First india jaipur edition-15 october 2020

JAIPUR l THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 130
HYDERABAD
MAROONED
Hyderabad: At least 15 persons were reported
dead in Hyderabad, as rains brought normal life
to a grinding halt. Several others were reported
missing in the heavy rain that is expected to last
for two more days. Tens of cars were washed
away in the neck-deep water on the roads.
PM Narendra Modi spoke to Telangana CM
K Chandrashekar Rao and Andhra Pradesh CM
YS Jagan Reddy and assured them of all help.
Bird’s-eye view of Durgam Cheruvu Cable Bridge submerged in floodwater following
heavy rain. (Inset) AIMIM President and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi supervises
rescue work in old city. (Below) A man struggles to stay afloat in gushing floodwater.
Rescue operation being carried out for locals to move them to safer places following
heavy rain in Hyderabad on Wednesday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
‘COMMON MAN’S DIWALI
IS NOW IN GOVT’S HANDS’New Delhi: The Su-
premeCourtonWednes-
day refused to allow the
government a month’s
time to implement the
interest waiver on loans
of up to Rs 2 crore, ask-
ing a decision has al-
ready been taken, why
should it take so long to
execute it. The Centre
had argued that it need-
ed the time for certain
formalities, but the
court set a fresh dead-
line of November 2.
“The Common Man’s
Diwali is now in gov-
ernment’s hands,” said
Justice MR Shah, who
was part of the three-
judge bench.
“The common people
are worried. We are
concerned with people
with loan up to 2
crores,” said the bench,
which has been press-
ing the government to
figure out a way to give
relief to the people who
have been unable to re-
pay loans due to the
coronavirus-induced
lockdown. Turn to P6
NewDelhi:A“three-fold
protection mechanism”
has been put in place for
the security of the fami-
ly members of the Dalit
victim who died after be-
ing assaulted and alleg-
edly gangraped by four
upper-castemeninHath-
ras, the Uttar Pradesh
government informed
the Supreme Court on
Wednesday.
Stating that it is com-
mitted to provide com-
plete security to the vic-
tim’sfamilyandwitness-
es to ensure a “free and
fair investigation”, the
state government urged
the apex court to direct
the CBI to submit fort-
nightlystatusreportson
theprobetothestategov-
ernment, which can be
filed by the UP DGP in
the Supreme Court.
“The state govern-
ment therefore seeks
indulgence of this court
to be pleased to keep the
above petition Turn to P6
Chandigarh: Punjab
has decided to reject the
Centre’s contentious
farm laws that have
raised a storm across
the state and neigh-
bouring Haryana.
A special assembly
session will be held for
this on October 19, the
state cabinet resolved
today.
The decision of the
cabinet, chaired by
Chief Minister Ama-
rinder Singh, makes
Punjab the first state to
officially reject the
farm laws. During the
assembly session that
ended on August 28, a
resolution was passed
to this effect.
The cabinet’s move is
expected to have over-
whelming support, with
both the ruling Con-
gress and the opposi-
tion Akali Dal being on
the same side for once.
In the state, CM Ama-
rinder Singh has spo-
ken about “waging a
war till the new laws
are taken back.”
Hathras case:
3-fold protection
for victim’s family,
UP govt tells Court
THE MORATORIUM
ISSUE IN COURT
In March, RBI had
granted a three-
month moratorium
on loans due to the
Covid pandemic. It
was later extended till
August 31. In Sep-
tember, the Supreme
Court, in response to
petitions, asked the
government to chart
out a course to help
borrowers.
RBI has said that it is not possible to extend moratorium
period as it would affect the banking sector and the economy.
Our view is one
month is not required
to implement the
decision. The delay is
not in the interests of
common man. It is a
welcome decision to
give relief for small
people. But concrete
results needed
—The SC bench
comprising justices Ashok
Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy
and MR Shah CENTRE SEEKS MORE TIME
INSTEAD OF GIVING PLAN
 The government was expected to spell out the
way ahead on an extension of moratorium, waiv-
ing of interest, sector-wise relief and its decision
on the recommendations of Mehrishi Committee,
which was asked to gauge the im-
pact of interest waiver during
the Covid-linked moratorium.
 But the government
sought more time,
saying the outer limit
for bringing relief to
borrowers is Novem-
ber 15.
SUPREME COURT NUDGE FOR LOAN RELIEF BY NOV 2
Farmers’ organisations
from Punjab on Wednes-
day boycotted a meeting
called by the Union agri-
culture ministry to resolve
their concerns over new
farm laws, and accused
the government of play-
ing double standards
with no minister present
to hear them out. The
meeting was convened at
the Krishi Bhavan amid
police security to avoid
any protest. After the
meeting, agitated farmers’
representatives were
seen shouting slogans
and tearing copies of new
farm laws outside Krishi
Bhavan.
KEY KASHMIR MEET TODAY
Srinagar: National
Conference president
Farooq Abdullah has
convened a meeting at
his residence on
Thursday for chalking
out the future course
of action on ‘Gupkar
Declaration’ with re-
gard to the special sta-
tus of Jammu and
Kashmir which was
revoked by the Centre
last year.
Former J&K CM and
PDP chief Mehbooba
Mufti, who was re-
leased from detention
after 14 months on
Tuesday, will also at-
tend the meeting.
Gupkar Declaration is
a resolution issued af-
ter an all-party meet-
ing on August 4, 2019 at
the Gupkar residence
of the NC chief.
Punjab first state to plan
bill negating farm laws
FARMERS BOYCOTT MEET, TEAR COPIES
Maha Guv’s sarcastic remarks on Uddhav uncalled
for, PM must take cognisance, says CM Gehlot
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: Asserting
that Maharashtra
Governor Bhagat Sin-
gh Koshyari’s re-
marks on Chief Min-
ister Uddhav Thack-
eray over temple
opening row were not
appropriate, Chief
Minister Ashok Ge-
hlot on Wednesday
urged Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to
take cognisance of
the matter.
Earlier, Koshyari had
questioned the contin-
ued closure of temples
in the state and asked
Thackeray whether he
has “suddenly turned
secular”.
Responding to this,
Gehlot tweeted: “On
the contrary, the Gov-
ernor of Maharash-
tra’s sarcastic remark
for the Chief Minister
of the state on this is-
sue is not at all appro-
priate. Such remarks
are not acceptable in
a democracy.”
Gehlot said that the
guidelines were re-
leased and instruc-
tions were issued to
open all places of
worship in Rajasthan
but the religious lead-
ers acted sensibly and
decided not to open
any place of worship
till now. Turn to P6
ML LATHER GETS
ADDITIONAL
CHARGE OF DGP
DG (Crime) ML Lather,
has been given the ad-
ditional charge of DGP
Rajasthan after Bhupen-
dra Singh took VRS. The
state govt has sent seven
names to UPSC to select
three-member panel from
which one DGP will be
selected. Being the sen-
iormost, Lathar’s name
also features in the panel.
Related Reports on P8
Guwahati: Assam NRC
authorities have ordered
district officials to delete
the names of “ineligible”
persons from the “final”
list that was published
in August last year. The
names to be deleted
run into the thousands,
a top NRC official said.
A letter from Hitesh
Dev Sarma, the state’s
senior-most NRC official,
to deputy commission-
ers and district registrars
of citizen registration
in each of Assam’s 33
districts also asks them
to issue speaker orders
for detention.
‘Ineligible’ to be
deleted from final
Assam NRC list
Jaipur: CM Ashok Gehlot
has approved opening of
Additional Commissioner
(IV) Tribal Area Develop-
ment Department (TAD)
office in Jodhpur for effec-
tive implementation and
supervision of schemes
operated for the welfare of
the tribals. Gehlot has also
approved the proposal to
create new posts for this
office. In this sequence,
CM has approved creat-
ing one post each of
Additional Commissioner
(RAS), Assistant Statistics
Officer, Junior Accountant
and Information Assistant
and two posts of Junior
Assistant and Class IV
employees.
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Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur: Former Un-
ion Cabinet minister
Arun Shourie on
Wednesday furnished
his bail bond in the CBI
(Special) Court in a
matter related to disin-
vestment of hotel Lax-
mi Vilas Palace of
Udaipur at a meager
price of Rs. 7.52 crores.
CBI court held him
and 4 others including
the then disinvestment
secretary accused in
the case for causing a
loss of Rs 244 crores to
the national excheq-
uer. Shourie furnished
his bail bond and two
sureties. Shourie him-
self furnished a bail
bond while two sure-
ties were furnished by
Manvendra Singh
Jasol and his wife Chi-
tra Singh, son and
daughter-in-law of late
Jaswant Singh Jasol.
It may be noted that
Shourie and 4 other per-
sons including the then
disinvestment secre-
tary Pradeep Baijal had
been held guilty by the
CBI (Special) Court of
connivance in selling
the hotel in a disinvest-
ment process in 1999-
2002 to Bhart Hotel Lim-
ited by adopting faulty
valuation procedure.
Presiding officer
Puran Kumar Sharma
had summoned all the
accused by arrest war-
rant, which was chal-
lenged by all the ac-
cusedintheHighCourt.
HC, giving them relief,
had converted arrest
warrants into bailable
warrants and had di-
rected all of them to
furnish their respective
bail bonds and sureties
in CBI court.
While 4 accused in-
cluding Shourie have
furnished their bonds,
Baijal has been granted
relief by SC for exemp-
tion from appearance
due to illness.
Shourie, 3 others furnish bail bonds
LAXMI VILAS CASE
2 candidates file nominations
on the first day in Jaipur
BJP candidates
won’t be allowed
to change ward
Party will not field candidates
older than 65 yearsCongress
seeks online
applications
Gram sevak held for
accepting bribe
MLA’scarattacked ATM loot bid
foiled in
Harmada
MiscreantsuprootanATM
Dungarpur case:
Kirodi demands
compensation
Adv Balwant demands compensation
Shivendra Pramar
Jaipur: The BJP decid-
ed on Wednesday that
the candidates contest-
ing the municipal elec-
tion would be a resident
of the same ward and
changing wards would
not be allowed. The par-
ty also decided not to
field candidates older
than 65 years.
The important deci-
sion of the Jaipur Mu-
nicipal Corporation
election was taken in a
meeting chaired by BJP
state president Satish
Poonia & State general
secretary (organisa-
tion) Chandrashekhar.
It was decided that if
the party did not find a
suitable candidate due
to some circumstances,
then the State Coordi-
nation Committee of
the party would take a
decision in this regard.
The party also replaced
MLA Vasudev Devnani
as the in-charge of
Jaipur Heritage Mu-
nicipal Corporation in
place of MP Rajendra
Gehlot. Gehlot has
been made the coordi-
nator of Jodhpur Mu-
nicipal Corporation in
place of Union minis-
ter of state for agricul-
ture Kailash Chaud-
hary.
MLA Madan Dila-
war, MLA Vasudev
Devnani, MLA Ramlal
Sharma, State Minister
Jitendra Gothwal,
MLA Ashok Lahoti,
former Mayor Nirmal
Nahata were present in
the meeting.
The party would hold
a marathon meeting on
Thursday at the party
head office. Poonia,
Chandrashekhar, and
Union minister Arjun
Meghwal would chair
the meeting in which
party MLAs, former
MLAs and other key of-
ficials and core team
leaders would be pre-
sent.
Yogesh Sharma
Jaipur: Congress has
adopted the digital
medium for calling ap-
plications for contend-
ers of municipal cor-
poration elections.
The process has been
adopted keeping Cov-
id-19 in mind so that
the ticket seekers do
not throng the party
office.
Pradesh Congress
Committee chief Go-
vind Singh Dotasra
announced this on
Wednesday. He said
through the online ap-
plication process, the
PCC was seeking tick-
et allocation for those
who are serious about
elections. He said the
aim of this exercise
was to ensure the se-
lection of suitable and
winning candidates.
First India Bureau
Churu: An executive
Gram Sevak was
caught red-handed ac-
cepting a bribe in Sad-
ulpur. The clerk of Raj-
garh Tehsil, Azad Sin-
gh had the additional
charge of Radha Chho-
ti village panchayat.
ACB had received a
complaint against the
clerk from Beeslaan
village resident retired
army personnel.
ACB took the action
against the corrupt of-
ficial after verifying the
complaint. Azad Singh
was caught red-handed
accepting the bribe of
Rs 10,000 near a stall in
front of the Rajgarh
electricity office.
It is worth mention-
ing that Gagor village
resident Azad Singh’s
wife has been recently
elected as Sarpanch of
Dokwa village panchay-
at. The action against
the corrupt clerk was
taken under the super-
vision of ASP Anand
Prakash Swami.
Ravi Sharma
Udaipur: The Sukher
police have detained
Ritesh Jat and another
delinquent in the case
related to the attack on
the car of Kushalgarh
MLARamilaKhadiya.It
is noteworthy that the
car of the MLA was at-
tacked by Ritesh Jat us-
ing a baseball bat with
which he damaged the
windscreen of the
MLA’s car. Fortunately,
MLA Khadiya wasn’t
hurtintheincident.The
whole dispute is said to
have happened due to
wrong overtaking. Po-
lice have detained both
the accused and are
questioning them.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: A bid to loot an
automated teller ma-
chine (ATM) was foiled
in the Harmada area of
the city on Tuesday
night. Some miscreants
had cut the shutter of
the ATM kiosk and were
trying to cut open the
machine but fled from
the spot on noticing a
police patrol vehicle.
Ranveer Jhanjaria
Jhunjhunu: A group of
three-four masked mis-
creants barged into an
unguarded ATM kiosk
on Rani Sati road, up-
rooted the machine by
pulling it with a vehicle,
and decamped with Rs
6.48 lakh. The incident
happened at an ATM
IDBI Bank on late Tues-
day night, said a police
official.
The investigators said
that the accused were
masked and instead of
cutting the machine, a
usually modus operandi
of ATM looters, the ac-
cused dragged the ma-
chine with a Scorpio ve-
hicle and fled away with-
in 20 minutes. The bank
authoritiesinformedthe
police that the ATM con-
tained Rs 6 lakh 48 thou-
sand 800 rupees.
The accused cut the
wires of the siren and
camouflaged the CCTV
camera with foam. They
also shut down the shut-
ter of the kiosk so that
no one noticed the miss-
ing ATM.
Whenpeoplefoundthe
shutterclosedonWednes-
day morning, they in-
formed the maintenance
company. A company
representative Manoj
reached the spot and in-
formed the IDBI officials
about the closed shutter.
IDBI Bank Manager
Manish Paliwal reached
the spot and inquired
from the bank staff but
no one could tell any-
thing at which the police
were informed.
Puneet Chaturvedi
Jaipur: Rajya Sabha
MP and BJP leader Dr
Kirodi Lal Meena on
Wednesday demanded
from the state govern-
ment to issue compensa-
tion against the losses to
properties in the Dun-
garpur violence matter.
Meena said that the for-
merBJPgovernmentled
by Vasundhara Raje had
given a compensation of
Rs 5 crore after violence
and arson in Samrau.
The violence erupted
in Dungarpur when the
candidates of teach-
ers recruitment exami-
nation-2018 blocked the
Udaipur-Ahmedabad
Highway, pelted stones
at police, damaged sev-
eral properties, and
torched vehicles de-
manding filling of 1,167
general vacant posts
with ST candidates.
The tribal leader said
the government should
create a separate 1167
posts and give appoint-
ments to the youths of
thetribalareaandanad-
ditional 6 percent reser-
vationshouldbegivento
the local youths in ad-
ministrative services.
During the last three
days, Meena visited sev-
eral areas including
Kherwara in Dungarpur
where violence had
erupted recently in
which two men were
killed in police firing.
Manoj Karoli
Karauli: The All Ra-
jasthan Priest Associa-
tion state president advo-
cate Balwant Vaishnav
has reacted sharply to
the immolation of the
priestinBuknavillageof
the district. He said that
the root cause of the un-
fortunate incident was
thewronginterpretation
of the land laws along
with wrong rules framed
for Mandir Mafi lands.
He said that the condi-
tion of the priests in vil-
lagesismorelikeminori-
ties who are intimidated
by the power of the vil-
lage with an aim to en-
croach on their lands.
Advocate Balwant
Vaishnav demanded a
compensation of Rs 50
lakh along with a mercy
govt job for one of the
family members since
thefamilyhadthewidow
of the murdered priest.
He appealed to the
state govt to make ar-
rangements for the live-
lihood of the poor fam-
ily of the late priest
along with ensuring
their security.
Meanwhile, the CID-
CB team was in Bukna
village for the third con-
secutive day under the
supervision of SP Vikas
Sharma. The CID-CB
team questioned the
owners of a local petrol
pump and scanned its
CCTV footage.
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: Two candidates
filed their papers on the
first day of nominations
for the upcoming elec-
tions in six municipal
corporations of three
cities – Jaipur, Jodhpur,
and Kota.
A candidate filed two
nominationpapersfrom
ward 34 of Jaipur Mu-
nicipal Corporation
Heritage and one nomi-
nation paper was filed
by a candidate from
ward 43 of the Jaipur
Municipal Corporation
Greater, said an official.
The election officers
published public infor-
mation on Wednesday
for all 100 wards of
Jaipur Municipal Cor-
poration Heritage and
150 wards of JMC
Greater. This informa-
tion has also been post-
ed at all relevant sites
including the returning
officer office, said Dis-
trict election offic-
er Antar Singh Nehra.
The official informed
that the nomination pa-
pers would be received
in all the election offic-
ers’ offices from 10:30
am to 3 pm (except 18
October, Sunday) till Oc-
tober 19. The nomina-
tion papers would be
scrutinised on October
20 from 10:30 am.
Candidates could
withdraw nominations
till October 22 by 3 pm.
Nehra said that the elec-
tion symbols would be
allotted on October 23
from 10 am. Polling
would be from 7:30 am to
5:30pmonOctober29for
the first phase and on
November 1 for the sec-
ond phase. The counting
and the result would be
on November 3.
Nehra informed that
the public information
for the Mayor’s election
wouldbereleasedonNo-
vember 4. Nomination
papers could be submit-
ted from November 4 to
November5thescrutiny
of which would be done
on November 6.
District election officer Nehra informed that the public information for the Mayor’s election would be released on November 4
Ensure
trouble-free
polls: Officials
First India Bureau
Jaipur: State elec-
tion commissioner
Prem Singh Mehra
on Wednesday gave
instructions to con-
fiscate illegal liq-
uor, illegal arms,
and ban anti-social
elements in view of
elections in six mu-
nicipal corpora-
tions of the state.
Taking feedback
from the Jaipur,
Jodhpur, and Kota
district collectors,
superintendents of
police, and chief
medical officers via
video conference,
Mehra directed the
officials to ensure
complete compli-
ance of the corona
protocol.Hedirected
for strict action
against vehicle or
motorcycleralliesor
any kind of crowd
gathering.
“If a corona pa-
tient wants to vote,
the voters should be
allowed by following
propercoronaguide-
lines,”Mehradirect-
ed the officials.
MAHESH JOSHI ACCUSES BJP
Kirodi Lal Meena
Arun Shourie
RELIGIOUS FERVOUR
Effigies of demon king Ravana get ready ahead of the Dussehra festival in Jaipur near
Mansarover railway station on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
APPOINTMENTS
COURT’S ORDER
Rajendra Rathore, Kiran Maheshwari attended the meeting of North and South Election Coordination
Committee of BJP in Kota.
Ramila Khadiya
—FILE PHOTO

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020
Avinash Pande @
avinashpandeinc
The Jallianwala Bagh
massacre was an
atrocity that showed
the disgusting face of
the rulers’ arrogance
to the country and
which later proved to
be the foundation of
the decline of British
rule.#DeshKiDharohar
Rajasthan sees 2,021 fresh
Corona cases, 15 more deaths
First India Bureau
Jaipur. The state re-
ported 2,021 new cases
of corona in the past 24
hours. Jaipur added
maximum387newcases
followed by 293 from Bi-
kaner, 271 from Jodhpur,
126 from Alwar, 109 from
Ajmer, 90 from Kota, 86
from Nagaur, 82 from
Churu, 72 from Udaipur,
60 from Bharatpur, 58
from Jhunjhunu, 48
from Pali, 45 from Rajsa-
mand, 44 from Gangana-
gar, 39 from Sikar, 27
each from Bhilwara &
Dausa, 24 from Dugar-
pur, 21 from Jalore, 19
from Sawai Madhopur,
18 from Sirohi, 17 from
Chittorgarh, 12 from
Tonk, 9 from Baran, 8
from Karauli, 6 each
from Barmer & Jaisalm-
er, 5 each from Hanu-
mangarh & Pratapgarh,
4 from Jhalawar, 2 from
Dholpur and one from
Banswara.
The state also report-
ed 15 corona related
deaths with 2 deaths
each reported from
Jaipur & Jodhpur and
one each from Ajmer,
Alwar, Bharatpur, Bi-
kaner, Churu, Jalore,
Jhunjhunu, Kota, Na-
gaur, Pali and Udaipur.
The total for infected so
far has reached 1,65,240
and the death toll has
touched the 1,694 mark.
MLA HUDLA TESTS +VE
Raj HC bans
recovery of
school fee
till Oct 20
Nizam Kantaliya
Jaipur: Rajasthan
High Court has banned
recovery of private
schools fees till 20 Oc-
tober.
The court also direct-
ed the state government
to take further action
on the matter.
A division bench of
Chief Justice Inrajit
Mahanty and justice
SK Sharma heard the
matter and said that
the state government
has powers under the
Epidemic Diseases Act
and thus, it may decide
fees during the Corona
pandemic.
The court asked the
governmenttosubmitan
affidavit by October 19.
The matter will now
be heard on October 20.
The bench said that
until a few months ago,
no one would have
thought that the coro-
na infection would
lead to such conditions
and would have such a
profound impact on
education.
In such a situation, it
is the responsibility of
the state government to
take care of the prob-
lems of school chil-
dren. The court ob-
served that the school
fees regulatory law is
not being effectively
implemented.
Youth needs to be aware of duties:Guv
Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: GovernorKalraj
Mishra on Wednesday,
said that it is necessary
for people to be aware of
their duties.
In order to create an
environment of human-
ity in the society, the
younger generation has
to be made aware of the
duties, he said.
Addressing a pro-
gramme through video
conference from Raj
Bhawan, he said that
people will have to dis-
charge their duties for
the unity, integrity and
social harmony of the
country.
The Governor said
that during the global
pandemic of Corona,
the school students have
made commendable ef-
forts by converting dis-
aster into opportunity.
“Youth has moved
towards positivity with
confidence by organis-
ing knowledge-science
competitions, which is
excellent,” he said,
adding the event or-
ganised by Seth Anan-
dram Jaipuria School,
Kanpur.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra also made peo-
ple, who were present,
read out the Preamble
of the Constitution and
the basic duties, during
the programme.
NLU student’s
death: SIT
recreates
crime scene
First India Bureau
Jodhpur. The Special
Investigation Team
(SIT) has begun probe
into the suspicious
death of a NLU student
whose body was found
on the railway tracks
near Mandor railway
station. SIT on the or-
ders of SC, recreated
the crime scene under
the supervision of DCP
Dharmendra Singh Ya-
dav. The body of
Vikrant Nagaich was
found on the railway
tracks near Mandor
railway station on Au-
gust 14, 2017. His father
had registered a case
against unknown as-
sailants for murder at
Mandor police station.
Vikrant had gone out
for dinner on August 13,
2017 with his friends
and had paid the bill on-
line. After the dinner all
friends returned to the
hostel but Vikrant
stayed back telling his
friends that he would
reach the hostel after
sometime. His body was
recovered the next day.
Speaker Joshi
visits late MLA
Trivedi’s home
First India Bureau
Bhilwara: Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly
Speaker Dr CP Joshi
reached Raipur on
Wednesday afternoon
and offered floral trib-
utes to late Kailash
Trivedi. Dr Joshi was
accompanied by Coop-
eratives Minister Uday
Lal Aanjana, MLA &
ex- minister Ramlal Jat,
ex- chairman of
Bhilwara UIT Rampal
Sharma along with
many other elected dig-
nitaries. Condoling the
death of Kailash Trive-
di, Dr CP Joshi said that
late Trivedi was a mass
leader in real sense of
the term. His constitu-
ency saw a wholesome
development during his
tenure. Joshi said that
the demise of Trivedi
was not only a loss for
his constituency, but for
the entire state. Jam-
waramgarh MLA Gopal
Meena, former MLAs
Ganga Sahay, Ganesh
Parmar and Vivek
Dhakad were also pre-
sent.
CP Joshi at deceased MLA Kailash Trivedi’s house in Raipur. He
was accompanied by Uday Lal Aanjana and Ram Lal Jat.
Trivedi was a
mass leader in real
sense, he said
Labourer stuck in well
for 30 hrs, rescue ops on
Vikramsingh Karnot
Sirohi: The labourer,
who fell into a well,
could not be rescued
even after 30 hours of
the incident.
The labourer Mun-
naram Bhil fell into a
deep well on Tuesday
while repairing it at the
Panchdeval village of
Shivganj sub-division
of Sirohi district.
The rescuers are find-
ing it tough to locate the
labourer due to exces-
sive inward flow of wa-
ter in the well. Local
MLASanyamLodhaand
District Collector, Bhag-
watiPrasadaremonitor-
ing the rescue operation
regularly from the spot.
The family members
and the villagers ex-
pressed their anger over
the speed of rescue and
demanded speeding up
the operation. The ad-
ministration is placat-
ing the agitated people
and trying to provide a
tension free environ-
ment to the labour busy
in the rescue operation.
The rescue teams
have been pumping out
water from the well; but
inward flow of water
was making it tough to
see anything in the well.
Now, Covid-19side effectsworry med experts
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: A new trend of
Coronavirus side ef-
fects has raised the con-
cerns of the physicians
and the state govern-
ment that is already
battling an increasing
number of Covid-19 in-
fection.
The physicians have
given feedback to the
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot that people re-
covered from corona
are prone to its side ef-
fects on heart, mind and
kidney. Earlier, the ef-
fects of only lung infec-
tion were reported.
Medical experts have
given this feedback to
the CM based on the ex-
periences and study of
the last six months. Ex-
pert doctors have found
that Covid-19 impacts
the kidney, heart, brain
and nervous system of
the patient.
Health Minister
Raghu Sharma has ap-
pealedtothepeopletobe
alertandfollowallguide-
linestostaysafefromthe
coronainfection.Hesaid
that people of all ages
should be careful.
The minister said
that RT-PCR test is the
most reliable test so far
to check the presence of
virus in the body. So far
no vaccine of Coronavi-
rus has been developed
therefore, prevention is
the only cure, he said.
HEALTH MINISTER RAGHU SHARMA HAS APPEALED TO PEOPLE TO BE ALERT & FOLLOW ALL NORMS
An e-rickshaw rally was organised by Rajasthan State Bharat Scout and Guide Board, Jaipur at
Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Malviya Nagar to spread the message of ‘No Mask, No
Entry’ under the state govt’s Corona Jan Andolan campaign.
MEDICAL OFFICERS TO BE RECRUITED ONLINE BY RUHS
Cong misleading people on farm laws:Chahar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: BJP Kisan
Morcha National Presi-
dent and Fatehpur Sikri
MP, Rajkumar Chahar
was on a two day tour of
Jaipur.
Chahar addressed a
press conference at
BJP HQs on Wednes-
day. He while address-
ing the gathering, said
that the Modi govern-
ment has brought in
new farm laws to in-
crease the income of
the farmers along with
giving them freedom to
sell. He said that with
the new laws in place
now, the farmer will
himself decide the
price of his crop.
Chahar further as-
sured that the MSP pur-
chase by the govern-
ment will continue.
The Kisan Morcha
President also accused
Congress of mislead-
ing the farmers on the
farm laws. He added
saying that Rahul
Gandhi talks of tear-
ing the farm laws and
throwing them in the
dustbin; but the farm-
ers of the country
know their benefit.
Chahar said that by
burning a tractor, a
symbol of agriculture,
the real face of the
Congress has been ex-
posed in front of the
entire nation.
Rajkumar Chahar
also dismissed the pos-
sibility of a Congress
led central government
in the near future.
BJP KISAN MORCHA
LEADER SPEAK
BJP MP Rajkumar Chahar addresses a press conference at BJP
ofﬁce on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
‘I fail to understand the insecurity of 7-time MLA’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Sadulpur MLA
Krishna Poonia has re-
acted rather late, but
strongly against the
verbal attack launched
by senior BJP leader
and deputy LoP Rajen-
dra Rathore in the re-
cently settled Rampura
agitation. MLA Poonia
said that she fails to un-
derstand the insecurity
of the 7 time MLA due
to which, Rathore visits
Rajgarh constantly to
practice his dirty poli-
tics. Reacting to the
lukewarm public re-
sponse to the agitation
call by Rathore, Poonia
said that Rathore had
claimed to hold a big
agitation with food &
stay arrangements for
the protestors, but all
he could manage was
70-80 people and that
also after calling people
from all across the
tehsil.
God should provide
some good sense to
those, who do politics
over dead bodies of peo-
ple. It is noteworthy
that Rajendra Rathore
had led the agitation for
compensation for the
death of a woman due
to medical negligence
in Rampura village of
Rajgarh tehsil.
God should provide
some good sense to
those, who do
politics over dead
bodies of people,
Poonia said
Krishna Poonia Rajendra Rathore
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RECENT AGRICULTURAL REFORMS
PROMISES AND PITFALLS
I
The duplication
of the overall
improvement in
the economic well
being of urban
India has
remained long
overdue for rural
Bharat, which the
economic
liberalisation had
mostly bypassed.
Today, almost 60
percent of our
total workforce is
engaged in
agriculture and
allied activities,
but contribute a
mere 23 percent
to the GDP.
Farmer suicides
caused by
indebtedness and
crop failure are
just the visible tip
of the iceberg.
Acute distress in
rural areas needs
no emphasis.
Green Revolution
ushered in the
mid-1960s did
help the country
to achieve food
security but
has by now run
its course
MAHENDRA
SINGH
THE AUTHOR IS A RETIRED
INDIAN REVENUE SERVICE
OFFICER, AN AVID TRAVELLER,
AND A PHOTOGRAPHER
f a Walmart or a Reliance
Fresh were to formulate the
laws governing the procure-
ment and marketing of agri-
cultural products, they
would have come up with a
commercial environment
quite like the one legislated
by the Government recently.
That, by itself, is not a terri-
ble thing, I must hasten to
add. The IMF, backed by pow-
erful western governments
allegedly dictated the eco-
nomic reforms of 1991. The
result, almost three decades
down the line, has been the
unleashing of the domestic
entrepreneurship coupled
with a substantial inflow of
foreign direct investment
that sent the national GDP,
in terms of purchasing pow-
er parity, soaring from one
trillion dollars in 1991 to 12
trillion today. Those impres-
sive numbers, however, hide
more than they reveal. The
growth was grossly unequal
- the top one percent enjoyed
a larger quantum of income
growth than the bottom 50
percent put together. Fifty-
seven billionaires in India
between themselves con-
trolled more than 70 percent
of the private national
wealth in 2017. The middle-
class numbers doubled over
the last three decades, while
the population struggling be-
low the poverty line was
halved between 1990 and
2019. It was a mixed bag of
outcomes for the ‘1991 mo-
ment’ but mostly positive,
especially for the workers
engaged in the industrial
and service sectors.
The duplication of the
overall improvement in the
economic well being of ur-
ban India has remained long
overdue for rural Bharat,
which the economic liberali-
sation had mostly bypassed.
Today, almost 60 percent of
our total workforce is en-
gaged in agriculture and al-
lied activities, but contrib-
ute a mere 23 percent to the
GDP.Farmersuicidescaused
by indebtedness and crop
failure are just the visible tip
of the iceberg. Acute dis-
tress in rural areas needs no
emphasis. Green Revolution
ushered in the mid-1960s did
help the country to achieve
food security, but has by now
run its course. The incre-
mental improvement in pro-
ductivity is marginal despite
a quantum leap in the use of
fertilisers and pesticides.
Letting the status quo re-
main as it is, was no longer
an option. In that context,
the Government brought in
the three enactments to rein-
vigorate the agricultural
sector of the economy. These
reforms, very briefly, envis-
age the opening of the mar-
ket beyond the existing
APMC mandis that had a
monopoly over transactions
in farm produce across most
of the country. The farmers
can now directly sell their
products to any buyer at a
mutually agreed price with
no fees leviable on transac-
tions outside of the mandis.
The enactments seek to im-
prove ease of doing business
by enabling contract farm-
ing agreements to pre-fix the
procurement price payable
for farm goods at the time of
the harvest. Disputes are to
be resolved at the local level
by a committee headed by
the Sub Divisional Magis-
trate and appeal lies with a
similar committee under the
District Collector. No party
to these disputes is permit-
ted to approach the civil
courts. Finally, limits on
holding stocks of farm pro-
duce imposed by the Essen-
tial Commodities Act stand
removed, except under cer-
tain exceptional circum-
stances specified.
The FCI with other state
agencies runs the food grains
procurementsystemthrough
the APMC mandis wherein
fees are charged by the state
governmentandcommission
by middlemen called arhati-
yas. For instance, Punjab
charges 6 percent fees while
the arhatiya commission is
2.5 percent of the transaction
value. If transactions in
farm products are permitted
outside the mandis and with
no fees, as mandated by the
new statutes, the mandis are
likely to be outcompeted and
wither away. No mandis may
mean no procurement at
MSP. In any case, market-de-
termined free pricing of ag-
ricultural products being at-
tempted by the reforms is, in
principle, incompatible with
the concept of a predeter-
mined MSP. Apprehensions
over the gradual dismantling
of the Minimum Support
Price or MSP on food grains
has formed the core griev-
ance in the protests against
the recent enactments.
Procurement at MSP is
mostly restricted to wheat
and rice, covers only 35 to 40
percent of the total produc-
tion of those crops and the
bulk of it takes place in a few
states like Punjab and Hary-
ana. Punjab Government,
commission agents at the
mandis, and big farmers
who are also the bulk suppli-
ers have the most to lose. No
wonder they are at the fore-
front of the protests against
the reform acts. The Central
Government has given as-
surance that MSP would con-
tinue, and yet has made no
statutory provision for the
same. WTO is against subsi-
dies that distort free trade.
However, if a part of the
globally accepted practice is
to statutorily fix the mini-
mum wages, then why not an
MSP as a welfare measure
for the farmers?
Potentially, these reforms
could open up the market for
agricultural products and
bring in private sector invest-
ment into this cash-starved
segment of the economy, in-
troduce advanced technolo-
gies, and improve rural infra-
structure, including ware-
housing and supply chains to
ensureefficientmovementof
farm goods from the field to
the table. The reforms envis-
age a mechanism for price
discovery through a pan In-
dia e-platform. The support-
ers project enhanced farm
productivity and better price
realisation by the farmers.
Unfortunately, in a charged
atmosphere and a highly po-
larised political discourse, it
becomes difficult to analyse
the potential benefits and pit-
falls of these reforms objec-
tively. Shorn of all the sound
and fury, the experience of
the 1991 economic liberalisa-
tion is that though not per-
fect, free-market remains the
most efficient allocator of
resources. However, the cru-
cialprinciplethatcouldmake
or break the agricultural sec-
tor, consequent to these re-
forms, is that a free market
requires a level playing field
among the participants to
produce a fair outcome.
Eighty-two percent of the
farm holdings in India are
small, with the average land-
holding being less than two
hectares. The typical mar-
ginal farmers are illiterate,
short of funds, and farm
yields just adequate to keep
their body and soul together.
They are in no position to op-
erate on a level playing field
when they deal with a multi-
national or a powerful do-
mestic corporate with deep
pockets. They will invariably
need support to negotiate a
contract that is fair to both
parties. For the possible
shape of such a supportive
ecosystem, an enabling
structure from our experi-
ence over the last few dec-
ades comes to mind. In the
stock market, the small indi-
vidual investor has to often
deal with giant corporates,
both while subscribing to a
fresh issue of equity or trad-
ing in them subsequently.
The level playing field is en-
sured by a robust market
regulator, SEBI, operating
through well-defined rules
and regulations and closely
monitoring the transactions.
The disparity between the
low economic clout of the re-
tail investors and the high
net worth corporates stands
largely neutralised on the
transparent online trading
platform. There are even in-
struments that permit ill-in-
formed and vulnerable indi-
vidual investors to pool their
resources through mutual
funds or portfolio manage-
ment services. Paid special-
ists representing their joint
interests enable the individ-
ual investors to negotiate
from a position of strength
in an otherwise free market.
The cooperative move-
ment in milk procurement
and value addition to it has
given a better collective bar-
gaining power to individual
farmers to get a reasonable
return on their milk supply.
For agriculturists, besides
improvement in the produc-
tivity of their farm, the lot
of the farmers will improve
if they can get a better share
of the consumer price for the
products they supply to the
market. In India, the current
price realisation by the
farmers varies from 10 to 23
percent of the ultimate con-
sumer price depending on
the specific product. The
comparable share of the
farmers in the developed
economies typically fluctu-
ates between 64 to 81 per cent
of the consumer price.
The Green Revolution in
India, in hindsight, is emerg-
ing to be an ecological disas-
ter. Focus on a few high-
yielding varieties of crops
has resulted in the gradual
loss of genetic diversity rep-
resented by the large num-
ber of native variants that
had evolved and were suited
to our local environment.
Multi-cropping and scientifi-
cally desirable crop rotation
have been ignored for a while
now with the market-driven
choice of crops. Farmers
continuously pump up
groundwater using tubewell
in Punjab, Haryana, and
Western UP to cultivate wa-
ter-guzzling paddy and sug-
arcane. That is causing the
groundwater table to recede
by almost a foot per year. We
may have to categorise
groundwater as a non-re-
newable resource soon. Be-
sides air pollution caused by
stubble burning, soil, and
water degradation on ac-
count of accumulated ferti-
liser and pesticide residues
as pollutants are reaching
alarming levels.
Corporates, by definition,
are structured for the sole
purpose of profit. Managers
will not adopt mitigation
measures to ensure environ-
mental health as such meas-
ures add to the cost and de-
press the potential profits for
the shareholders to whom
they report. In the industrial
sector, appropriate environ-
mental controls are exer-
cised by civil society through
the Government. The agri-
cultural fields are no differ-
ent. Rules on cropping pat-
terns based on the soil condi-
tion and water availability
need to be evolved and man-
dated. We need to ensure
that our pursuit of immedi-
ate financial gains does not
irretrievably compromise
the future of our food secu-
rity and the long term viabil-
ity of the rural economy.
Both the generation and cap-
ture of contemporaneous
agricultural data and appro-
priate policy formulation
and implementation will be
necessary as an obligation to
our future generations.
Will the Government rise
to the occasion? The recent
experience is not too promis-
ing. Agricultural reforms of
this magnitude required
careful consideration. Yet,
the Government chose to in-
troduce these reforms in the
middle of a pandemic,
through the ordinance route.
Even when the bills came up
in Parliament, the Govern-
ment ignored the demand
made by the opposition for
deliberations in a select com-
mittee, and the bills passed
through a dubious voice
vote. But, neither has the op-
position come up with any
reasonable alternatives or
safeguards to restructure
this moribund sector. Per-
haps, Plato was right in his
critique of democracy as a
government-run by profes-
sional politicians. They are
primarily interested in their
own electoral success but of-
ten speak of the public good,
because it serves their inter-
ests to do so.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
The incremental
improvement in
productivity is
marginal despite a
quantum leap in the
use of fertilisers and
pesticides. Letting
the status quo remain
as it is, was no
longer an option. In
that context, the
Government brought
in the three
enactments to
reinvigorate the
agricultural sector of
the economy. These
reforms, very briefly,
envisage the opening
of the market beyond
the existing APMC
mandis that had a
monopoly over
transactions in farm
produce across most
of the country

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INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020
New Delhi: The
Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) has sought Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi’s time on October
22 to address four ral-
lies in support of Na-
tional Democratic Alli-
ance (NDA) candidates
in poll-bound Bihar.
The rallies proposed to
the Prime Minister are
scheduled to be held in
Buxar, Jehanabad, Roh-
tas and Bhagalpur for
the NDA candidates, ac-
cording to sources in
the party.
Once the clearance
from the PMO comes,
the party would ensure
proper logistics at these
venues along with the
facilities for crowd
management and also
for the other leaders
who are likely to be pre-
sent in these rallies.
PM Modi is the big-
gest star campaigner
for the party, and BJP
hopes to encash his pop-
ularity among the
masses in garnering
votes for the alliance.
Amid COVID-19 pan-
demic phase, the rallies
ahead of the Assembly
elections would be con-
ducted with standard
operating procedure
(SOP) and guidelines
for safety.
It is due to PM Modi’s
popularity that BJP had
to clarify and amplify
Buxar, Jehanabad, Roh-
tas and Bhagalpur that
the LJP, which is still its
ally at the Centre but sev-
ered relation with NDA
in the state because of
JDU, will not be able to
use his photographs in
banners and hoarding.
As LJP Chief Chirag
Paswan continued heap-
ing praises on the PM,
BJP leaders like Bhupen-
dra Yadav reiterated that
theLJPcannotcashinon
Modi’s popularity as it is
not fighting in alliance.
Bihar with 243 Assembly
seats will go to polls in 3
phases: October 28, No-
vember 3 and 7. The
counting of votes will
take place on November
10. —ANI
CHINMAYANAND CASE: LAW
STUDENT TURNS HOSTILE IN COURT
Lucknow/ New Delhi: A
23-year-old law student,
who had last year accused
former BJP MP Chinma-
yanand of rape, turned
hostile at a hearing in a
special court in Lucknow
on Tuesday. Chinma-
yanand, 72, was arrested
last year in the rape case,
and he was granted bail
in February. As she ap-
peared before the judge of
the special court - set up
on the directions of the
Allahabad High Court -
the student refused to ac-
cept any of the allegations
that she had made earlier.
After she turned hostile,
the prosecution made an
appeal to file a case under
Section 340 of CrPc (false
claim and false prosecu-
tion in a case) against the
student.
PM TO RELEASE COMMEMORATIVE
COIN OF `75 ON FAO’S 75TH ANNIV
New Delhi: On the occasion of 75th Anniversary of
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on October
16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a com-
memorative coin of Rs 75 denomination to mark the
long-standing relation of India with FAO. The Prime
Minister will also dedicate to the nation 17 recently de-
veloped biofortified varieties of eight crops, the Prime
Minister’s Office said in a press statement. The event
marks the highest priority accorded by the government
to agriculture and nutrition, and is a testament of the
resolve to completely eliminate hunger, undernourish-
ment and malnutrition.
TRP CASE: 2 TOP REPUBLIC TV
EDITORS SUMMONED BY COPS
Mumbai: Two top editors of Republic TV, which
has been accused of rigging viewership ratings,
have been summoned by Mumbai Police as part
of its probe into alleged manipulation of ratings
by three channels. The channel has called latest
summons a “desperate witch-hunt”. Executive
Editor Niranjan Narayanaswamy & Senior Execu-
tive Editor Abhishek Kapoor were summoned
by Mumbai Police. The probe into fake ratings
case is based on a complaint by Hansa, a private
company involved in assessing viewership.
UP GOVT MAKING WOMEN’S
HELPLINE INEFFECTIVE: AKHILESH
Lucknow: Accusing the
Uttar Pradesh Govern-
ment of making the
women’s helpline inef-
fective, former CM and
Samajwadi Party leader
Akhilesh Yadav said that
the BJP is hurting the in-
terests of the people over
political rivalry. Yadav, in
a tweet, said, “The inef-
fective BJP government in
Uttar Pradesh is avoiding
crimes against women
by claiming that they are
incidents between rela-
tives and due to personal
animosity and not done
by criminals. Successful
at the time of SP, the BJP
government is making
the 1090 and UP 100
ineffective and hurting the
interest of the people over
political rivalry,” accused
Akhilesh Yadav.
RAMDEV, MID-YOGA, FALLS OFF
ELEPHANT, IS NOT INJURED
New Delhi: After a video showing Yoga expert
Ramdev falling off an elephant while perform-
ing yoga went viral on social media, his spokes-
person said the yoga guru is fine and there
is nothing to worry about. “I want to inform
crores of followers of Ramdev that Swamiji is
fine. The elephant incident was an amusing one.
Do not worry. He has done four hours of live
yoga yesterday and today,” tweeted Tijarawala
SK, Ramdev’s spokesperson. The yoga guru fell
off the elephant as the animal lost balance.
DEENDAYAL ANTYODAYA YOJANABIHAR POLLS
PM MODI LIKELY TO ADDRESS FIRST
ELECTION RALLY IN BIHAR ON OCT 22
PM is likely to hold rallies in Buxar, Jehanabad, Rohtas, Bhagalpur.
PM is the biggest star campaigner for the party & BJP hopes to encash his popularity among the masses
Cabinet approves
Rs 520 cr package
for J&K, Ladakh
Tejashwi Yadav files papers
from Raghopur constituency
Vaishali: Soon after
filing nomination
from Raghopur con-
stituency to contest
the upcoming Bihar
polls, RJD leader
Tejashwi Yadav said
that he will share the
manifesto in the next
two days.
Tejashwi filed his
nomination for the
Raghopur seat of
Vaishali district,
where he is pitted
against BJP’s Satish
Yadav, who was a for-
mer MLA. “I have
filed the nomination
from Raghopur. The
people have blessed
us. They will elect us.
The people of Bihar
are missing Laluji. I
will share the mani-
festo in next two days.
We will share blue-
print document after
discussing it with the
left parties and Con-
gress,” he said. —ANI
New Delhi: The Union
Cabinet on Wednesday
approved a special
package worth Rs 520
crore for Jammu and
Kashmir and Ladakh
under the Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana - Na-
tional Rural Liveli-
hoods Mission.
Addressing a press
conference here, Union
Minister Prakash Ja-
vadekar said that Rs
10.58 lakh women will
get benefit from the spe-
cial package Rs 520
crore in the next five
years. “The Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana - Na-
tional Rural Liveli-
hoods Mission is very
popular throughout the
country. But for techni-
cal reasons in Jammu
and Kashmir and
Ladakh, very few wom-
en were identified and
were eligible,” he said.
“So, now the criteria
has been changed for
Jammu and Kashmir
and Ladakh, and two-
thirds of the rural pop-
ulation has been cov-
ered. Rs 10.58 lakh wom-
en will get benefit from
the special package of
Rs 520 crores in the next
five years,” he added.
Javadekar said that
there are 66 lakh self-
help groups & seven cr
women are their mem-
bers in India. —ANI
2 terrorists
killed in
Shopian
encounter
Shopian: Two uniden-
tified terrorists were
killed in an encounter
with security forces in
Shopian district of
Jammu and Kashmir
on Wednesday, a police
official said.
Security forces
launched a cordon-and-
search operation in the
Chakura area of Shop-
ian district following
information about the
presence of terrorists
there, he said.He said
the search operation
turned into an encoun-
ter after terrorists
opened fire at security
forces’ positions.
He said the two ter-
rorists have been killed
in the operation. The
identity and group af-
filiation of the slain ter-
rorists were being as-
certained. —PTI
BJP’s Rane digs up Raut’s
old‘Hindu Rashtra’ remark
Mumbai: BJP leader
Nitesh Rane asked Ma-
harashtra Chief Minis-
ter Uddhav Thackeray
to “sort out your own
house” amid the latter’s
ongoing tiff with Maha-
rashtra Governor over
reopening of temples in
the State.
Governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari had ear-
lier written to Thack-
eray expressing con-
cerns over the delay in
reopening of temples.
Koshyari had ques-
tioned whether the Shiv
Senaleaderhad“turned
secular”, a jibe which
had been not well re-
ceived by Thackeray.
Responding to this,
Thackeray had said
that the delay in reopen-
ing of places of worship
is being done due to the
ongoing COVID-19 pan-
demic and had added,
“As imposing lockdown
all of a sudden was not
right, revoking it com-
pletely at once will also
be not a good thing. And
yes, I am someone who
follows Hindutva, my
Hindutva doesn’t need
verification from you.”
Meanwhile, the BJP
leader Nitesh Rane dug
out an old statement
from Sena leader San-
jay Raut, in which he
had demanded India
should be declared a
“Hindu Rashtra”.
“Don’t u want to re-
ply to this too .. Mr CM
? Or it’s just pure poli-
tics as usual ? Sort out
ur own house first be-
fore blaming others!!!”
Rane’s tweet, which had
an image of Raut’s
statement embedded,
read. BJP had carried
out demonstrations
across the state de-
manding reopening of
temples, —ANI
STARS
PROGRAMME
UNDER NEP
New Delhi: Address-
ing a press confer-
ence, I&B Minister
Prakash Javadekar
said; “India has
started implementing
the New Education
Policy. The base is
learning with under-
standing and learning
outcome is impor-
tant. There should be
an improvement in
learning. Therefore,
a new programme
called Strengthening
Teaching Learn-
ing and Results
for States (STARS)
project was cleared
by Cabinet today.”
TEJ PRATAP FILES
NOMINATION FROM
HASANPUR SEAT
‘NCP WILL CONTEST
POLLS ALONE, NOT IN
MAHAGATHBANDHAN’
Samastipur: RJD president Lalu
Prasad’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav
filed his nomination from the
Hasanpur assembly constituency in
the Samastipur district which goes
to polls in the second phase on
November 3. He was accompanied
by his younger brother and Grand
Alliance chief ministerial candidate
Tejashwi Yadav. The two brothers
reached Samastipur from Patna in
a helicopter to submit Tej Pratap’s
nomination papers. —ANI
Mumbai: NCP senior leader Praful
Patel said that party is not a part of
Bihar Grand Alliance (Mahagath-
bandhan).He said that NCP wanted
to be a part of the alliance but they
were not given space. “NCP isn’t
a part of Bihar Mahagathbandhan.
We wanted to, but we weren’t
given space, so we’ll contest alone.
We’ve not had any discussion with
Shiv Sena. Party workers demand-
ed that we contest on our own, so
we’ll fight the election alone.”—ANI
Nitesh Rane dug out an old remark by Sanjay Raut, wherein he had
said India should be declared a “Hindu Rashtra”.
IN THE COURTYARD
SC notice to Punjab
Govt over bail to Ex-
DGP Sumedh Saini
Coal scam cases:
Sentencing of Dilip
Ray on October 26
New Delhi: SC issued
a notice to Punjab gov-
ernment, seeking its
response on the antici-
patory bail plea of for-
mer DGP Sumedh
Singh Saini in a case
related to the alleged
abduction and murder
of a junior engineer,
Balwant Singh Multa-
ni, in 1991.
Apart from the Pun-
jab government, a
Bench of the apex
court, headed by Jus-
tice Ashok Bhushan,
also sought a response
from Multani’s broth-
er who had lodged a
complaint of custodial
torture against Saini
and six other officers
earlier this year.
Posting the matter
for further hearing af-
ter four weeks, the
Bench asked the Pun-
jab government not to
proceed in the case for
the time being.
Saini has chal-
lenged the Punjab and
Haryana HC’s Septem-
ber 7 order, dismissing
his anticipatory bail
plea in the case. —ANI
New Delhi: Aspecial
CBI court in Delhi re-
served its order on the
sentencing of former
union minister Dilip
Ray and others in a
coal scam case per-
taining to the alleged
irregularities in the
allocation of a
Jharkhand coal block
in 1999.
Special Judge
Bharat Parashar, who
is hearing the coal
scam cases, reserved
his order on the quan-
tum of sentence for
October 26 after con-
cluding the argu-
ments. The lawyers
representing the con-
victs argued for less
punishment and cited
various grounds of
health, age and family
responsibilities. They
also submitted that
convicts have no previ-
ous criminal back-
ground. Whereas,
counsel of CBI submit-
ted that convicts
should beawardedmax-
imum punishments.

INDIAJAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020
‘Common man’s...
The Centre has al-
ready said that it
would waive the com-
pound interest on
loans, which is ex-
pected to bring relief
not only to individual
borrowers but also
banks. The govern-
ment’s counsel said it
was a “huge burden”
but added that they
are not “mentioning
the figure”.
In March, the Re-
serve Bank of India
had granted a three-
month moratorium
on loans due to the
Covid pandemic. It
was later extended
till August 31. In Sep-
tember, the Supreme
Court, in response to
petitions, asked the
government to chart
out a course to help
borrowers. A waiver
of interest for the six-
month moratorium
period was also
sought by a bunch of
petitions.
The government
was expected to spell
out the way ahead on
an extension of mora-
torium, waiving of
interest, sector-wise
relief and its decision
on the recommenda-
tions of Mehrishi
Committee, which
was asked to gauge
the impact of interest
waiver during the
Covid-linked morato-
rium.
But the government
sought more time, say-
ing the outer limit for
bringing relief to bor-
rowers is November 15.
“When you have
taken a decision why
it is delayed for one
month?” the court re-
sponded.
“Our view is one
month is not required
to implement the de-
cision… The delay is
not in the interests of
common man… It is a
welcome decision to
give relief for small
people. But some con-
crete results needed,”
said the bench com-
prising justices
Ashok Bhushan, R
Subhash Reddy and
MR Shah.
The Reserve Bank
has said that it is not
possible to extend
moratorium period as
it would affect the
banking sector and
the economy.
The government
has told the court it
would waive the com-
pound interest on
loans up to Rs 2 crore
under a COVID-19
support plan.
It, however, asked
the court not to per-
mit any further judi-
cial review saying it
would not be possible
to supplement the ex-
isting relief packages.
3-fold...
pending allowing the
investigation by the
CBI to be conducted
under the supervi-
sion of this court in a
time bound manner,”
the UP government
said.
The bench of Chief
Justice of India S A
Bobde and Justices A S
Bopanna and V Ra-
masubramanian, hear-
ing a writ petition
seeking a CBI probe or
a court-appointed Spe-
cial Investigation
Team, had said it
wanted to hear from
the parties on the
scope of the proceed-
ings in the matter al-
ready before the Alla-
habad High Court and
“how we can make
them more relevant”.
The matter has now
been transferred to the
CBI, which has already
started its probe.
In a compliance af-
fidavit filed in the top
court, the Yogi Adity-
anath-led government
said “in order to en-
sure the security of
victim’s family/wit-
nesses, three-fold pro-
tection mechanism
has been devised” —
armed constabulary
component, civil po-
lice component com-
prising of guard, gun-
ners and shadows and
installation of CCTV
cameras and lights.
It said up to 15 per-
sonnel of armed con-
stabulary have been
deployed near and out-
side the victim’s house
and eight CCTV cam-
eras have been in-
stalled in the outer sur-
rounding of her resi-
dence. It further said
adequate forces have
been deployed to en-
sure the safety of the
victim’s parents, two
brothers, one sister-in-
law and her grand-
mother in Hathras.
Maha Guv’s...
“By writing such a
letter to the Chief
Minister, the Gover-
nor of Maharashtra
has brought down the
dignity of the high
constitutional office.
The Prime Minister
must take cognisance
in this matter,” he
said in the following
tweet.
FROM PG 1
NTPC CMD, GURDEEP SINGH GETS
EXTENSION TILL JULY 2025
The tenure of Gurdeep Singh as Chairman-cum-
Managing Director, NTPC Limited has been extended
from February 4, 2021 to July 31, 2025.
TWO IAS OFFICERS GET NEW
ASSIGNMENTS IN WEST BENGAL
Ajit Ranjan Bardhan has been appointed as Additional
Chief Secretary, Labour Department with additional
charge of Additional Chief Secretary, North Bengal
Development Department and Commissioner Jalpai-
guri Division and Sayeed Ahmed Baba was posted as
Commissioner Malda Division in West Bengal.
KALYAN REVELLA APPOINTED AS
DEPUTY SECRETARY, CGPDTM,
MUMBAI
Kalyan Revella has been appointed as Deputy Sec-
retary in the office of Controller General of Patents,
Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM), Mumbai. He is
a 2010 batch IRS-C&CE officer.
VICE ADMIRALS A B SINGH & VICE
ADMIRAL SATISH NAMDEV
GHORMADE, AVSM, VM LIKELY TO
GET COMMAND POSTINGS
If sources are to be believed, after the superannuation
of two Vice Admirals chances are that Vice Admiral A
B Singh and Vice Admiral Satish Namdev Ghormade,
AVSM, VM likely to be probable incumbents.
WADEKAR GETS ADDITIONAL
CHARGE OF SPECIAL DIRECTOR ED
KOLKATA
Vivek Wadekar, Special Director (CR) has been given
additional charge of ED in Kolkata. He is an IRS officer.
THREE HCS WITHOUT REGULAR CJS;
TWO MORE CJS TO RETIRE
While three HCs in the country are functioning under
acting CJs, the SC Collegium – which recommends
the names of candidates for appointment as HC
Judges – has its work cut out with two more HC CJs
set to retire this year. The HCs of Gauhati, MP and
Uttarakhand are functioning under officiating CJs NK
Singh, Sanjay Yadav and RV Malimath. Presently,
the Centre is awaiting recommendations from the
Collegium for appointments of chief justices in these
courts. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladhak
HC CJ Gita Mittal and Madras HC CJ Ameshwar
Pratap Sahi are set to retire in December. Judicial
appointments are considered to be the joint respon-
sibility of the executive and the judiciary requiring
consultation from various constitutional authorities.
PRASANAJIT SINGH TO BE
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY, LOK SABHA?
In all probability, Prasanjit Singh will be promoted
to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Lok Sabha
Secretariat. He is an IRS (IT) officer.
MS. SUNITA SANGHI PROMOTED AS
PRINCIPAL ADVISER, SKILL
DEVELOPMENT
Ms. Sunita Sanghi has been appointed as Principal
Advisor, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepre-
neurship after promotion to Apex Scale.
VIVEK KUMAR DAKSH RETURNS TO
PARENT CADRE
Vivek Kumar Daksh, Assistant Director General,
Unique Identification Authority of India, has been
given premature repatriation to his parent cadre in
order to avail the benefit of promotion.
LT GEN MENON TAKES CHARGE
Lt Gen P G K Menon has taken over command of
Leh-based Fire and Fury Corps of the Indian Army
on Tuesday. Manoj Kumar Bharti appointed Ambas-
sador to Indonesia.
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‘Achievements of BJP, hate
filled cultural nationalism’New Delhi: Congress
leader Rahul Gandhi
on Wednesday took a
dig at the government
over IMF growth pro-
jections showing Bang-
ladesh closing in on
India in terms of per
capita GDP this year
and described it as a
‘solid achievement’ of
six years of BJP’s
‘hate-filled cultural na-
tionalism’.
Gandhi also shared a
graph citing its source
as the International
Monetary Fund’s World
Economic Outlook re-
port which showed
Bangladesh closing in
on India and almost
catching up with it in
terms of per capita
GDP this year.
‘Solid achievement
of 6 years of BJP’s hate-
filled cultural national-
ism: Bangladesh set to
overtake India,’ Gandhi
said in a sarcastic tweet
accompanied by clap-
ping emojis.
The IMF said on
Tuesday that the Indian
economy, severely hit
by the coronavirus pan-
demic, is projected to
contract by a massive
10.3 per cent this year.
However, India is
likely to bounce back
with an impressive 8.8
per cent growth rate
in 2021, thus regain-
ing the position of the
fastest growing
emerging economy,
surpassing China’s
projected growth rate
of 8.2 per cent, the
IMF said in its latest
‘World Economic Out-
look’ report. —PTI
RAHUL GANDHI ON IMF PROJECTIONS
New Delhi: Rudram -1
anti-radiation missile
launched from a fighter
aircraft would require a
few more tests to be
completely proven, will
provide IAF with capa-
bility to strike enemy
radars including sur-
veillance, air defence
systems, said DRDO
chairman Dr G
Satheesh Reddy on
Wednesday.
“Rudram-I is anti-
radiation missile
launched from an air-
craft, it will be able to
detect any emitting ele-
ments, you can lock on
to emitting element and
it will be able to go on to
act on them,” said
DRDO chairman. On
Nirbhay Missile, Chief
said that it has complet-
ed all development tri-
al. It is subsonic cruise
missile with ranges of
around 1,000 km. —ANI
Rudram to detect,
attack enemy radar
Fresh PIL in SC
seeking action
against police,
officials, others
New Delhi: The total
number of tests for de-
tection of COVID-19 has
crossed nine-crore in In-
dia, while the cumula-
tivepositivityrateis8.04
percentandisona“con-
tinuous decline”, Union
Health Ministry said on
Wednesday. Very high
countrywide testing on
a sustained basis has
alsoresultedinbringing
down the national Cov-
id-19 positivity rate, the
ministry underlined.
“20 states and UTs
have a positivity rate
less than the national
average. The cumula-
tive positivity rate is
8.04 per cent and is on a
continuous decline,” it
highlighted.
India’s Covid-19 testing
record crosses 9 cr-mark
CBI re-summons father,
brothers of Hathras victim
Maharashtra govt on
Wednesday decided
to allow metro trains
in Mumbai to oper-
ate from today in a
phased manner under
its mission ‘begin
again’. Government
allowed reopening of
libraries too from Oct
15 as per guidelines.
METRO TO RUN,
LIBRARIES OPEN IN
MAHA FROM TODAY
AFTER 7 MTHS, CINEMA HALLS TO REOPEN
WITH 50 PER CENT CAPACITY FROM TODAY
NOT ALL STATES
ARE REOPENING
SCHOOLS TODAY
New Delhi: Delhi,
Chhattisgarh, Maha-
rashtra, Gujarat, AP,
WB, Goa, Karna-
taka, Kerala are some
states that are not
opening schools now.
Punjab has decided
to reopen schools
today in a graded
manner, in Gurgaon
govt schools will
resume for 3 hours.
There is no correla-
tion between reopen-
ing schools & covid.New Delhi: After 7
months of shut down,
cinema halls will reo-
pen on today with 50%
capacity and one-seat
distance between the
viewers, said Information
and Broadcasting Minister
Prakash Javadekar. ”In
single-screen theatres,
ticket counters will be
opened. However, we
encourage online booking
for contact-less transac-
tions. Proper ventilation
has to be ensured, AC
temp should be above 23
degree,” he said. —PTI
New Delhi: The Union
Health Ministry has
initiated the process of
importing liquid oxy-
gen as part of its pre-
paredness to meet any
unforeseen shortage
during the winters
when the country may
witness an increase in
COVID-19 cases leading
to a rise in demand for
oxygen.
HLL Lifecare Limit-
ed, a public sector un-
dertaking, has floated a
global tender on
Wednesday on behalf
of the Health Ministry
for procuring one lakh
metric tonne of liquid
oxygen.
The oxygen is being
procured for various
centralandstategovern-
ment hospitals. The en-
tire exercise of import-
ing and then distribut-
ing the medical oxygen
is estimated to cost Rs
600-700 crore, official
sources said. —PTI
Govt to import 1lakh MT of
medical oxygen for winters
Two lawyers file petition in SC
seeking removal of Andhra CM
Mulayam
Singh tests
+ve for Covid
Hathras: The CBI,
which is investigating
the Hathras incident
has re-summoned the
father and the two
brothers of the victim
for questioning on
Wednesday.
“The male members
of the victim family
will be questioned to-
day in Hathras, they
will go to a temporary
office set up by the CBI
in Hathras. Female
members will be ques-
tioned at home by CBI
officials. We are ensur-
ing that they will not be
troubled during the pro-
cess,” SDM Anjali
Gangwar said. The fam-
ily members of the vic-
tim demanded that the
accused should be
transferred to another
jail from Aligarh.
“The CBI took away
the slippers, ashes, and
other things of the vic-
tim. We demand that
the accused should be
sent to another jail
from Aligarh. They are
not afraid. They are
living there like they
are staying at their
home,” said sister-in-
law of the victim. “We
are co-operating with
CBI,” the victim’s
brother said. —ANI
New Delhi: A fresh PIL
has been filed in the SC
seeking action against
police officials, hospital
staff, medical officers
and other government
officials for their al-
leged role in destruc-
tion of evidence and
shielding of the ac-
cused in the Hathras
case.
The PIL filed by a so-
cial activist Chetan Ja-
nardhan Kamble said a
case should be regis-
tered for penal offences
as well as offences un-
der the Scheduled Caste
and Scheduled Tribes
Act against the officials
concerned.
Petition also said that
government hospital
where victim was taken
in Aligarh did’nt collect
requisite swabs. —ANI
New Delhi: A PIL was
moved in SC on Wednes-
day seeking removal of
AP CM Jagan Mohan
Reddy for his “scandal-
ising” remarks against
second senior-most
judge of top court.
PIL, filed jointly by 2
advocates, GS Mani &
Pradeep K Yadav; con-
tented that Jagan Mo-
han Reddy is facing
more than 20 criminal
cases including money
laundering and corrup-
tion. He should be re-
moved as the CM as in
public & media, he had
levelled allegations
against Justice NV Ra-
mana, senior judge of
apex court. It also
sought a detailed judi-
cial enquiry, by consti-
tuting CBI, on vague
allegation made.—ANI
Lucknow: Samajwadi
Party (SP) leader Mu-
layam Singh Yadav has
tested positive for COV-
ID-19.
The 80-year-old leader
does not have any symp-
toms at present, the
party said. “Samajwadi
Party leader Mulayam
Singh Yadav’s COV-
ID-19 test has returned
positive. He is under the
care of doctors. At pre-
sent, he does not have
any symptoms,” Sama-
jwadi Party said in a
tweet. The minister and
his wife has been admit-
ted to Medanta hospital
in Gurgaon. —ANI
CBI again summons father, Hathras gang-rape victim’s brothers.
Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-30 aircraft armed with the ‘Rudram’
Anti-Radiation Missile. —ANI Photo
—PHOTOBYPTI
PLEA TO STOP
PUJA FESTIVAL
IN WEST BENGAL
Plea filed before
Calcutta High Court
demanding to stop
Durga Puja celebra-
tions, to be taken up
this week.
Plea mentions that
pandemic is same
as earlier. Onam in
Kerala, Ganesh Puja
& Muharram too
were not allowed in
Maharashtra. —ANI
Rahul Gandhi

THIS RPSC
APPOINTMENT IS
ALMOST ‘POETIC’
So finally the wait of
Rajasthan Public Service
Commission (RPSC) to get
the required members and
a Chairman, is over. While
for a long time now almost
everyone knew that former
DGP Bhupendra Singh would
become the Chairman, there
was not much surprise
among the relevant quarters
when his name was finalised
by Governor Kalraj Mishra.
However, what drew the most
surprise was the inclusion of
Manju Sharma as member,
RPSC. Who is Manju Sharma?
Well, Manju is the wife of
famous poet-turned-politician-
turned political critique and
satirist Kumar Vishvas. Kumar
was one of the first individuals
who joined Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) and even contested
against Rahul Gandhi in 2014
general elections from Amethi.
Even in ‘kavi sammelan’ that
Kumar takes active part in,
he comes across as a fierce
critique of Congress and
therefore it was a surprise
that his wife was selected for
the prestigious position of
member RPSC, at a time when
the Congress is in power in
Rajasthan! Vishvas hails from
Uttar Pradesh, from where
Governor Kalraj Mishra also
hails and conspiracy theorists
see some connection in these
two points.
NEWSJAIPUR | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020
Delhi Capitals squad celebrates a dismissal of Rajasthan Royals player during match 30 of
IPL 2020 at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
DC BEAT RAJ ROYALS BY 13 RUNS Vyas is PRO Raj Bhawan,
Sharma moves to DIPR
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Inamajordevel-
opment, the Public rela-
tions officer of Raj
Bhavan was changed on
Wednesday. Now, Deputy
DirectorRajeshVyaswill
be the new public rela-
tions officer of Raj
Bhavaninplaceof Assis-
tant Director Lokesh
Sharma. Sharma has
been transferred from
RajBhavantotheDepart-
ment of Information &
Public Relations (DIPR).
12 ASPS
TRANSFERRED
GovernmentonWednes-
day transferred 12 Addi-
tional SPs in the state.
The orders were issued
by home department un-
derwhichKailashSingh
Sandu, ASP leave re-
serveUdaipurrangewas
shifted to Banswara as
ASP while Dinesh Ku-
marMeena-ASPCID-CB
Jodhpurwastransferred
as ASP Crime and Vigi-
lance Bharatpur range.
ASP Gyan Prakash Na-
val was transferred to
Jaipur Police Commis-
sioneratetoJaipurrural
asASPDudu.Bharatraj,
Nitesh Arya, Ramkrish-
na Meena, Narpat Sin-
gh, Dharmendra Yadav,
Laxman Swami, Anil
Meena, Govind Bareth
& Naresh Chand Shar-
ma, were also shifted
Focus on more
ACB traps to
end graft: Soni
to officers
Naveen Sharma
Jaipur: DG ACB BL
Soni on Wednesday
held a video conference
of all chowki in charges
and gave directions to
focus on conducting
more traps to check cor-
ruption.
Soni said government
has a zero tolerance
policy towards graft and
therefore all officials
and personnel should
work on these lines.
He asked the officials
to take action against
those involved in cor-
ruption cases in vari-
ous departments.
ADG Dinesh MN also
addressed the chowki in
charge officers during
which DIG Sawai Singh
Godara, Vishnu Kant,
SP Yogesh Dadhich,
Harnedra Mahawar,
SamirKumarSinghand
other senior officials
were also present.
ECI holds 2-day Voter Awareness webinar
First India Bureau
Jaipur: On the instruc-
tions of CEC Sunil Aro-
ra, a 2-day Voter Aware-
ness webinar workshop
began on Wednesday.
The webinar is being
co-organised by Chief
Election Officers (CEO)
of Rajasthan and Delhi.
In the 2-day work-
shop the Delhi CEO will
brief about innovations
and new methods used
during the Delhi As-
sembly elections which
could be used in elec-
tions to be held at vari-
ous places across the
country in future.
Rajasthan CEO will
prepare a document on
the basis of inferences
drawn from this webi-
nar and will send it to
Election Commission
of India (ECI) so that it
can be circulated across
the country.
It is noteworthy that
Arora, in an earlier
meeting, had instructed
CEOs of Delhi and Ra-
jasthan to organise an
awareness webinar re-
garding ECI’s SWEEP
programme. There will
be 10 sessions held in
two days in the webinar.
On Wednesday 171 elec-
tion officers including
all district election of-
ficers connected. Direc-
tor of EC Sharad Chan-
dra, while speaking
during the webinar, ap-
preciated the purpose
of it as it would prove
really effective during
Corona times. CEC Aro-
ra instructing Ra-
jasthan CEO PS Mehra
to prepare this docu-
ment, for the use by ECI
across the country, is a
big appreciation of
Mehra’s documentation
skills.
FLYING HIGH
IN CORONA TIME
Kashiram Choudhary
Jaipur: The Union
Civil Aviation Minis-
try has banned opera-
tions of international
flights till 31 October,
in the country, but de-
spite this 2-3 flights
are being operated
daily from Jaipur
Airport and many
flights are arriving
from Sharjah, Mus-
cat, Dubai, Kuwait.
The international
flights operations
were shut on March
25 due to lockdown
abd were started in
May which are still
continuing.
The Ministry of
Civil Aviation had
suspended the flight
operations after lock-
down was imposed in
March but later Van-
de Bharat mission
was launched to
bring Indians stuck
in foreign countries
but this exercise
seems to have turned
into a business activ-
ity now.
Initially, Air India
flights were being op-
erated under the Mis-
sion but later private
airlines were also al-
lowed to start flights
for the purpose.
At present, not only
private airlines but
foreign airlines too
are conducting opera-
tions at 25 airports in
the country, including
Jaipur.
However, officials
say that under the air
bubble contract,
these international
flights are being op-
erated to take the
passengers of
one country to
another.
On an average,
two to three interna-
tional flights are be-
ing operated at Jaipur
Airport.
About 1046 passen-
gers have travelled in
12 flights in May. Sim-
ilarly, 5739 travelled in
70 flights in June, 7982
passengers in 103
flights in July and 60
flights were operated
in August in which
5,183 passengers trav-
elled. In September
and October, 85 and 25
flights were operated.
Till 13 October,
nearly 2,900 passen-
gers have travelled in
25 flights.
During the initial
days, the number of
students returning
from Kazakhstan,
Turkey, Russia,
Ukraine etc was high
but now the number
of workers traveling
to Dubai, Muscat,
Sharjah is higher.
The fare has also
come down as com-
pared to the initial
days.
Most airlines have
also issued schedules
till November and ac-
cording to this they
have started booking
tickets.
 AIR ARABIA FLIGHT FARE FROM JAIPUR
TO SHARJAH ON OCTOBER 14 IS `7752
 AIR INDIA FLIGHT FARE FROM JAIPUR
TO DUBAI ON OCTOBER 14 IS `8163
 SPICEJET FLIGHT FARE FROM JAIPUR
TO DUBAI ON OCTOBER 20 FOR 7806
 AIR INDIA EXPRESS
FLIGHT FARES TO FLY
FROM DUBAI TO JAIPUR
ON OCTOBER 14 IS `7472
 AIR ARABIA FLIGHT
FARES FROM SHARJAH
TO JAIPUR FOR `7156
 SPICEJET FLIGHT FARES TO
FLY FROM DUBAI TO JAIPUR
ON OCTOBER 15 FOR `7958
 AIR INDIA FLIGHT FARES
FOR FLIGHTS FROM DUBAI
TO JAIPUR ON OCTOBER 15
FOR `8057
FARES
Alok Tripathi takes charge
as VC Sardar Patel varsity
Rajiv Gaur
Jodhpur:After the noti-
ficationbyGovernorand
Chancellor of Universi-
ties, Kalraj Mishra, sen-
ior IPS and retired DGP
ACB Alok Tripathi on
Wednesday took charge
as vice-chancellor Sard-
ar Patel University of
Police, Security and
CriminalJustice(SPUP).
Tripathi was accord-
ed a warm welcome by
University staff. It is
noteworthy that SPUP
named after the first
home minister of India
Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa-
tel was established in
2012. Tripathi is only
the third full-time VC
which SPUP has had af-
ter its establishment.
Alok Tripathi being welcomed on joining as VC SPUP on Wednesday
Again a super
hit Wednesday
for RHB
Shivendra Parmar
Jaipur: Rajasthan
Housing Board (RHB)
Commissioner Pawan
Arora said that 230 prop-
erties in the state were
soldagainunderBoard’s
‘Apni Dukaan-Apna Vy-
avsaay’ scheme, result-
ing in a revenue of Rs
36.69 crore. Of these, 209
properties were sold
through e-bid submis-
sion and 21 properties
through e-auction. It is
noteworthy that in the
scheme, properties up to
27 sqm are being sold
through e-bid submis-
sion and assets of more
than 27 sqm are being
sold through e-auction.
“There is a lot of en-
thusiasm among the
people in the scheme.
Under Wednesday Auc-
tion Festival, 112 prop-
erties were sold in
Jaipur Circle I, II and III
under the Housing
Scheme and ‘Apni Du-
kaan-Apna Vyavsaay’,
which gave RHB a reve-
nue of Rs13.70 crore.
Similarly, in Jodhpur
Circle I and II, 33 proper-
ties were sold, resulting
in a revenue of Rs.16.9
crore. The Kota circle
sold 27 properties, giv-
ing the board a revenue
of Rs1.79 crore. In Bi-
kaner circle, 2 proper-
ties were sold, due to
which a revenue of
Rs29.74 lakh was gener-
ated while Udaipur cir-
cle sold 22 properties,
giving board a revenue
of Rs2.17 crore. The Al-
war circle sold 34 prop-
erties, giving RHB a rev-
enue of Rs28.86 million.
“The scheme was
launched by CM Gehlot
on September 28, 2020 to
realize the vision of self-
employment of Mahat-
ma Gandhi in view of
the crisis on jobs and
employment due to Cov-
id-19. Under the scheme,
common man can real-
ize his dream of self-
employmentbypurchas-
ing a built shop or com-
mercial plot. On pur-
chasing property in this
scheme, RHB is giving
relaxation in payment
terms,” Arora said.
UNEMPLOYED
YOUTH COMING
FORWARD TO
BUY SHOPS
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The hearing of
case against Congress
leader Sachin Pilot’s
media advisor Loken-
dra Singh could not be
heard on Wednesday,
since the matter was
not listed in the High
Court. It is believed
that it will now be
heard after two days.
Notably, Singh had
moved the HC after the
Jaipur Police filed an
FIR against him for
giving out wrong infor-
mation.
Hearing in Pilot
advisor case
not held on Wed
SEC PS Mehra taking part in webinar on Wednesday.

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creatively you experiment the
higher your chances of success.
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: It was an
important day for Con-
gress party members
who are hopeful of be-
ing provided a ticket in
the upcoming Bihar as-
sembly polls as on
Wednesday the Central
Election Committee of
the grand old party met
at party matriarch So-
nia Gandhi’s residence
to discuss and deliber-
ate on the issue of can-
didates. While the Con-
gress president was
there, her son and for-
mer party president Ra-
hul Gandhi, KC Venugo-
pal, AK Antony and Bi-
har election screening
committee chairman
Avinash Pande also at-
tended the meeting
where the names of can-
didates were discussed.
While the meeting
lastedforoveranhour,it
is believed that the list
of candidates will be re-
leased on Thursday.
Talking to media after
themeet,AvinashPande
said,“TheCEChasfinal-
ised the names of candi-
dates for the second and
third phase and the
names will be declared
tomorrow. All the re-
quired work has been
done and it is believed
that the list will be an-
nounced well in time.
We have tried that the
best of party’s workers
whohavealwaysworked
in tandem with the par-
ty lines, will be given
preference”Notably,dis-
cussion on candidature
for the third phase elec-
tion was also held, how-
ever the list for the same
will be released later.
Interestingly, Rahul
Gandhi will also be go-
ing to Bihar however,
his itinerary has not
been finalised as yet.
Pande lays down names for CEC to approve
BIHAR ELECTION
31,000thirdgradeteacherstoberecruitedNaresh Sharma Jaipur: With the eco-
nomic condition at an
all time low, lakhs of
youth staying unem-
ployed, and wide-
spread removal
of talented
youth from jobs,
Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, on
Wednesday, gave
a sigh of relief to
the youth as he
opened the gov-
ernment coffers
to provide jobs for
all eligible.
Gehlot has
approved
the re-
cruitment of 31,000
third grade teachers
who will be recruited
after the REET
examination.
It is noteworthy that
the Chief Minister had
announced the recruit-
ment of a total of 53,000
posts in the budget
speech for the year 2020-
21. Of these 41,000 posts
are from the Education
Department.
The Education De-
partment had sent a
proposal regarding re-
cruitment of 31,000
third-grade teachers to
the finance depart-
ment, which has been
approved by the Chief
Minister.
Recruitment to these
posts will incur a finan-
cial burden of Rs881.61
crores on the state gov-
ernment for 2 years in
the probation period
and Rs 1717.40 crores
thereafter.
Ashok Gehlot
2,489 temp posts
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
approved creation of 27
new posts for SOG
Field Unit Ratangarh
(Churu), Paniala
(Jaipur Rural) and
Anti Narcotics Unit
Jaipur. Besides, finan-
cial approval has also
been given for other
resources including
telephone, furniture
and motorcycle in
these posts.
According to the pro-
posal, 3 posts of Addi-
tional SP, three posts of
Inspector of Police,
three posts of SI, three
postsof HeadConstable,
12 posts of Constable
and three posts of Con-
stable (Driver) will be
created for these 3 units.
It is noteworthy that CM
had announced forma-
tion of these three units
of SOG in Budget of
2020-21. This will help
further strengthening
State Police’s campaign
against various types of
mafia gangs and take ef-
fective action on drug
trafficking
27 NEW POSTS FOR
THREE UNITS OF SOG
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Min-
ister Ashok Gehlot
has approved crea-
tion of a post of
Junior Accountant
for 17 District Legal
Services Authority
offices under Ra-
jasthan State Legal
Services Authority.
Gehlot has also
approved the posts
of three Class IV
employees / cyclists
at the headquarters
of the State Legal
Services Authority
office.
These posts have
been sanctioned for
the newly created
posts of Director,
Special Secretary
and Joint Secretary
at headquarters.
The Chief Minis-
ter has also provid-
ed relaxation for
the above posts un-
der the circular
‘Austerity in State
expenditure’.
17 posts of junior
accountants created
DGP Singh retires, joins RPSC; Lather acting DG
Controversy hits PHQ as 3 DGs—Rajeev Dasot, BL Soni and UR Sahu—not invited to the function!
Satyanarayan Sharma &
Shubham Jain
Jaipur: Director Gen-
eral of Rajasthan Police
BhupendraSinghYadav
was on Wednesday ap-
pointed as Chairman of
the Rajasthan Public
Service Commission af-
ter he took voluntary
retirement.
State government
also appointed four
members of the RPSC.
Meanwhile, DG (Crime)
ML Lather was given
the additional charge of
DGP Rajasthan, an or-
der by DoP said. Singh
has been relieved from
the service after he took
voluntary retirement.
He has been appointed
as chairman of the
RPSC, it said.
Governor Kalraj
Mishra issued the ap-
pointment order of Sin-
gh as RPSC chairman
for a period of six years
or until the age of 62
years, whichever is ear-
lier. He is the sixth po-
lice officer to become
the RPSC chairman.
Earlier, Habib Khan
Gauran, Kanhaiyalal
Berwal, Dr Gyan
Prakash Pilania, Sub-
ash Chandra Tondon
and Bhanwani Mal have
been RPSC chairmen.
Singh has now re-
placed RPSC chairman
Deepak Upreti, whose
tenure has ended.
Along with this, the gov-
ernment appointed Dr
Manju Sharma, Sang-
eeta Arya, Babulal Kat-
ara and Jaswant Rathi
as the RPSC members.
Arya, who has con-
tested 2018 Assembly
elections, is wife of ACS
Finance Niranjan Arya
while Sharma is the
wife of poet Kumar
Vishwas and Jaswant
Rathi is a senior jour-
nalist. Babulal Katara
represents SC and his
role is considered im-
portant in handling the
recent Dungarpur vio-
lence matter.
As RPSC chairman,
Yadav has a challenge to
complete recruitment
process on nearly 9,000
posts under various ser-
vicesincludingtheRAS-
2018. Interviews for the
RAS-2018 recruitment
exam are pending.
Earlier in the day, a
farewell was given to
Bhupendra Singh.
Speaking to the me-
dia, he said that he
learnt a lot of things in
34 years in police ser-
vice. He also called upon
the police officers to
work with honesty and
serve people.
The newly appointed
RPSC chairman said he
will try his best to fulfill
the new responsibility
given to him by the gov-
ernment.
Singh was given a
farewell by police offic-
ers and employees. As
per ceremonial fare-
well, police officers
pulled Singh’s vehicle
and bid him farewell.
He then left for home
from PHQ, sitting in the
front seat with his wife
in the driving seat of
their personal car.
‘Turncoat’Bairwafaces
new trouble in Delhi!
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: A recent emo-
tional and irresponsible
outburst of Kathumar
(Alwar) MLA Babulal
Bairwa against the two
senior Brahmin minis-
ters (BD Kalla and Dr
Raghu Sharma) of Ge-
hlot government has vir-
tually given a fresh op-
portunity to Bairwa’s po-
litical rivals in Alwar
district to avail this ‘op-
portunity’ and to take a
dig at Bairwa’s previous
politicalrecord,wherehe
had earned an image of a
frequent party defector.
Now this issue is be-
ing used by the rival
camp in New Delhi to
discredit Bairwa’s po-
litical credibility and
‘loyalty’ to the present
leadership of the Con-
gress party.
Although it might ap-
pear to Bairwa that he
is now safely out of the
‘pit’ he dug for himself
by attacking his own
government, but the
party members, irked
by Bairwa’s ‘charges’,
have apparently com-
plained to state in-
charge Ajay Maken and
former Congress presi-
dent Rahul Gandhi and
demanded disciplinary
action against the
MLA.
Moreover, even Bair-
wa’s controversial past
has also been put across
to the two leaders.
Bairwa has been as-
sociated with contro-
versies all through his
political career which
started in 1977. In the
eight Assembly elec-
tions he contested
hence, he has changed
parties four times as af-
ter his initial stint with
Congress, he joined BJP
and also worked with
Indian National Lok
Dal (INLD) and RJP.
Therefore, in all his
years of remaining ac-
tive in public life, Bair-
wa has come across as a
leader who favors defec-
tion. It is thus that the
party members and sen-
ior leaders are miffed at
Bairwa from Jaipur to
New Delhi and it is be-
lieved that a show cause
notice could be issued
to Bairwa soon.
WWW
A CONTROVERSY!
DG (Crime) ML Lather giving a traditional farewell to DGP Bhupendra Singh Yadav on Wednesday. Yadav’s wife Partibha in driving seat as the couple head home.
—PHOTOSBYSUMANSARKAR
GEHLOT ANNOUNCES ‘JOB CARNIVAL’
THE AGENDA
TAKING CHARGE!
Former DGP Bhupendra Singh Yadav took the charge
as the 35th chairman of RPSC on Wednesday at
Ajmer. The charge was handed over by the outgoing
chairman, Deepak Upreti. Yadav was welcomed by the
Commission officials along with senior police officers.
COVID-19
UPDATE
RAJASTHAN
1,694
DEATHS
1,65,240
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT
3,598 DEATHS 1,55,098 CASES
DELHI
5,898 DEATHS 3,17,548 CASES
WORLD
10,93,981
DEATHS
3,85,94,617
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
73,01,870
CONFIRMED CASES
1,11,272
DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA
40,859 DEATHS 15,54,389 CASES
TAMIL NADU
10,423 DEATHS 6,70,392 CASES
KARNATAKA
10,198 DEATHS 7,35,371 CASES

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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will feel motivated
today and ready to face any
challenges. You may feel
like doing donation for an
NGO or you may involve yourself in
some charity work. On work front,
you may spend whole day solving
project related problems. Your family
member may offend you.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
Your new venture has
started making profits and
there is a constant inflow
of money. You may be
promoted to a higher position today
and with that your responsibilities
will increase too. Your family
supports you but it may get difficult
for them sometimes.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
There may be temporary
struggles in terms of
paying your loan payments
but that something
temporary. Your days will change
once your loan has been paid.
Prevent yourself from being a part of
any gossip to avoid any kind of
public embarrassment.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
If you continue to manage
your funds well than you will
sail through tough times at
ease. If you have applied for
a huge amount of loan than sit assured
it will be sanctioned. There may be a
family reunion soon after a long covid
break, keep safety your priority. Stars
seems favourable for you.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Your financial condition is
back on tracks and you are
doing fairly well. On
academic front, refrain
from cheating or being a part of
cheating when it comes to submit-
ting projects. Your spouse may take
your out for shopping after a long
break due to covid situation.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
You will be very cautious
today before spending even
a single penny. Your
decision making skills will
earn you a great reputation in office.
Your fast moving social life may come
to a halt as you need time to introspect
also it will be better for you health. You
will be able to share your true feeling.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Diet control is a must for
you right now to keep
diseases at a distance. You
will be able to beat your
business rivals in the game but
remember your focus should be to
win and not to see others loosing.
Your partner may propose your for
marriage.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
The best advice for you will
be to switch your job with
one that promises a better
salary and perks. Keep
away from any scandalous affair. You
may have to step out more than last
few months for business purpose,
just keep safe. You may find yourself
mentally occupied with stuff.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
If you wish to talk to your
boss regarding your
concern than make sure to
do it when he is in good
mood to avoid any misunderstand-
ing. You may think of writing a book
which can earn you a decent fame.
Some of you may think of opening a
online food business.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
You may do business
related to fitness. If your
boss is mentoring you than
you must put your blind
trust in him/her as they won’t let
your fall even if you will feel that way.
You will be able to open up with your
parents about things that you have
been hiding.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Today is very lucky for
jewellers as you will make
the maximum profit. On
family front, an out of
world opportunity wait in form of a
new house, you life is about to
change. You may buy a new vehicle
for a better mode of conveyance.
Take chances in life.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Today the goddess of
money showers her
blessings upon you and
you are about to become
wealthy. Today is a favourable day for
any kind of monetary transactions.
You will pamper your spouse will all
the expensive goodies as a surprise.
You may come across and old friend.
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CITY FIRST
he moment fem-
inist author
Kate Jennings
took to the mi-
crophone at a
moratorium on
the front lawn
of Sydney University in
1970 is presented as a
galvanising catalyst of
Australia’s women’s
liberation movement in
Catherine Dwyer’s doc-
umentary film Brazen
Hussies.
We learn it was the
first time the paragons
of the male left had
deigned to allow a wom-
an to speak.
Her words and her
rage whipped through
the gathered crowd like
wind. The men erupted,
chanting, “You belong
on your back. You, ugly
bitch.”
Brazen Hussies does
an excellent job of con-
densing and capturing
what was a heady and
turbulent period of
consciousness raising
and revolution in Aus-
tralia.
Many of the women
featured in the film de-
scribe the sweep of sec-
ond wave feminism as
an awakening, like
coming out of a fog, a
feeling they’d been
hoodwinked into this
great con of domestici-
ty, child rearing and
menial work. And when
those realisations
kicked in, they kicked
in hard, manifesting in
anger, rage and a deter-
mined will to shake the
cage.
Feminist author Sara
Dowse explains: “For
three months I didn’t
know a single person’s
name. Because people
couldn’t be bothered
with names. We were
just women on fire.”
A DOMINO EFFECT
I was a kid in the seven-
ties. I don’t remember
seeing anything much
about the women’s lib-
eration movement on
TV but the hum of it,
the discord must have
been rippling along be-
cause all us kids felt it.
An already shaky sub-
urban world about to
crack right open, teem-
ing with unhappiness.
The introduction of
the single mother’s pen-
sion in 1973 had a dom-
ino effect. Every other
day some kid would
come to school crying
and we understood. D-
day. Divorce. Feminism
was tearing a hole
through the nuclear
family at that time be-
cause the foundations
many of those marriag-
es were built on were
illusions as Brazen
Hussies highlights. As
soon as women were
granted the means to
get out, many of them
did.
When Zelda D’Aprano
chained herself to Mel-
bourne’s Common-
wealth building in 1971,
demanding equal pay
for equal work, it was a
similar vibe. But in the
end the clothes didn’t
really matter. These
women were warriors.
Later, women started
entering male-only wa-
tering holes and taking
up posts along the bars.
The footage in Brazen
Hussies is shockingly
violent — men pushing
and hitting them and
dragging them out by
their feet or hair. Cops
loading them uncere-
moniously in paddy
wagons as they chant
slogans in defiance and
kick.
TELLING STORIES TO NEW
GENERATIONS
One of the strongest
messages in this film is
the importance of revis-
iting history, of telling
these stories to new
generations not just so
they can understand
who blazed the trails in
this country — who
fought for the equal pay,
subsidised childcare,
legislative policy for
women and abortion
rights — but so they can
continue the fight.
In the last ten min-
utes the old black and
white footage gives way
to coverage of protests
today — LGBTI rain-
bows in full swing, men
marching in solidarity
with women, toddlers
held aloft on their
shoulders — a vision
artist Suzanne Bellamy,
one of the original 70s
campaigners, says she
would never have seen
in her time. A celebra-
tion of how far we’ve
come and a warning of
just how easily every-
thing these women
fought for could be lost.
I’m reminded of the
importance of a film
like Brazen Hussies
walking back to my ho-
tel by the Brisbane riv-
er. A nondescript, mid-
dle-aged dad coming
towards me, two kids
barrelling ahead on
shiny scooters. I move
to the left and when the
kids pass me, he slows
down and I find that
odd. I nod and say “hi”.
He says, “G’day
sweetheart,” glazed
eyes running the full
length of my body —
the sweetheart, drawn
out and slow — with
just the right amount
of threat in it. A threat
that lodges somewhere
deep in my spine. I tell
him to f… off, surely,
he’s not going to retali-
ate with two kids in
tow. I sigh, and I keep
on walking.
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