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First India Bureau
Lucknow: Hailing
BJP’s victory in the Lok
Sabha by-polls in Ram-
pur and Azamgarh,
Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath in his vic-
tory speech at the state
party headquarters on
Sunday said that the
public had given a clear
message to ‘parivar-
vadis’, casteist & com-
munalist elements.
Congratulating the
BJP candidates and
workers, Yogi Adity-
anath said, “Victory in
by-polls have deter-
mined optimistic fate
regarding the 2024 gen-
eral elections and the
partyiswellpoisedtoget
80 LS seats in UP
. People
haveshowntheirtrustin
the double-engine gov-
ernment under PM
Modi. Good governance
and public welfare poli-
cies have overthrown
corruption,hooliganism
and terrorism.”
“The win testifies to
the good governance of
Bharatiya Janata Party
and the tireless efforts
as well as hard work of
dedicated BJP workers
has given incredible re-
sults in such challeng-
ing places,” he said, add-
ing, “I express my deep-
est gratitude to the peo-
ple of Rampur and
Azamgarh for believing
in the BJP.” “The BJP
won massive seats in the
Legislative Council elec-
tions, and now the party
has fared well in Azam-
garh and in Rampur.
Double-engine fetched
double win!” Yogi said.
Double-engine govt fetched double win: CM Yogi
BJP DEFEATS SP
Azamgarh: Samajwadi Party candidate in
Azamgarh, Dharmendra Yadav
blamed the state administration and
“BJP-BSP alliance” for his loss and
said that the people of the district
will again make the SP victorious in
the 2024 general elections.
SP CANDIDATE BLAMES ‘BJP-BSP’ PACT
Lucknow: BJP’s Ghanshyam
Lodhi defeated Samajwadi Party
(SP) candidate Mohd Asim
Raja by a comfortable margin
of 42,192 votes in the direct
contest in Rampur. While Lodhi
secured 3,67,397 votes (51.96
per cent), Raja got 3,25,205
votes (46 per cent), the Elec-
tion Commission (EC) said. In
Azamgarh, where a triangular
fight was witnessed, BJP candi-
date Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’
got 3,12,768 votes (34.39 per
cent) SP’s Dharmendra Yadav
3,04,089 (33.44 per cent) votes,
and BSP candidate Shah Alam
alias Guddu Jamali 2,66,210
(29.27 per cent) votes.
THE MARGINS NEITHER AN ELECTION, NOR A RESULT: AZAM
Rampur: SP leader Azam Khan alleged misuse of
official machinery in the polls. “I say the
International Court of Justice should
come and conduct elections here. If my
candidate gets defeated, I will leave pol-
itics,” he said, adding, “It can neither be
called an election, nor an election result.
Polling station of 900 votes, and only 6 votes were
cast? The area is of Muslims, and just one vote cast?”
CM Yogi Adityanath and UP BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh
feed each other sweets at the party office in Lucknow on Sunday.
—PHOTO
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DUTTA
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RESULT ANNOUNCED PM MODI IN MUNICH AT G7 SUMMIT
BYPOLL OF 3 LOK SABHA
AND 7 ASSEMBLY SEATS
UTTAR PRADESH - AZAMGARH AND RAMPUR PUNJAB - SANGRUR
DELHI - RAJINDER NAGAR
ANDHRA PRADESH - ATMAKU
JHARKHAND - MANDAR
TRIPURA - Bordowali, Agartala, Surma, Jubarajnagar
BJP wrests
UP’s Rampur,
Azamgarh
seats from SP
AAP LOSES MANN’S
SEAT, ANOTHER MANN
SIMRANJIT WINS
AAP’S DURGESH PATHAK WINS
YSRCP’S MEKAPATI DEFEATS BJP
CONGRESS CANDIDATE SHILPI WINS
BJP WINS 3 OUT OF 4
SEATS, CONGRESS BAGS 1
Lucknow: In a setback
to the Akhilesh Yadav-
led SP, the BJP on Sun-
day emerged victorious
in both Azamgarh and
Rampur seats in the by-
elections to the UP Lok
Sabha constituencies.
BJP candidates Dinesh
Lal Yadav “Nirahua”
(Azamgarh) and Ghan-
shayam Singh Lodhi
(Rampur) defeated SP
nominees Dharmendra
Yadav and Asim Raja
resp by margin of 8,679
and 42,192 votes. While
Adityanath hailed 2 vic-
tories as reflection of
the 2024 general polls,
SP chief termed results
murder of democracy
.
Chandigarh: Dealing a severe blow
to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal
(Amritsar) president, Simranjit Singh
Mann, emerged as the victor in the
Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, the
bastion of Chief Minister Bhagwant
Mann, defeating AAP candidate Gur-
mail Singh in a neck-and-neck fight.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian diaspora in Munich on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
AAP won Rajinder Nagar assembly by-
election by 11,555 votes, party MLA
Saurabh Bhardwaj said on Sunday.
After multiple rounds of counting,
AAP’s Durgesh Pathak secured 40,319
votes, BJP leader Rajesh Bhatia was in
second place with 28,581 votes.
The ruling YSR Congress Party’s Me-
kapati Vikram Reddy secured a big win
in Atmakur bypoll in AP, winning by a
margin of 82,888 votes. Reddy polled
1,02,241 votes while his closest rival
and BJP candidate G Bharat Kumar
Yadav secured only 19,353 votes.
Congress candidate Shilpi Neha Tirkey
won the by-election to Jharkhand’s
Mandar seat on Sunday, defeating her
nearest rival, BJP’s Gangotri Kujur, by a
margin of 23,517 votes, an official said.
Shilpi Neha, daughter of ex-legislator
Bandhu secured total of 95,062 votes.
BJP won 3 out of 4 in Tripura bypolls in 4 As-
sembly constituencies and Congress bagged
one. Chief Minister and BJP candidate Manik
Saha won in Town Bordowali, in Agartala con-
stituency, Sudip Roy Barman of the Congress
won, BJP’s Swapna Das won in Surma, and
BJP’s Malina Debnath won from Jubarajnagar.
Manik Saha, a RS MP, was appointed CM last
month after Biplab Deb’s sudden resignation.
He had to win this bypoll to continue as CM.
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
The by-poll wins in
Azamgarh and Rampur are historic.
It indicates wide-scale acceptance
and support for the double engine
Governments at the Centre and in
UP. Grateful to the people for their support. I appreciate
the efforts of our Party Karyakartas.
Yogi Adityanath
@myogiadityanath
The win on Azamgarh
and Rampur Lok Sabha seats
reaffirm common people’s faith
in people-friendly policies of the
BJP’s ‘double engine’ government
under prime minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.
Simranjit Singh Mann
Manik Saha Sudip Roy Barman
Durgesh Pathak
Mekapati V Reddy
Shilpi Neha Tirkey
Dinesh Lal Yadav Ghanshayam Singh Lodhi
Bhagwant Mann
Swapna Das Malina Debnath
India is impatient for
progress, says PM Modi
Munich (ANI): Ad-
dressing the Indian di-
aspora community pro-
gramme in Munich on
Sunday, PM Narendra
Modi lauded Indian de-
mocracy mentioning
“Emergency” declared
by Indira Gandhi govt
on 25 June 1975.
PM Modi described
how DNA of democracy
is inscribed in Indians.
“Today is June 26 which
is also known as the day
when India’s democra-
cy — that’s is in DNA of
Indian — was trampled
and suppressed 47 years
ago,” said PM. Gone are
days when attitude of
“Hota Hai, Chalta Hai,
Aisa hi chalega, now we
say Karna Hai, Karna
Hi Padega.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also highlights key
achievements of his government in the past 8 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with a child on his
arrival during his visit to Munich, Germany on Sunday.
Bharat Mata ki Jai!
PM Modi received a grand
welcome from the Indian
diaspora in Munich where
he will be staying during
his trip. “Bharat Mata ki
Jai” slogan reverberated at
the hotel premises as peo-
ple from Indian diaspora
cheered and waved their
flags seeing the PM.
Besides par-
ticipating in @
G7 discussions
on climate, energy, food
security, health, gender
equality and more, PM
will also hold several
bilateral meetings on the
sidelines. —The MEA
CM Uddhav offered his post to Shinde in May:Aaditya
Aishwary Pradhan
Mumbai: Maha minis-
ter Aaditya Thackeray
said, “On May 20, CM
Uddhav Thackeray
called Shinde & asked
him to become CM, if
he wanted to become so,
but at that time, he did
drama & started weep-
ing. Just a month after,
he broke into rebellion.
But they (Shinde fac-
tion) aren’t capable of
doing so, this isn’t re-
bellion, this is separa-
tism. They took undue
advantage of CM Ud-
dhav’s ill-health to do
all of this. Rebel MLAs
‘who are traitors’ will
not be taken back into
Sena & the party’s doors
are open for those who
want to return.”
GUV WRITES TO CENTRE FOR
ADEQUATE SECURITY FORCES
PAWAR EXUDES HOPE ON
REVIVAL OF UDDHAV GOVT
Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshiyari has written to Union Home
Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla that whenever
the family members of
the MLAs who are in
Assam need should be
provided police protec-
tion if they need it. The
Union home ministry
has already accorded
Y+ security to rebel
MLAs. Governor Bha-
gat Singh Koshiyari,
who was discharged from the HL Reliance
Hospital on Sunday has become fully active
immediately. —Renni Abraham
Mumbai: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on
Sunday said, “It will be clear that the govt
under Uddhav will continue,” he said,
adding that his party’s, as well as that of
Congress’ full support, is with Sena.
MVA POLITICAL CRISIS
HIGHLIGHTS
Media industry may generate `7.5
lakh crore annually by 2030: Thakur
Pune (PTI): The me-
dia and entertainment
ecosystem is a sunrise
sector, which is ex-
pected to generate Rs 4
lakh crore annually by
2025 and grow to Rs 7.5
lakh crore by 2030, Un-
ion minister Anurag
Singh Thakur said
here in Sunday. He
was delivering the
key-note address at
National Conference
on ‘Changing Land-
scape of Media and
Entertainment 2022’
organised by the Sym-
biosis Skill and Pro-
fessional University
in Pune.
He also said that the
rapidly expanding digi-
tal infrastructure in the
country and the ongo-
ing advancements tak-
ing place in the AVGC
(animation, visual ef-
fects, gaming and com-
ics) sector have the po-
tential to make India
the preferred post-pro-
duction hub of the me-
dia and entertainment
industry
.
Anurag Thakur addresses forum
at Symbiosis Skills, Professional
University in Pune on Sunday.
 Uddhav never
met those who lost
2019 polls, Shinde
supported them,
says rebel MLA
 Uddhav’s wife
steps into talks,
contacts wives of
rebels
 How long
will you hide in
Guwahati, you will
have to come to
chowpatty: Raut
 Congress leader
Abhishek Singhvi
to appear for Shiv
Sena’s Uddhav
Thackeray in SC
Shinde challenges Sena’s move to disqualify
rebel MLAs in Supreme Court, hearing today

UTTAR PRADESH
LUCKNOW | MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022
02
YOGI-ANAND@CHESS RELAY
All India Chess Federations’s first-ever Chess Olympiad
torch relay ceremony took place in Lucknow on Sunday,
in the presence of all-time great Indian Chess player and
grandmaster, Vishwanathan Anand. From left: CM Yogi plays
chess with Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand. CM Yogi holds
the Chess Olympiad relay torch. Yogi fetes Vishwanathan
Anand. Photos by Ashok Dutta. More on City First.
Yogi wave, BSP’s Muslim card, infighting in SP important factors behind BJP’s win
UNSTOPPABLE BJP DETHRONES
SP IN RAMPUR & AZAMGARH
First India Bureau
Lucknow: In a stun-
ning defeat to Sama-
jwadi Party, the ruling
BJP today won both
Azamgarh and Rampur
Lok Sabha seats in bye-
lection which was held
on June 23. The BJP
wrested Azamgarh seat
from the SP for the first
time as even in 2014
and 2019 the SP had
succeeded in winning
elections from this con-
stituency.
The victory in bye-
lection from these seats
is a major gain for the
BJP which would fur-
ther consolidate its po-
sition in 2024 LS polls.
While in Azamgarh
BJP’s Dinesh Lal Yadav
Nirauha, Bhojpuri
singer, defeated SP’s
Dharmendra Yadav, the
Rampur seat has also
gone to BJP where the
party’s nominee Ghan-
shyam Lodhi wrested
seat from SP’s Asim
Raja. of the total votes
polled in the two con-
stituencies the BJP got
42.4%, SP 38.9and BSP
16.2 per cent. Others
got 1.91 per cent.
SP president Akhile-
sh Yadav’s cousin
Dharmendra Yadav
joined the contest at
the last moment as the
party was quite unde-
cided over its nominee.
But his defeat is be-
ing seen largely be-
cause of presence of
BSP’s formidable can-
didate Shah Alam alias
Guddu Jamali who suc-
ceeded in dividing well-
entrenched Muslim
community in the con-
stituency.
The SP thrived all
these years in Azam-
garh because of strong
combination of Yadav
and Muslims as both
had dominant presence
in the constituency. In
last assembly election
the SP had won all ten
seats. While Guddu
seems to have made
dent into SP’s Muslim
vote bank, BJP’s
Dinesh Lal Yadav suc-
ceeded in getting sub-
stantial support of the
Yadavs. Two Muslim
outfits- Rashtriya Ule-
ma Council, which is
Azamgarh based party
and AIMIM had also
supported BSP, which
further paved way for
crumbling of SP’s bas-
tion. Thus, BSP’s per-
formance helped BJP
snatch seat from SP.
CM’s chopper makes
emergency landing
First India Bureau
Lucknow: A helicop-
ter carrying Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath
had to make an emer-
gency landing at the
police lines here, min-
utes after take-off.
Sources said that the
chopper was brought
back to the base as a
precautionary meas-
ure after a reported
bird hit.
“A bird hit the CM’s
helicopter after it took
off from here (Varana-
si) for Lucknow, after
which it had to land
here,” news agency PTI
quoted Varanasi dis-
trict magistrate Kaush-
alraj Sharma.
The CM returned to
the circuit house after
the incident and later
reached airport and
left for Lucknow from a
state plane, said an of-
ficial.
The incident took
place as the helicopter
carrying the CM left
the Reserve Police
Lines Ground in Vara-
nasi for Lucknow.
Chopper that had to land due to a bird hit.
Covid 19: Uttar Pradesh first
to vaccinate 16 crore people
SIDBI AGM: Bank posts a
growth of 50 percent
First India Bureau
Lucknow: Uttar
Pradesh achieved a ma-
jor milestone by be-
coming the first state
in India to fully vacci-
nate over 16 crore indi-
viduals.
In nearly 20 days af-
ter crossing the land-
mark of fully vaccinat-
ing 15 crore people, the
state crossed another
significant milestone
with more than 16 crore
people — 16,02,66,806 —
receiving both the dos-
es of Covid-19 vaccine
so far.
The most populous
state has so far given
over 33.92 crore ‘Shots
of Life’ to people. In ad-
dition, the state has
also achieved the land-
mark of administering
the first dose of the
covid-19 vaccine to 100
percent of the eligible
adult population. While
nearly 99 percent of the
population is fully vac-
cinated in the state.
Committed to provid-
ing additional protec-
tion cover to the people,
Uttar Pradesh started
administering booster
shots (precaution dose)
from January 10. Near-
ly 35.22 lakh ‘precau-
tion doses’ have been
administered in the
state so far.
Strengthening its
fight against the Cov-
id-19 pandemic, the UP
government is provid-
ing vaccination cover
to all children between
12 to 17 years of age in
a time-bound manner.
So far, over 2,60,80,643
vaccine doses have
been administered to
children in the age
group of 15-17 and over
1,37,51,108 vaccine dos-
es have been adminis-
tered to the children in
the age group of 12-14
in the state.
Standing on the top, Ut-
tar Pradesh is followed
by Maharashtra with
16.90 crore doses.
First India Bureau
Lucknow: The Small
Industries Develop-
ment Bank of India
(SIDBI) held its 24th
Annual General Meet-
ing at its Head Office
Lucknow.
In the Annual Gen-
eral Meeting, audited
financial results of
SIDBI for the year end-
ed March 31, 2022 were
approved.
Sivasubramanian
Ramann, Chairman
and Managing Director
of SIDBI, briefed the
members about good
growth in business of
SIDBI during FY 2021-
2022.
It was informed that
SIDBI has achieved all
round growth in all
business verticals. Dis-
bursements of SIDBI
increased from Rs.
96029 crore in FY2021 to
Rs.143758 crore in
FY2022, a growth of
50%.
Total assets of the
Bank increased from
Rs. 1.92 lakh crore to
Rs. 2.47 lakh crore,
growth of 29%. Bank
has achieved income of
Rs. 9139 crore and net
profit of Rs. 1958 crore
in FY2022.
Networth increased
by 14% to Rs. 23497
crore. The Earnings
Per Share (EPS) was
Rs.36.79 in FY2022.
Gross and Net NPA as a
percentage of its net
outstanding stood at
0.11% and 0.07%, re-
spectively, as on March
31, 2022. Capital Ade-
quacy Ratio of the
Bank as on March 31,
2022 stood at 24.28%.
Despite being a pan-
demic-disrupted year,
SIDBI has maintained
its leadership position
and delivered growth
in key parameters. The
AGM approved the pay-
ment of dividend of
15% for FY 2022.
—FILE PHOTO Sivasubramanian Ramann, Chairman and Managing Director of
SIDBI presiding over the AGM of SIDBI.
CM Yogi Adityanath with UP BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak,
Finance Minister Suresh Khanna, Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi and others flash the
victory sign in Lucknow on Sunday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
BJP candidate Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi receives the Certificate
of Election in Rampur on Sunday.
BJP candidate Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ receives his winner’s
certificate from DM Vishal Bhardwaj in Azamgarh on Sunday.
REASON BSP!
ONLY BSP HAS ‘GROUND FORCE’ TO
DEFEAT BJP IN UP, SAYS MAYAWATI
AKHILESH TERMS BJP’S WIN AS
‘MURDER OF DEMOCRACY’
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj
Party chief Mayawati
said on Sunday that the
Lok Sabha bypoll results
proved that only her BSP
has the “ground force”
to defeat the BJP in Uttar
Pradesh.The ruling BJP
wrested the Azamgarh
and Rampur parliamen-
tary constituencies from
the opposition Samajwadi
Party.The BSP fielded its
candidate from Azam-
garh only. Its nominee
Shah Alam alias Guddu
Jamali bagged 2,66,210
votes (29.27 per cent) as
against the BJP candi-
date’s 3,12,768 and the
Samajwadi Party candi-
date’s 3,04,089.
“The UP by-election
results have once again
proved that only BSP
has the ideological and
ground force to defeat the
BJP here. The party’s ef-
fort to explain this to the
entire population will con-
tinue so that the much-
awaited political change
can take place,” Mayawati
tweeted in Hindi.
Lucknow: While the
BJP had deployed all
its senior leaders in-
cluding chief minister
Yogi Adityanath for
campaigning in Ram-
pur and Azamgarh,
the SP chief Akhilesh
Yadav for certain inex-
plicable reasons kept
away from both the
constituencies. The
SP patriarch Mulayam
Singh Yadav also
did not campaign in
Azamgarh. Thus, “the
message to people
of Azamgarh was
presumably loud and
clear”, commented
a party leader on the
condition of anonym-
ity. The infighting in
the SP was also clear
during the byelection.
The party’s senior
leader Azam Khan,
who was released
from jail after nearly
27 months, all alone
took charge of cam-
paigning in Rampur
for Asim Raja against
Ghanshyam Lodhi,
who too was seen as
his ‘close confident”
during his days in
SP. In a way both
Asim Raja and Lodhi
were “Azam loyal-
ists” crossing swords
against each other in
the byelections.
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party chief Akhilesh
Yadav on Sunday alleged
“murder of democracy”
under the BJP rule after
the saffron party won the
Rampur and Azamgarh
Lok Sabha seats.
“The chronology of ‘mur-
der of democracy’ in BJP
rule: conspiracy to reject
nominations, suppress
candidates, misuse ma-
chinery to prevent (voters
from) voting, irregulari-
ties in counting, pressure
on public representatives
and toppling of elected
governments. This is the
bitter truth about ‘Azadi
ke Amrit Kaal’,” Yadav
said in a series of tweets
in Hindi.“This victory of
the BJP is the victory
of dishonesty, deceit,
disregard for democ-
racy and constitution,
coercion, hooliganism
by the administration,
the ‘Dhritarashtra’ vision
of the Election Commis-
sion, and hijacking of the
public mandate by BJP’s
‘Kaurav’ army.
AKHILESH DID
NOT CAMPAIGN
Azam, all alone, took
charge of campaigning in
Rampur
BSP Supremo Mayawati. —FILE PHOTO

UTTAR PRADESH
03
New Delhi: (PTI) The
Jawaharlal Nehru Uni-
versity administration
hasaskedownersof sev-
eral canteens and dha-
bas at the campus to
cleartheirduesamount-
ing to lakhs of rupees
and vacate the varsity
premises by June 30, al-
leging that their shops
were allocated “without
following due tender
procedure”.
In a notice to several
canteen owners dated
June 22, the varsity’s
Joint Registrar (Estate)
MK Pachauri asked
them to clear all the out-
standing dues against
them within seven days
of the issuance of the
letter.
Baffled shop owners
are fearful of losing
their livelihoods and are
alsofindingitdifficultto
arrange the money to
pay the dues.
According to them, as
many as 10 canteens/
dhabas/Xerox shops on
the campus have been
served these notices.
The university said
the person will be liable
for eviction proceedings
as per the Public Prem-
ises (Eviction of Unau-
thorised Occupants)
Act, 1971 if he fails to
comply with the notice.
“....is hereby directed
to clear the outstanding
dues against him with 7
days, from the date of
issue of this letter with
the direction that he has
to VACATE the Univer-
sity premises by
30.06.2022,” the notice
read.
“Failure to comply
with the above direction
the named hereunder
liable for eviction pro-
ceedings as per Public
Premises (Eviction of
Unauthorised Occu-
pants) Act 1971. Dues on
account of rent, water
and electricity charges
etc.,outstandingagainst
the said space up to the
date of vacation, should
be cleared,” it added.
JNU Rector Ajay
Dubey said the notices
had been served to shop
ownerswhohavenotpaid
rent and electricity bills
“for a long time”, adding
many shops were not al-
located with procedure.
A canteen owner, who
hasbeenservedanotice,
said the JNU adminis-
tration is asking for Rs
10 lakh as the outstand-
ing rent and electricity
bills from him.
“I come from a poor
background. I and my
brother are the only
earning members and
our livelihood is depen-
dent on this canteen.
How can I pay Rs 10
lakh? They should have
demanded monthly or
annual dues. How can
we pay Rs 10 lakh in one
go? Even if we pay
, there
isnoguaranteetheywill
let us stay
,” said the can-
teen owner.
Another shop owner,
who has been running a
pantry on the campus
since 2016, said he has
been provided with an
outstanding bill of over
` 20 lakh.
“As per the notice, we
have to pay this bill (of
Rs 20 lakh) and vacate
the premises. They had
alsoearlierservednotic-
es, but we had requested
them for compensation
as we only serve ‘samo-
sas’ (snack) and tea. But
there was no reply from
the administration.
Now, we have been pro-
vided with this notice,”
he said.
New Delhi (PTI):
Homebuyers who
booked flats in housing
projects in the Noi-
da-Greater Noida prop-
erty market are the
worst affected in the
country, with over 1.65
lakh flats worth Rs 1.18
lakh crore currently
stalled or significantly
delayed, according to
property consultant
Anarock.
In its research, the
consultant has taken
only projects launched
in 2014 or before, across
seven big property mar-
kets -- Delhi-NCR, Mum-
baiMetropolitanRegion
(MMR), Kolkata, Chen-
nai, Bengaluru, Hyder-
abad and Pune.
Expressing concern
over the plight of cus-
tomers whose invest-
ments are at stake, Fo-
rum for People’s Collec-
tive Efforts’ (FPCE), an
apex body of homebuy-
ers, President Abhay
Upadhyaysaidthecause
of thedelayof eachproj-
ect should be ascer-
tained and solutions
must be found.
He also sought stern
action against default-
ing builders.
According to Anarock
data, 4,79,940 units worth
Rs 4,48,129 crore are
“stalled or heavily de-
layed”acrosstheseseven
cities as of May 31, 2020.
Of this, Delhi-NCR
alone accounts for a
whopping 50 per cent
with 2,40,610 stalled or
delayed units worth Rs
1,81,410 crore.
Giving further break-
up of the Delhi-NCR
data, Anarock said that
Noida and Greater Noi-
da region account for
nearly 70 per cent of to-
tal stuck/delayed units
whileGurugram’sshare
is only 13 per cent.
In Noida and Greater
Noida, there are 1,65,348
units worth Rs 1,18,578
crore stalled or delayed
units. “Project delays
havebeenthebaneof the
Indian real estate sector
over the last decade, par-
ticularly in NCR. Even
the implementation of
RERA had only a little
impactonthis,”Anarock
Senior Director & Head
- Research Prashant
Thakur said.
Among other factors,
he said the liquidity
crunch threw up road-
blocksformanydevelop-
ers in the NCR.
The government’s Rs
25,000 cr stress fund,
launched in 2019 and
called as SWAMIH, has
proved to be effective in
reviving many stuck
projects, he added.
“Needless to say, real
estate activity in Great-
er Noida earlier
boomed on the pretext
of boosted connectivity
to Yamuna E’way
which passes through
this region. Builders
launched innumerable
projects over the years.
Builders also launched
projects in Greater Noi-
da West which are now
stuck in various stages
of non-completion,”
Thakur said.
Budaun (PTI): A
20-year-old youth here
in a village allegedly
killed his grandparents
in an argument over
money to buy liquor
and hid their bodies in
two separate rooms, po-
lice said on Sunday
.
Himesh, the accused,
lived with his grandpar-
ents in Delhi and is re-
portedly addicted to al-
cohol, they said.
According to police,
the accused killed the
elderly couple on June
22 in Damri village here
where they had come to
attend a wedding.
Police said they have
recovered the partially
decomposed bodies of
the husband and wife
and have sent them for
post mortem examina-
tion.
“The partially de-
composed bodies of
Premshankar (65) and
Bhawan Devi (60) were
found inside the locked
houses of their sons in
Damri village under
Faizganj Police Station
limits. The sons and the
elderly couple lived in
Delhi,” Superintendent
of Police (rural) Sid-
dhartha Verma told
PTI.
According to a com-
plaint lodged by one of
the sons of the couple
who lives in the village,
his parents had come to
the village with their
grandson, Himesh, to
attend a wedding.
“Himesh is an alco-
holic and used to fight
with his family mem-
bers for money to buy
liquor. It has been al-
leged in the complaint
that Himesh killed his
grandparents following
an argument over mon-
ey to buy alcohol on
June 22,” said the
officer.
After dumping the
bodies in the two sepa-
rate houses, the accused
fled from the village, he
said.
Police have lodged an
FIR regarding the mat-
ter and initiated inves-
tigation, he added.
Kannauj (PTI): Two
bodies, including that of
a woman’s, was found in
a Srinagar village under
Thathia police station
area of the district, po-
lice said on Sunday
.
According to the po-
lice, the body of a man
was found hanging from
a tree in the courtyard
of his in-law’s house
here and that of wom-
an’s was lying in a pool
of blood in a room. They
were husband and wife.
The incident came to
light when their three-
year-old son started cry-
ing after failing to wake
up his mother in the
morning. Hearing the
commotion, the villag-
ers entered the house
and found the bodies.
Additional Superin-
tendent of Police (ASP)
Arvind Kumar said
that the police is inves-
tigating the matter and
have sent the bodies
for post-mortem exam-
ination. The deceased
were identified has one
Aarti and Shakti. The
duo were married six
years ago and used to
have arguments very
often, police said.
Following a recent ar-
gument, Aarti was
called to her home by
her family members a
fortnight ago.
A few days ago, her
husband Shakti came to
the village to take her
back. The family mem-
bers had arranged for
Shakti and Aarti to live
at a house outside the
village. The duo were
living there since Jun
22, they said.
According to the
woman’s family side,
Shakti killed his wife
after a dispute and
hanged himself after-
wards.
Dehradun (ANI):
TheMeteorologicalDe-
partment of Uttara-
khand on Sunday is-
sued a yellow alert for
heavy rainfall in the
state till Wednesday
.
“Theremaybeheavy
rain in other areas of
Kumaon division in-
cluding Bageshwar,
Pithoragarh on Sun-
day
,whilestrongwinds
at a speed of 30 to 40
kilometres per hour
will also occur in the
plains,” noted Bikram
Singh, Director of the
MeteorologicalDepart-
ment. According to
Singh, after the heavy
rainfall in the state to-
day, the scope of this
rain will increase on
Monday and will grad-
ually happen in Naini-
tal, Bageshwar, Pithor-
agarh and some other
districts as well.
“Along with this on
June 28 (Tuesday),
there is a yellow alert
of heavy rain at some
places in Dehradun,
Nainital, Champawat,
Bageshwar,andPithor-
agarh,” he said.
Meanwhile, the de-
partment has issued a
red alert for rain in the
Dehradun, Tehri, Pau-
ri, Nainital, Cham-
pawat, Bageshwar, and
Pithoragarhregionsof
Uttarakhand.
JNU to canteen owners: Clear dues or vacate varsity campus by June 30
LIVELIHOOD THREAT
One of the popular eateries on JNU campus. —FILE PHOTO
CRUCIAL READ
Lucknow: Former UP cadre IPS officer Amitabh
Thakur, who was given a premature retirement, on
Sunday announced his candidature for the 2024 Lok
Sabha election from Ballia constituency.Thakur’s an-
nouncement comes a day after he confirmed floating
a political party ‘Adhikar Sena’. In a press statement,
Thakur said he had chosen Ballia because of the
district’s cultural traits. Ballia is known as “Baghi
Ballia” (revolutionary Ballia) because of its immense
contribution in the freedom struggle, particularly in
the Quit India Movement of 1942, when it declared
Independence under Chittu Pandey, he said in the
statement. The former IPS officer said he will fight for
a better society with “full energy and dedication”.
FARMER SHOT
DEAD, VILLAGERS
BLOCK ROAD
Muzaffarnagar: A
42-year-old farmer was
shot dead by uniden-
tified people near a
bus stand in Phugana
village here, police said
on Sunday. Enraged
by the killing, a group
of farmers staged a
protest and demanded
arrest of the killers.
According to the police,
the incident took place
Saturday night when
some unidentified peo-
ple shot dead farmer
Satyendra Kumar.
Phugana area Circle
Officer SC Sharma said
police have sent the
body for post mortem
and a search is on for
the killers. After the in-
cident, villagers blocked
the Meerut-Karnal road
in Phugana demanding
speedy action against
the culprits.
CHOLERA:PANIPURI
SALE STOPPED IN
NEPAL’S LALITPUR
Kathmandu: Sale of
Pani Puri has been
banned in Kathmandu
Valley’s Lalitpur Metro-
politan City as cholera
cases have spiked in
the Valley with 12 peo-
ple testing positive. The
Lalitpur Metropolitan
City (LMC) on Saturday
decided to stop the sale
and distribution of Pani
Puri in the metropolis,
claiming that cholera
bacteria were found in
the water used in Pani
Puri. The metropolis
has made internal
preparations to stop
the sale of Panipuri in
the crowded areas and
in the corridor area,
stating that there is
an increased risk of
spreading cholera in
the Valley, according to
Municipal Police Chief
Sitaram Hachethu.
FORMER UP IPS OFFICER AMITABH
THAKUR TO FIGHT 2024 ELECTIONS
GUNNING FOR EXCELLENCE
Deputy CM Brjaesh Pathak examines an airgun at the product launch of ‘Capital Airgun’ at
Taj Residency hotel in Lucknow on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ASHOK DUTTA
REALTYBITES Noidaareaworsthit:1.65L
units of `1.18L-cr stalled
JAYPEE, UNITECH PROJECTS IN LIMBO
New Delhi: Anarock did not mention the names of the
developers as well the projects that are stalled or significantly
delayed but Jaypee Infratech, Unitech, Amrapali and The 3C
Company are some of the big companies whose projects
are stalled in Delhi-NCR. There are many other builders who
have defaulted on their promises to deliver their projects on
time to customers, who have already paid almost the entire
purchase price.
Noida, G. Noida
account for 70% of
total stuck/delayed
units in NCR region
Youth kills grandparents
over money to buy liquor
MeT dept issues yellow alert
for heavy rainfall in U’khand
WEDDING GUEST
BOULDERS BLOCK
BADRINATH HIGHWAY,
RESTORATION ON
Chamoli: The Badrinath
highway is once again
blocked due to the falling
of several boulders at
Birahi and Pagal Nala
following the overnight
rainfall on Saturday.
As per information, the
restoration work of the
highway is underway.
Earlier on May 17, traffic
movement was disrupted
on the Badrinath route,
NH7, near Panchpulia in
Uttarakhand’s Karnapray-
ag after the boulders fell
from the hill. However,
the traffic movement on
that day was resumed
just a few hours ago
after it was suspended a
day before, due to heavy
rainfall followed by falling
boulders near Hanuman
Chatti and rising water in
Lambagad drain.
Man found hanging,wife in pool of blood

PERSPECTIVE
04
tarting with the UNHDR of 1948,
the 1966 International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cul-
tural Rights, the Vancouver
Summit of 1976, which laid the
foundations of the United Na-
tions Human Settlements Pro-
gram or UN-Habitat, and the Is-
tanbul Declaration on Human
Settlements in June 1996 which
‘endorsed the universal goals of
ensuring adequate shelter for all
and making human settlements
safer, healthier and more livea-
ble, equitable, sustainable and
productive’, India has affirmed
its commitment to ‘adequate
shelter and services as a basic
human right and has been in the
forefront of global dialogues on
shelter and housing. This was
followed up with a firm commit-
ment in 2015 to comply with the
SDGs by 2030. The eleventh Sus-
tainable Development Goal gives
a call ‘for building sustainable
cities and communities — a key
part of which is high-quality af-
fordable housing’.
Fortuitously, the eleventh
SDG coincided with the Prad-
han Mantri Awas Yojana
(PMAY) announced in the same
year, which set itself a very am-
bitious target of Housing for All
by 2022. Even though the gap
between expectations and per-
formance is substantial, and we
are nowhere close to the target,
it is, without doubt, the most ef-
fective affordable housing inter-
vention in the country
. It is also
imperative that we place the
PMAY in perspective as this was
the twenty-first attempt on ad-
dressing this issue – and has
tried to learn from the multiple
failures and (some) successes of
the previous interventions.
THE TWENTY-ONE
INTERVENTIONS IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
In the immediate aftermath of
Partition, land parcels were al-
lotted to migrants in several
towns of Punjab (which then
included Haryana) and Delhi as
well as in the suburbs of Kolka-
ta. The focus was on individual
ownership with basic common
infrastructure provisioned by
the local authorities. Under the
first five-year Plan, subsidised
housing for industrial workers
in new townships was taken up,
followed by schemes for LIG,
MIG, plantation workers, Rent-
al Housing for state govern-
ment employees, slum clear-
ance, sites and services, Indira
Awas, JNURM, homeless work-
ers in rural areas, night shel-
ters for pavement dwellers (il-
lustrative list). In fact, the Plan-
ning Commission and the Un-
ion government offered a new
version of the extant schemes
every passing year, but the core
issue - the mismatch between
the demand for affordable hous-
ing for new migrants to urban
centres which were the magnets
of growth, and the supply which
was restricted to government
interventions – was not ad-
dressed because the political
economy continued to be in the
‘license permit mode’. Moreo-
ver, the slum dweller and the
informal settler were treated
either as encroachers to be re-
moved from public lands or as
beneficiaries to whom patron-
age was to be extended in lim-
ited doses. Therefore, there was
a big gap between our policy
statements in international fo-
rums and action on the ground.
Urbanization was never really
recognized as a Growth Driver,
and employment generation
and infrastructure programs
were funded in the rural areas
to ‘arrest’ migration to the cit-
ies. True, development authori-
ties like the DDA in Delhi start-
ed offering Self Financing
schemes from the seventies, but
one had to be a regular employ-
ee of a government department,
or an Income Tax paying profes-
sional to avail of these, and the
slums /informal colonies con-
tinued to grow.
SLUMS AND
INFORMAL COLONIES
It is important to make a distinc-
tion between slums and infor-
mal colonies. Slums are occu-
pied by the poorest of the poor-
maids, drivers, plumbers, wash-
ermen, cobblers and other self-
employed professionals at the
Bottom of the Pyramid, and
usually on public lands – wheth-
er of Railways, Port authorities,
or areas earmarked for parks by
municipal authorities, or on em-
bankments, whereas informal
colonies are ‘unauthorised colo-
nies on private agricultural
lands’ or erstwhile industrial
estates in which the land use
pattern has not been changed.
However, there is an element of
ownership and a property right,
and ‘these informal settlements’
are generally occupied by the
lower or middle classes who
have the resources to make ‘puc-
ca buildings’.
Another distinction that
needs to be made is between
housing needs for the rural and
urban poor. While in rural are-
as, land is (still) not a major is-
sue, and funds are required only
for the building material, with
labour component coming in
from the MGNREGA, the main
issue in urban areas is that of
land. Thus, in rural areas, the
panchayat can offer community
land, and the state can provide
the resources: in the urban are-
as, the land costs are so high,
that there is no option but to
grow vertical, and this calls for
a partnership between the state,
the market, financial institu-
tions, civil society and the stake-
holders themselves.
THE BIG PICTURE
Before we proceed further, let us
also spend some time on under-
standing the Big picture and the
complexities of this sector. As
per the last census (2011) the
country had 246.74 million
households of which 78.86 mil-
lion were categorised urban. At
least twenty percent of this pop-
ulation were living in Malin
Bastis (MBs) or Jhuggi Jhompri
(JJ) clusters – and the figure for
Mumbai was as high as 40%.
While is true that after the
launch of PMAY in 2015, there
would have been some relief,
this is quite close to the picture
on the ground. At the same time,
there were over one million un-
occupied flats in urban areas.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
S
SANJEEV CHOPRA
The writer is Distinguished Fellow,
USI Delhi and Historian & Policy
Analyst. Also former Director,
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy
of Administration, Mussoorie
Obviously, there is a major
disconnect – both in rental
market, as well as in ability
of those at BoP to buy flats
that have already been
constructed. This also
means that between Rs
50,000 to Rs 70,000 crore
of investment is not being
put to productive use. Can
this be addressed by Model
Tenancy Act or by leasing
them to state and
Municipal authorities for
social housing or by
offering deep discounts and
concessions to those willing
to convert these into
affordable rental units
under PMAY? For this and
an appraisal of PMAY
please stay tuned for the
next edition of this column.
THE INTERNATIONAL
COVENANTS ON HOUSING
RAJ DHARMA 12
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haratiya Jana-
ta Party snatch-
ing the Rampur
Lok Sabha seat
from the Sama-
jwadi Party is the most sig-
nificant outcome of the
by-elections, the results of
which were declared on
Sunday. The result was
surprising as Rampur is a
Muslim majority constitu-
ency. Muslims in Rampur,
according to the 2011 cen-
sus, comprised 50.57 per-
cent, while Hindus were
45.97 percent in a popula-
tion of 2,335, 819. The 41.39
percent voter turnout in
Rampur was decidedly low
compared to 63.19 percent
in 2019. Asim Raza polled
3.25 lakh and Lodhi 3.67
lakh. Ghanshyam Lodhi
who won the Rampur seat
underplayed the commu-
nal factor when he said
that the district symbolis-
es religious harmony. The
SP claimed that its voters
were prevented from cast-
ing their votes, hence the
low turnout.
The BJP also registered
a historic victory in an-
other SP stronghold ----
Azamgarh. The seat was
held by SP president Akh-
ilesh Yadav who vacated it
after his victory in the as-
sembly elections from the
Karhal constituency. The
blame for Azamgarh loss
can easily be placed on the
Bahujan Samaj Party
whose candidate Guddu
Jamali cut into SP votes.
What is mystifying is
Akhilesh’s reluctance to
campaign for his cousin
Dharmendra in Azam-
garh. Nor did he visit Ram-
pur even once for the
campaigning.
SP’s DISMAL SHOW
IN UP LS BYPOLLS
The result was surprising as Rampur is a Muslim
majority constituency. Muslims in Rampur, according
to the 2011 census, comprised 50.57%, while Hindus
were 45.97% in a population of 2,335, 819. The 41.39%
voter turnout in Rampur was decidedly low compared to 63.19%
in 2019. Asim Raza polled 3.25 lakh and Lodhi 3.67 lakh
B
SPIRITUAL SPEAK
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
—Buddha
Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar
Congratulate FM @RichardJRand
and the Government and people of
Madagascar on their National Day.
Will continue working together
to further our SAGAR vision for
a secure and prosperous Indian
Ocean Region.
Piyush Goyal @PiyushGoyal
Textile industry is worth about 10
lakh Cr and has the potential to
grow to 20 lakh Cr in the next 5
years with exports of 10 lakh Cr.
Govt. wants to replicate Tiruppur’s
success across India and create 75
such hubs.
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ABOUT THE RAJ DHARMA COLUMN
Raj Dharma, a fortnightly column, exclusive to this paper addresses
issues salient to governance of country. After a discussion on eco-
system of training of civil servants, it is now asking critical questions
about capacity of state to match expectations of citizens with regard
to their fundamental needs like housing and shelter. This week Raj
Dharma has discussed link between urbanization, migration and acute
acute housing shortage. Next week, it will take up a critical appraisal
of PM’s Awas Yojana which had set for itself an ambitious target of
Housing for All by 2022. The author superannuated as the Director
of LBS National Academy of Administration, India’s apex training
institution, and curates Valley of Words: an annual Literature and Arts
festival at Dehradun, where he currently resides.

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INDIA
05
First India Bureau
Lisbon: Union Minister
of State (independent
charge) Science Tech-
nology;Ministerof State
(independent charge)
Earth Sciences; MoS
PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions,
Atomic Energy and
Space Dr Jitendra Singh
left for Portugal today to
represent India at the
“2022 UN Ocean Confer-
ence” at Lisbon from
June 27 to July 1, 2022.
Over130countriesof the
worldaregoingtoberep-
resented at this high-
profile Conference by
their respective Minis-
ters and high-level func-
tionaries. Dr Jitendra
will deliver the keynote
address on behalf of In-
diaattheUNConference
onthetheme“Scalingup
Ocean Action based on
science and innovation
for the implementation
of Goal 14: Stocktaking,
Partnerships and Solu-
tions.” The Minister
added that this will re-
quire major structural
transformations and
common shared solu-
tions that are anchored
in SDGs dev goals.
Dr Jitendra Singh leaves for Portugal
to represent India at UN Conference
MAKING PROUD
India can’t lag behind as youth
is ready to touch the sky: PM
PM mentioned about two start-ups - Agnikul and Skyroot from Chennai and Hyderabad
New Delhi (ANI):
Highlighting the strides
made by Indian startups
in the space sector, PM
Narendra Modi in his
monthly radio broad-
cast ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on
Sunday said the country
cannot lag behind as
youth is ready to touch
the sky
. In the 90th epi-
sode of his monthly ra-
dio programme ‘Mann
Ki Baat’, Modi said,
“During one’s child-
hood, stories of the
moon and stars in the
sky attract everyone.
For the youth, touch-
ing the sky is synony-
mous with making
dreams come true. To-
day, when our India is
touching the sky of suc-
cess in so many fields,
how can the skies, or
space, remain un-
touched by it! In the past
few years, many big
feats related to the space
sector have been accom-
plished in our country
.”
“One of these achieve-
ments of the country
has been the creation of
an agency named In-
Space,of India,”hesaid.
JP Nadda with other party leaders lend ear on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat event in Gurugram on Sunday.
Dr Jitendra Singh holding a pre-conference meeting with Indian
delegates and Embassy officials, at Lisbon,Portugal on Sunday.
GOLD WORTH RS
59.26 L SEIZED,
WOMAN ARRESTED
BOMMAI WARNS ACTION AGAINST THOSE
INVOLVED IN FOETICIDE CASE
LEFT OPPOSE
ARREST OF TEESTA
SETELVAD
Chennai: Over 1 kg of
gold worth Rs 59.26
lakh was seized from
passengers who arrived
at Chennai airport from
Sri Lanka and a woman
has been arrested in this
connection, the Cus-
toms department said
on Sunday. The seized
gold was weighing 1.27
kg worth Rs 59.26 lakh
and a woman passenger
was arrested.
Belagavi (PTI): Terming the issue of suspected
foeticide in the district as serious, Karnataka Chief
Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said those
involved will face legal action and will
be sent to jail. In a suspected case
of illegal abortion, seven foetuses
were found discarded under a bridge
across a river stream at Mudalagi
town in the district on Friday. “It is
very serious issue. The information
regarding the nursing home involved in this case
has been obtained,” Bommai told reporters.
New Delhi(PTI):
The Left parties have
strongly opposed the
arrest of Mumbai-based
activist Teesta Setelvad
by the Guj Police, with
the CPI(M) alleging that
the move is “abhorrent”
to democratic rights of
citizens. The ATS, who
had detained Setalvad
in Mumbai on Saturday,
handed her over to the
Amd crime branch.
Khunti (PTI): Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta
on Sunday boycotted a one-day mega health camp
organised by the Union Tribal Af-
fairs Ministry in Khunti district as
CM Hemant Soren was not invited
to the programme. Gupta went to
the venue at Birsa College Ground
in Khunti town after receiving an
invitation from the deputy com-
missioner but did not go up to the dais and returned
without attending the programme upon finding that
Soren’s name was not on the list of invitees.
Punjab: Sidhu Moosewala’s latest song SYL, the first
to be released after his death, has been removed from
YouTube. The song highlights
various issues such as undi-
vided Punjab, 1984 Sikh Riots,
farmer laws, Sikh flag hoisting
at the Red Fort during the farm-
er agitation and Sikh militants.
YL not only became an instant hit but also found itself
in controversies like most of Sidhu’s song. The song
was set to be released before the Operation Blue Star
anniversary but the late singer was killed on May 29. It
is among the few recorded songs of Moosewala, whose
videos he was yet to shoot.
J’KHAND MIN BOYCOTTS HEALTH CAMP
ORGANISED BY CENTRE AS CM NOT INVITED
SIDHU MOOSE WALA’S LAST SONG ‘SYL’
REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE
New Delhi: In the 90th edition of his monthly
‘Mann ki Baat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Sunday remembered the dark chapter in India’s
history- the Emergency, which was imposed in
1975 and said that it was our democratic mind-
set that eventually prevailed. He also applauded
all those who resisted that period and said that
even after the Emergency people did not lose
faith in democracy. On the midnight of June
25, 1975, an Emergency was declared due to
the prevailing “internal disturbance”. The Prime
Minister further said that during the Emergency
the citizens were deprived of all rights, including
the Right to Life and Personal Liberty given by
Article 21 of the Constitution.
New Delhi: PM Modi
praised Olympic
gold medalist Neeraj
Chopra for his recent
performances in the
javelin throw.While
addressing the na-
tion PM said, “Our
Olympic Gold Medalist
Neeraj Chopra won
Silver at Paavo Nurmi
Games in Finland. He
also broke his own
Javelin Throw record.
New Delhi: Modi on
Sunday said India is
close to administering
200 crore COVID-19
vaccine doses, adding
that the precautionary
dose is being rap-
idly administered in the
country. “We have to
take precautions against
Corona. However, it is
a matter of satisfaction
that the country has
protective shield of vac.
PM MODI INVOKES 1975
EMERGENCY IN MANN KI BAAT
PM MODI LAUDS
OLYMPIC MEDALIST
NEERAJ CHOPRA
‘CLOSE TO 200
CRORE COVID VAX
ADMINISTERED’
New Delhi (PTI): Un-
ion Home Minister
Amit Shah on Sunday
said the Central gov-
ernmentisworkingon
a massive scale for the
complete eradication
of drug trafficking.
“Under the leader-
ship of Prime Minis-
terNarendraModi,we
have coordinated and
institutionalised the
fight against drugs.
For this, ‘Narco Coor-
dination Mechanism’
has been established
under the aegis of the
‘Narcotics Control Bu-
reau’ (NCB) of the
Ministry of Home Af-
fairs (MHA), whose
purpose is to establish
coordination between
all agencies, so that we
can get complete suc-
cess in curbing drugs
smuggling,”
Shah said in his
message on the occa-
sion of ‘International
Day against Drug
Abuse and Illegal
Trafficking’. He said
that NCB is playing
an active role in the
war against drugs at
the national level,
which is bringing
successful results.
The Home Minis-
ter further said his
Ministry has adopted
a ‘zero’ tolerance pol-
icy against narcotics.
“Drug abuse not
only makes society
hollow, and money
earned from drugs
smuggling is also a
big threat to national
security. I am sure
that the collective ef-
forts of NCB and all
the stakeholders will
lead to the desired
success,” he said.
Let us all contrib-
ute our bit in the ful-
fillment of Modi’s
resolve of ‘Drugs
Free India’, he ap-
pealed.
Centreworkingoneradication
of drug trafficking, says Shah
INTL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE ILLICIT
New Delhi: PM Modi,
Home Minister Amit
Shah, Lok Sabha Speak-
er Om Birla, and sever-
al other BJP leaders
wished Union Educa-
tion Minister Dhar-
mendra Pradhan on
his birthday on Sun-
day. Taking to Twitter,
PM Modi said, “Birth-
day greetings to Minis-
ter Shri Dharmendra
Pradhan Ji, who is
making outstanding ef-
forts to strength our
education sector.
May he be blessed
with a long and healthy
life in service of the
people. @dpradhanb-
jp”.Shah conveyed his
wishes and tweeted in
Hindi, “Birthday greet-
ings to BJP senior lead-
er and my Ministerial
colleague Dharmendra
Pradhan. Your dedica-
tions in strengthening
education system
and facilitating
bright future My
prayers for your good
health and long life.”
Panaji (PTI): Chief
Minister Pramod
Sawant on Sunday said
that so far the govt lands
were encroached and
slums mushroomed
there, but now such
land can be brought un-
der utilisation to make
Goa educational hub
and innovation center
under PPP
.
Sawant said that if
such lands are used un-
der Public Private Part-
nership mode, then it
would help the state.
“So far govt lands were
encroached and slums
were seen mushroom-
ing there. But the govt is
very serious. If such
lands are brought under
utilisation of PPP mode
then Goa will definitely
become educational
hub and innovation cen-
tre,” Sawant said. The
Goa govt is probing land
grabbing and encroach-
ment on government
and private lands. Four
persons, including two
government employees,
were arrested in the
land grabbing case.
Modi, leaders greet
Pradhan on his b’day
‘PPP MODELTO MAKE GOA EDU HUB’
UNVEILING BOOK OF AWADHESHANANDJI
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday participates in the release program of a book written
on the life of Swami Awadheshanandji Maharaj in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Lok Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami, Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal
Nishank, BJP State President Madan Kaushik and other also present during the occasion.
Kochi: The Congress-
led UDF opposition and
the BJP slammed the
LDF government over
the 6.6 per cent hike in
power tariffs, as an-
nounced by the Kerala
State Electricity Regu-
latory Commission a
day ago, saying that it
was a huge financial
blow to the public
which was already fac-
ing rising fuel and com-
modity prices.
Leader of Opposition
(LoP) in the state as-
sembly V D Satheesan,
speaking to reporters in
Kochi, said the power
tariff hike comes a
month after the state
government had in-
creased bus, auto and
taxi fares.He said the
debts incurred by the
Kerala State Electricity
Board were allegedly
due to corruption in its
various projects as well
as its mismanagement
and this financial bur-
den was now being
transferred on to the
shoulders of the gen-
eral public.
Congress-led
UDF, BJP slam
LDF govt over
power tariff
hike in Kerala
CRUCIAL READ
Dharmendra Pradhan
SHAH: COMMITTED TO ACHIEVE 90%
CONVICTION RATE IN CRIME CASES
AMIT SHAH
Row over Muslim
trader supplying
bananas to temple
Mangaluru (PTI):
A controversy has
erupted after it came
to light that a con-
tract to supply ba-
nanas to Anantha-
padmanabha temple
in Kudupu on the
outskirts of the city
was awarded to a
Muslim trader last
year.
The temple au-
thorities had given a
contract to the low-
est bidder to supply
bananas on a regu-
lar basis needed for
various sevas in the
temple for a period
from July 1, 2021 to
June 30, 2022.
Realising lately
that the contract
was given to the
Muslim trader, right
wing Hindu organi-
sations came out in
protest.
The temple au-
thorities said they
had invited quota-
tions from traders
last year for the sup-
ply of bananas. Of
the four bidders who
submitted quota-
tions, the Muslim
trader had quoted
the lowest price and
was awarded the
contract.
The news came
out recently that the
Muslim trader was
supplying the ba-
nanas to the temple
which went viral, af-
ter which Hindu out-
fits raised protest.

INDIA
06
Sharat K Verma
New Delhi: The opposi-
tion parties have made
Yashwant Sinha their
‘common’ candidate for
the post of President.
He hails from
Jharkhand and has
been a MP from Hazari-
bagh seat. In such a situ-
ation, it was expected
that if the opposition
would make him a can-
didate for the post of
President, then he
would get the support of
the parties along with
MPs and MLAs of
Jharkhand. But after
the BJP fielded Drau-
padi Murmu as its can-
didate, the hope of that
support is now over.
Draupadi Murmu is a
Santhal tribal and has
been the governor of
Jharkhand. She is going
to be the first tribal
president of the coun-
try. Therefore, she will
get full support of
Jharkhand. Apart from
Jharkhand Mukti Mor-
cha, it will not be a sur-
prise if she gets the sup-
port of other MLAs and
MPs. Keep in mind Shi-
bu Soren is also a San-
thal tribal and has
fought for the interests
of tribals and protec-
tion of ‘Jal-Jangal-Ja-
meen’ throughout his
life.
Draupadi Murmu
hails from Odisha and
state Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik has al-
ready said that it is a
matter of pride for Odi-
sha that she is the Pres-
idential candidate. He
told that Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi had
spoken to him about
this. So, BJP will get
complete support of
Biju Janata Dal. How-
ever, the big question is
about Chhattisgarh.
There is a Congress
government in this
tribal-dominated state
and the Congress has
supported Yashwant
Sinha’s candidature.
But considering the im-
portance of the tribal
votes of Chhattisgarh,
the party will have to
take a decision.
Murmu is the first
tribal in the country to
reach the highest posi-
tion. In such a situa-
tion, Congress as a
party will have to re-
consider its decision.
Keep in mind that Con-
gress has once already
supported NDA’s presi-
dential candidate APJ
Abdul Kalam. Prior to
that, the candidature
of KR Narayanan was
also supported by both
Congress and BJP to-
gether. Therefore, if
Congress supports
Draupadi Murmu too,
then it will not be a big
deal. However, the dif-
ference this time as
compared to earlier is
that the harmony be-
tween BJP and Con-
gress is very disturbed,
whereas in the past, the
relations were good de-
spite the parties being
at opposite ends ideo-
logically
.
OppnmayevendesertownpresidentialcandidateforMurmu!
CONG ON BJP CHARGE OF
SONIA BEHIND SETALVAD
SC dismissed a petition challenging the clean chit given by the SIT to PM
New Delhi (Agen-
cies): The Congress on
Sunday termed “base-
less” the BJP’s allega-
tions that AICC presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi was
behind activist Teesta
Setalvad’s campaign
against then Gujarat
chief minister Modi
over the 2002 riots in
the state, and said the
chargeswere“indirect
contempt of” the SC
ruling.
The opposition par-
ty’s reaction came a
day after BJP spokes-
person Sambit Patra
alleged at a press con-
ference that the Con-
gress-led UPA govt, es-
pecially its education
ministry
, had given Rs
1.4 crore to an NGO
run by Setalvad, and
this money was used to
run a campaign
against Modi and also
to “defame” India.
“She (Setalvad) was
not alone. Who was the
driving force? Sonia
Gandhi and the Cong
party
,” he had said. Re-
acting to the remarks,
Cong spokesperson
Abhishek Singhvi
said on Twitter, “The
charge by BJP spokes-
persons that Teesta Se-
talvad acted at the be-
hest of Cong President
SoniaGandhiiswholly
bogus and baseless.”
BOGUS AND BASELESS
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi —FILE PHOTO
CONG TO HOLD
PROTEST
AGAINST
AGNIPATH TODAY
New Delhi:The
Congress leaders
will address press
conferences at 20
different places
across the country
a day before the
nationwide protest
against the Central
govt’s Agnipath
scheme. The press
conferences will be
held at Shimla by
Alok Sharma; Deh-
radun – Manvendra
Singh; Chandigarh –
Ranjeet Ranjan, MP;
New Delhi- Shaktis-
inh Gohil, calling it
“Agnipath Ki Baat,
Yuvaon Se Vish-
wasghat (Talk on
Agnipath, Betrayal
of Youth)”.
The Congress party condemns
these allegations most forcefully.
These allegations are in direct
contempt of the Supreme Court’s judg-
ment. Abhishek Manu Singhvi,
Congress spokesperson
WILL FADNAVIS TAKE HIS THIRD OATH THROUGH PAWAR’S SUPPORT?
Mahesh Sharma
Mumbai: NCP supre-
mo Sharad Pawar has
put up his hands over
the trouble brewing in
Maharashtra politics
and said that this is
an internal crisis of
Shiv Sena and it
should be resolved by
Sena leaders.
But at the same time
he also said that there
is no problem in Maha-
vikas Aghadi. Now,
several meanings are
being drawn from this.
One is that he doesn’t
care whether the Shiv
Sena breaks down or
the government falls.
The second meaning is
that he is confident
that the government
will not fall.
But informed lead-
ers say that Sharad Pa-
war’s neutrality is not
accidental. He already
knew about the crisis
and had also warned
Uddhav Thackeray, but
the question is, when
the crisis was getting
serious, why did he not
try to control it? No
matter who is the lead-
er of any party in Ma-
harashtra, Sharad Pa-
war cannot be ignored.
Eknath Shinde was in-
volved in the Maha Vi-
kas Aghadi govern-
ment, whose work was
being coordinated by
Sharad Pawar.
Therefore, despite
knowing about the cri-
sis, his silence raises
questions. Even after
the crisis has arisen,
he is not doing any-
thing to solve it.
Even the leaders of
Shiv Sena and Con-
gress are surprised as
to how can he get away
with calling the crisis
on the government as
internal crisis of Shiv
Sena? Keep in mind
that Devendra Fad-
navis was sworn in as
the first Chief Minis-
ter of BJP in Maha-
rashtra with the sup-
port of Sharad Pawar’s
party
.
After that, Fad-
navis’s second oath
was taken with the
support of Sharad Pa-
war’s nephew Ajit Pa-
war. So therefore the
million dollar question
is if the third oath be
taken with the indirect
support of the Pawar
family?
Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar with Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
Draupadi Murmu
Administration yet to reach all
affected people of Silchar: CM
Shivendra Singh Parmar
Guwahati: After all,
after the criticism, the
CM of Assam, who
came out in the field to
see the flood relief
work, is on the target of
the Opposition these
days.
Assam CM Himanta
Biswa Sarma took stock
of the flood relief work
in some more districts
including Silchar, along
with the team of offi-
cials, reached Ground
Zero to meet the people
trapped in the flood.
Biswa assured all pos-
sible help to the people
of the flood-affected ar-
eas. He said instruc-
tions have been issued
to agencies involved in
the relief and rescue op-
erations to maximise
their reach and ensure
help for all affected pop-
ulation at the earliest.
Sarma waded through
the flood waters on foot
at places and sailed in a
NDRF rubber boat in
some other areas, as he
interacted with the lo-
cal populace to get a
first-hand understand-
ing of their situation.
Cabinet Min Parimal
Suklabaidya, Silchar
MP Rajdeep Roy, sever-
al MLAs and officials of
local civil and police
administration accom-
panied the CM during
the visit.
BETTER CONDITION
MP end long wait to win Ranji;
beat Mumbai by 6 wickets
Bhopal (PTI): Madhya
Pradesh scripted histo-
ry by getting their
hands on the trophy for
the first time. They won
against the 41-time
champions Mumbai.
MP made it to the final
of the tournament for
the second time after a
long wait since the 1998-
1999 season.
The team had lost the
final against Karnataka
back then. The journey
to the Ranji title victory
however wasn’t easy
.
The Aditya Shrivastava-
led MP had to cross sev-
eral hurdles to register
their much-awaited
win. Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj
SinghChouhancongrat-
ulated the captain-coach
duo of Chandrakant
Pandit and Aditya Sriv-
astava, adding that the
entire team and staff, on
their return to the state
capital, Bhopal, would
receiveagrandwelcome
and be felicitated in a
public ceremony
.
There is no
dharma sankat:
Sinha says on
his son
New Delhi(PTI): For-
mer Union minister
Yashwant Sinha, the
joint opposition’s con-
sensus candidate in
presidential elections,
on Sunday said there
was no ‘dharma sankat’
in not getting the sup-
port from his son Jayant
Sinha, a parliamentari-
an from the ruling BJP.
Sinha will file his nomi-
nation papers today
.
A host of Opposition
leaders, including Ra-
hul Gandhi, Mallikar-
jun Kharge, Sitaram
Yechury, Sharad Pawar
and Mamata, are ex-
pected to accompany
him. ”I am not in any
‘dharma sankat’ over
not getting the support
of my son and BJP MP
Jayant Sinha. “...He fol-
lows his ‘Raj Dharma’
and I will follow my
‘Rashtra Dharma’.”
VEHICLE FALLS INTO
STREAM IN K’TAKA
KILLING 9 WORKERS
Belagavi (PTI): Nine
labourers were killed on
the spot and eight others
critically injured after
the goods vehicle they
were travelling in fell into
a stream early Sunday
morning in a village here,
police said. Karnataka
Chief Minister Basavaraj
Bommai, who was in
Belagavi on Sunday, an-
nounced a compensation
of Rs 5 lakh from the state
government and Rs 2 lakh
from the Belagavi deputy
commissioner to the next
of kin of each deceased
person.
NEWS DIGEST
AT LEAST 20 DEAD IN SOUTH
AFRICAN CLUB
Johannesburg (PTI): South African police are
investigating the deaths of at least 20 people
at a nightclub in
the coastal town of
East London early
Sunday morning. It
is unclear what led
to the deaths of the
young people, who
were reportedly attending a party to celebrate
the end of winter school exams. Local newspa-
per reported that bodies were strewn across
tables and chairs without any visible signs
of injuries. “At this point we cannot confirm
the cause of death,” said health department
spokesperson Siyanda Manana.We are going
to conduct autopsies as soon as possible to
establish the probable cause of death.
Progress in deliberations
for Tri-Services: IAF chief
New Delhi (PTI): Defi-
nite progress has been
made in ongoing delib-
erations for the theat-
erisation plan and the
Indian Air Force (IAF)
remains fully commit-
ted to the tri-services
integration for enhanc-
ing comprehensive na-
tional combat power,
Air Chief Marshal VR
Chaudhari said on Sun-
day
. In an interview, the
Chief of Air Staff said
the IAF is hopeful that
the final structures, as
and when they come
out, would be potent,
robust and capable of
tackling the existent
and future threats.
“The process of
theaterisation of the
Indian Armed forces is
at a deliberation stage.
There are a few issues
which are being dis-
cussed and definite
progress has been
made in this aspect,”
he said.
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari
IKEA in Bengaluru
witnessesmassive
weekend rush
Bengaluru (PTI): A
massive crowd was wit-
nessed at IKEA outlet in
Bengaluru on Saturday
when the Swedish fur-
niture conglomerate
opened its first outlet at
Nagasandra in Bengal-
uru on June 22. People
in the que had to wait
for nearly three hours
at the Nagasandra store
and it became difficult
for the security guards
to manage the crowd. It
took nearly three hours
for several customers to
enter the store.
MP players pose with the trophy after winning their final Ranji
Trophy cricket match against Mumbai, at M Chinnaswamy
Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inspects the
flood-affected areas of Silchar, in Cachar on Sunday.

BIZ BUZZ
07
New Delhi (PTI):
Around 4 lakh India
Post employees will be
trained under Mission
Karamyogi which will
be launched on June 28
to transition DoP offi-
cials from “rule to role”
and take a citizen-cen-
tric approach in their
work, Minister of State
for Communications
Devusingh Chauhan
said on Sunday
.
The minister said major
reforms have also been
initiated in the Depart-
ment of Posts (DoP) like
launch of a joint parcel
service wherein both
India Post and Indian
Railways have part-
nered to deliver the par-
cel to the door steps of
the end user, parcel de-
livery through drone in
Kutch Region of Guja-
rat etc, according to an
official statement.
The minister is on a
two-day visit to Imphal
and Chandel, where he
said that the govern-
ment under the leader-
ship of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has
been committed to the
development of India’s
North Eastern region
and schemes like faster
rail connectivity, In-
dradhanush gas grid etc
have been launched to
develop the region, the
statement said.
“DoP is one of the most
reliable organizations
which provide services
to the citizens. 2.5 lakhs
Gramin Dak Sevaks
(GDS) along with Post-
men are the front work-
ers of the department
in rural areas, who de-
liver the services at the
doorstep of every citi-
zen. Mission Karamyo-
gi is being launched on
28th June 2022 which
will train 4 Lakh offi-
cials of DoP,” Chauhan
said.
India Post Payment
Bank (IPPB) has a total
of 10.97 lakh accounts
with deposit balance of
Rs 71.27 crore are being
operated by IPPB in the
North Eastern Region,
mostly of which are be-
ing operated in rural
part of the region.
He said that approxi-
mately 25,000 out of 6
lakh villages do not
have mobile coverage
and a scheme is being
prepared to install ad-
ditional mobile towers
to cover the unconnect-
ed villages.
In Mission Karamyogi: 4 lakh India Post employees
India Post Payment
Bank (IPPB) has a
total of 10.97 lakh
accounts with
deposit balance of
Rs 71.27 crore are
being operated by
IPPB in the North
Eastern Region
NINL handover
to Tata firm by
mid-July
New Delhi (PTI):
The handover of
Odisha-based
Neelachal Ispat Nigam
Ltd (NINL) to a Tata
group firm is likely
to be completed by
mid of July, an official
said. Tata Steel Long
Products (TSLP) had
in January emerged
as the winning bidder,
putting in bids worth
`12,100 crore for
loss-making NINL.
“The transaction is
in concluding stage
and the handover
should take place by
the middle of next
month,” an official
said on Sunday.
ONGC finally
gets a director
on HPCL board
New Delhi (PTI): Af-
ter over five months,
ONGC has finally got
a director appoint-
ed on the board of
Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd -- a
firm it had acquired
for `36,915 crore.
The Ministry of
Petroleum and Nat-
ural Gas on June 22,
conveyed its consent
for the appointment
of Pankaj Kumar,
Director (Offshore),
ONGC as a director
on the board of
HPCL, according to
regulatory filings by
HPCL.
FPIs’ pull out
`46K cr from
Indian equities
New Delhi (PTI):
Foreign investors
continue to desert
Indian equity markets
and pulled out close
to `46,000 crore so
far this month follow-
ing monetary policy
tightening by the
Reserve Bank and US
Federal Reserve, high
oil prices and volatile
rupee. The net
outflow by foreign
portfolio investors
(FPIs) from equities
reached `2.13 lakh
crore unitll now
in 2022, data with de-
positories showed.
‘TAMINGINFLATIONCANBEDANGEROUS’
New Delhi (PTI): The
Indian economy has
barely recovered from
the impact of the coro-
navirus pandemic and
it should be ensured
that there is no “intol-
erable growth sacri-
fice” in attempts to
tame inflation “too
abruptly”, according to
RBI’s Monetary Policy
Committee member
Jayanth R Varma.
With a cautiously op-
timistic outlook for the
country’s economy,
Varma on Sunday said
growth prospects for
2022-23 and 2023-24 fi-
nancial years are “rea-
sonable” even after tak-
ing into consideration
the possibility of a
long-drawn-out period
of geopolitical tensions
and elevated commod-
ity prices.
Amid inflationary
pressures remaining
high in recent times,
the Reserve Bank of In-
dia’s MPC is moving
towards a hawkish
stance, with the bench-
mark interest rate be-
ing hiked by 90 basis
points to a two-year
high of 4.90% in a span
of five weeks. A hike of
40 basis points was
done in June.
Varma, an external
member of the MPC,
said the pandemic was
the biggest test to the
system so far, and the
flexible inflation tar-
geting regime proved
itself equal to that task.
“The inflationary
episode has lasted long-
er than we would have
liked and will continue
to last longer than we
would like, but, I have
no doubt in my mind
that inflation will be
brought down to the
target level in the me-
dium term.
“The Indian econo-
my has barely recov-
ered from the pandem-
ic, and we have to be
careful not to impose
an intolerable growth
sacrifice in our attempt
to tame inflation too
abruptly,” Varma said.
His comments also
come against the back-
drop of concerns
raised in certain quar-
ters that the central
bank could have start-
ed hiking rates to fight
inflation a little earlier.
For the first time since
August 2018, the MPC
hiked the key interest
rate by 40 basis points
in early May
.
The RBI has the
mandate to maintain
retail inflation at 4%
with a margin of 2% on
either side. The central
bank’s six-member
MPC headed by the RBI
Governor decides on
policy rates keeping
this target in mind.
Varma said he sees
the risks to inflation as
balanced at this point
in time as both geopo-
litical and weather un-
certaintiescouldevolve
in either direction.
Ensure that there’s no ‘intolerable growth sacrifice’ in attempts to tame inflation: RBI MPC member
HIGH INFLATION
India exported 1.8 mn
tonnes wheat: Food Secy
New Delhi (PTI): In-
dia has exported 1.8
million tonnes of
wheat to a dozen-odd
countries since the
country banned ex-
ports of the grain on
May 13, according to
Food Secretary Sud-
hanshu Pandey
.
About 33,000 tonnes
of wheat as humani-
tarian assistance has
already been supplied
toAfghanistanagainst
the commitment of
50,000 tonne, he said.
Pandey said India
has always taken the
needs of the world
into consideration,
even while meeting
the onerous obliga-
tions of feeding its
population of 1.38 bil-
lion people.
The secretary said:
“It is important here
to explain that the re-
cent decision by the
GoI to bring about
regulation on wheat
exports was essential-
ly taken to protect do-
mestic availability as
well as availability to
vulnerable countries
to whom supplies can-
not be ensured by
market forces.”
India has nonethe-
less continued with its
commitment to cater
for the genuine needs
of neighbouring coun-
tries and food-deficit
nations through Gov-
ernment-to-Govern-
ment mechanism and
also to fulfil supply
commitments already
made, he said.
Global trends, crude oil,
FII movement key drivers
for stocks this week
New Delhi (PTI):
Stock markets will be
driven by global
trends, crude oil
movement and foreign
institutional invest-
ments this week, ana-
lysts said, adding that
benchmark indices
may also face vola-
tility amid the
s c h e d u l e d
monthly deriva-
tives expiry
.
Moreover, the
movement in the
rupee and the
progress of
m o n s o o n
would also
be watched.
“Indian markets man-
aged to recover from
lower levels after two
weeks of sharp cuts
thanks to a recovery in
global markets and a
cut in commodity pric-
es. It seems that this
recovery may see a
further extension and
we can expect a
decent rally in
the coming days
in equity mar-
kets,” said San-
tosh Meena
of Swas-
tika In-
v e s t -
mart.
Trustworthiness,decisiveleadership
hasledtoIndia’sgrowth,saysGoyal
Coimbatore (PTI): In-
dia’s economy has
grown due to its trust-
worthiness, decisive
leadership and demo-
cratic structure favour-
ing transparency at all
levels, Union Com-
merce, Industry and
Textile Minister Piyush
Goyal has said.
The country, which is
now a $3 trillion econo-
my, has announced a
stable policy framework
and respected every in-
vestment made across
sectors, Goyal said.
Stating that DPIIT re-
forms are empowering
Indian industries to
bring about global
growth, Goyal said the
importance of launch-
ing the ONDC network
(Open Network for Digi-
tal Commerce) has the
potential to break barri-
ers by enabling and em-
powering customers to
engage with sellers of
their choice seamlessly
.
Goyal said current
e-commerce platforms
were restrictive and
favour products of the
platform developers’
choice but through
ONDC (Open Network
for Digital Commerce),
MSMEs and startups
can harness opportu-
nities provided by digi-
tal advancement in
connecting with their
costumers, an official
release said here on
Sunday.
Govt to invite bids for power without PPAs
government will invite
bids from states to sell
electricity generated
from 8,000 megawatt
(MW) thermal capaci-
ties without PPAs,
Power Minister RK
Singh has said.
A total of 8,000 MW
of thermal capacities
in India are without
any power purchase
agreements, the Power
Minister said.
Replying to a ques-
tion related to capaci-
ties without PPAs in
India, the minister
said, “There are 8,000
MW of capacities
which don’t have PPAs
in thermal”.
Sharing the govern-
ment’s plan to resolve
the issue, the Union
Minister informed
that states have been
asked to send their
electricity require-
ment, and accordingly
bids will be invited.
“We will aggregate
(their demand) and call
on for bids and based
on the bids, whoever
puts in the lowest bids,
PPAs will be signed.
Once PPAs are signed,
they (states) will get
the power,” he said.
Speaking further, the
Union Minister said
there are also some
thermal capacities un-
dergoing the NCLT pro-
ceedings, and the gov-
ernment has already
taken several steps, in-
cluding meeting with
the bankers, to resolve
the issue at the earliest
so such plants can start
operations.
“There are some pro-
jects in the NCLT. The
country has 17,500 MW
plants, which run only
on imported coal. Out
of that, 2,500 MW were
under the NCLT. I had
a meeting with bank-
ers etc. We worked out
on ways and means of
starting this,” he said.
Explore bigger
role for fintech:
Govt to banks
New Delhi (PTI):
The Finance Minis-
try has asked public
sector banks to ex-
plore fintech part-
nerships and co-
lending opportuni-
ties to expand their
business.
In the recently
concluded perfor-
mance review of
PSBs by the Finance
Ministry, sources
said, lenders were
asked to focus on
technology and data
analytics to push
their lending.
HELP STARTUPS
Piyush Goyal
A total of 8,000
MW of thermal
capacities in
India are
without any
power purchase
agreements
423 INFRA PROJECTS
SHOW COST OVERRUNS
New Delhi (PTI): As
many as 423 infrastruc-
ture projects, each en-
tailing an investment
of `150 crore or more,
have been hit by cost
overruns of more than
Rs 4.95 lakh crore, as
per a report.
AccordingtoMinistry
of Statistics and Pro-
gramme Implementa-
tion, which monitors
infrastructure projects
of `150 crore and above,
out of 1,568 projects, 423
reported cost overruns
and as many as 721 pro-
jects were delayed.
“Total original cost
of implementation of
the 1,568 projects was
`21,59,802.67 crore and
their anticipated com-
pletion cost is
...`26,54,818.05 crore,
which reflects overall
cost overruns of
`4,95,015.38 crore
(22.92% of original
cost),” the ministry’s
latest report for May
2022 said.
AMCs to launch new MF
schemes from July
New Delhi (PTI): After
a temporary pause, asset
management companies
are gearing up to launch
new mutual fund
schemes from the next
monthascapitalmarkets
regulator Sebi’s three-
month ban on the intro-
duction of new fund of-
ferings nears its end.
Moreover, asset man-
agement companies
(AMCs) have a line-up
of passive funds on the
fixed income and equity
side as well as selective
launches in certain cat-
egories to fill product
gaps. The Securities
and Exchange Board of
India (Sebi) had discon-
tinued the launch of
NFOs until the new sys-
tems concerning pool
accounts were deter-
mined and the regula-
tor had set July 1 as the
deadline for the imple-
mentation of the new
system.
Mcap of nine of
top-10 firms jumps
`2.51 lakh crore
New Delhi (PTI): Nine
of the 10 most valued
firms added `2.51 lakh
crore to their market
valuation last week,
with Tata Consultancy
Services emerging as
the biggest gainer.
HDFC Bank, Infosys,
Hindustan Unilever
Limited and ICICI Bank
were among the gainers
while Reliance Indus-
tries was the sole loser
in the pack.
In the ranking of top-
10 firms, Reliance In-
dustries remained the
most valued company
.

08
2NDFRONT
The basic idea to make
democracy work is simply that
the people’s representatives and
people have to work on it.
—Dr Jagdeesh Chandra,
CEO Editor-in-Chief, First India
Pratapgarh (PTI):
Days after Samajwadi
Party MLA Dr R K Ver-
ma apparently exposed
the use of substandard
materialinconstruction
of agovernmentcollege,
he, along with a few oth-
ers, were booked at
Kandhai Police Station
of Pratapgarh district.
The MLA has been
booked for “demolish-
ing” the wall of an un-
der-construction engi-
neering college in Shiv-
sat village of Raniganj
assembly constituency.
Pratapgarh Superinten-
dent of Police (SP) Sat-
pal Antil on Sunday
told PTI that the FIR
was lodged on the com-
plaint of one Moham-
mad Irshad, the project
manager the firm in-
volved in the construc-
tion of the Government
Engineering College.
In his complaint, Mo-
hammad Irshad alleged
that Verma along with
his supporters came to
the construction site on
Friday
, and rebuked and
threatened to kill the
workers who stopped
himfrombringingdown
the wall. Reportedly,
Verma had on Friday
conductedaninspection
of the construction site
alleging gross corrup-
tion in the building ma-
terial being used for the
engineering college.
The MLA had said that
he was going to attend a
mass marriage event in
the area, but went to in-
spect the site after com-
ing across complaints
from the villagers about
the substandard con-
structionmaterialbeing
used in construction of
the college building. He
said that when he
reached the site and
pushed the wall a bit, it
collapsed; and as much
could be seen in the vid-
eo that circulated in so-
cial media. It has been
alleged that sand, in-
stead of cement, was
being used to erect the
walls of the college.
At his complaint to
the District Magistrate,
an assistant engineer
tookasampleof thecon-
struction material and
sent it for examination.
Taking a jibe at this in-
cident, SP President
Akhilesh Yadav had
tweeted on Friday, “In
BJP’srule,corruptionis
amazing. Bricks in con-
struction of Engineer-
ing College are being
laid without cement.”
Gyanendra Kumar Shukla
Lucknow: It can be de-
duced precisely from
the results of the
by-elections held in two
Lok Sabha seats in UP
that while the BJP con-
tested the elections in a
calibrated manner, the
opposition parties, es-
pecially the SP and BSP,
had entered the fray
half-heartedly
. Even the
SP chief Akhilesh Ya-
dav and BSP supremo
Mayawati refrained
from campaigning on
the ground while the
well-oiled machinery of
the organization and
the government went
full throttle on behalf
of the BJP. As a result
of which the strong bas-
tions of SP collapsed.
It is worth mention-
ing that under the well-
thought-out plan in
Muslim-dominated
Rampur, BJP fielded
Ghanshyam Lodhi.
Actually, apart from
getting the support of 2
lakh Lodh voters here,
the BJP’s calculation
was also based on in-
cluding 1.25 lakh OBC
castes and upper castes
in its favor.
Mayawati’s decision
not to contest from here
proved to be a boon for
the BJP camp, due to
which the BSP’s base
voters shifted towards
Ghanshyam Lodhi. Un-
der the leadership of
state Finance Minister
Suresh Khanna, one
and a half dozen Yogi
ministers were entrust-
ed with the responsibil-
ity of achieving the
goal of electoral victory
.
Also, party officials,
who have a strong hold
among different caste
groups, ensured active
participation in mobi-
lizing the voters.
Enraged by his par-
ty’s decision not to con-
test elections, Con-
gress’s veteran and
five-term MLA Nawab
Kazim Ali Khan alias
Naved Mian supported
the BJP, which also
dented the SP’s pros-
pects. Azam Khan’s sar-
castic comments also
acted as a negative cat-
alyst for SP.
If one looks at Azam-
garh by-election, here
the contest had become
triangular after the BSP
fielded Shah Alam alias
Guddu Jamali. BJP can-
didate Dinesh Lal Ya-
dav aka Nirahua, who
was runner-up in the
last election against
Akhilesh, emerged as
the winner this time.
There was a division of
Muslim Yadav votes
here; which paved the
way for BJP to get the
lead. Despite the re-
quest of party workers
in Azamgarh, the SP
Chief did not hold any
public meetings. On the
lines of Mayawati, he
adopted the option of
campaigning through
tweets and statements.
CBI has started an in-
vestigation against
three Income Tax de-
partment officials for
allegedly facilitating
fictitious refunds of
TDS deducted for sev-
eral assessee by misus-
ing system access of
senior officers, offi-
cials said on Sunday
.
The probe agency
filed the FIR based on a
complaint from Joint
Commissioner of In-
come Tax, Muzaffar-
nagar against three
group C officials of the
Income Tax who al-
legedly managed to
dupethedepartmentby
allegedly misusing
RSA tokens of assess-
ing officers to work out
and generate fictitious
refunds of Tax Deduct-
edatSource(TDS).RSA
tokens are unique and
time-synchronoussolu-
tions that automatical-
ly change a user’s pass-
word every 60 seconds.
Following the FIR, the
agency had carried out
searches at multiple lo-
cations, they said.
The Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI)
has named three I-T
officials -- Abhay Kant,
Saurabh Singh and Ro-
hit Kumar -- in connec-
tion with the case
along with nine benefi-
ciaries of the refunds.
The tax department
has alleged that the of-
ficials misused the
RSA tokens of assess-
ing officers to work
out and authenticate
generation of ficti-
tious refunds payable
to 11 assessee, on the
system, and got the re-
funds worth over Rs
1.39 crore between Au-
gust 1, 2020 and August
25, 2021 till the fraud
was detected.
The scam surfaced
when one of the assess-
ing officers detected
computation of re-
funds under section
154 of the I-T Act for
assessees who did not
belong to his range,
they said. Orders un-
der the section are
passed when any recti-
fication to any order or
processing is required
either on the applica-
tion of the assessee or
by the assessing officer
on its own when some
mistake is to be cor-
rected, which is appar-
ent in records, it al-
leged. “Out of the total
amount siphoned off,
nearly Rs 35 lakh was
deposited back to gov-
ernment accounts by
the accused officials as
taxes against demand
Rs 22 lakh was recov-
ered by assessing offi-
cers by way of coercive
actionsagainsttheben-
eficiaries,” it alleged.
“A total recovery either
by the staff involved in
the scam or by the as-
sessing officers by way
of attachment of ac-
counts of the assessees
comes to Rs 57.31 lakh
so far. The total amount
still outstanding, in-
cluding interest
chargeable, is comput-
ed at Rs 94.39 lakh,” the
complaint alleged.
New Delhi (ANI): On
the BJP’s victory in
Azamgarh and Rampur
bypolls on Sunday,
Union Minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
said that people have
reposed their faith in
the inclusive develop-
ment of PM Narendra
Modi and CM Yogi Adi-
tyanath. Naqvi further
said that the party was
able to pull off victories
at places where 45 per
cent of the voters were
Muslims, which is an
indication of people’s
faith in the Modi gov-
ernment. “As far as the
Rampur by-polls are
concerned, for the first
time in history
, BJP and
Samajwadi Party were
locking horns directly
because Congress and
BSP were absent in the
field and were indirect-
ly supporting SP. But
the people have posed
their faith in the BJP at
places where 45 per cent
of voters are Muslims.
They have laid their
trust in PM Modi’s idea
of inclusive develop-
ment,” Naqvi said.
“The people have given
their opinion in the
form of votes on the
state’s all-round devel-
opment and the law and
order situation under
Chief Minister Yogi Ad-
ityanath,” he added.
Dehradun (ANI): The
research wing of the Ut-
tarakhand Forest de-
partment discovered a
rare carnivorous plant
species Utricularia Fur-
cellata, which has been
published in ‘the Jour-
nal of Japanese botany’.
The journal of Japanese
botany is a 106-year-old
journal on plant taxono-
my and botany and is
considered one of the
most prestigious jour-
nals in the field.
It (Utricularia Furcel-
lata) is the first such
publication in this jour-
nal by Uttarakhand For-
est Department. A team
of the Research Wing of
the Uttarakhand forest
department, consisting
of Range officer Harish
Negi and Junior Re-
search Fellow (JRF)
Manoj Singh discovered
this Utricularia Furcel-
lataintheMandalvalley
in September 2021. ’This
is the first such record-
ing/sighting of this rare
carnivorous plant not
only in Uttarakhand but
in the entire western Hi-
malayanregionof India.
In fact, after 1986, this
species could not be col-
lected from any part of
India,” Sanjiv Chaturve-
di,Chief Conservatorof
Forest (Research) said.
This discovery has ex-
tended its range of dis-
tribution westward.
However, the species
face threat due to heavy
biotic pressure because
of beingatatouristspot.
The plant belongs to a
genus, commonly
known as bladderworts,
which uses one of the
most sophisticated and
developed plant struc-
tures for trap and its tar-
gets range from proto-
zoa to insects, mosquito
larvae and even the
young tadpoles. Its oper-
ation is simply based on
a mechanical process,
that is by creating a vac-
uum or negative pres-
sure area to draw prey
inside the trap door.
SP MLA booked for ‘demolishing’ college wall in Pratapgarh
CONSTRUCTION FRAUD?
lll
The case has
been registered
at the Kandhai
police station on
the complaint of
Mohd Irshad,
the project
manager of
the construction
firm
MLA Verma is seen pushing walls of an under-construction
government engineering college in his constituency.
‘SAND, INSTEAD OF
CEMENT, WAS USED’
The MLA said that
when he reached
the site and pushed the
wall a bit, it collapsed;
and as much could be
seen in the video that
circulated in social
media. It has been al-
leged that sand, instead
of cement, was being
used to erect the walls
of the college.
DECODING THE TRIUMPH OF
BJP IN THE BY-POLLS IN UP
Under well-thought-out plan in
Muslim-dominated Rampur,
BJP fielded Ghanshyam Lodhi
Mayawati’s decision not to
contest from here proved to be
a boon for the BJP camp
There was a division of Muslim
and Yadav votes, which paved
the way for BJP to get the lead
CM Yogi Adityanath along with UP BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak,
Finance Minister Suresh Khanna and others address a press conference on the BJP’s victory in the
Lok Sabha bypolls, in Lucknow on Sunday.
—REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
Utricularia Furcellata: Rare carnivorous plant that traps insects.
HOW THE SCAM SURFACED?
The scam surfaced when one of the assessing officers
detected computation of refunds under section 154 of the
I-T Act for assessees who did not belong to his range,
they said. Orders under the section are passed when any
rectification to any order or processing is required either on
the application of the assessee or by the assessing officer
on its own when some mistake is to be corrected, which is
apparent in records, it alleged. These refunds were report-
ed to be on AST (Assessment Information System), an old
system, and not on ITBA (lncome Tax business application)
on which the process has now been shifted since 2016.
‘AKHILESH’S OVERCONFIDENCE
LED TO PARTY’S DEFEAT’
Political experts insist that the SP camp had to pay
a heavy price for Akhilesh’s overconfidence and
Shivpal’s discontent. While BJP worked hard to win,
focusing on point-wise preparations. Influential state
level leaders and office bearers of BJP including CM
Yogi campaigned at the grassroots level. The result
is that the saffron camp has made a visible dent in
both the strong bastions of SP; all the equations of
the opposition have gone awry. After the low voting
turnout, there were speculations about the surprising
results in both these seats. The apathy of the voters
had pointed out the results to the strategists of the
opposition camps. However, the political implica-
tions of these results will be far-reaching.
HOT TOPIC: AGNIPATH
Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tiwari interacts with the media during a press conference on the
Agnipath Recruitment Scheme, in Prayagraj on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
3 I-T employees siphoned
off crores via fictitious
TDS refunds; CBI probes
MISUSING SYSTEM
People reposed faith
in PM Modi’s inclusive
development: Naqvi
U’khand Forest Department
discovers rare carnivorous plant
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

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