copy of Summit folder was
handed over to all the dele-
gates as a part of the kit.
Global Management Summit Inaugurated at Noida
Rajesh Sharma
Noida: Not many people in
the World have been able to
achieve what Sandeep
Marwah of Republic of India
has proved in such a short
period of time. Managing 100
organizations of film, televi-
sion, media, fashion,
Educational, art and culture
and also bodies with social
issues is an interesting case to
study.
Sandeep Marwah was hon-
ored with Global Management
Guru Award jointly presented
by the delegates of 27 coun-
tries of the World in a Global
Management Summit organ-
ized by Ministry of Skill
Development And
Entrepreneur, Government of
India in association with
ICMEI- International
Chamber of Media And
Entertainment Industry at
Noida Film City.
The Global Management
Summit invited delegates
from 27 countries including
from Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Russia, Egypt,
Tanzania, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Namibia,
Zambia, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Mali, Sri Lanka, Vietnam,
Uzbekistan, Nigeria,
Botswana, Tajikistan, Tunisia,
Myanmar, South Sudan,
Philippines, Syria, Bhutan,
Malawi, Peru, Iran and India.
Association with NGOs,
State and Central
Government, a news paper,
Radio Station, Television
Station, A news Agency,
Media Schools, Management
Schools, Law School, interna-
tional festivals & summits and
large public appearances has
made Sandeep Marwah an
exceptional and international
personality. Teacher to 12000
professionals, President of
biggest Chamber-
International Chamber of
Media And Entertainment
Industry with 162 internation-
al committees and 80 national
committees is a job worth
mentioning, turned Marwah
an incomparable officer.
Chairing National
Federation of Tourism And
Transport Cooperatives of
India Limited, as Managing
Director, the 16th National
Federation controlling 676
State Federations, 625000
Cooperative Societies with
250 Million Members is also a
tough task. Marwah brought 2
million footfalls to Noida Film
City.
Chairman of the advisory
committee of India Skills
Development Council with 43
segments of different indus-
tries is a new additional job of
Sandeep Marwah.
Sandeep Marwah Honored
With Global Management
Noida: After the successful
completion of three major fes-
tivals namely Global Film
Festival, Global Festival of
Journalism and Global
Literary Festival by the Asian
education Group a new prop-
erty has been introduced and
announced by the President
Sandeep Marwah under the
name and banner of Global
Fashion Week.
“We have very well cov-
ered Cinema and television
through Global Film Festival
and we are preparing for the
10th edition of the same. It has
been rated as the second
biggest festival after IFFI. Our
journalism festival, now head-
ing for 6th edition, is the most
exclusive and one of its kind
in the World,” said Sandeep
Marwah in a general body
meeting of Asian Education
Group at Noida Film City.
“The Global Literary
Festival has already been
declared as second best after
one in Jaipur with its second
edition, time has come to
announce new property and
that is going to be Global
Fashion Week,” added
Marwah.
All the departments includ-
ing Cinema, Mass
Communication and
Journalism, PR Events &
Advertising, Fashion &
Design, Graphics &
Animation, Performing Arts,
Hospitality & Tourism etc.
attended the meeting.
Global Fashion Week Announced
by Asian Education Group

11. 11 20-26 March 2017 SPORTS
CHENNAI: Confident of
bouncing back after enduring
a mixed 2016, former world
chess champion Viswanathan
Anand says he will compete in
the Grand Chess Tour, which
includes five tournaments and
the World Cup, this year.
Speaking at the inaugura-
tion of a three-day chess camp
organised by Velammal
Vidyalaya here, Anand said
his most immediate assign-
ment would be in Zurich next
month.
Anand also said that it was
great to see more Indian play-
ers pushing for spots in the top
50, while referring to P
Harikrishna's recent perform-
ance. Harikrishna has
improved his rating to the
2750 range.
"He (Hari) has improved
dramatically in the last two-
three years. He will play this
year's World Cup in an attempt
to qualify for the candidates,"
Anand said.
Anand also praised B
Adibhan, who had recently
done well in the Corus cham-
pionship in Wijk aan Zee
where he held world champi-
on Magnus Carlsen and also
beat Russian challenger
Sergey Karjakin.
"I was very impressed, he
showed a lot of variation and
the ability to come up with dif-
ferent openings," he said.
Stressing the importance of
fitness for chess, Anand said it
was needed to ensure stamina
in long games. Best SIP
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friend suggested that I work
on my fitness. I have since
accorded priority to fitness,
with focus on stretching and
relaxing," he said.
Anand said the talk about
his getting on with the years
didn't affect him much.
"You age that is all. There
are some things that you can't
do as well as you did when
younger and the preparation
has to be different. One has to
focus on the strengths," he
explained.
The former world champi-
on advised youngsters to play
regularly to enhance their ana-
lytical and decision-making
skills.
Anand confident of bounc-
ing back after mixed 2016
Usain Bolt to skip World Relays
BENGALURU: Indian
men's hockey team has caught
international attention in the
last few years by virtue of
their performances and it's
time for the past masters of the
game to show the world what
they are capable of, said chief
coach Roelant Oltmans.
Oltmans' assertion
stemmed from Germany and
Kalinga Lancers skipper
Moritz Fuerste's recent state-
ment after Hockey India
League that India can be top
three in world hockey soon.
"I see it as a compliment
that top sides in the world are
seeing what India is doing,"
said Oltmans about Fuerste's
remark.
"Maybe three-four years
ago they weren't even looking
at India as a serious competi-
tor. India is getting close to the
top sides and now it's up to us
to show that we can do it," the
Dutchman said at the senior
men's national camp under-
way Sports Authority of India
(SAI), Southern Centre here.
Having made a good start
to the new Olympic cycle with
men's Asian Champions
Trophy and the prestigious
Junior World Cup titles,
Oltmans feels the process has
been put in place to be the
world's best.
India's next assignment is
the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in
April, followed by the World
League Semi-Final in June,
men's Asia Cup in September
and the World League Final in
December. Oltmans' focus
now is on building a formida-
ble team for next year's World
Cup. "I think in the previous
Olympic cycle from 2014, we
have made a lot of progress.
No doubt our focus is on 2020
Tokyo Olympics and the 2018
men's World Cup but we have
to get the confidence by doing
well in all tournaments," he
said.
With 11 new recruits from
the Junior World Cup-winning
squad in the 33-member core
probables list, it is evident that
Oltmans is looking at young-
sters to be the fulcrum of
Indian team.
"Every country goes
through a transitional phase. I
know that Holland already has
12 players from their junior
squad though they finished
seventh in the Junior World
Cup. It is important to invest
in the potential of these
younger players to make sure
they continue to develop,"
Oltmans said.
KINGSTON: Usain Bolt is
poised to skip next month's
IAAF World Relays in the
Bahamas as he prepares to
retire from the sport later this
year.
The reigning Olympic
100m and 200m champion
told reporters at a track meet-
ing in Kingston on Saturday
that he was unlikely to feature
in the Jamaica squad for the
two-day championship set for
April 22-23.
"My coach hasn't said any-
thing about it (World Relays),
so I doubt that I will be com-
peting there this year. I am
just trying to stay injury free,"
said Bolt, who is looking for-
ward to his final race on
Jamaican soil, the Racers
Track Club Grand Prix set for
June 10.
"It's just going to be excit-
ing and emotional, I think it
might be a little bit emotional,
but I am looking forward to it,
it's my coach's meet, so I am
excited to be a part of it."
As the reigning world
champion over 100m and
200m, Bolt qualifies automat-
ically for the World
Championships in London
and will not take part at the
Jamaican Championships
qualifying event in June.
The 30-year-old said he
was happy with his training
for the final few months of his
career, which will end with
his retirement after the World
Championships.
"Everything is going
smooth, so the key thing is to
stay injury free. I am just
going to continue pushing
myself and pushing my body
and I hope it will work out,"
he said.
Bolt, the world record
holder, successfully defended
his Olympic 100m, 200m and
4x100m crowns at last year's
Rio de Janeiro Games.
CHANDIGARH: Haryana
sports minister Anil Vij on
Sunday rejected Sakshi Malik's
claim that the state government
was yet to honour its "promis-
es" made to her for winning an
Olympics bronze medal.
The minister alleged that
some people might have "pre-
vailed upon" her to tweet in
which she raised questions
about the Haryana govern-
ment's commitment towards
fulfilling its promises. "We
gave a cheque of Rs 2.5 crore
the day she landed in India
(after the Olympics event)," Vij
said on Sunday. "Regarding the
issue of job, she had a unique
demand. She had sought job at
Maharishi Dayanand
University (MDU) in Rohtak.
But it takes time to complete
the whole process. We have
taken all the approval and
MDU has also framed rules
and she will be appointed
Director Sports at MDU," the
minister said. The minister also
said the athlete would be given
an appointment letter within 3-
4 days and added that she
knows it very well. With regard
to the issue related to reward-
ing her coach, the minister said
that the state government had
asked the Olympics bronze
medallist wrestler to give a
name of one coach for giving
him the reward.
TimeisripeforIndianhockeytoshowitspotential:Oltmans
Haryana sports minister
rejects Sakshi Malik's claim

12. 12 20-26 March 2017
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13. Pawan Pant
In a stark and chilling
reminder of the realities of
life in India, the recently
released family health sur-
vey (NFHS 4) results show
that over 58% of children
below five years of age are
anaemic, that is, they suffer
from insufficient haemo-
globin in the blood, leaving
them exhausted, vulnerable
to infections, and possibly
affecting their brain devel-
opment. The survey, which
was carried out in 2015-16
and covered six lakh
households, also showed
that around 38% of chil-
dren in the same age group
were stunted, 21% were
wasted and 36% under-
weight. While all the inter-
nationally accepted mark-
ers of children's health
have improved since the
last such survey in 2005-
06, the levels of undernour-
ishment, caused mainly by
poverty , are still high and
the improvement too slow.
Based on the 2011 Census
data, the total number of
children under five in India
in 2015 is projected at 12.4
crore. So, around 7.2 crore
children are anaemic, near-
ly 5 crore are stunted,
around 2.6 crore are wasted
and 4.4 crore are under-
weight. These numbers are
not too different from
those in 2005-06. Since
population has increased,
their share is down.
The World Health
Organisation says high
levels of these markers are
clear indications of "poor
socio-economic condi-
tions" and "suboptimal
health andor nutritional
conditions". In short, lack
of food, unhealthy living
conditions and poor
health delivery systems.
The WHO defines wasting
as low weight for height,
stunting as low height for
age, and underweight as
low weight for age.
The survey also found
that just over half of all
pregnant women were
anaemic. This would auto-
matically trans-
late into their
n e w b o r n
being weak.
Overall, 53%
of women
and 23%
o f
m e n
in the
15-49 age
g r o u p
w e r e
anaemic.
There
is wide
variation
a m o n g
s t a t e s .
The data for UP has not
been released in view of
the ongoing polls, accord-
ing to Balram Paswan, pro-
fessor at Mumbai-based
International Institute for
Population Sciences which
was the nodal agency for
the survey done for the
health ministry. But poorer
states like Bihar, Madhya
Pradesh, Jharkhand,
A s s a m ,
Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh
have higher
than national
a v e r a g e
rates on
a l l
mark-
e r s .
M o r e
advanced states like those
in the south, Haryana and
Gujarat have slightly better
numbers but are still at
unacceptable levels. In
Tamil Nadu, 51% children
are anaemic while in
Kerala it is over one-third.
In many states, stunting has
declined but the share of
severely wasted children
has increased. These are
clear signs of an endemic
crisis of hunger in the
country that policy makers
don't appear to be address-
ing.
13 20-26 March 2017
HEALTH
High-intensity aerobic exercise
may be the best type of training for
people over 65, as it can reverse
some cellular aspects of ageing, an
Indian-origin researcher has found.
The findings showed that high-
intensity interval training (or car-
dio) like running and walking,
improved muscle protein content
enhancing energetic functions and
causing muscle enlargement, espe-
cially in older adults.
"We encourage everyone to
exercise regularly, but the
take-home message for
ageing adults is that
supervised high-
intensity training
is probably
best,"said K.
Sreekumaran Nair, Indian-origin
endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic,
a non-profit health care research
organisation. Nair
explained that this kind
of training helped
both metabolically
and at the molec-
ular level, con-
fering the most
b e n e -
fits. Decline in mitochondrial con-
tent and function are common in
older adults.
The high-intensity exer-
cise regimen signifi-
cantly enhanced the
cellular machinery
responsible for
making new pro-
teins, contributing
to synthesis, thus
reversing
a major
adverse effect of ageing.
While high-intensity training
reversed some manifestations of
ageing in the body's protein func-
tion, adding resistance training may
also help achieve significant mus-
cle strength, Nair added.
In the study, appearing in the
journal Cell Metabolism, the team
compared high-intensity interval
training, resistance training and
combined training.
Researchers tracked metabolic
and molecular changes in a group
of young and older adults over 12
weeks, gathering data 72 hours
after individuals in randomised
groups completed each type of
exercise.
All training types improved
lean body mass and insulin sensi-
tivity, but only high-intensity and
combined training improved aero-
bic capacity and mitochondrial
function for skeletal muscle.
Increase in muscle strength
occurred only modestly with high-
intensity interval training but
improved with resistance training
alone or when added to the aerobic
training.
High-intensityaerobictrainingmayhelpreverseageing
Morethanhalfofunder-5kidsinIndiaareanaemic

14. 14 20-26 March 2017
BUSINESS
Mumbai. Union IT minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad today said
Indian infotech companies are
not stealing American jobs but
are in fact creating employment
avenues in the world's largest
economy. Prasad's assertion
came in the backdrop of pro-
posed changes in the US poli-
cies around outsourcing and
movement of skilled workers
under the new administration.
"The domestic IT compa-
nies are present in 200 cities in
80 countries, including the US.
In the US, our IT companies
have given USD 20 billion in
taxes last year. They have given
jobs to 4,00,000 people there
and have made value addition.
"Our IT companies are an
asset for the US. The American
administration should know
that our companies don't steal
their jobs but they are creating
jobs. We have conveyed our
concern to the highest US
authorities," Prasad told the
India Today Conclave here.
President Donald Trump's
'Buy American-hire American'
rallying cry has put the USD
150-billion Indian IT industry,
which draws more than 65 per
cent of their revenues from that
US alone, on the edge. The IT
industry has raised concerns
over the proposed overhaul of
the popular H-1B visa regime
by Trump, as any curtailment in
visas would result in higher
operational costs and shortage
of skilled workers. The indus-
try is also worried as Trump
wants BPOs in America to
more than double the salaries to
USD 1.35 lakh per annum
which would bump up opera-
tional cost for them.
Noting that the government
objective is to make India the
electronic hub of the world,
Prasad said Rs 1.27 trillion
worth of investments have
come into electronic manufac-
turing in the country, much
more than the Rs 11,000 crore
during the UPA regime.
Responding to a query on
cyber security, Prasad said the
government is concerned about
it and is doing its bit to deal
with the threat. "We are keep-
ing an eye on this. We are very
much on the job. But, if an
accident takes place on a high-
way, you cannot stop travelling
through that. Same is the case
with cyber technology and
digitisation," he said.
Gaurav Banwari
NEW DELHI: Banks Board
Bureau chairman Vinod Rai
wrote a strongly worded letter
to the finance ministry and the
Prime Minister's Office high-
lighting the lack of action by
banks on bad loans and sug-
gesting a possible way ahead,
said two officials with knowl-
edge of the matter. The letters
were sent earlier this month
after a meeting on bad loans at
the PMO that was also attend-
ed by Rai. Following this,
finance minister Arun Jaitley,
senior government officials,
Reserve Bank of India gover-
nor Urjit Patel and two deputy
RBI governors took stock of
stressed assets in state-run
banks last week and sought to
firm up measures for quicker
resolution, said one of the offi-
cials. The government set up
the BBB in February 2016 with
a mandate to recommend can-
didates for the top posts at
state-run banks and financial
institutions. Last year, the gov-
ernment expanded its role to
also help banks in their capital-
raising plans and develop busi-
ness strategies. State-run
lenders’ bad loans rose by over
Rs 1 lakh crore in the first nine
months of the current fiscal
year to Rs 6 lakh crore on
December 31, 2016. Another
government official confirmed
that the finance ministry had
received the letter, which out-
lined actions that can be taken
to fast track the resolution
process.
“It has been suggested that
more powers should be given
to the oversight committee.
They should also be allowed to
take decisions under other
available mechanisms, includ-
ing deep restructuring,” said
the second government offi-
cial, adding that deliberations
are ongoing. The oversight
committee was set up by RBI
last year to review debt recasts.
The letter also suggested that
the present S4A (scheme for
sustainable structuring of
stressed assets) mechanism
should be further liberalised
and top bank officials given a
framework to follow. “It is felt
that in some cases banks are
delaying the process on
account of various issues,
including citing the fear of vig-
ilance agencies. The BBB
wants bankers to be held
accountable in such cases,”
said one of the officials cited
above. The board is not in
favour of a state-backed bad
bank, given that the required
skillset won’t be available in
the public sector and that deci-
sion making will continue to be
an issue, he added. “The gov-
ernment has also not firmed up
plans to set up a private sector
bad bank, as the valuations of
assets which will be trans-
ferred to such an entity may
lead to political issues,” the
person said. On Wednesday,
finance minister Arun Jaitley
had told the first meeting of his
ministry’s consultative com-
mittee that the government is
taking sector-specific measures
to deal with bad loans, espe-
cially the resolution of large
debts. This may include setting
up more oversight committees,
as initiated by the Reserve
Bank of India.
In a significant and historic
development, PHD Chamber
of Commerce & Industry
signed an MoU with
Maharashtra Chamber of
Commerce, Industry and
Agriculture (MACCIA) to
expand its activities towards
the western region of India.
Mr. Gopal Jiwarajka,
President, PHD Chamber and
Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar,
President, MACCIA signed the
MoU in the presence of Shri
Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble
Minister of Railways,
Government of India at the
Ministry of Railways, New
Delhi. Both the chambers have
agreed to work on common
interests to push forward
India’s growth story. They
have agreed to conduct joint
research activities on crucial
economic areas and make rep-
resentations to the government
on areas such as agriculture,
industry, ease of doing busi-
ness and socio-economic
development at the grassroots
for the upliftment of living
standards of the people. Joint
activities would also include
organizing programs, roundta-
bles, exhibitions on various
industrial and socio-economic
areas in the coming times. This
is a major breakthrough for
both the chambers as collabo-
rative efforts with their respec-
tive strengths would not only
be fruitful for their respective
regions but also for the overall
socio-economic development
of the country, said Mr. Gopal
Jiwarajka, President, PHD
Chamber. Industry dignitaries
from the MACCIA who joined
at the signing of MoU include
Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar,
President, MACCIA, Mr.
Santosh Mandalecha, Sr Vice
President, MACCIA, Mr.
Samir Dudhgaonkar, Vice
President, MACCIA, Mr. Anil
Kumar Lodha, Vice President,
MACCIA, Mr. Lalit Gandhi,
Vice President, MACCIA, Mr.
Sagar Nagare,Acting Secretary
General, MACCIA among oth-
ers.
MUMBAI: Calling for
focussing on farm sector growth
to sustain higher overall growth,
the State Bank of India on Friday
said revival in credit demand
will stay low until the balance
sheets of the rural households are
repaired. Banks are facing two
challenges-growth capital and
asset quality concerns. The asset
quality concerns are due to lack
of demand and loans given dur-
ing the boom years and we don't
see both improving in the medi-
um term. Therefore, the need for
focusing on farm sector growth,"
SBI chairman Arundhati
Bhattacharya told a CII event.
On overall credit growth, which
averaged at a multi- decadal low
of 5 percent so far, the SBI chief
said she does not see a revival in
the near-term. Agriculture sector
would need added thrust to drive
the economy as it has been badly
hit by two successive bad mon-
soons, she noted. The tepid
demand in rural segment is
reflected in low growth of SBI's
agriculture loan book. It grew by
just 3.27 per cent to Rs 1,25,068
crore in the 12 months to
December 2016. The incidence
of bad loans was also on higher
side with gross non-performing
assets at 5.93 per cent as of
December 2016, she added.
Vinod Rai reaches out to PMO on bad loans
Repair rural household economy
to sustain growth: SBI chief
PHD Chamber signs MoU with Maharashtra
Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture
Our IT cos not stealing US jobs, but creating them: Prasad

15. Actress Alia Bhatt comes from a family
of actors and filmmakers, but with her ver-
satility and choice of films like 'Highway',
'Udta Punjab' and 'Dear Zindagi', she has
made her own mark in Bollywood. She
feels people are unnecessarily talking 'too
much' about the existence of nepotism in
the industry.
"We are talking too much about it. We
need to stop," the actress, who recently
turned 24, told on phone when asked about
her views on the nepotism debate. The dis-
cussion was sparked off after actress
Kangana Ranaut tagged filmmaker Karan
Johar a 'flagbearer of nepotism'.
Alia, who was launched in the Hindi
film industry by Karan with 'Student of
The Year', has been charged many a time
with getting an easy entry into Bollywood
because of her father Mahesh Bhatt.
However, the actress let her work talk with
her talent in her second film
'Highway'. She again
impressed many by taking the
attention away from Shah Rukh
Khan in Gauri Shinde's 'Dear
Zindagi', and in 'Udta Punja', she
got a thumbs up for portray-
ing a Bihari girl with ease.
Asked about what makes her
choose roles as varied as the
ones in "Student Of The
Year" and the very recent
'Badrinath Ki Dulhania',
Alia said: "Like the way I
don't dress up for other peo-
ple, in a similar way, I do
different films for myself
and not for someone else.
I want to do different
films for myself and not
because 'log aise kar
rahey hai' (people are
doing so).
Taapsee Pannu, who has been
portraying strong characters in her
films, says in real life she is a non-
violent person.
"I can't even slap some-
one in real life.
Naturally, I am quite
a hyperactive
girl because I
was into sports
in my school
days. So, because of that, my
attitude seems like that only.
Otherwise, I am a non-vio-
lent person in real life," she said at
the launch of training video of the
new song 'Zinda'" from 'Naam
Shabana' on
Friday.
After deliv-
ering a power-
ful perform-
ance in the
c r i t i c a l l y
a c c l a i m e d
'Pink' last year,
Pannu is back
with another intense film 'Naam Shabana',
in which she plays the no-nonsense and
fearless spy Shabana.
Speaking about the film she said: "I had
to practise a lot for action sequences.
Sometimes I had to take physiotherapy
because I felt stiffness in muscle and joints
became weak because of action stunts.
Mentally and physically this character is
really very tough for me because it is not at
all related to my personality."
On being asked, as the film is a spin-off
of the hit film 'Baby', is there any pressure
for her, she replied: "We have the same star
cast in the film but Akshay is in a cameo.
Also, there are Manoj Bajpayee and
Prithviraj Sukumaran who are also out-
standing actors in their own way.
"However, playing the title role isn't a pres-
sure for me because Neeraj (Pandey) and
Akshay sir supported a lot. I am not in a
pressure but I am excited to learn that if
being a two-film-old actress, I can play the
central character in the film, then the usual
idea about the industry, which says it is
tough to get the lead for a new actor, is
proven wrong."
Alia Bhatt: We're talking
too much about nepotism
15 20-26 March 2017
Entertainment
I am non-violent person in
real life : Taapsee Pannu

16. 16 20-26 March 2017