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Finally, there is some relief for
the families of Covid-19
victims. The Supreme Court on
Thursday rejected the
Government’s arguments
against providing ex-gratia and
directed the National Disaster
Management Authority
(NDMA) to frame guidelines
for offering financial help to the
families of those who lost their
lives to Covid-19. However, the
court left it to the NDMA to fix
a minimum compensation
amount.
A bench of justices Ashok
Bhushan and MR Shah said the
court cannot direct the Centre
to fix a particular amount of
financial help, but the
Government can fix the mini-
mum standard of amount to be
paid as ex-gratia to family
members of those who lost
their lives due to Covid-19,
while keeping various aspects
in mind.
The bench said the
Government can fix a reason-
able amount while keeping in
mind the funds and resources
available with the country. The
apex court directed the Centre
and the NDMA to issue fresh
guidelines within six weeks
for minimum standard of relief
to be granted to families of vic-
tims of Covid-19.
It also directed the author-
ities to issue guidelines for
simplifying the process of issu-
ing death certificates for Covid-
19 fatalities. As on date, as
many as 3.98 lakh succumbed
to Covid-19 as per records.
The court asked the Centre
to consider formulating an
insurance scheme for crema-
tion workers as proposed by the
Finance Commission. The
bench also rejected the argu-
ment of the Centre for reading
“shall” as “may” in section 12
of the Disaster Management
Act for grant of ex-gratia
amount to victims of disaster,
and said that the NDMA has
failed to perform its statutory
duties.
The top court’s verdict
came on two separate pleas
filed by lawyers Reepak Kansal
and Gaurav Kumar Bansal
seeking directions to the Centre
and the States to provide C4
lakh compensation to the fam-
ilies of coronavirus victims as
provisioned under the Act. On
June 21, the top court had
reserved its verdict on the
batch of pleas which also
sought formulation of a uni-
form policy for the issue of
death certificates.
The Centre has told the top
court that though there was no
issue of “fiscal affordability”
with it, ex-gratia compensation
of C4 lakh to the families of
those who have died of Covid
cannot be paid keeping in
mind the “rational, judicious
and optimum usage of
resources of the nation”.
In its additional affidavit,
the Government has termed
Covid as “once in a lifetime
pandemic inflicted on the
entire world” and said that
various steps to strategise the
nation’s response to the pan-
demic have been taken and not
just the funds of National
Disaster Response Force
(NDRF) and State Disaster
Response Fund (SDRF), but
even the funds of Consolidated
Fund of India are being utilised
according to advice of
experts.
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After touching the high of
around 84 lakh vaccination
doses in a day on June 21 — the
day the revised Covid-19 vac-
cination policy was launched
— the Covid-19 jab drive
plummeted from 36 lakh on
Tuesday to 25.14 lakh on
Wednesday with many States
reporting the shortage of vac-
cines for 18 plus age category.
The Delhi Government on
Wednesday flagged concern
about vaccine shortage with
Deputy Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia stating that the stock of
vaccines is almost over in the
national Capital.
“After tomorrow most of
the centers will not have the
vaccine. Hopefully, by then
the quota for July comes, oth-
erwise, we will have to stop the
vaccination drive,” said Sisodia.
Meanwhile, the Centre on
Wednesday said that States
and Union Territories will
receive over 24 lakh Covid-19
vaccine doses within the next
three days.
However, according to
sources in the Ministry, as per
vaccine availability, in the
month of July, the daily average
jab doses are likely to be around
just 38.7 lakh. Only 12 crore
doses of Covid-19 vaccines
will be available in July jointly
in private and public sectors.
These will include 10 crore
Covishield vaccine from Serum
Institute of India and the rest
2 crore Covaxin from Bharat
Biotech.
Uttar Pradesh is likely to
get the maximum allocation at
1.91 crore followed by
Maharashtra at 1.15 crore.
In the meantime, the India
reported 817 Covid-19 fatalities
during the last 24 hours, the
lowest since April. The daily toll
remained below 1,000 for the
third consecutive day with over
800 deaths reported in the last
24 hours. The new infection
count stood at 45,951.
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Soon after Brazil announced
it was suspending a USD
324 million Covaxin contract
that has mired President Jair
Bolsonaro in accusations of
irregularities, Hyderabad-based
Covid vaccine maker Bharat
Biotech has said it has not
received any advance payment
nor supplied any vaccines.
The deal is now suspend-
ed over allegations of irregu-
larities that have singed Brazil’s
top leadership, including
President Jair Bolsanaro,
according to reports.
Brazilian federal prosecu-
tors have opened an investiga-
tion into the Covaxin deal, cit-
ing comparatively high prices,
quick talks and pending regu-
latory approvals as red flags for
the contract signed in February.
“During the past few
weeks, there have been reports
in the media at large misrep-
resenting the procurement
process of Covaxin, in Brazil
and other countries,” Bharat
Biotech said in a statement here
even as it shared details of
procedure in acquiring the
deal.
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The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA)
on Wednesday approved a five-
year-long reform-based power
distribution scheme worth
C3.03 lakh crore for strength-
ening system of utilities to
improve efficiency.
Briefing the media after the
CCEA meeting here, Power
and New Renewable Energy
Minister RK Singh said, “We
have done a lot for power dis-
tribution reforms. It needs to be
strengthened. Today, the
Cabinet has approved the new
scheme worth C3.03 lakh crore,
including C97,000 crore Central
outlay.”
He said the funds would be
given to power distribution
companies (discoms) to
strengthen their system.
Singh said the work of
strengthening the system of
discoms “is under process so
far and the basic challenge is
that we need to do back-end
strengthening to commensu-
rate with our expansion (of
power sector) which is the
main objective of this scheme”.
He also said there is a dif-
ference between this scheme
and earlier scheme as this fund
allocation would be condi-
tional.
All those discoms that are
in losses would not be able to
get funding under this scheme
unless they make plan to
reduce the loss trajectory, get it
approved by the State and sub-
mit that to the Centre, the
Minister said. Under the
scheme, the target is to reduce
aggregate technical and com-
mercial (ATC) loss to 12 per
cent in the next five year, Singh
said.
Currently, the ATC loss-
es are around 21 per cent,
Singh added. He also said
about the Government’s inten-
tion to bridge the gap between
average cost of service (ACS)
and aggregate revenue realised
(ARR) for power supply.
The scheme envisages 25
crore smart meters, 10,000
feeders, four lakh km of low-
tension overhead lines planned
under the ongoing works under
Central Government schemes.
Central schemes Integrated
Power Development Scheme
(IPDS), Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
(DDUGJY), and Pradhan
Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar
Yojana (Saubhagya) will be
merged. The total allocation
will be C3,03,058 crore, includ-
ing Central Government share
of C97,631 crore.
And, the savings of their
gross budgetary support
(C17,000 crore) would be part
of the total outlay of the
revamped distribution sector
scheme under the existing
terms and conditions till their
sunset on March 31, 2022.
The funds under these
schemes would be available
for the identified projects under
IPDS and for the approved
ongoing projects under the
Prime Minister’s Development
Program (PMDP) for JK and
Ladakh under IPDS and
DDUGJY till March 31, 2023.
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The National Commission
for Women (NCW) has
sent a notice to the managing
director of Twitter India seek-
ing removal of all pornographic
and obscene contents from the
platform within a week.
NCW chairperson Rekha
Sharma wrote to the Delhi
Police Commissioner to inves-
tigate the matter and take
appropriate legal action. In a
related development, the Delhi
Police has sought details from
Twitter of the accounts circu-
lating such material.
The NCW has taken suo
motu cognisance of several
profiles on Twitter sharing
pornographic content.
Chairperson Rekha Sharma
has written to Managing
Director, Twitter India for
immediately removing all such
pornographic and
obscene content from the plat-
form within a week,” the
women’s panel said.
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Aday after the National
Investigation Agency
(NIA) was given the charge to
probe the drone attack at the
Jammu Air Force Station,
Director General National
Security Guard (NSG) MA
Ganapathy, along with DG
CISF DG Sudhir Kumar
Saxena, on Wednesday visited
the technical area of Air Force
Station to take stock of the
ongoing investigations.
According to official
sources, the chief of black cats
interacted with the NSG teams
and other experts camping at
the Air Force Station and gath-
ered feedback from them.
Meanwhile, the drones
were reportedly spotted in the
military area near Kunjwani
and Kaluchak areas of Jammu
between 4.40 and 4.52 a.m on
Wednesday morning.
The security forces remain
in a state of high alert and have
set up special check points to
keep a tight vigil on the move-
ment of the suspected people.
CISF DG, whose men are
chiefly responsible for secur-
ing the vital installations,
including airports, took an
overall review of the security
apparatus in and around the
vital installation and mea-
sures taken up to secure it
from any future threats,
including similar drone
strikes.
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Amid skyrocketing prices
of petrol, diesel, vegetables
and other essential commodi-
ties during the Covid-19 pan-
demic, there is another blow of
inflation to the middle-class
people as they will have to pay
more for milk.
Amul milk will be dearer
by C2 per litre from July 1
across all brands in the coun-
try. With this new hike, the
price of Amul Gold has gone
up to C58 per litre.
Other milk producers are
likely to go for a proportionate
increase.
Gujarat Cooperative Milk
Marketing Federations
(GCMMF) on Wednesday
announced the hike.
According to GCMMF
managing director RS Sodhi,
the hike in the milk price
became necessary due to the
rise in food inflation.
“Additionally, the cost for
packaging has gone up by 30
to 40 per cent, the trans-
portation cost by 30 per cent,
and the energy cost by 30 per
cent, which led to the
increase in the input cost,” he
said.
Milk price in the country
was last revised in December
2019 when Amul raised the
price by C 3 per litre in
Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, West
Bengal and Maharashtra.
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Disgruntled Congress leader
Navjot Singh Sidhu met
former Congress president
Rahul Gandhi and party gen-
eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi
on Wednesday and is learnt to
have discussed his role in the
expected revamp in the party’s
State unit ahead of Assembly
polls in Punjab.
The former Punjab
Minister is at loggerheads with
Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh and has gone public
against him. Sidhu took to
twitter to share his meetings
with Rahul and Priyanka. “Had
a long meeting with @priyank-
agandhi Ji,” he tweeted.
Sources informed The
Pioneer that Sidhu, in his meet-
ings with Rahul and Priyanka
Gandhi, has agreed to the posi-
tion offered by them, and the
announcement for the same is
likely anytime from now.
It has been learnt that
Sidhu has been offered the
post of Deputy Chief Minister
or the campaign committee
in-charge, which the former
Minister has reportedly
agreed to. It has also been
learnt that the discussion was
also held on heading the
Punjab Pradesh Congress
Committee (PPCC), but hav-
ing Jat Sikhs at both the apex
positions did not suit the
party.
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New Delhi: India’s Covaxin,
developed by Bharat Biotech in
collaboration with the Indian
Council of Medical Research
(ICMR), effectively neutralises
both Alpha and Delta variants
of coronavirus, the US’
National Institute of Health
said on Wednesday.
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The Dehradun district
magistrate has directed
the Doiwala municipality
to set up a dumping zone at
a distance of 15 kilometres
from the periphery of
Dehradun airport. He also
told the forest department
to deploy a rescue team
near the airport which
would help in the rescue of
wild animals entering the
airport premises from time
to time. On Wednesday, the
DM Ashish Kumar
Srivastava conducted a vir-
tual meeting with the air-
port environment manage-
ment committee to discuss
the measures required to
make the airfield of the air-
port more secure. The offi-
cials from airport authori-
ty expressed the need to
take measures in order to
make the airfield zone of
the airport free from inter-
ferences caused due to birds
and animals during the
takeoff and landing of the
aircrafts. The DM directed
the sub divisional magis-
trate (SDM) of Doiwala and
Doiwala municipality to
take necessary actions in
this matter. He also
instructed them to mark a
land at a distance of 15
kilometres from the periph-
ery of the airport to set up
a dumping zone and finish
its construction soon. The
DM also asked the officials
of the departments to joint-
ly conduct inspections at
the shops outside the air-
port premises like meat
shops, poultry farms and
take necessary action to
maintain cleanliness and
hygiene in the area. Apart
from this, Srivastava also
asked the additional dis-
trict magistrate, Girish
Chandra to order the
departments concerned to
ensure that the residential
areas near the airport are
well connected with elec-
tricity and communication
technology.
Besides this, lights
should be kept on during
nights and cloudy weather
in the nearby area of the air-
port, directed Srivastava.
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Health, Education, Nutrition
(HEN) are the fundamen-
tal needs of any individual but
both our government and soci-
ety are ignoring these facts as
exposed amidst the Covid-19
pandemic. Unlike other ser-
vices, healthcare services are
complex services which have
many inherent variables which
are usually not cognisable to
the common person. There
are many steps in providing
healthcare services to a patient.
The work ranges from small
steps like administering an
injection, to performing a spe-
cialised surgery and handling
sophisticated expensive equip-
ment.
Democracy has deeper
roots in the mindsets of all cit-
izens and hence, probably they
prefer to get multiple consul-
tations for any problem par-
ticularly if they have been
advised surgery for a particu-
lar problem. Most of the
patients and attendants think
that a majority vote favouring
or against surgery or advice is
better to guide them. But this
is usually not true. Particularly
in situations where there is sig-
nificant difference between
skill, training, experience and
current infrastructure avail-
able to the practicing doctor
even in the same specialty.
One thinks this trend is
because of lack of trust between
patients, their relatives and the
doctors. They would initially go
to a nearby doctor, get his
'emergency opinion' and then
get it re-checked by another
doctor. And many times if
there is a conflicting view, they
end up with a third consulta-
tion and ultimately confuse
themselves the most.
Here we would advise any
patient to go to the doctor he
trusts the most based on the
doctor’s professional educa-
tion and result oriented treat-
ment. We see it routinely that
nowadays decisions for surgery
are being made as we make
while buying a packet of chips.
It is often thought that a
surgery done by any surgeon,
at any hospital will yield the
same results. This is often
untrue and in case of a poorly
performed index surgery leads
to a complicated treatment in
the future which is much more
expensive with unpredictable
results. Often multiple con-
sultations cause accidental over
ingestion of the same drugs
when communication between
the physician and patient is not
clear due to non-availability of
previous prescriptions and a
busy OPD with many leading
clinicians. Apart from this over
prescription of drugs is also a
major problem. At times, the
doctor may succumb to the
current Indian mindset that if
the doctor has prescribed none
or few medications then he is
unsure about the diagnosis. We
think there is a general per-
ception in the public that if a
doctor is not prescribing a
bundle of medication then
either he is not concerned
about the patient’s disease or
lacks knowledge of the subject.
Everyone is afraid of infec-
tions. It is not only the patient
and his relatives but the doctor
too. Many times the doctor is
afraid about the reputation of
his practice, and hence he opts
for prolonged and excessive use
of antibiotics as an over-pre-
caution especially when he
does not know the exact diag-
nosis or cause of infection.
Nowadays patients have
become so over enthusiastic
and are ignorant that they too
demand for 'high power' /wide
spectrum antibiotics even
though there is no need for it.
Many quacks are prescrib-
ing medication just on their
previous knowledge rather
than evidence based clinical
research. We have come to
know from a medical repre-
sentative that a quack will pre-
scribe only new generation or
recently introduced antibiotics
in any case of fever with the
understanding that the cause of
the fever could only be bacte-
rial infection and that the
causative microorganism will
definitely die as the new drug
will not have any resistance
compared to those which have
been in practice for many
years.
Covid-19 pandemic has
again proved that health is the
most important asset for an
individual which every one of
us should strive to maintain.
Data shows that 80% of Covid-
19 deaths occurred in patients
who had pre-existing comor-
bidities like diabetes, hyper-
tension, hyper-cholestere-
olemia, chronic respiratory dis-
ease, cardiac disease, athero-
sclerosis, cancer and smoking
and alcohol abuse etc. There
shouldn't be an issue of one-
upmanship of any doctor /
allopathy/Ayurveda/homoeopa
thy. It is suggested that the goal
should be to uplift the health-
care services of the country
with all-out effort which
includes all healthcare workers
of all pathies. All pathies should
be complementary to each
other rather than being con-
frontational.
Here, we would like to
emphasise certain basics of
treatment. If you need any
immediate relief then of course
allopathy is helpful and on
other hand in chronic diseases
like diabetes, hypertension and
arthritis etc. medicines devel-
oped by any other pathy may
work up to certain extent and
can be used based on evi-
dence.
Thirdly, surgery is usually
needed in many mechanical
problems like fracture, acute
block of a vessel, presence of
stone or acute obstruction of
intestine, deformities, trans-
action of limbs etc.
In such cases, medicine
can't correct the mechanical
problems instantly and effec-
tively.
Patient expectation should
be rational and based on the
state at which he arrives for
treatment. Our ancient scrip-
tures state that if there is birth
there is development, degen-
eration, disease and death. If
anything goes wrong by chance
during treatment in hospital
then family, friends and rela-
tives of the deceased person
should understand the truth-
human beings are not immor-
tal. Cause of death does not
need to be apparent to the
patient. Like a diabetic patient
may die from a silent heart-
attack or a severe crushing
injury may cause acute renal
failure.
A layman may not under-
stand how a muscle injury can
cause kidney failure and such
a person experiencing emo-
tional upheaval may instigate
violence in a hospital.
Being orthopedic surgeons,
we would like to quote an
example of a road traffic acci-
dent in which two people died
on the spot, third one was on
the way to the hospital and the
fourth admitted in the hospi-
tal and only one was un-
injured.
In such a scenario, family
and friends should understand
that the result of treatment
depends upon the severity of
the accident, available facilities
at the hospital, economic sta-
tus of the patient and of course
the skill of the surgeon. In our
country in every case at least
one factor exists or sometimes
even more than one factor.
These facts are never consid-
ered by the attendants before
they take an emotional decision
to assault the doctor and van-
dalise the hospital property.
This behaviour often gives
nightmares to healthcare work-
ers and the hospital owners.
It has been observed that
seeing the incidents of van-
dalism, not many people are
interested in medical profes-
sion as their career.
The authorities are
requested to check it legally
and enforce the law lacking
which the future of healthcare
services will face serious prob-
lems.
(The authors are
orthopaedic surgeons based in
Dehradun. Views expressed are
personal)
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Chief minister Tirath Singh
Rawat departing for New
Delhi to meet the Bharatiya
Janata Party national presi-
dent JP Nadda on Wednesday
once again sparked off specu-
lations on political stability in
the state. However, before leav-
ing Dehradun, the chief min-
ister told media persons that he
was going to meet Nadda to
discuss the various issues delib-
erated upon during the three-
day Chintan Shivir of the party
which had concluded on
Tuesday.
Various programmes of
the chief minister scheduled for
Wednesday were postponed at
the last minute as he was
reportedly called to New Delhi
by the party leadership. This
gave rise to speculation about
his future on the post.
However, before leaving
Dehradun, Rawat told
reporters that he would be
talking about the various issues
discussed in the party’s three-
day meet in Ramnagar. He
said that the party’s roadmap
for the 2022 Assembly elections
had been chalked out. He
would discuss this and other
issues including the BJP nation-
al president’s and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s vis-
its to Uttarakhand slated for the
future. If sources are to be
believed, he would also be dis-
cussing the issue of where he
will contest the Assembly
bypoll from.
It will be recalled that the
Congress has claimed that
according to section 151 A of
RepresentationofthePeopleAct
(RPA), a by- election cannot be
heldiftheremainingtermofthe
assembly is less than one year.
However, the BJP has stressed
that paragraph four of Article
164oftheconstitutionstatesthat
any minister who is not a mem-
berofthestate’slegislatureforsix
months will have to contest
election within six months and
if this does not happen then the
minister will not remain a
member. The day when Rawat
took oath as the chief minister,
more than one year was left for
the Assembly election which is
whythisinstancedoesnotcome
under section 151 of RPA,
according to the BJP
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Amid increasing anxiety
over the probable arrival
of the third wave of the pan-
demic of Covid 19 and con-
cern over the current slow
pace of vaccination the health
department of Uttarakhand is
confident that it can success-
fully accomplish the daunting
task of vaccinating its entire 18
plus population before
December 15 this year. The
department claims that it has
developed a capacity to vacci-
nate 1.25 lakh people daily and
if adequate quantity of doses
is made available it would be
able to administer both the
doses of vaccine to more than
77 lakh people of the state who
are above 18 years of age
within time.
In Uttarakhand the vac-
cination drive to protect peo-
ple from the dreaded Covid-
19 started on January 16 this
year. In the state 35,77,201
people have received the first
shot of vaccine while
8,21,418 have got both the
doses of the vaccine.
The state immunisation
officer Dr K S Martolia told
The Pioneer that 48 percent
of the 45 plus age group pop-
ulation in the state has
received the first dose of the
vaccine. He expressed confi-
dence that the task of vacci-
nating the entire 18 plus
population in the state would
be completed in
December. On the question
of the
preparation of the depart-
ment to vaccinate children
when the vaccine for them is
approved, Dr Martolia said
that the state has a robust
mechanism to vaccinate chil-
dren under the Universal
Immunisation Programme
(UIP).
He said that more than
35 lakh children were vacci-
nated in the state in the
Measles- Rubella (MR) cam-
paign in the year 2018. Dr
Martolia said that the state is
regularly receiving its quota
of the vaccines from the
Union government.
He said that 2.5 lakh
doses of vaccine would be
received on July 2.
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Expressing concern over
the slow pace of vaccina-
tion in Uttarakhand, senior
leader of Congress party and
central spokesperson of
Chinhit Rajya Andolankari
Sanyukt Samiti, Mahesh Joshi
has said that the preparations
of the Government for vacci-
nation are inadequate. He
said that the people are con-
cerned about their health and
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the stock of vaccines in the
state is getting finished with-
in two days of arrival. Joshi
said that Uttarakhand is not
getting the required number
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tral government.
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should be made simple and
the schools and colleges
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The unreported deaths from the
Covid-19 by the hospitals in the state
are becoming a major cause of the con-
cern for the authorities in Uttarakhand.
On Wednesday the state health depart-
ment added a whopping 218 deaths in the
death tally which had occurred in the
past but were not reported earlier. With
these deaths the death toll in the state
from the Covid -19 disease has shot to
7316. As per the health department the
backlog deaths were reported by 15 hos-
pitals on the day. A total of 1210 back-
log deaths have been reported so far in
the state.
Meanwhile, the state health depart-
ment reported 177 new cases and 243
recoveries from the novel Coronavirus
(Covid-19) on Wednesday. With it the
cumulative count of Covid-19 patients in
the state increased to 3,40,255 while a
total of 3,25,009 patients have so far
recovered from the disease. Death of
three patients from Covid-19 was report-
ed by the health department on
Wednesday. The recovery percentage
from the disease is now at 95.52 and the
sample positivity rate is at 6.15 percent
in the state. The authorities collected
23,953 samples in different parts of the
state on Wednesday.
Death of one patient each was
reported on Wednesday at All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Rishikesh, Mahant Indiresh hospital
Dehradun and Yog Mata Pilot Baba hos-
pital Haridwar.
Haridwar district reported 56,
Dehradun 37, Nainital 25, Tehri 11,
Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh nine cases
each and Udham Singh Nagar eight cases
of the disease on Wednesday. All other
districts reported less than five cases of
the disease on the day.
The state now has 2,101 active
patients of the disease. Dehradun district
is at top of the table in the list of active
cases with 825 cases while Pithoragarh
is in the second position with 243 active
cases.
Bageshwar has 182, Haridwar 181,
Nainital 129, Pauri and Chamoli 103
each, Champawat 73, Tehri 61,
Rudraprayag 55, Almora 49, Udham
Singh Nagar 50 and Uttarkashi 47 active
cases of the disease.
The state reported no new case of
Mucormycosis (Black fungus) on
Wednesday. A total of 495 patients of the
disease have so far been reported in the
state out of which 95 have died. In the
ongoing vaccination drive, the health
department vaccinated 62,962 people in
577 sessions held on the day.
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All the schools in
Uttarakhand would open
from July 1 (Thursday) after
the end of summer vaca-
tions. However the studies in
the schools would be in
online mode only.
In view of the pandemic
of Covid-19 the summer
vacations in all the schools of
the state were declared on
May 8. On Wednesday the
joint secretary, J L Sharma
issued formal orders for
opening of schools and com-
mencement of online classes
in schools of the state. The
order would be applicable on
all private and government
schools of the state.
Meanwhile, coinciding
with the opening of the
schools in the state, the edu-
cation Minister Arvind
Pandey would start a 15 day
tour of the state from July.
During the fortnight the
minister would visit schools
in different parts of the state
in his ’Gaura Devi
Paryavaran Janjagran’ Yatra.
The chief minister Tirath
Singh Rawat would formally
flag off the Yatra from
Selaqui in Dehradun. The
minister would also inaugu-
rate Atal Adarsh Vidyalayas
in different blocks
during the Yatra. Pandey said
that the purpose of his Yatra
is to create awareness about
preserving the
environment and plantation
drives would be undertaken
in the schools during the
fortnight.
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Alleging that local businessmen
of Dehradun city are being
harassed in the name of the smart
city project, Doon Udyog Vyapar
Mandal (DUVM) and Patel Market
association protested against the
officials of Dehradun Smart City
Limited (DSCL) on Wednesday.
According to the local businessmen
of Rajpur Road, the smart city
workers are shifting the allignment
of a drain from Rajpur that passes
through Clock Tower via Astley
Hall towards the local shops by five
feet. They said that the shopkeep-
ers have already set up their shops
away from the drain by
leaving enough space but DSCL is
now making new drains in those
spaces. After some time, the offi-
cials will accuse us of encroach-
ment for setting up shops over or
near the drains. The old drain func-
tions well.
The new drain will cause water
stagnation and the water might
enter inside the shops due to the
high pressure in monsoon, said
Shamshad Ahmad, head of Patel
Market association.
The administration has dug out
most of the marketplaces in the city
but has failed to complete the con-
struction work of even one loca-
tion, stated the shopkeepers. They
claimed that the officials do not
give them any notice before break-
ing or damaging their property like
the floor or tiles even when they
demand a written notice. Secretary
of DUVM, Sunil Masson said that
the associations want DSCL to first
finish the pending construction
work before commencing new
work.
He said that the association
members met the DSCL officials
and asked them to make new
drain at the site of the old drain
rather than starting construction at
new places. Masson also informed
that when businessmen contacted
MLA Khajan Das regarding the
matter, he assured that the new
drain will not be shifted towards
the shops.
Meanwhile, the members of
both the associations said that if
DSCL shifts the drain and harass-
es local shopkeepers, they will
commence a strike against the
administration.
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The Uttarakhand high court
has sought a reply from the
Central government within two
weeks in a Public Interest
LitigationregardingtheFebruary
7 disaster at Raini village in
Chamoli district.During the
hearing on Wednesday, the
NTPC submitted its response
stating that it was a responsible
company. It stated that 84 fam-
ilies have been paid compensa-
tion so far.
In the PIL filed by advocate
PC Tiwari which was heard by
the division bench of chief jus-
ticeRSChauhanandjusticeAlok
KumarVerma,thepetitionerhas
stated that the Chipko move-
ment had originated in Raini
during the 70s and that this area
is now disaster affected. Stating
that this area is prohibited con-
sidering the Nanda Devi bios-
phere reserve, the petitioner has
questioned how permission for
ahydropowerprojectinthearea
was granted. The petitioner has
contended that the disaster and
theresultingdeathswerecaused
by the negligence of the govern-
ment and the company.
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The Uttarakhand High
Court has sought replies
within three weeks from the
state government and the
Mussoorie Dehradun
Development Authority
(MDDA) in a Public Interest
Litigation regarding conver-
sion of river land and nullahs
into barren land for illegal
plotting and constructions in
Dehradun. Earlier, the court
had directed the Dehradun
district magistrate to put a
stop on illegal constructions in
such areas. The matter was
taken up for hearing by the
division bench of chief justice
RS Chauhan and justice Alok
Verma.
Dehradun resident Ajay
Narayan Sharma had filed
the PIL contending that river
land at Sahastradhara had
been converted to barren land
on which the land mafia was
undertaking illegal plotting.
Demanding that such illegal
plotting be stopped, the peti-
tioner has also sought against
the officials involved in facil-
itating such activities.
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Khushiram Dabral a
farmer from Chopdial
village in the Chamba-
Mussoorie fruit belt in Tehri
district has set an example
for others by inculcating
modern scientific methods
in farming. Recently, the
vice chancellor of Veer
Chandra Singh Garhwali
Uttarakhand University of
Horticulture and Forestry
visited the farms of pro-
gressive farmer Dabral and
was impressed on seeing the
scientific farming work
being undertaken by him.
He also urged other farm-
ers to learn from the expe-
rience of Dabral.
Veer Chandra Singh
Garhwali Uttarakhand
University of Horticulture
and Forestry, Bharsar vice
chancellor professor Ajit
Kumar Karnatak along with
the university’s director
(Extension) professor C
Tiwari, director (Research)
Amol Vashist and others
visited the farm land of
Dabral in Chopdial village.
During the visit,
Karnatak was surprised to
see the fruits and various
types of vegetables being
cultivated on his farm. The
vice chancellor also visited
the three to four polyhous-
es on a stretch of land pre-
pared by Dabral. He
observed that Dabral has
cultivated various types of
vegetables, cereals, pulses
and fruits.
Karnatak said Dabral is
an inspiration for other
farmers of the region and at
the same time he is playing
an important role in enrich-
ing the farms of
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Union minister Dharmendra
Pradhan launched the web-
site for VoW 2021 and the
archives of the previous editions
of the festival digitally on
Wednesday in the presence of
the board of governors and
jury members of Valley of
Words. Speaking on the occa-
sion, he said that unlike typical
festivals which focus on the
popular and the controversial –
the selection of the books and
the format of discussion at
VoW is cerebral and oriented
toward recognition and cele-
bration of knowledge as well as
the arts in their myriad mani-
festations.
He complimented VoW for
giving a pan India character to
the festival. The fifth edition will
be held at Panchkula, New
Delhi, Vadodara, Hyderabad
and Kolkata, besides Dehradun.
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Former Congress president
Rahul Gandhi on
Wednesday said the Supreme
Court has given an opportuni-
ty to the Government to pro-
vide relief to Covid victims by
fixing adequate compensation
to them. He said doing so
would be a step in the right
direction. The Congress has
been demanding compensation
to the tune of C10 lakh to each
of the victims of coronavirus.
There have been nearly 4 lakh
deaths due to Covid so far.
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LinkedIn, the professional
networking platform, has
denied that data of its 700 mil-
lion users was compromised
in a hacking attempt. In a
statement, LinkedIn said that
private member data was not
exposed. LinkedIn issued the
statement after several reports
claimed that data of over 700
million (92%) of its 756 mil-
lion users has been exposed in
a new breach. The data of
users was put up for sale on
the Dark Web along with a
“sample” set of 1 million for
prospective customers.
Personal details of 500 million
LinkedIn users were also
reportedly leaked online by
hackers earlier in April.
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Anew research has suggest-
ed that coronavirus infec-
tion can alter the biomechan-
ical properties of red and white
blood cells, in some cases for
months which can be the rea-
son why Covid-survivors suf-
fer for months even after they
clear their life-threatening
infection. Their suffering can
be varied including shortness of
breath, fatigue and headaches.
In their study published in
the Biophysical Journal, the
researchers also said that the
oxygen supply, which is one of
the main tasks of the erythro-
cytes may be impaired in
infected persons.
The biophysicists from
Erlangen examined more than
four million blood cells from 17
patients acutely ill with Covid-
19, from 14 people who had
recovered and 24 healthy peo-
ple as a comparison group.
Using real-time deforma-
bility cytometry, researchers
showed how Covid-19 signifi-
cantly changes the size and
stiffness of red and white blood
cells - sometimes over months.
These results may help to
explain why some affected
people continue to complain of
symptoms long after an infec-
tion (long Covid).
This post Covid-19 syn-
drome, also called long covid,
is still not properly under-
stood. What is clear is that --
during the course of the disease
-- often blood circulation is
impaired, dangerous vascular
occlusions can occur and oxy-
gen transport is limited. These
are all phenomena in which the
blood cells and their physical
properties play a key role.
To investigate this aspect, a
team of scientists from the
Max-Planck-Zentrum für
Physik und Medizin, the Max
Planck Institute for the Science
of Light (MPL), the Friedrich
Alexander University
Erlangen-Nuremberg and the
German Centre for
Immunotherapy measured the
mechanical states of red and
white blood cells. “We were
able to detect clear and long-
lasting changes in the cells --
both during an acute infection
and even afterwards,” said
Professor Guck, currently man-
aging director of MPL.
Lymphocytes (one type of
white blood cell responsible for
the acquired immune defense)
were in turn significantly soft-
er in Covid-19 patients, which
typically indicates a strong
immune reaction. The
researchers made similar obser-
vations for
neutrophil granulocytes, anoth-
er group of white blood cells
involved in the innate immune
response.
These cells even remained
drastically altered seven
months after the acute infec-
tion. “We suspect that the
cytoskeleton of immune cells,
which is largely responsible
for cell function, has changed,”
said Markéta Kubánková, first
author of the research article.
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International flights will
remain suspended till July
31. The Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA) on
Wednesday extended the ban
on scheduled international
flights to and from the coun-
try till July 31. The restriction
will not apply to internation-
al all-cargo flights, and sched-
uled flights under the travel
bubble arrangements. Ban on
scheduled international flights
has been in place since March
last year. Meanwhile, Maldives
on Wednesday announced
that it will open its borders to
South Asian countries includ-
ing India from 15 July.
As of now, India has
formed air bubble arrange-
ments with 27 countries,
including the United
Kingdom, the United States of
America, United Arab
Emirates, Bhutan, Kenya,
Nepal, Maldives, Rwanda,
Ukraine, Kuwait, Uzbekistan,
Germany, Nigeria, France,
among others. As per the said
agreement, special interna-
tional flights can be operated
between two countries by
their airlines between their
territories.
Maldives gives a visa on
arrival. In order to enter the
Maldives, Indian nationals
visiting the country as a
tourist do not require any pre-
arrival visa, just a valid pass-
port. As per a tweet from the
Maldives tourism ministry,
international passengers are
required to carry a negative
RT-PCR test, with the test
taken within 96 hours from
the scheduled time of depar-
ture.
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New Delhi: In a major relief to
aspiring chartered accountant
candidates, the Supreme Court
on Wednesday directed the
Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India (ICAI) to
provide “opt-out” option to a
candidate in the CA exams
scheduled from July 5, on
account of covid-related diffi-
culties faced by the candidate
or family members.
A bench comprising
Justices A.M. Khanwilkar,
Dinesh Maheshwari and
Aniruddha Bose told ICAI to
not insist on RT-PCR negative
reports as long as the candi-
date gets a medical certificate
from a registered medical
practitioner.
The bench said the opt-
out facility can be availed by
candidates who suffered from
COVID-19 or if their family
member suffered from the
disease in the recent past.
The bench also added that
it must be certified by a med-
ical practitioner, saying that
candidate is not fit to prepare
for the exam.
The bench did not agree
with ICAI’s policy of not giv-
ing “opt-out” option if the last-
minute change of exam centre
is within the same city. The
bench said “opt-out” option
should be given even if the
change of exam centre is with-
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Noting that ultra-processed
foods such as packaged
baked goods and snacks, fizzy
drinks and sugary cereals —
often containing high levels of
added sugar, fat, and/or salt,
but lacking in vitamins and
fibre--are creating havoc with
the health of kids, doctors and
experts have urged the
Government to fix scientific
limits and labelling for salt,
sugar, saturated fats and other
harmful ingredients in such
products.
They pointed out that
India has more than 14.4 mil-
lion obese kids and Covid-
induced changing lifestyle is all
set to push the number to
alarming 17 million by 2025 if
they are not provided safety
nets such as ensuring front of
pack labels (FOPL) on these
products to help make
informed choices, ban on tele-
vision and internet ads pro-
moting unhealthy food before
kids programme.
“Usually, an increased con-
sumption of unhealthy or
processed food coupled with
physical inactivity leads to this
preventable condition. It is
fast emerging as the most seri-
ous public health challenge,”
Dr. Naveen Thacker, President
Elect, International Pediatrics
Association (IAP), said during
an online webinar session on
‘Challenge of Child Obesity
and Packaged Food during
Covid pandemic in India.’
Sharing a presentation
prepared by Dr Praveen Gupta,
President IAP, he explained
that “along with tobacco, alco-
hol and physical activity, an
unhealthy diet is strongly
linked with NCDs, which are
a major challenge in India.”
Recently, the World Health
Assembly (WHA) globally
agreed framework for evi-
dence-based cut-offs for anti-
nutrients like sugar, salt and
saturated fat present in pack-
aged food.
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The CBI on Wednesday con-
ducted searches at 19
premises in Nagpur, Mumbai
and Ahmedabad at the premis-
es of private persons, including
proprietors/partners of import-
ing firms, Customs House
Agents and others in an on-
going investigation of a case
relating to import of hazardous
betel nuts from Indonesia and
claiming tax benefits under
SAFTA (South Asian Free
Trade Area) and SAPTA
(SAARC Preferential Trading
Arrangement).
During searches incrimi-
nating documents, digital
devices and other articles were
recovered, the CBI said here on
Wednesday.
The CBI had registered
the case on March 5, 2021
against unknown officials of
Customs and Central Excise
and unknown private persons
following a February 25 order
of the Nagpur Bench of the
Bombay High Court in
response to a Public Interest
Litigation.
The allegations in the FIR
include smuggling/illegal
import of hazardous betel
nuts/areca nuts/rotten nuts and
evasion of Customs Duty caus-
ing loss of crores of rupees to
the government exchequer.
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The Enforcement
Directorate (ED) has pro-
visionally attached movable
and immovable properties
worth C4.10 crore under
money laundering charges in
connection with the case relat-
ing to Srijan Mahila Vikas
Sahyog Samiti Limited
(SMVSSL) and others involving
financial scam of nearly C1,000
crore in Bihar.
The attached immovable
assets include 12 flats worth Rs
3.09 crore located in Bhagalpur,
Patna and Ghaziabad (Uttar
Pradesh) and five plots/hous-
es worth Rs 87 lakh situated at
Bhagalpur, Deoghar and
Sitamarhi.
The movable assets
attached are one Mahindra
Scorpio SUV worth Rs 11.87
lakh and balances in bank
accounts pegged at Rs 1.20
lakh. The NGO is facing sepa-
rate CBI and ED probe for
alleged embezzlement of gov-
ernment funds.
The ED had initiated
money laundering investiga-
tion on the basis of FIRs reg-
istered by CBI. Money
Laundering Investigation by
the ED revealed that huge
funds have been siphoned off
from the government accounts
after being illegally transferred
to the bank accounts of
SMVSSL, Bhagalpur, the ED
said in a statement.
“SMVSSL Limited became
tool for embezzling/misappro-
priating the Government funds
in collusion with government
officials, bank officials and
other individuals. The money
so transferred into the bank
accounts of the SMVSSL was
further transferred through
RTGS/Cash/Cheques to vari-
ous persons/entities,” it said.
Manorma Devi was the
Secretary of Society SMVSSL
Ltd since inception till her
death on February 13, 2017
who was the main accused,
actively involved in misappro-
priating the government funds.
This is the second
Provisional Attachment Order
in Srijan Scam case.
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The Enforcement
Directorate has attached
immovable properties worth
over Rs 185 crore of Kanpur-
based Frost International Ltd.,
its group companies Globiz
Exim Pvt Ltd, NSD Nirman
Pvt Ltd and RS Builders and
promoter/director under
money laundering charge.
The ED had initiated
money laundering investiga-
tion on the basis of an FIR
filed by the CBI on January 19
last year on the allegation that
the firm and its group com-
panies had allegedly cheated
the Bank of India and its con-
sortium banks to the tune of
Rs 3,592.48 crore besides
unpaid interests on the loans.
During the investigations
under Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, evidence in
the form of statements
recorded under PMLA, doc-
uments from various author-
ities including banks, district
property registration author-
ities have been collected and
placed on record. The same
have been scrutinized in light
of relevant legal provisions of
the PMLA, and laid down
procedures, the agency said in
a statement.
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Googleremovedabout59,350
pieces of content from its
social media platforms in April,
following over 27,700 com-
plaints received from individual
users in India. In its first month-
lytransparencyreportpublished
in line with the new social
media and intermediary guide-
lines, Google said about 96.2 per
cent or 26,707 such complaints
were regarding copyright issues;
followed by trademark (1.3 per
cent); defamation (1 per cent);
other legal issues (1 per cent);
counterfeit (0.4) per cent; and
circumvention (0.1 per cent).
Google has sought two months
tosubmitamoregranularreport
with data on how the removal
took place. Google said that it
removed content which violat-
ed its community guidelines,
product policies, or local legal
requirement.
According to the report,
between April 1 and April 30,
Google received 27,726 com-
plaints.“Thenumberreflectsthe
total number of complaints
received from individual users
located in India via designated
mechanisms during the one-
monthreportingperiod,”Google
said. “These complaints relate to
third-party content that is
believed to violate local laws or
personal rights on Google’s sig-
nificant social media interme-
diary (SSMI) platforms, includ-
ing YouTube. This data also
includes individual user com-
plaints accompanied by a court
order.”
According to Google, ‘some
requests alleged infringement of
intellectualpropertyrights,while
others claim violation of local
lawsprohibitingtypesofcontent
on grounds such as defamation’.
Of these complaints, a majority
of complaints i.e. 96.2 per cent
complaints were due to
Copyright issues, followed by
Trademarkat1.3percent.Other
reasons cited for complaints
included Defamation,
Counterfeit and Circumvention.
The ‘removal actions’ num-
ber represents the number of
items where a piece of content
was removed or restricted dur-
ing the one-month reporting
period as a result of a specific
complaint. As per the FAQ sec-
tion of the report, users can sub-
mit a complaint via Google’s
Grievance Officer Landing Page
for India.
Google has sought two
months to submit a more gran-
ularreportwithdataonhowthe
removal took place. “To allow
sufficient time for data process-
ing and validation, there will be
a two-month lag for reporting,”
the report said. Facebook has
said it will submit its interim
report on July 2.

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Amajor industrialization
drive which would have
generated 35,000 jobs in Kerala
in the next three years suffered
a setback on Tuesday as the
business house which had
signed the Memorandum of
Understanding with the State
Government declaring its deci-
sion to pull out of the project.
Kitex, a leading business
conglomerate in Ernakulam
district, declared on Tuesday
that the environment in the
State is not conducive for busi-
ness operations. “The State
administration does not have a
business friendly attitude and
Kerala is neither investment
friendly nor a State which
encourages entrepreneurs,” said
Sabu Jacob, the young chairman
of the Kitex Group.
He was in the news recent-
ly when he charged that various
departments of the State
administration were harassing
him on a daily basis with raids
and inspections on the factory
premises. “My employees num-
bering around 12,000 suspect
me because of these raids. They
feel that I have done some
crimes for which the police are
investigating and this has
become unbearable,” Jacob told
reporters.
It was in January 2020 the
Kitex Group signed the MoU
with Kerala Government for
investing Rs 3500 crore in the
State to set up environment
friendly industries like apparel
parks in various districts.
According to Jacob, the local
MLA supported by the CPI(M)
is on a mission to demolish his
industrial group.
P V Sreenijin, the legislator
representing Kunnathunadu
assembly constituency told
reporters that the raids held at
Kitex Ltd were at the order of
the Kerala High Court. But
Jacob said the officials who led
the raiding parties had told him
that the raids were as per the
diktats issued from
Thiruvananthapuram.
“Each time a cavalcade of
cars and jeeps of the State
administration are driven into
the factory premises and all
employees are subjected to the
worst kind of interrogation.
Till date they have not issued
any notes to us about the find-
ings. We have been functioning
for the last 26 years by observ-
ing all norms and procedures.
Every month various depart-
ments ranging from factories
and boilers to environmental
safety conduct examinations
here and we are cooperating
with them,” said Jacob. A release
issued by Jacob media read
more like a suicide note. The
State has seen more than a
dozen entrepreneurs resorting
to the extreme measure in the
last three years.
Sreenijin, who has declared
an open war against the Kitex
Group is no ordinary MLA. He
was handpicked by Rahul
Gandhi to be a Congress can-
didate in the 2014 Lok Sabha
election from Kerala, but he
preferred to sail with the
CPI(M) who got him elected to
the legislative assembly in the
2021 assembly election. Above
all, he is the favourite son-in-
law of K G Balakrishnan , the
former Chief Justice of India.
The MLA did not respond
to many telephone calls. But
representatives of trade and
industries told The Pioneer on
condition of anonymity that
there was something more that
remains invisible to naked eyes.
“Kerala at no point of time has
been an investor friendly State.
This is the only State in India
where entrepreneurs commit
suicide,” said leader of an indus-
tries body at Kochi who did not
want his name to be quoted.
Sabu Jacob pointed out
that in the 29 member list of
investor friendly States in India,
Kerala figures in the 28th posi-
tion while the 29th State in the
table is Tripura. “Uttar Pradesh
has shot up to the second posi-
tion as the most favoured des-
tination. Why it is like this?”
asked an exasperated Jacob.
Stanley Sebastian, entre-
preneur and a close friend of
Sabu Jacob said that this was
not an isolated incident.
“Groups like V-Guards,
Synthite, MRF have already
moved out of the State. The
strange coincidence is that all
these groups are owned by
Christian entrepreneurs. One
has to think seriously whether
this is part of an ethnic cleans-
ing process,” said
Sebastian.
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The CPI(M), leader of the LDF Government
in Kerala is upset and hurt over reports
appearing in the media linking the party to gold
smugglers and “quotation gangs” operating in
the State. A Vijayaraghavan, who is the acting
secretary of the Kerala unit of the CPI(M), said
at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday that
there is a conspiracy behind the news reports
linking the party to gold smuggling.
“There is a media conspiracy behind these
attacks. It is being done to portray our chief min-
ister Pinarayi Vijayan who is doing yeomen ser-
vice to the poor people in the State. It is the time-
ly leadership of the chief minister that saved the
millions in Kerala from hardship caused by the
Covid pandemic,” said Vijayaraghavan who is
also the husband of higher education minister
R Bindu.
The party secretary asked the media not to
link the CPI(M) with whatever crimes and ille-
gal activities that were happening across the
State. “I may have to come out with some explo-
sive disclosures if the media continue to dis-
seminate lies and falsehoods against the
CPI(M),” warned the party secretary.
Vijayaraghavan said that the members and
activists of the CPI(M) are people known for
their good behaviour and no attack could weak-
en their morale.
Meanwhile , K Sudhakaran MP, the newly
appointed KPCC President, charged that those
arrested in connection with gold smuggling
through Kozhikode airport were hardcore
CPI(M) activists and trusted aides of party lead-
ers.
“Those arrested like Aakash Thillankeri,
Arjun Ayanki and Soofiyan who have been
arrested by Customs and handed over to police
were CPI(M) leaders with links to top leader-
ship of the party. Their social media pages speak
a lot about this,” said Sudhakaran while speak-
ing to media at the KPCC head quarters.
He said all top leaders of the CPI(M) includ-
ing the chief minister were afraid of Aakash
Thillankeri, Aaynki and Soofiyan, the arrested
smugglers and carriers because they were privy
to many secrets of the party leadership.
Earlier in the day, Thiruvanchur
Radhakrishnan, a former minister and eight
term Congress legislator received an anonymous
letter threatening him and family members of
dire consequences if they do not leave India
within the next days. Radhakrishnan said that
he suspected the letter to be written by one of
the murderers of T P Chandrasekharan, former
CPI(M) leader who fell out with the party lead-
ership. Sudhakaran and Leader of the
Opposition V D Satheeshan demanded special
police protection for Radhakrishnan as well as
a thorough probe into the anonymous letter.
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After successfully digitising over two
crore pages from 3.50 lakh files of
various Government offices in Jammu
Kashmir the Union Territory adminis-
tration has taken the next logical step of
cancelling official accommodation of
'darbar'moveemployeesinboththetwin
capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar.
Majority of employees, working in
the civil secretariat, used to shuttle
between Jammu and Srinagar after a gap
of six months and were lodged in dif-
ferent residential accommodation facil-
ities.
According to an order issued by the
Commissioner Secretary, Estates
Department, M Raju, these employees
have been directed to vacate their resi-
dential accommodation within 21 days
from the date of issuance of the order.
A total number of 463 accommo-
dations were cancelled in Srinagar and
1,683 in Jammu, the order said.
The UT administration initiated
these measures after uploading the digi-
tised files into the new e-office project to
enabletheGovernmentemployeesaccess
these files from any location.
The project was launched after an
order was passed to suspend this year's
bi-annualshiftingofDarbarmove which
entailed a whopping expenditure of over
200 crores.
This practice of shifting the 'darbar'
moveofficeswasgoingonsincepre-inde-
pendence years and was reportedly start-
ed in the 19th century by the Dogra ruler
Maharaja Ranbir Singh.
Accordingtoofficialsources around
5,000 employees including top bureau-
crats used to rotate between Jammu and
Srinagarand weregiven travel allowance.
At present these employees were receiv-
ing 25,000 travel allowance.
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Delhi born Y Anil Kanth, a
1988 batch IPS officer took
charge as the Chief of Kerala
State Police on Wednesday
evening. He succeeds Orissa
born Loknath Behra who
superannuated on Wednesday.
Anil Kanth is the first
Scheduled Tribe officerto be
appointed as the chief of Kerala
Police.
He will have a tenure of
seven months as he reaches the
superannuation age on 2022
January 31. The Kerala
Government has not made it
clear whether Kanth would
get two years tenure as per the
Supreme Court verdict in the
Praksash Singh v Union of
India case in 2018.
“My immediate concern is
the increase in the number of
dowry death cases. Women
should feel safe and secured in
the State. Also my focuss would
be on law and order situation
which is satisfactory as on
date,” said Kanth.
There are reports that
Behra demitted office with a
heavy heart as the Pinarayi
Vijayan Government has not
given him any post-retirement
position in the
Government.
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Less than two months after roaring
back to power for the third time
in a row, Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee delivered on her
pre-poll promise, rolling out on
Wednesday the much touted students’
credit card that would enable the aspi-
rants to pursue their higher studies
from Standard X onwards.
The credit card has an upper limit
of C10 lakh, can be availed till the age
of 40 even for getting admission into
coaching institutes for competitive
examinations, the Chief Minister
said. “A student who has lived in
Bengal for 10 years will be eligible for
the card,” Banerjee said adding “the
fund can be utilized by those who
want to go for higher studies both in
India and abroad as also those who
want to get coaching for competitive
exams.”
No one would be required to pro-
duce a guarantor for the loan, she said.
“No guarantor is needed for this loan.
The state will stand guarantee,” she
said adding the “unique scheme
would take care of tuition fee, books,
coaching fee, study materials, com-
puters, laptops, research works, hos-
tel fees etc… and can be taken from
both government and private banks.”
This was a “unique loan” because
“after this, parents will not have to
worry about the education of their
children. Students need not be under
pressure and run from pillar to post
for an education loan.” The loan
availed on credit card would be
repayable in 15 years of time, she said
adding the entire system would run
online and there would be no need to
catch intermediaries or agents. Asking
the students to “remain alert against
fraudsters” she said “students can
apply online for this loan, it can even
be in the middle of a course.”
Incidentally, similar loans are
currently offered by some private
banks only. Most cards offered by
banks have a nominal joining or
annual fee and some lucrative offers
like fuel surcharge waiver, cash-back
in departmental stores etc. A senior
State official said that he had no
information about any other State
starting a similar scheme. “I think
Bengal is the first … Bihar is perhaps
in the process of finalising a similar
loan,” he said.
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Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
continued to open newer battle-
fronts, this time taking on State
Assembly Speaker Biman
Bandopadhyay even as he wrote a
strong letter to him for denigrating the
honour of the gubernatorial chair.
The Governor’s letter to
Bandopadhyay comes days after the
latter complained to Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla about Dhankhar’s
alleged “interference in the function-
ing of the (State) House.” He had com-
plained to Birla about the Governor’s
interference during a virtual meeting
of the All India Speakers.
Reminding that the stand taken by
Bandopadhyay was not commensurate
to the office he held the Governor
wrote that he was “saddened” by the
Speaker’s approach that had brought
down the dignity of Raj Bhavan.
Wondering as to why the Speaker
would not deliberate on the issue with
him the Governor said there was not
a single instance when he had inter-
fered in the matters of the State
Assembly.
Saying that the allegations brought
by the Speaker that the Governor was
not clearing the Bills passed by the
State Assembly were “bereft of any fac-
tual foundation,” the Governor said
“aadherence to constitutional norms is
quintessential to democracy rule of
law.”
He said “No Bill, save one, is pend-
ing consideration at my end and
therein too there is delay in response
from the concerned,” the governor said
in a letter written to the Bengal
Assembly Speaker.”
Providing the details of the status
of the “pending Bills” the Governor
said that the delay was not on account
of his office but the department con-
cerned.
An unprecedented battle of words
had been going on between the Raj
Bhavan and Nabanna (state secretari-
at) for past several months with the rul-
ing Trinamool Congress alleging the
Governor was running a BJP party
office from the Raj Bhavan and the
Governor saying there was no rule of
law in Bengal.
Things hit a new low when Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday
called him a “corrupt person” who was
involved in the Jain Hawala scam.
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Ateam of the National
Human Rights
Commission inquiring into
the post-poll violence in West
Bengal on Wednesday sub-
mitted its preliminary report
to the Calcutta High Court
alleging one of the NHRC
teams was heckled at
Jadavpur.
Several teams of the
Commission have been con-
ducting inquiries into the
alleged post-poll violence in
West Bengal following a High
Court order directing it to
find out the truth behind the
allegations. The five-judge
Bench would hear the matter
again on July 2.
Meanwhile, refuting alle-
gations of attacks West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Wednesday said
that the barring some stray
incidents the post-poll atmos-
phere had been comparative-
ly peaceful in the State, adding
there was some incidents of
violence only in such places
where the central forces had
committed excesses during
the elections.
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In perhaps an unprecedented
intervention made on behalf of
the Opposition which has already
sparked a political debate in the
State, Maharashtra Governor
Bhagat Singh Koshyari has asked
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray
to take a call on the various
demands of Leader of Opposition
Devendra Fadnavis, including the
need for a longer Monsoon Session
and holding of Assembly Speaker’s
elections immediately.
Already miffed with the
Governor over “inordinate” delay
the nomination of 12 members to
the State Legislative Council, the
Shiv Sena-led MVA Government is
unlikely to heed Koshyari’s request
to it to consider Fadnavis’ various
demands, including the need for
extending the two-day monsoon
session of the State Legislature
beginning from July 5 and holding
elections to fill the vacancy of the
Speaker.
Informed sources said in the
MVA said that Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray —who held a
meeting of his Cabinet colleagues
from the Shiv Sena, NCP and
Congress at his official bungalow
“Varsha” on Wednesday evening to
discuss the strategy for the two-day
monsoon session – might not toe
the Raj Bhavan line by either
extending the period of the mon-
soon session or holding the
Speaker’s elections during the forth-
coming Legislature session.
Asperthescheduleforthebud-
get session of the State Legislature
decided at the Business Advisory
Committee (BAC) meeting held on
June 22, the first day of the session
(i.e July 5) will involve placing of
various Government notifications
on table, debate on supplementary
demands of budget, Government
business and condolence resolu-
tions. On the second and final day
(i.e. July 6), the debate on supple-
mentarydemandswillcontinueand
both the Houses will vote on the
supplementary demands. Both the
Houses will also pass a bill on non-
planned expenditure and transact
government.
Interestingly, the elections to
the post of Assembly Speaker—
necessitated by the resignation of
Nana Patole who resigned from the
post on February 4 ahead of his
appointment as the Maharashtra
Pradesh Congress Committee pres-
ident – does not figure in the agen-
da decided at the BAC committee
meeting held on June 22, 2021.
On his part, Congress
Legislature Party leader and
Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat
has gone on record saying that the
elections to the Speaker’s elections
would be held on the final day of
the monsoon session on July 6.
Meanwhile, what has surprised
many in the state political circles is
why has Koshyari– who was a BJP
leader prior to his appointment as
the State BJP leader – has chosen
to bat the Opposition so openly.
In his letter dated June 24, 2021,
the Governor referred to his meet-
ing with Leader of the Opposition
Fadnavis and other BJP leaders and
two memoranda that he had
received from the latter on June 23.
Three main demands made in the
memoranda were: a longer mon-
soon session than the current two-
daysession,theneedforholdingthe
Speaker’s elections immediately
and postponement of the local
body elections pending a resolution
of a dispute over the OBC reserva-
tions.
Given that it has chosen to
restrict the monsoon session of the
State Legislature in view of the cur-
rent Covid-19 situation in the state,
the MVA government is unlikely to
extend the period of the scheduled
two-day monsoon session of the
State Legislature.
Though the ruling MVA has
numbers to its Speaker in place of
outgoing Congress leader Nana
Patole, it is quite unlikely to yield
to pressure brought to bear on it by
the Opposition BJP though the
Governor who has made an unusu-
al request to him to take a call on
Fadnavis’ demands.
As is it's wont, the ruling MVA
is using the Governor’s request to
consider the Opposition’s demands
as a bargaining chip to mount pres-
sure on Koshyari to take a call on
the pending nominations of 12
members to the State Legislative
Council as recommended by the
Uddhav Thackeray in November
last year.
Among other things, NCP
spokesperson and Minority Affairs
Minister Nawab Malik said the final
decision on holding the elections to
the Speaker’s post would be taken
once the state government received
Covid-19 test reports of all the
MLAs.
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Samajwadi Party President
Akhilesh Yadav said on
Wednesday that there would be
a democratic revolution against
the current politics in Uttar
Pradesh in 2022.
Terming the current dif-
ferential politics as “negative,
disruptive and conservative”, he
said that the 2022 UP Assembly
polls would witness a revolu-
tion in place of elections.
In an obvious reference to
the ruling Bharatiya Janata
Party, Akhilesh tweeted on
Wednesday: “United against
today's disruptive, conservative,
negative politics, new politics of
exploited, neglected, oppressed,
humiliated, Dalit, oppressed,
deprived, poor, farmers, work-
ers, women and youth is taking
birth.”
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In a bizarre case in Maharajganj, a panchayat tried to hush up
the rape of a minor girl by directing the victim to take C50,000
from the accused and hit him five times with a slipper as resti-
tution in Kothibhar police station area some days back.
The matter came to light after the victim's family refused to
accept the panchayat's ruling and approached the police to get
justice. Subsequently, the cops got a case registered and
launched a hunt for the accused. As per reports, the 13-year-old
girl was dragged to a thicket and raped by a local villager while
she was picking vegetables from her field in Kothibhar area of
Maharajganj in the evening of June 23.
After the victim's family raised a complaint with the gram
panchayat, the family members of the accused were summoned.
However, in the meeting, the accused’s family denied the accu-
sations and abused and threatened the victim and her kin. The
survivor's family did not file a police complaint and approached
the village panchayat for justice. On its part, after hearing both
sides, the panchayat handed out a bizarre decision of a fine of
C50,000 on the accused and ordered that the victim hit him five
times with a slipper.
Stunned and humiliated, the victim and her family
approached the Kothbhar police station on June 25, after which
an FIR was registered under relevant sections of the IPC and the
POCSO Act. While the rapist was at large, the police said that
a case was registered, the victim was medically examined and
efforts were underway to nab the accused. The victim will be also
produced before a judicial magistrate to get her statement record-
ed. Elsewhere in Jaunpur, the 17-year-old daughter of a home
guard was raped and murdered in Badlapur on Tuesday night.
The victim and her family members were sleeping in their
home, when around midnight, her kin found her missing. As they
launched a search for her, they stumbled upon her semi-nude
body near a village pond, close to her house on Wednesday morn-
ing. She had several ante mortem injury marks suggesting that
she might have been sexually assaulted before being killed by the
assailant.
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To arm party workers with
material to counter and
expose the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party for its failures in
the run up to the 2022
Assembly elections in the state,
Uttar Pradesh Congress would
conduct training camps across
the State for its leaders and
party workers.
Training of these workers
will be held from July 1 to 8 and
sessions would include do's
and don'ts of social media and
how to inform people about
wrongdoings of other parties,
especially the BJP. Aiming to
galvanise the party cadre for the
Assembly polls, Congress gen-
eral secretary and UP in-charge
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is
already holding meetings with
State leaders and not letting slip
any chance to attack the ruling
BJP through social media.
It is expected that Priyanka
would visit Uttar Pradesh
sometime in the first week of
July and will hold a meeting of
senior party functionaries at
UPCC headquarters in
Lucknow.
Some senior leaders also
claimed that the Congress gen-
eral secretary would soon shift
her base to Lucknow and reside
in her kin Sheila Kaul’s reno-
vated house for the next
Assembly polls in the state. The
UP Congress Committee is
going to organise a special
training camp to orient its
leaders and workers. Congress
will organise a two-day train-
ing camp from July 1 to 8 in
seven out of its eight zones in
the state. During the camp, UP
Congress vice-president of each
zone, state general secretary,
state secretary, district, city
and block presidents of all dis-
tricts associated with that zone
would be imparted training.
These camps will be first
organised in Allahabad Zone
on July 1 and 2, in Sultanpur on
July 2 and 3, in Lucknow on
July 3 and 4, in Mathura on July
4 and 5, in Jhansi on July 5 and
6, in Ghaziabad on July 6 and
7 and in Bareilly on July 7 and
8, UP Congress Committee
chief Ajay Kumar Lallu dis-
closed Lucknow on
Wednesday.
On the first day of the
training camps, party workers
and leaders will be imparted
training related to social media
highlighting its importance
and various methods to convey
the party’s ideology and view
point to the public.
On the second day, the
leaders will be introduced to
the reality of the BJP and RSS,
SP and BSP and will be pro-
vided with comprehensive con-
tent on the failures of the Yogi
Adityanath-Narendra Modi
Governments in UP and at the
Centre.
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Mukul Goel, an IPS officer
of 1987 batch, will be the
new Director General of Police
(DGP) of Uttar Pradesh as the
present DGP, Awasthi retired
from his post on Wednesday..
Goel is presently on central
deputation as ADG of BSF in
Chandigarh and is likely to be
relieved to take charge of the top
UP cop post soon. Till then,
PrashantKumarwillcontinueto
work on the DG post.
Holding a BTech degree in
electrical engineering from the
IIT-Delhi, Goel has served in
UP Police in various capacities.
Goel, who was born in
Muzaffarnagar, is also a recipi-
ent of the Police Medal for
Gallantry (2003), Police Medal
for Meritorious Services (2003)
and the President’s Police Medal
for Distinguished Services
(2012). He was posted as ADG
(Law and Order) during the
Samajwadi Party regime.
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measures in view of the highly
contagious Delta Plus variant of
novel coronavirus, Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath said
thatallnecessarystepsshouldbe
takenaspertheadviceofexperts
without delay.
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carelessness could lead to cata-
strophe, the Chief Minister on
Wednesday said in terms of
Covid-19 cases, the situation of
Uttar Pradesh was getting bet-
terdaybydaybutthistimeextra
vigilanceandcautionwereneed-
ed.
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Delta Plus variant that could
majorly contribute to a possible
third wave of Covid outbreak,
the genome sequencing of sam-
ples is currently being carried
out BHU in Varanasi, KGMU,
RML Institute and CDRI in
Lucknow and IGIB in Delhi for
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6. Article was illegitimate.
Approved by the Nehru
Cabinet, it slipped into the
Constitution as a purely tem-
porary measure. Parliament
never saw the light of this
Article. Years ago, an
Englishman visiting India had
asked me whether this was a
special favour by a Kashmiri
Prime Minister to the
Kashmiris? What could I
reply? Whatever may be the
extent of federalism pre-
scribed by the Constitution, it
must be applied blindfolded.
The other aspect of federalism
in practice is the quality of the
regional politicians. Go back
to the first two decades after
Independence. Assam had
Gopinath Bordolai, West
Bengal had BC Roy and
Atulya Ghosh, Srikrishna
Sinha and Anugraha Narayan
Singh in Bihar, Chandrabhan
Gupta in Uttar Pradesh,
Ravishankar Shukla in
Madhya Pradesh, C
Rajagopalachari and later K
Kamaraj in Tamil Nadu, S
Nijalingappa in Karnataka,
and so on. Compared with
these tall leaders, we do not
uniformly have comparables
today. To a great extent, they
operated by principles, where-
as today, national issues,
whether health, defence of the
country or foreign affairs,
politics is made thereof.
One latest example is the
COVID-19 pandemic and the
acquisition of vaccines. Some
regional leaders probably
thought that purchasing vac-
cines was a pleasure which the
Prime Minister was monop-
olising. In response, the PM
declared that any State that
chooses to acquire vaccines
can do so. Within two weeks,
they found it to be a difficult
task and declared that it was
the Centre’s duty to arrange
for the vaccines. Such senior
figures as Chief Ministers
ought to realise the difference
between political and social
issues to make a success of
true federalism. And certain-
ly not contradict themselves
within a fortnight.
Many do not realise the
differences between a Union
of States, federalism and
quasi-federalism, or a unitary
State. Also not realised is
that there is a difference
between a number of inde-
pendent States voluntarily
coming together to form a
federation, as was the case
with the US. In India, basical-
ly, the British handed over to
us a number of provinces;
plus, there were princely
States that were asked to
merge with either India or
Pakistan. There was no other
option. Given the variety of
our population, in BR
Ambedkar’s view, the polity
was such that India had to be
more centralised than, say,
the US.
It is noteworthy that the
concept of federalism was
born with the inauguration of
the US Constitution in 1781.
During the times when
monarchy was the general
rule, the question of federal-
ism never arose. In Europe,
except for Russia, most coun-
tries were of a medium size or
smaller, hence the question of
federalism never arose. And
Russia was an empire auto-
cratically ruled by the Czars.
Even democracy was not by
any means a rule and Great
Britain stood out as a shining
example of democracy.
Germany took to democracy
after World War I and by
1934 it was back to a dictator-
ship under Adolf Hitler.
France began flirting with
democracy after Napoleon
was finally defeated and
imprisoned on the island of
St Helena.
(The writer is a
well-known columnist and an
author. The views expressed
are personal.)
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Sir — Not mincing words, the Supreme
Court has said that the Labour Ministry is
“not alive to the concerns of migrant work-
ers” and that its “non-action is strongly dis-
approved”. That the Supreme Court had to
tell the Modi Government to ensure that
no migrant worker goes hungry, shows it
in a very unfavourable light.
The country’s top court has made it
clear to the Government that feeding the
migrantworkerscannotbemadecondition-
al to their possessing any card. It is a mean-
ingfulremindertotheGovernmentthatthe
right to food, a basic need, is an intrinsic
part of the right to live with dignity. As an
entitytaskedwithupholdingtherighttolife,
the Government cannot turn its back on
migrant workers when they need its sup-
port the most, in this pandemic time, to
keep their body and soul together.
The Government’s failure to set up the
NationalDatabaseforUnorganisedWorkers
(NDUW)portalformigrantandunorgan-
ised workers to ensure their rights, welfare
and food security has drawn flak from the
court for the “unpardonable apathy”
involved.TheGovernmentexpendsalotof
time, money and energy on building the
Central Vista and carrying out the delimi-
tation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir.
However, it is least interested in keep-
ing an updated register of migrant work-
ers, a task that can be accomplished with
C45.39 crore and allotting rations to States
commensurate with the present popula-
tion. The Government is so callous that it
puts the delay in finalising the NDUW
module on “software problem”. It is now
left to set right the problem by July 31, the
deadline set by the Supreme Court.
G David Milton | Kanyakumari
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Sir — A doctor is not a man fulfilling his
job simply like other ordinary people, their
job is to save lives. Every year, we celebrate
the “National Doctors Day” on July 1. A
doctor’s has always been an honoured job
in society. But the importance and rele-
vance of this profession has increased a lot
more after the advent of the COVID-19
pandemic. There are many doctors who
lost their life while saving others.
ButtheironyisthatweinIndiahaveseen
manyincidentsofviolenceandattacksondoc-
torsbythefamilymembersofadeceasedper-
son. They don’t realise that the doctor is
alreadyhurtphysically,mentallyandemotion-
ally because s/he couldn’t save the patient.
Doctors are even threatened with the
loss of life or limb by goons if they fail to
save the life of their rich “master”. Doctors
are forced to work for long hours, with lim-
ited leaves available; all such added stress
in this profession continues to prevail in
the COVID-19 situation.
They didn’t join this wonderful profes-
sion to get any threats to life, instead we
must praise them, bless them and pray for
them to have more inner strength to serve
more selflessly. This is what we can do from
our end. The Government also has an
obligation towards the doctors.
Dimple | Kanpur
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Sir — Millions of Central Government
employeesandpensionersareeagerlywait-
ing for the announcement regarding the
Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness
Relief (DR). The DA of January 2020, July
2020andJanuary2021hadbeenfrozen.Till
now,theFinanceMinistryhasnotissuedany
orders about their restoration. It is sad that
theCentreisadoptingamalevolentapproach
towards lakhs of its own employees.
Citing the pandemic, the Centre’s deci-
sionwasnotwise.Duetothisdecision,near-
ly 113 lakh employees and pensioners faced
alotoffinancialcrunchandhardships,espe-
ciallythosebeneficiarieswhowerethemselves
affectedbythepandemic.So,here’srequest-
ing the Government to immediately restore
the DA and DR prospectively with arrears.
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cism by the Opposition
is that since the current
Government came to
power in 2014, there has been a
dilution in federalism which, in
a large country, is believed to be
an important facet of democra-
cy. The question is: Has there
been such a dilution? The issue
of federalism can be discussed
subsequently. Elections, both at
the Centre and in States, have
been held regularly and on
schedule. COVID or not, polls
recently took place in Kerala,
Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Assam
and West Bengal.
If I remember correctly,
there might have been
President’s Rule in one of our
smaller States for a few days.
Other than that, one can assert
that Article 356 has not been
used by the Centre; this is in
contrast to even Jawaharlal
Nehru who had used Article 356
to dismiss the Kerala
Government when Indira
Gandhi was Congress presi-
dent. As Prime Minister, she
made it a habit of imposing
President’s Rule, with West
Bengal being a particular target
under its United Front
Government. Deputy Prime
Minister Chaudhary Charan
Singh outdid Indira; as soon as
the Janata Party Government
was formed in early 1977, he
dismissed all State Governments
with a Congress Ministry.
The most federal step taken
since Independence has been
the introduction of the Goods
and Services Tax (GST).
Simultaneous with the levying
of the tax, on a retail bill of even
C100, the GST is shared in half
by the States and Centre. This
tax comprises virtually the
entire indirect taxation of the
country. Earlier, the former
Planning Commission used to
make an allocation annually,
when the Chief Ministers came
to meet its Deputy Chairman
with a bouquet of flowers. This
allocation had no accountabil-
ity, nor was the amount of
grant determined by any just
and equitable measure.
Take the case of Article 370.
Does its abolition not place all
States or Union Territories on an
even keel? The birth of this
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