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Be it the longing for a benevo- lent dictator or the idea of Panch Parameshwar that Munshi Premachand brought out so beautifully in his epony- mous story, people willingly submit to a person who is known for integrity, impartial- ity, and adherence to values, regardless of his or her tough- ness as an administrator. In the rural areas of the Telugu states, the term 'Pedarayudu' epito- mised such a person with an impeccable sense of justice and administration. The overlord- ship of Pedarayudu in his domain was never questioned and those holding that publicly conferred title never violated the canons of clean administration. Movie buffs may not forget the characters of Rajinikanth and Mohan Babu in the Telugu film 'Pedarayudu', in which the protagonist does anything for the protection of 'Dharma'. Pedarayudu (Mohan Babu) is a kind-hearted and disciplined man. With the hereditary title, he sits on the throne in his vil- lage to do justice. He hears all the cases, gives solutions to people, and awards punishments to wrongdoers. Andhra Pradesh has, for the third time in a row, topped the Ease of Doing Business rank- ing of states and Union Territories released annually by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, even as Telangana slipped to the third position from second in 2018. The ranking is based on the implementation of the Business Reform Action Plan- 2019, according to a report released by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday. Registering a jump of 10 places in the rankings, Uttar Pradesh occupied the second position in 2019 as against 12th in 2018. Telangana was followed by Madhya Pradesh (4th), Jharkhand (5th), Chhattisgarh (6th), Himachal Pradesh (7th), Rajasthan (8th), West Bengal (9th) and Gujarat (10th). Delhi's position improved to 12th from 23rd in the last edition, while Gujarat slipped from 5th place in 2018. Among the laggard states and UTs in the ranking, Assam was at 20th, J&K at 21st, Goa at 24th, Bihar at 26th and Kerala 28th place. Tripura was ranked at the bottom 36th. Releasing the report, Sitharaman said that states have taken the exercise in its true sense and it would help states and UTs to become bet- ter places to do business. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said these rankings reflect the efforts that states and UTs are doing to better their systems and processes. Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Saturday said he tested positive for Covid-19 and was 'fine.' In a tweet, the minister said, "On dis- playing initial symptoms of coronavirus, I got tested and the report came back positive. My health is fine. I request all those who have come in contact with me in the last few days, to please isolate yourself and get the Covid test done." Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said on Saturday that shrines pro- posed in the new Secretariat complex — a temple, two mosques and a church — would be constructed at gov- ernment cost. The Chief Minister held a meeting with elder members of the Muslim community at Pragathi Bhavan on Saturday on the construction of new mosque at the Secretariat and other issues. While the temple will be constructed in 1,500 sq yards, each of the mosques will be constructed on 750 sq yards each, including quarters for imams. While mosques will be handed over to the State Wakf Board, the temple will be given to the Endowments Department for upkeep. Minister for Health Eatala Rajender said on Saturday that there was a decline in the num- bers of dengue, malaria and chikungunya cases this year, compared to those of last year. The Health Minister attrib- uted this to the sanitation dri- ves of the civic bodies and increased public awareness about personal hygiene due to the pandemic. He asked citizens to maintain personal hygiene and keep surroundings neat and clean. Eatala explained to those visiting him at his camp house the precautions to be taken to contain and control dengue, malaria, chikungunya and other vector-borne diseases. As the nation celebrated Teacher's Day on Saturday, nothing could have been more pathetic than the sight of teach- ers who staged a protest at Tankbund against non-pay- ment of their salaries for months on end. Teachers in the state - of almost all private educational institutions - are struggling without salaries for months. Despite many representations made by several teachers' asso- ciations to the state government, no concrete steps have been taken till date to help the edu- cators. Although some of the educational institutions have genuine Covid-induced fund crunch, even the well-off ones have stopped paying salaries and are taking refuge in the "It's all due to Covid" catchphrase with selfish motives. A Santhosh Kumar, President of the Telangana State Technical Colleges Employees Association (TSTCEA), who led the protest, feels that the teachers are living in a very sorry state. Leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu had a close escape when his convoy of vehicles met with an accident on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad National Highway on Saturday evening. The incident took place at Dandu Malkapuram village of Chouttppal mandal in Yadadri Bhongir district, when the escort car came to a sudden halt to avoid hitting a cow crossing the highway. Telangana State Genco and Transco Chairman-cum- Managing director Devula palli Prabhakar Rao on Saturday announced Rs 75 lakh additional compensation to the bereaved family mem- bers of the victims of August 20 fire mishap at Srisailam Left Canal Bank powerhouse. The fire mishap claimed nine lives. Accordingly, the family of the Divisional Engineer who was killed in the incident would receive Rs 1.25 crore as compensation, while the fam- ilies of the rest of the employ- ees killed in the incident would get Rs 1 crore each as com- pensation. Telangana has slipped to 3rd place from 2nd (in 2018), in State Business Reform Action Plan 2019 Ranking. BJP gov- ernment Uttar Pradesh has taken the second spot while Andhra Pradesh retained its first position. Telangana has been bank- ing on its TS-ipass policy that allows a single mechanism for doing business with the state, including obtaining required permissions within stipulated timelines. The TRS government attributed this policy to be the reason for its high EODB ranking. Likewise, the single window of Uttar Pradesh ‘Nivesh Mitra’ is being attributed as the main catalyst in taking this drastic jump in EODB rankings from 12th to 2nd position and taking Telangana’s position. 2 mosques, temple and church in Sectt : KCR Metro to allow only 300 per trip As L&T HMRL is set to resume Metro Rail services on Monday, officials are not expecting the usual heavy rush. HMRL MD N V S Reddy said, “Prior to lockdown, we were doing 4 lakh passen- ger trips. Now, we don’t expect that much. It will start with a few thousands and slowly in a month we may touch one lakh. However, we cannot say how many people will come; on some days, there might be rush and in such sit- uations we will run more trains. We will ensure that there is no rush and will make arrangements to ensure people don’t touch each other†. L&T HMRL is expecting over 15,000 passengers on the first day. The officials are sure that the patronage would increase gradually once pub- lic confidence grows. Currently, in the trains a maximum of 300 people can travel. There are markings done on where passengers should not sit. Markings are done also for passengers to stand. L&T HMRL will introduce more trains if more people come. Currently one train is available every 5 minutes. Keeping in view various scenarios post-Covid-19, mock drills are being con- ducted ahead of the resump- tion of operations. Fuel pilfering gang busted, pumps sealed Cyberabad police on Saturday nabbed a 13- member gang inter-state gang on charges of tampering with fuel dispensing machine software at var- ious fuel stations in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, thereby causing loss of crores of rupees to consumers. Soon after the arrests, Enforcement teams sealed 11 fuel stations in Telangana and 22 in AP, where the soft- ware of the fuel dis- pensers was tam- pered with to shortchange cus- tomers. Among those arrested were own- ers of some fuel sta- tions, confirmed Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar. The gang's modus operan- di was to deliver less quantity of fuel to customers by tam- pering with the software.

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Be it the longing for a benevo-lent dictator or the idea ofPanch Parameshwar thatMunshi Premachand broughtout so beautifully in his epony-mous story, people willinglysubmit to a person who isknown for integrity, impartial-ity, and adherence to values,regardless of his or her tough-ness as an administrator. In therural areas of the Telugu states,

the term 'Pedarayudu' epito-mised such a person with animpeccable sense of justice andadministration. The overlord-ship of Pedarayudu in hisdomain was never questionedand those holding that publiclyconferred title never violated thecanons of clean administration.

Movie buffs may not forgetthe characters of Rajinikanthand Mohan Babu in the Telugu

film 'Pedarayudu', in which theprotagonist does anything forthe protection of 'Dharma'.Pedarayudu (Mohan Babu) is akind-hearted and disciplinedman. With the hereditary title,he sits on the throne in his vil-lage to do justice. He hears all thecases, gives solutions to people,and awards punishments towrongdoers.

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Andhra Pradesh has, for thethird time in a row, topped theEase of Doing Business rank-ing of states and UnionTerritories released annuallyby the Department forPromotion of Industry andInternal Trade, even asTelangana slipped to the thirdposition from second in 2018.The ranking is based on theimplementation of theBusiness Reform Action Plan-2019, according to a reportreleased by Union FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanon Saturday.

Registering a jump of 10places in the rankings, UttarPradesh occupied the secondposition in 2019 as against12th in 2018.

Telangana was followed byMadhya Pradesh (4th),Jharkhand (5th), Chhattisgarh(6th), Himachal Pradesh (7th),

Rajasthan (8th), West Bengal(9th) and Gujarat (10th).

Delhi's position improvedto 12th from 23rd in the lastedition, while Gujarat slippedfrom 5th place in 2018.

Among the laggard statesand UTs in the ranking,

Assam was at 20th, J&K at21st, Goa at 24th, Bihar at 26thand Kerala 28th place. Tripurawas ranked at the bottom36th.

Releasing the report,Sitharaman said that stateshave taken the exercise in its

true sense and it would helpstates and UTs to become bet-ter places to do business.

Commerce and IndustryMinister Piyush Goyal said

these rankings reflect theefforts that states and UTs aredoing to better their systemsand processes.

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Telangana FinanceMinister T Harish Rao onSaturday said he testedpositive for Covid-19 andwas 'fine.' In a tweet, theminister said, "On dis-playing initial symptoms ofcoronavirus, I got testedand the report came backpositive. My health is fine.I request all those whohave come in contact withme in the last few days, toplease isolate yourself andget the Covid test done."

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Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao said onSaturday that shrines pro-posed in the new Secretariatcomplex — a temple, twomosques and a church —would be constructed at gov-ernment cost.

The Chief Minister held ameeting with elder membersof the Muslim community atPragathi Bhavan on Saturday

on the construction of newmosque at the Secretariat andother issues.

While the temple will beconstructed in 1,500 sq yards,each of the mosques will beconstructed on 750 sq yardseach, including quarters forimams. While mosques will behanded over to the State WakfBoard, the temple will begiven to the EndowmentsDepartment for upkeep.

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Minister for Health EatalaRajender said on Saturday thatthere was a decline in the num-bers of dengue, malaria andchikungunya cases this year,compared to those of last year.

The Health Minister attrib-uted this to the sanitation dri-ves of the civic bodies andincreased public awareness

about personal hygiene due tothe pandemic. He asked citizensto maintain personal hygieneand keep surroundings neatand clean.

Eatala explained to thosevisiting him at his camp housethe precautions to be taken tocontain and control dengue,malaria, chikungunya and othervector-borne diseases.

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As the nation celebratedTeacher's Day on Saturday,nothing could have been morepathetic than the sight of teach-ers who staged a protest atTankbund against non-pay-ment of their salaries formonths on end.

Teachers in the state - ofalmost all private educationalinstitutions - are strugglingwithout salaries for months.Despite many representationsmade by several teachers' asso-ciations to the state government,no concrete steps have beentaken till date to help the edu-

cators. Although some of theeducational institutions havegenuine Covid-induced fund

crunch, even the well-off oneshave stopped paying salariesand are taking refuge in the "It's

all due to Covid" catchphrasewith selfish motives.

A Santhosh Kumar, Presidentof the Telangana State TechnicalColleges Employees Association(TSTCEA), who led the protest,feels that the teachers are livingin a very sorry state.

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Leader of the Opposition NChandrababu Naidu had aclose escape when his convoy ofvehicles met with an accidenton the Vijayawada-HyderabadNational Highway on Saturdayevening.

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Telangana State Genco andTransco Chairman-cum-Managing director Devulapalli Prabhakar Rao onSaturday announced Rs 75lakh additional compensationto the bereaved family mem-bers of the victims of August20 fire mishap at Srisailam LeftCanal Bank powerhouse. Thefire mishap claimed nine lives.

Accordingly, the family ofthe Divisional Engineer whowas killed in the incidentwould receive Rs 1.25 crore ascompensation, while the fam-ilies of the rest of the employ-ees killed in the incident wouldget Rs 1 crore each as com-pensation.

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Telangana has slipped to 3rdplace from 2nd (in 2018), inState Business Reform ActionPlan 2019 Ranking. BJP gov-ernment Uttar Pradesh hastaken the second spot whileAndhra Pradesh retained itsfirst position.

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state, including obtainingrequired permissions withinstipulated timelines. The TRSgovernment attributed thispolicy to be the reason for itshigh EODB ranking.Likewise, the single windowof Uttar Pradesh ‘NiveshMitra’ is being attributed asthe main catalyst in takingthis drastic jump in EODBrankings from 12th to 2ndposition and takingTelangana’s position.

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As L&T HMRL is set toresume Metro Rail services onMonday, officials are notexpecting the usual heavyrush.

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cannot say how many peoplewill come; on some days, theremight be rush and in such sit-uations we will run moretrains. We will ensure thatthere is no rush and will makearrangements to ensure peopledon’t touch each other†.

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maximum of 300 people cantravel. There are markingsdone on where passengersshould not sit. Markings aredone also for passengers tostand.

L&T HMRL will introducemore trains if more peoplecome. Currently one train isavailable every 5 minutes.

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ware of the fuel dis-pensers was tam-pered with toshortchange cus-tomers.

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Cyberabad PoliceCommissioner VC Sajjanar.

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Public discourse in AndhraPradesh on YSRajasekhara Reddy's

death anniversarylast week wasdominated bydebates about hisvirtues and the turmoil that fol-lowed hisend in a helicoptercrash on therockyNallamalaHillsin2009.The tragedy changed the courseAndhra Pradesh's history.

The YSR Congressdescribed him as a pro-poorleader the like of whom theState had never seen. A sec-tion of the commentariat thathad rubbed shoulders withYSR gushed by describinghimas the most charismatic andpopular CM.

Each era throws up leaderswho appear to the contempo-rary generation as the bestever. However, previous gen-erationshave their ownfavourites. What then wouldbe the qualifications for achief minister toremainetched in the memoryof people across generations.

Individually taken, charis-ma, track record of beingpro-poor, longevity in office,and positions held later canfetch limited dividends.Among the past chief min-isters , one went on tob ecome the Pres ident ,another the Prime Minister,another AICC president, yetanother the National Frontchairman and othersCentral Ministers. Yet, thetrack record ofK a s u B r a h m a n a n d aReddyand P.V. NarasimhaRao as CMs is forgettable as

their tenures were cut shortby separatist agitations.

Every chief minister hashis own view about his perfor-mance and some even put itdown on paper. ChandrababuNaidu's authorised biography,'Plain Speaking', was pennedby a senior journalistSevantiNinan. YSR's wifeVijayamma wrote in purpleprose about his life's journey.PV's book, The Insider, creat-ed a stir in Lutyens' Delhi,while Vengala Rao too wrote

an autobiography which helater withdrew from circula-tion. In the many nastyrefer-ences he had made to his con-temporaries, Jalagam saidVijayabhaskara Reddy handedover power to NTR on a gold-en platter in 1994 after doingso on a silver platter in 1983!

The hallmark of a true leaderis doing greater good that haseverlasting benefit for a largerproportion of the population.Neelam Sanjiva Reddy wouldarguably fit the bill for initiat-

ing the Nagarjunasagar andSrisailam projects which hadimmeasurable impact on agri-culture and power produc-tion. N. T. Rama Rao and YSRtoo initiated the Telugu Gangaand JalaYagnam, but they werenot so massive.

N. T. Rama Rao,

unmatched in charisma,gaveTelugus a distinct identityand the poor rice at Rs. 2 a kg.YSRtook welfarism to a wholenew level providing free elec-tricity to farmers, a healthinsurance for the poor, freepublic ambulance service,subsidised housing for ruralpoor, and fee reimbursementfor students.

Chandrababu Naidu andJalagamVengala Rao were asuncharismatic as they come.Butthe former transformed alaidback city like Hyderabad,whose claim to fame untilthen was biryani and pearls,into a world-class electronichub. Vengala Rao's achieve-ments were legendary forswiftness ofclearances andhisvision for industrialisation ofthe State.Bhadrachalam PaperBoards of ITC was given 700acres of land within one dayand its chairman P. N. Haksar

performed 'bhoomi pooja' thefollowing day.

YSR, though initially hot-headed, mellowed over theyears so much so that hecame to be known as a cool-headed chief minister.When itcame to safeguarding theState's interests, RajasekharaReddy took on PrimeMinister Manmohan Singhover allocation of K-G basingasby Reliance Industriesat apreferential price to AP.

No amount of spin or pol-ish can change the image ofthe current Chief MinisterJagan Mohan Reddy to lendhim a place in this assemblageof CMs as he assumed officewith a baggage of cases filedby the CBI and ED.Unlike hisfather, he does not value theconcept that government is acontinuous process. YSRnever flinched from takingcredit for projects like the

Hyderabad airportand MetroRail, though they were initi-ated during Naidu's rule.

Jagan, contrarily, does notflinch from undoing the pre-vious government's worksuchas development of Amaravatias the capital.He showed norespect for political nicetieseither. He got all but two ofthe Congress MLAs to sign apetition proposing his nameas CLP leader while hisfather's body was lying instate. Later, he brought pres-sure on K. Rosaiah to stepdown as Chief Minister andrecommend his name toSonia Gandhi. Rosaiah wasso incensed by this indecentproposal that he invited twojournalists, including yourstruly, to narrate his ordealwith a request not to quotehim.Jagan did not issue arejoinder as the story was true.

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It is also a wake-up call forthose states which have slippedin the ranking, he said.

Goyal said that the ministryis working on steps like creat-ing a single-window systemfor approvals and clearances.

In 2015 Index, Gujarat fea-tured at the top, with AndhraPradesh grabbing the secondposition and Telangana 13th.In 2016, Andhra Pradesh andTelangana jointly topped thechart. In the last rankingreleased in July 2018, AndhraPradesh topped the chart, fol-lowed by Telangana andHaryana (3rd).

Haryana slid to 16th posi-tion in the latest ranking.

The exercise is aimed at pro-moting competition among

states with a view to improv-ing the business climate toattract domestic as well as for-eign investments.

This was the fourth editionof the report, which was firstreleased in 2015. The BusinessReform Action Plan 2018-19includes 181 reform pointscovering 45 business regulato-ry areas such as access toinformation, single windowsystem, labour, and environ-ment.

The DPIIT in collaborationwith the World Bank conductsan annual reform exercise forall States/UTs under theBusiness Reform Action Plan(BRAP).

In the World Bank's latest'Doing Business' report, Indiahas jumped 14 places to the63rd position.

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Red chilli commands anunprecedented price of Rs15,300 per quintal inKhammam market bringingjoy to traders and farmers whohave stored red chilli in coldstorages. The agriculture mar-ket in particular was severelyaffected by Coronavirus pan-demic. During the past sixmonths, all market transactionshave come to a standstill.

However, red chilli com-manding an unprecedentedprice in the market gave the fil-lip to the demoralised tradersand farmers. The Khammammarket, billed as the secondlargest market for red chillies,is witnessing hectic activitycurrently. In fact, 80 lakh bagsof red chilli have been stored incold storages for want of price.The market sources are opti-mistic of this rally of red chilliprice will continue for somemore time.

When farmers bring redchilli to market, the traders

have purchased them andstored them in cold storage.Only big farmers, who spentfrom their pocket to cultivatered chilli and stored them incold storage for want of pricewould be the main beneficia-ries of increase in the red chilliprices.

Even small farmers havebeen evincing interest to storered chilli in cold storage asbanks are advancing loans onthe value of the red chilli

stored in the cold storages.Moreover, the banks haveincreased the quantum of loanto be given on such red chill-ies. Farmers raise the mostpopular variety Teja in thedistrict. In fact the area underred chilli is put at one lakhacres in erstwhile Khammamdistrict. Since the oil content ismore in the variety, the oppor-tunity for exports is very high.The red chilli is exported toChina, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

and Australia through ports atKakinada and Krishna Patnam.A quintal of red chilli is sold inAustralia at Rs 24,000. Becauseof high transportation costs,the profit margin is not sogreat, say traders.

The traders say that theprice would increase further, ifthe red chilli were to be storedin cold storage for two moremonths. During Novemberlast year, a quintal of RedChilli was sold at

Rs 22,000. But the farmersdid not have stocks of red chilliwith them. Besides raising redchilli in one lakh acres in erst-while Khammam district,farmers have raised red chilli inMahbubabad and Suryapetdistrict as dry lands with someirrigation facility.

In an around Khammam,there are over 37 cold-storagefacilities with a total capacity tostore only one lakh quintals.Even if the yield is put at 20quintals per acre, given the factthat the crop is being raised inone lakh acres, the traders andfarmers would be able to storeonly 20 per cent of the harvest-ed red chilli in cold storages.

The government ofTeangana has been buildinggodowns on a large scale andoffering loans against thestored crops with subsidy.

The idea is to increase thestorage capacity of the crops byat least 25 times more.Otherwise, the traders andmiddlemen corner profitsmeant for farmers.

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Telangana's Covid-19 tallyrose to over 1.38 lakh onSaturday with 2,511 new casesregistered during the last 24hours, health officials said.

The fresh cases pushed thecumulative numbers to1,38,395 while 11 more deathstook the death toll to 877.

According to a media bul-letin issued from the office ofthe director of public healthand family welfare, the fatali-ty rate in the state is at 0.63 percent against the national aver-

age of 1.73 per cent. Out of thetotal fatalities, 53.87 per centhad comorbidities. Out of1,38,395 cases, 95,493 (69 percent) were asymptomatic and42,902 symptomatic. Of thenew cases registered duringthe last 24 hours ending 8 p.m.on Friday, GHMC accountedfor 305, up from 267 the pre-vious day. The number ofcases also increased in the statecapital's neighbouringRangareddy district from 171to 184. However, it dropped inMedchal Malkajgiri districtto 134 from 190.

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‘Nivesh Mitra’ is a single win-dow portal and has been one ofthe main catalysts in taking thisdrastic jump as 94 per cent ofthe nearly 2.3 lakh NoObjection Certificate (NOC)applications received in thelast two years had been dis-posed of.

The top contenders oftenlose out there position by a veryminute number. It may bementioned here that in 2018,Telangana pointed that therewere mistakes in EODB rank-ings and if done correctly, itwould have been in first posi-

tion alongside AP.However, this year’s ranking

was completely based on ‘UserFeedback’, so the Telanganagovernment is awaiting detailsfrom center to look at thedrop in rankings.

Senior official from theIndustries department said,“We don’t have complete infor-mation yet on how the rankingsare given and the center needsto share information on theevaluation criteria. There is agood weightage given for feed-back from users and we needto see our score in it. We needto evaluate our picture to assessthe drop in rankings”.

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The Minister asked people tocontain the mosquito menaceby eliminating all water stag-nation points in theirdwellings and surroundings.

The GHMC's entomologywing demonstrated howGambusia fish (which eatlarvae present on the surfaceof water) is being used tocontrol mosquito menace.

Later, the Minister releaseda poster and pamphlets on'Every Sunday, 10 AM, 10minutes programme'launched by Minister forMA&UD KT Rama Rao.

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He does not tolerate indiscre-tions of his own family mem-bers while protecting 'Dharma'and rendering justice. Thiswhole thing struck a chordwith moviegoers because itwas reflective of the prevalentculture in villages until a cou-ple of decades back. Alas! Thatglorious trend is almost histo-ry now. Things have changedvastly in most of the villages.There are hardly any realPedarayudus (call them villageheads or overlords) in the vil-lages now. Nowadays 'Paid

Rayudus' are ruling the roost invillages. With the advent ofPaid Rayudus, there is a lot ofunrest in the villages, investi-gations by The Pioneerrevealed. The Paid Rayudus donot bother to follow any ethi-cal rules, let alone protect'Dharma'. They will not bat aneyelid before doing injustice tovictims at their door. Theironly 'Dharma' is earning easymoney in the name of settling'disputes' at Panchayathis (vil-lage councils) involving the vil-lagers. Their verdicts carry aprice that must be paid in anunderhand manner.

These Paid Rayudus are col-lecting a minimum amountRs.1,000 per day and are servedliquor in the evening whenev-er they attend thesePanchayathis. They do nothesitate to create bad bloodbetween their own villagers. Infact, they encourage wrongdo-ers and collude with them tocollect money from innocentvillagers in the name ofPanchayathi. In sync with thetimes, these 'Paid Rayudus'have built rapport with officialsof the police and revenuedepartments as well as politi-cal leaders. They manage pow-

ers that be by giving them apercentage of their earningsfrom the Panchayathis. ThePaid Rayudus love to take updisputes concerning lands.They extend support to thewrongdoers as the land priceshave increased now. Theyinvariably give their verdict infavour of wrongdoers to geteasy money from thePanchayathis. Paid Rayudusask the contending parties todeposit certain amount (basedon land value) to settle theissue at Panchayathi. Thedeposits range from Rs.10,000to some lakhs.

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As a result, the bulletproof carnext to the convoy rammedinto the escort car frombehind. Luckily, another bul-letproof car in which Naiduwas seated also came to asudden halt, narrowly avoid-ing colliding with the vehiclein front. Naidu remainedsafe.

The two vehicles that werebadly damaged were aban-doned there and the securi-ty staff in the escort car andanother car in the convoy leftfor Hyderabad in anothervehicle.

Naidu was returning toHyderabad from hisAmaravati residence in theconvoy as part of his week-end schedule. In fact, hecame to Amaravati only lastMonday after a gap of morethan 50 days.

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He rues, "We have been shar-ing the issues with the govern-ment since the start of the pan-demic. Initially, the issue was-n't as bad, because most peoplehad some savings and thoughtthat the lockdown would beover in one or two months.However, we are yet to return

to business as usual, and wedon't know when and if we willbe there. We expect some helpfrom the government."

Unfortunately, the situationhas affected the teachers not justfinancially, but also morally. DrV Balakrishna Reddy, Founder-President of TelanganaTechnical InstitutionsEmployees Association

(TTIEA), says: "This Teacher'sDay is a Black Day for us. Mostteachers are highly demotivat-ed. To be frank, I am demoti-vated as well. I, in fact, advisedmy junior to do anything, butbecome a teacher. The govern-ment didn't even consider ourproblems as an issue big enoughto be discussed. It's an unfortu-nate thing."

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The Chief Minister said thatthere was a demand from theChristian community thatthey should also have Churchin the new Secretariat com-plex; so, the governmentwould construct a church aswell.

The Chief Ministerdeclared that, after the end ofthe upcoming LegislativeSession, foundation stoneswould be laid for all theplaces of worship on thesame day.

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One member of each of thebereaved families would geta job. Other departmentalassistance would be extend-ed to the bereaved familymembers.

The Telangana State Gencoboard met at Vidyut Soudhahere on Saturday withPrabhakar Rao in chair. Themeeting condoled the deathof the employees.

Earlier, Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao askedthe power utilities to bebenevolent in deciding com-pensation to the bereavedfamily members.

Treating the fire accident inpowerhouse at Srisailam as aspecial case, the ChiefMinister asked the officials totake a fair decision. PowerMinister Jagadish Reddy alsoasked the CMD to extendmaximum possible compen-sation to the bereaved fami-ly members. The state gov-ernment earlier announcedRs 50 lakh as compensation.

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"The (main) accused SKBasha purchased manipulatedchips and software and start-ed programming and installa-tion of the same in Telanganaand Andhra Pradesh throughdifferent mediators in con-nivance with the fuel stationowners and thereby causingheavy loss to the consumers inboth the states to the tune ofcrores of rupees," Sajjanarsaid. He identified the arrest-ed accused as Sk. SubhaniBasha, Sk. Baji Baba,Madasuguri Shankar andIppili Malleshwar Rao fromEluru. The arrested owners offuel stations were identified asOnnala Raju, Bandi Dashrath,Katanguri Arun Kumar,Peesari Vittal Reddy, PebbaRamachander, Mudusu Shiva,Maridi Sudheer,Jammigumpala ParameshwarRao and DoddigollaRangareddy.

Officials said that tamperingof the dispenser softwareresulted in shortchanging the

customers by 2 per cent to 3per cent of fuel for every litre.On average, owners of wellpatronised fuel stations wouldmake Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakhper day. Giving examples,Sajjanar said that for instance,if a consumer purchased 1 litreof petrol, he would be gettingjust 0.97 litres.

Sajjanar said, "The primeaccused Sk Subhani Basha,hailing from West Godavaridistrict, worked as fuel stationpump mechanic. He gainedexpertise in installation ofchips in fuel dispensingmachines to manipulate theirdischarge of fuel in a mannerthat less fuel is given for whatshown on the receipt."

He further explained thatpetrol machine has a pro-grammed integrated circuit(IC) installed in the dispens-ing unit and when an atten-dant pushes the lever to releasepetrol, the chip in the machinereads the fuel flow, but themachine was tampered withsuch that it jumped the read-ing while dispensing less fuel.

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Until the vaccine comes, theavailability of medicines ingovernment hospitals andPHCs in Telangana has led toeffective use of golden time forpreventing complicationsamong Covid patients. Iftreatment for a patient beginsas soon as he or she startsshowing symptoms, thechances of complications areless and recovery are high.

For about six months, thestate government kept GandhiHospital as nodal and everyonehad to be admitted there evenfrom districts. Several patientswere brought to Gandhi afterthe disease has advanced anddied within hours of admis-sion. There was shortage ofdrugs in area hospitals andwastage of time in moving thepatients. However, the decen-tralisation and making expen-sive drugs in hospitals availablehas helped in reducing thecomplications among Covidpatients. This leads to lessnumber of patients needingventilator or oxygen support.

As per doctors, earlierpatients from districts lostgolden time in being shifted toGandhi and given treatment.This led to increase in moder-ate to severe cases in the sec-ond week of infection and get-ting admitted to Gandhi. Adoctor working in area hospi-tal said, "Earlier the existinganti viral drugs were not so eas-ily available. But now Remde-sivir has been made it available

in all area hospitals. Even seve-re cases are now being treatedat district level hospitals."

Telangana government hasheavily invested in infrastruc-ture evident from the statesanctioning Rs 349. 97 crore toprocure drugs and equipmentfor Covid management in thestate. High-end drugs likeTocilizumab for treatingCovid-19 patients were pro-cured by health department.

Not just expensive drugslike Remedisivir, Favipiravirdrugs, Anticoagulant likeEnoxaparin but also advancedblood tests are being done atgovernment hospital itself. Adoctor in TB Chest hospitalsaid, "Now even high endinjections and drugs are avail-able in our hospital. This wasnot the case in March.Previously at the max routingblood tests were conducted, butnow d-dimer, ferrtin level testsare being conducted. There isa good stock of medicines."

If effective treatment wasprovided, the intensity of theinfection can be reduced.Another doctor said, "The statehas certainly upped its mea-sures. But it is no guaranteethat severe infections willreduce. Since Coronavirus is anew infection, we cannot say aparticular time is golden time.Earlier the first 5-10 days wereconsidered as golden days forcoronavirus infected patients.Now things have changed andpatients are presenting sever-ity beyond these golden times.Since it is new virus, forminga timeline is difficult."

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The state education boardsstarted online classes for stu-dents from this week. Muchresearch and work was done tocreate the content for theseclasses by teachers from acrossthe state.

As per the students, theteachers' hard work is payingoff. C H Sushant Babu, ayoung student of standard VI,studying in a school nearKompally, shares, "All thelessons are good. Right now wehaven't started the much dif-ficult concepts, but I am enjoy-ing the classes. The other day,when I couldn't understand aconcept in maths, my fathermade me talk to my teacher,who explained it to classes. Notjust the younger students, buteven undergraduate studentsare happy with the presenta-tion of the online classes.Sharavan Goud, who is a thirdyear, Civil Engineering, JNTU,shares, "The classes are veryinformative, and the languageused is simple so that we canunderstand it easily. They havemade sure that the chapters arebroken into smaller sections,which make it easier to under-stand. Till now, I have beenable to understand everythingwhich was taught. But, myteachers have assured me thatthey can clarify my doubts if Ihave any. That is very reassur-ing."

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The Directorate ofEnforcement, Vigilance &Disaster Management haslaunched parks, lakes and lay-out open spaces protectioncell enabling citizens to postcomplaints on encroachmentof parks, lakes and layoutopen spaces in GHMC limits.

The Directorate of EV&DMhas provided a toll free No.1800-599-0099 for the citizensto call and register their com-plaint. The protection celloperator receives the calls on

toll free number and registerstheir complaint.

In this regard the APC hasreceived a complaint onencroachment of open spacesituated at Shaikpet village.

Upon receiving the com-plaint the asst. enforcementofficer has inspected the siteas per layout of OUEmployees Co-OperativeHousing Society there is a plotof 2170 Sq Yards demarcatedas open space in OUEmployees Co-OperativeHousing Society in Shaikpetvillage.

It is noticed that there are2 structures in the open spaceand hence notices were issuedunder GHMC Act to submitthe ownership and permissiondocument. But they havefailed to submit the docu-ments and hence the APC ofDirectorate of EV&DM hasdemolished the unauthorizedconstruction in the openspace on 05-09-2020.

The Directorate of EV&DMwill take up the constructionof compound wall along withgate for the open space to anextent of 2170 Sq Yards.

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Some teachers love their pro-fession while some others lovestudents. Some take up teach-ing as a profession as a stop gap.Yet others pass the time whileworking as teachers. Here area group of teachers who belongto a different tribe and leave nostone unturned to innovatewhile imparting reading, writ-ing and arithmetic to thetaught.

In fact, when some teachershad to leave the school upontransfers, children bid themtearful adieu in recognition ofthe meritorious services ren-dered by the teachers and thebond developed with the teach-ers during the course of teach-ing. When other teachers get

transferred, the hardly leaveany impact on students.

Ever since Kaderla Rangaiah,who now works at SaverkhedPrimary School in Asifabaddistrict, was appointed ateacher in 2010 in the sameschool the school strength roseto 280 from 50.

Rangaiah lives in Keramerymandal. As two teachers work-ing in the school have beentransferred to elsewhere,Rangaiah's spouse Veena start-ed working as a teacher with-out wages in the school. Thecouple enrolled their daughterin the same school.

Spending from his pocket, hegot the school walls painted andacquired furniture for theschool. As the strengthincreased, the villagers donat-

ed Rs 5 lakh to the school. Over40 students managed to secureseats in residential schools,including Navodaya Gurukul.

He figured among the teach-ers whose names have beenrecommended for the nation-al best teacher award.

Jadi Rajanna is anotherteacher from this tribe, whonever waits for the school tobegin at 9.30 am. He will beseen in the class room by 8.45am teaching the students oneclass prior to the commence-ment of the school. He works

as a teacher in ZP high schoolat Utnoor.

During the past 22 years, henever turned up late for school.He speaks with parents andassesses the reason for studentsnot coming to the school.

His popularity can be gauzedby his past students when heworked at Kotturu, Udumpur,Kawwal and Utnoor formed aWhatsApp group in the nameof Rajanna Sir's students group.

Rajanna put his efforts toimprove the strength ofUdumpur primary school from50 to 220.

Education fund has beencreated with contributionsfrom villagers. He got 175 stu-dents who dropped out of theschool re enrolled in the school.

Ramatenki Srinivas, who is

a teacher in Governmentschool at Dharmaram inMancherial district, is inspiringstudents with his innovativeideas. The online teaching,work-sheets which becamepopular in the wake ofCoronavirus was introduced byhim four years ago. He starteda YouTube channel in the nameof his school. He bought a lap-top and projector from contri-butions by his friend whoworks in the US. He introduceddigital classes for students ofclass I to VIII using animations.

Lata Devi who works as asecondary grade teacher in LalBazar primary school uses herlaptop to teach lessons usingpuzzles and engages childrenwith songs and other teachingactivities.

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Home Minister MohammedMahmood Ali and Ministerfor Education P Sabitha IndraReddy jointly convened ameeting in the chambers ofHome Minister with the seniorofficers on Saturday to discussthe issue of NOC to be issuedto the colleges from FireServices Department and thedifficulties being faced byBoard of Intermediate Educ-ation in sanction affiliationand to resolve the problemwhich has an effect on lakhs ofIntermediate students.

The Minister for Home saidthat protecting life and prop-erty of citizens from fire is ofutmost importance. At thesame time the careers of thestudents cannot be neglectedand all steps are taken tofacilitate education with allprotective measures for theirsafety. It was decided to find asolution to this problem in thelight of the Act and the Rules

duly taking into considerationthe problems for the studentcommunity in this extraordi-nary year of Covid-19 remind-ing that state governmentpassed all the students of Xclass.

Mahmood Ali said that thematter will be examined indetail and orders will be issuedaccordingly by HomeDepartment in due course.

Sabitha Indra Reddy saidthat Home DepartmentOfficials will examine thisissue carefully and suggest asolution considering theextraordinary situation.

Special Secretary toEducation Department ChitraRamchandran, PrincipalSecretary to HomeDepartment Ravi Gupta, DGFire Services Sanjay KumarJain, Commissioner ofIntermediate Education SyedOmer Jaleel, Director ofGHMC's Enforcement wingVishwajit Kampati were pre-sent in the meeting.

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After the incessant rains in themonth of August, the city isnow experiencing humidweather conditions with tem-peratures staying little abovethe normal.

On Saturday, city recorded amaximum temperature of 33.2degree Celsius, which is twodegree Celsius above normalwhile the minimum tempera-ture on Friday night was 24degree Celsius.

According to theMeteorological Department,Hyderabad, an east-west shearzone is running roughly alongwith a cyclonic circulationover southeast and adjoiningeast central Arabian Sea andunder its influence, tempera-

tures are above normal.During the last 24 hours, the

maximum temperature of 35degree Celsius was recorded atQuthbullapur. In the State,

Bhadradri – Kothagudemrecorded the highest tempera-ture at 37.8 degree Celsius,according to Telangana StateDevelopment Planning Society.

On the other hand, a weath-er warning with the Metdepartment said that thun-derstorms accompanied withlightning are very likely tooccur at isolated places overTelangana in the next fourdays. There is also a possibili-ty of heavy rains at isolatedparts, it said.

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A 34-year-old woman pillionrider was killed after she wascrushed under the wheels ofan RTC bus under RajendraNagar police station limits onSaturday evening.

The victim was identifiedas Jaya Lakshmi. She survivedwith two children and hus-band Venugopal.

Lakshmi who was travel-ling along with her husbandon a bike was killed after herhusband lost control overthe bike and was crushedunder the wheels of an RTCbus.

Lakshmi, who was seatedpillion on her husband'smotorycle died on the spot.

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Hyderabad Traffic policefacilitated the transport of thelive organs by providing non-stop movement to the ambu-lance carrying organs. Theambulance covered 11.5 kmin 9 minutes. Cops arrangedgreen channel on Saturday fortransportation of kidney,lungs and liver from ApolloHospital in Jubilee Hills toKIMS Hospital in Begumpet.

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Two persons were murderedin Mailardevpally late onFriday night.

A history sheeter wasstabbed to death by four per-sons including two minors,after an argument over ganjasales at Ansari Road underthe Mailardevpally police sta-tion limits on Friday latenight.

According to the police,the victim identified as JadoJaweed, 29, entered into aheated argument withMustafa which snowballedinto a brawl. Holding grudgeover the same Mustafa alongwith three other friendsattacked him with sharp-edged weapons and stabbedhim to death on Fridayevening.

In the other case, a personShaik Jaweed, a resident ofFalaknuma, was murdered bysome persons at Owaisi hillsunder the Mailardevpallypolice station limits.

"We suspect two to threepersons might have stabbedthe man to death. Efforts areon to identify and nab theassailants involved in thecase," police said.

Both the bodies were shift-ed to Osmania Hospital forautopsy and further investi-gation is underway.

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Since the formation ofTelangana, the state has beenstriving hard continuouslyfor betterment of lives offarmers as agriculture in thestate is characterized by stag-nation, low productivity, andfrequent occurrence ofdroughts and low levels ofpublic and private invest-ments.

Therefore, the state govern-ment conceived RythuBandhu scheme. It is in voguesince 2018-19 to take care ofinitial investment needs offarmers by giving each farmerRs 5,000 per acre per seasonto benefit 57.90-lakh pat-tadars before every season.The life insurance schemeRytu Bima benefits over32.73-lakh farmers. The gov-ernment paid Rs 1,141.44crore to the LIC for 2020-21towards the premium.

The other initiatives are

loan waiver, 24-hour qualitypower supply to farmers,increasing the irrigationpotential, increasing thegodown storage capacity,timely procurement of pro-duce from the farmers and soon. This Vanakalam 2020,the Government has onceagain embarked upon anoth-er innovation by introducingthe concept of RegulatedFarming never before done inany of the state in the coun-try.

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The MSP for turmeric is on the risebenefiting those who have hoard-ed turmeric anticipating betterprices. The MSP for quintal ofturmeric which was Rs 5,500 a weeknow escalated to Rs 6,100 which thefarmers describe as not beneficialto them. The turmeric market isslowly bettering now. During theturmeric season, the maximumprice offered was Rs 5,000 per quin-tal of turmeric.

Farmers bringing turmeric from

Maharashtra to Nizamabad marketand drop in export of turmeric toother states caused huge loss to thefarmers. Depressed by lack of pricefor turmeric in Sangli market in

Maharashtra, the farmers keptturmeric in cold storage observingthe pattern of increase in MSP dur-ing the off season.

Some farmers made a distresssale of turmeric as the marketsremained closed due to Covid-19.Farmers are not sure whether theprice rally will continue or not. Ifthe MSP stabilises at this level, it willbring much relief to turmeric farm-ers, the farmers say. Farmersdemand the government to ensurethat the prices do not go downbeyond this level.

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Union Minister of State forHome Affairs G.Kishan Reddyon Saturday asked the streetvendors in Greater HyderabadMunicipal Corporation(GHMC), who had not yetapplied, to apply for loan of Rs10,000 to start their businesspost Covid-9 lockdown as thegovernment was makingarrangements to extend the lastdate.

Under PM Street Vendor'sAtma Nirbhar Nidhi Scheme(PMSVANidhi), vendors canavail a working capital loan ofup to Rs 10,000 which isrepayable in monthly instal-ment in a year. Kishan Reddyreviewed various developmentprojects and schemes with theofficials here on Saturday atCGO towers, Kavadiguda.Addressing media persons,Kishan said that about 2 lakhstreet vendors are in GHMCarea and one lakh vendorsonly applied for loans now. Heasked the remaining vendorswho are away from the townnot to apply for loans. Kishansaid that the loans are con-cerned; the vendor should gethis Identity Card from theGHMC.

So far, GHMC has issued

30,000 ID cards only. TheUnion Minister instructedGHMC officials to speed upthe process of issuing ID cardsto the street vendors. He saidthat the Center has been imple-menting Credit Linked SubsidyScheme (CLSC) under PMAwas Yojana aimed at Housingfor All. Under the scheme, thehouseholds who have theirown land get a subsidy from Rs1.33 lakhs to Rs 2.3 lakhs onthe availing loans ranging fromRs 3 lakhs to Rs 12 lakhs toconstruct their own house.Under CLSC, one lakh appli-cations were still pending inGHMC since 2018, the Union

Minister said and asked theGHMC officials to clear all theapplications as early as possi-ble.

The Union Minister saidthat the authorities shouldprovide full assistance to thebanks so that every poor fam-ily can build their own houseunder the Prime Minister'sAwas Yojana. Speaking on "Wellness Centers", (BhastiDawakhanas), Kishan Reddysaid that the Centre has sanc-tioned 168 Wellness Centers(Central funding) to Telanganaand all Wellness Centres wereestablished across the state toextend healthcare facilities to

the people in urban areas, hesaid.

Earlier, the Union Ministerhad a meeting with officials ofthe Union Public WorksDepartment. On this occasionvarious prestigious buildings inthe states of Telangana, AndhraPradesh and Odisha Officialsexplained about the construc-tion work.

Also, Kishan Reddy saidthat the Centre with the helpof the Telangana governmentwill ensure that cotton procure-ment centres are established inthe State by October 10, byconverting over 325 ginningmills into procurement centersto speed up the process.However he wanted the Stategovernment to keep sufficientnumber of moisture measuringmeters at each centre to helpthe farmers to complete thetransaction in short period.Kishan who has reviewed thearrangements for procurementof cotton in the State with con-cerned officials, addressedmedia here on Saturday andsaid that the union governmenthas purchased Rs 11,656 croreworth fiber crop through CCIlast year and this year the CCIwas advised to be ready to pro-cure more, because ofincreased acreage in Telangana.

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TRS Floor Leader in the Lok Sabhaand Khammam MP, NamaNageswara Rao has made a gener-ous donation of Rs 1.23 croretowards procurement of six ambu-lances for better Covid care. Hehanded over the cash cheque to IT,Municipal Administration andUrban Development Minister KTRama Rao in Hyderabad onSaturday. The minister appreciat-ed Nageswara Rao for his charita-ble act which he said, would helpto improve health services.

The MP stated that the State gov-ernment has been taking effectivesteps to contain the spread of thecoronavirus and to treat thepatients. The ambulances would behanded over to the health depart-ment for use in erstwhileKhammam to offer immediatemedical care to Covid patients.

Similarly the ambulances wouldbe used to shift the persons injuredin accidents to the hospitals with-in the golden hour and thus couldincrease the chances of their sur-vival, Nageswara Rao explained.Assembly segments in Khammam

Parliament constituency-Kothagudem, Sathupalli, Wyra,Madhira and Aswaraopet wouldget one ambulance each whileboth Khammam and Palair con-stituencies would be allotted oneambulance, he noted.

It might be recalled thatNageswara Rao donated Rs 1.50crore worth hand sanitiser liquid toChief Minister's Relief Fund inApril on behalf of Madhucon Sugarand Power Industries Limited andNama Muthaiah Memorial Trust,set up in memory of the MP'sfather.

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Telangana Pradesh CongressCommittee (TPCC) presidentN Uttam Kumar Reddy onSaturday alleged that the pub-lic healthcare system inTelangana has completely col-lapsed and for the same reason,the State Government wasunable to control the Covid-19situation. He was speaking tomedia persons after inaugurat-ing a photo-exhibition on thecompletion of CongressLegislature Party leader BhattiVikramarka's 10-day State tourof government hospitals.Congress MLAs D. SridharBabu, Jagga Reddy,

Describing the publichealthcare condition as 'pathet-ic', he said that there was ahuge shortage of doctors, nurs-es and other para-medicalstaff. He said all public hospi-tals treating Covid-19 patientsin the State did not have ade-quate staff. The sanctionedposts of doctors, nurses andother staff were not filled andthe existing staff was not pro-vided required infrastructureand support to treat the Covid-19 patients.

Uttam said that the TRSgovernment was still trying to'manage' Covid-19 situation bytampering with the statisticsand creating the illusion ofbeating the disease. He said theTelangana High Court haspointed out the lapses in thepublic healthcare system onmultiple occasions during thepandemic situation. However,

the state did not take anymeasures to plug the loop-holes. KCR did not even followthe suggestions made byGovernor TamilisaiSoundararajan and treatedthose advises as political crit-icism. Uttam alleged that thepublic healthcare system wasdeliberately destroyed so as tobenefit the private hospitals.

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TPCC working president andMalkajgiri MP A RevanthReddy on Saturday stated thatTRS working president andMunicipal AdministrationMinister KT Rama Rao has noright to ask for votes inHyderabad, Khammam andWarangal Municipal elections.

Speaking to the media atGandhi Bhavan along withTPCC working presidents--Ponnam Prabhakar and JettiKusuma Kumar, Revanth said,"KTR is conducting morereviews in view of municipalelections. TRS won 99 corpo-rators while assuring the peo-ple of greater Hyderabad thatthe city will be transformed asIstanbul, Hussain Sagar waterwill be transformed as coconutwater and one lakh double bedroom houses will be construct-ed for the poor. The people casttheir vote to TRS believing inthe assurances of the leader-ship."

Revanth said that the TRSgovernment constructed only128 double bed room housesin greater Hyderabad. Due tonon-construction of doublebed room houses for the poor,Rs 1,200 crore burden fell onthe poor in the form of rents,he explained. Power tariff andasset tax burden fell on thepoor during lockdown, he

alleged. However, KTR statesthat he created wonders,Revanth pointed out. "TheTRS government only laidroads where KTR's relatives-real estate and apartment busi-nesses stay. The governmentdidn't lay roads where thepoor are living in Hyderabadcity, he alleged and questionedthe Minister to reveal as to howhe can ask for votes in theensuing elections.

Revanth alleged that ChiefMinister K Chandrasekhar

Rao demolished Secretariatbuildings and constructedPragathi Bhavan and did noth-ing in Hyderabad. KTR has noright to ask for votes in GHMCelections as he failed asMunicipal Minister, he said.The MP said that he will takeup Padayatra in the limits ofhis Malkajgiri Parliament con-stituency from October 3. Hesaid that with his padayatra hewould create awareness amongthe people about the failures ofthe TRS government.

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Nizamabad MPDharmapuri Arvind onSaturday came down heav-ily on the Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao ledTRS government. Speakingto the media at Nizamabad,the MP said, Telangana stateis in 5th place in farmers'suicides across the nation."Several states are imple-menting AyushmanBharathi Scheme, but theTelangana government isnot implementing it. KCR isnot implementingAyushman BharathiScheme thinking that PrimeMinister Narendra Modimay get credit for it," heclaimed. He alleged thatthe state government is leastbothered about the peoplewho are suffering fromCorona pandemic.

"The Corona cases areincreasing day by day in thestate. The TRS governmentshould announce a financialpackage to Corona victims.The private hospitals arecollecting lakhs of rupees inthe name of Corona treat-ment but the state govern-ment is maintainingsilence," the NizamabadMP said.

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Telangana BJP has chalked out sev-eral programmes to mount pres-sure on the TRS government toconduct Telangana Liberation Daycelebrations officially on September17. The party held a meeting in thisregard under the leadership ofKarimnagar MP and Telangana BJPchief Bandi Sanjay Kumar anddemanded the TRS government toconduct Telangana Liberation Daycelebrations officially on September17. On the occasion, Bandi Sanjayalleged that the Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao forgotSeptember 17 after the formationof separate Telangana state.

The meeting, held at the stateBJP office on Saturday along withparty leaders -- D Pradeep Kumar,Mantri Srinivas, Srivardhan Reddy,Bandi Sanjay said that Telanganaregion had attained freedom underthe leadership of the then UnionHome Minister Sardar VallabhaiPatel on September 17, 1948 on theday Hyderabad Nizam merged theHyderabad Sansthan in India bysurrendering to Indian Army.

Bandi said that KCR, during thestatehood movement assured thathe would conduct liberation daycelebrations officially after the for-mation of a Telangana state, how-ever, even after six years, nothinghappened so far.

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Expressing concernover Telangana'shealthcare workershaving the highestCovid-19 positivity ratein the country,Telangana PradeshCongress CommitteeTreasurer (TPCC)Gudur NarayanaReddy slammed thestate government fornot taking adequatesafety precautions.

"Over 2,000 health-care workers, includingdoctors, were infectedwith Covid-19 and atleast 14 of them died

due to the disease.Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Raois directly responsiblefor these infections anddeaths as he did nottake measures to pro-tect these frontlinewarriors againstC o r o n a v i r u s , "Narayana Reddy saidin a statement onSaturday.

The TPCC TreasurerGudur NarayanaReddy alleged that anadequate number ofPPE kits were not supplied to the doctorsand other medical staff.

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The state government toldthe Telangana High Courtthat it has received 211 com-plaints against private hos-pitals designated to giveCovid-19 treatment. Itadded that it had resolved 50complaints so far includingrevocation of permission inrespect of three hospitals. It said that of the remaining161 complaints, it said thatit had issued show causenotices to 38 hospitals andadded that all cases werebeing closely monitored bythe district medical andhealth officers as well as thedirector of public health.The state government fur-ther said that it was settingup a grievance cell headedby the state Chief Secretaryto address all the grievancesreceived from 104 call cen-tre and designatedWhatsApp number.

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Newly declassified White Housetapes disclose former US presi-dent Richard Nixon speaking dis-paragingly about Indians andreveal the bigotry he and hisnational security adviser HenryKissinger held that influenced USpolicy toward India and SouthAsia under his presidency.

"As Americans grapple withproblems of racism and power,a newly declassified trove ofWhite House tapes providesstartling evidence of the bigotryvoiced by President Richard M.Nixon and Henry Kissinger, hisnational security adviser, GaryBass, professor at Princeton,wrote in an opinion piece TheTerrible Cost of PresidentialRacism' in The New York Times.

The full content of these tapesreveal how U.S. policy towardSouth Asia under Nixon was

influenced by his hatred of, andsexual repulsion toward, Indians,Bass, author of The BloodTelegram: Nixon, Kissinger anda Forgotten Genocide', writes.

Richard Nixon, a Republican,was the 37th President of theUnited States, serving from 1969until 1974. Bass says that thedeclassified White House tapes

reveal a stunning" conversationbetween Nixon, Kissinger andthe then White House chief ofstaff H.R. Haldeman in the OvalOffice in June 1971 in whichNixon asserts in a venomoustone that Indian women areundoubtedly the most unattrac-tive women in the world."

Nixon also calls Indians most

sexless, nothing and pathetic,according to the tapes.

On Nov. 4, 1971, during a pri-vate break from a contentiousWhite House summit with PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi of Indiaa rare woman leader at the timethe president haranguedKissinger about his sexual disgustat Indians, Bass writes.

Referring to Indians, Nixonsays to Kissinger "To me, theyturn me off. How the hell do theyturn other people on, Henry? Tellme. Bass writes that whileKissinger's response is inaudiblein the tapes, it did not discour-age the president from his theme.

In November 1971, in themiddle of a discussion aboutIndia-Pakistan tensions withKissinger and Secretary of StateWilliam Rogers, after Rogersmentioned reprimandingGandhi, the president blurted, Idon't know how they reproduce!

Bass writes in the NYT piecethat while Kissinger has por-trayed himself as being abovethe racism of the Nixon WhiteHouse, the tapes show himjoining in the bigotry, thoughthe tapes cannot determinewhether he truly shared thepresident's prejudices or was justpandering to him.

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As the country marks ''Poshanmaah'' this month, healthcareexperts have called for urgentaction to address the impact ofCOVID-19 on the nationalnutrition mission, saying thepandemic might affect the healthof children and pregnant womenas they are the most vulnerableto undernutrition.

The government is celebratingthe National Nutrition Month or''Poshan Maah'' in Septemberduring which several pro-grammes will be organised tospread awareness on the issuesrelated to malnutrition in chil-dren, pregnant women and lac-tating mothers.

The experts said this is a timewhen there is an urgency amongall stakeholders to join forces.

On one hand food securityneeds to be ensured, on the other

hand correct nutrition feedingpractices need to be promoted inthe community, they said.

Sujeet Ranjan, executive direc-tor at the Coalition for Food andNutrition Security (CFNS), saidthe spread of COVID-19 hasimpacted the health, nutrition,livelihoods and wellbeing ofIndia's most vulnerable popula-tions and it will have a lasting

effect on people."One of the fallouts of the

COVID-19 containment mea-sures, including the closure ofprimary schools andAnganwadi centres, is thatchildren in rural India nowhave to do without that oneguaranteed meal, potentiallyworsening the child malnutri-tion problem in India," he said.

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The Trinamool Congress onSaturday said it is "unjust andunfair" to compare the curtail-ment of Question Hour duringthe West Bengal Assembly'supcoming two-day short ses-sion with that of a full-fledgedParliament session.

West Bengal AssemblySpeaker Biman Banerjee onFriday said there would be noQuestion Hour during theupcoming two-day monsoonsession of the West BengalAssembly beginning fromSeptember 9 due to "paucityof time and the COVID-19situation".

The BJP has termed it a"double standard" of theTrinamool Congress, whichhad earlier called the decision

not to have the Question Hourduring the upcomingParliament session a "murderof democracy".

"The criticism is unwar-ranted. It is not only unfairbut unjust as well. There canbe no comparison between atwo-day (Assembly) sessionand a full-fledged Parliament

session. And regarding theissue of taking questions,whether written questionswill be accepted or not will bedecided during an all-partymeet on September 8," TMCchief whip in the AssemblyNirmal Ghosh said.

Echoing Ghosh, TMC partyleader in Rajya Sabha Derek

O' Brien said it would be inap-propriate to compare "appleswith oranges".

"Comparing an 18-day reg-ular Parliament Monsoon ses-sion with a two-day session ofthe state Assembly is likecomparing apples withoranges. No parliament ses-sion of below five days hashad a question hour. Only oneexception was a special ses-sion during the 1962 Chinawar. The Bengal session is justtwo days long," he said.

Noting that allowing writ-ten questions deprives theMPs of asking supplementaryquestions, O'Brien said justlike regular sessions theParliament this time will alsofunction for an equal amountof time in the absence ofPrivate Member's bill.

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Defence Minister RajnathSingh has clearly conveyed tohis Chinese counterpart Gen.Wei Fenghe that China muststrictly respect the Line ofActual Control(LAC) and notmake attempts to unilaterallychange its status quo, assertingIndia is determined to protectits sovereignty and territorialintegrity, officials said onSaturday.

In the first highest levelface-to-face contact betweenthe two sides after border ten-sion erupted in eastern Ladakhin early May, Singh and Weimet for two hours and 20minutes in Moscow on Fridayevening on the sidelines of ameeting of the defence minis-ters of the Shanghai Coopera-tion Organisation (SCO).

Officials said Singh con-veyed to his Chinese counter-part that the current situationshould be handled responsibly,and that neither side shouldtake any further action thatcould either complicate the sit-

uation or escalate matters inthe border areas.

He told Wei that the actionsby the Chinese troops, includ-ing amassing a large number oftroops, their aggressive behav-iour and attempts to unilater-ally alter the status quo were inviolation of the bilateral agree-ments, the officials said.

Singh also underlined thatthe two sides should continuetheir discussions, includingthrough diplomatic and mili-tary channels, to ensure "com-plete disengagement and de-escalation" along the LAC atthe earliest.

Singh conveyed to hisChinese counterpart that bothsides should take guidancefrom the consensus of theleaders of the two countriesthat maintenance of peace andtranquility in the border areaswas essential for further devel-opment of ties and that the twosides should not allow differ-ences to become disputes.

At the talks, Singh categor-ically conveyed India's positionon the developments alongthe LAC including at theGalwan Valley in easternLadakh in the last few months,the officials said.

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At a time it is engaged in afierce standoff with China'sPLA in eastern Ladakh, theIndian Army on Wednesdayprovided food, warm clothesand medical assistance to threeChinese citizens who had losttheir way in sub-zero temper-atures at an altitude of 17,500feet in a border area in NorthSikkim, officials said.

The Army personneldeployed in the area also guid-ed the Chinese citizens,including a woman, to returnto the Chinese side and reachtheir destination.

The humanitarian gestureby the Army came when it is

dealing with an aggressivebehaviour by the Chinesetroops along the Line of ActualControl (LAC) in easternLadakh.

The Army, in a statement,said the three Chinese citizenslost their way in the Plateauarea of North Sikkim.

"Realising danger to thelives of the Chinese citizensin sub-zero temperatures,the soldiers of Indian Armyimmediately reached out andprovided medical assistanceincluding oxygen, food andwarm clothes to protectthem from the vagaries ofextreme altitude and harshclimatic conditions," theArmy said.

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With a record 70,072 patientsrecuperating from COVID-19in a span of 24 hours, the totalnumber of such recoveriessurged to 31,07,223 in thecountry, pushing the recoveryrate to 77.23 per cent, the healthministry said on Saturday, whileunderlining that the "test, trackand treat" strategy is showingtangible results.

The COVID-19 case fatalityrate has further dropped to 1.73per cent, it added.

Five states account for 60 percent of the recoveries.Maharashtra accounts for almost21 per cent, followed by TamilNadu (12.63 per cent), AndhraPradesh (11.91 per cent),Karnataka (8.82 per cent) andUttar Pradesh (6.14 per cent),the ministry said.

"The highest ever single-dayrecoveries of 70,072 were record-ed in 24 hours. With this highnumber of COVID-19 patientsrecovering and being dischargedfrom hospitals and home isola-tion, the recovery rate is now

77.23 per cent. This has also ledto the declining case fatality rate,which stands at a new low of1.73 per cent as on date," it said.

Early identification throughtesting has led to a higher dailynumber being reported, but sur-veillance and contact-tracing,along with a focus on a timelyand appropriate clinical treatmentof patients, have ensured a speedyrecovery, the ministry said.

"The higher number ofrecoveries and the decliningfatality rate have shown thatIndia's graded strategy hasworked," it underscored.

A total of 4,77,38,491 sam-ples were tested for COVID-19 up to September 4, includ-ing 10,59,346 on Friday, theministry said.

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As COVID-19 cases surge so doworries about how to contain thespread of the disease that isspreading inexorably throughIndia, initially in urban centresand now increasingly into thehinterland where medical infra-structure is scarce.

Though there are no exactnumbers about the spread of thevirus into rural areas, there isenough evidence to suggest it hasreached most corners of Indiaand there is community trans-mission, say experts.

Just two figures could tell thestory: an estimated 65 per centof India's 1.3 billion populationlives in rural areas. And, accord-ing to the website How IndiaLives, 714 districts in India havecoronavirus cases, putting 94.76per cent of the population at risk.

“Increasingly, COVID-19positive persons are beingreported from small-sizedtowns, as well as from ruralareas. Sero-surveys haverevealed that the disease hasspread to most parts of the coun-try indicating community trans-mission of COVID-19," a groupof public health experts said in

a statement earlier this week.The experts, from the IndianPublic Health Association,Indian Association of Preventiveand Social Medicine and theIndian Association ofEpidemiologists, also expressedconcern that reports of stigma,fear and discrimination contin-ue even after six months.

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The Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) will investigate internation-al and inter-state connections, if any,in the drug case linked to actorSushant Singh Rajput's death, anofficial said here on Saturday.

He also said the agency was look-ing for a "big fish" in the case.

The NCB is probing the drugangle in Rajput's death case undercriminal sections of the NDPS Actafter the Enforcement Directorateshared with it a report following the

cloning of two mobile phones ofactress Rhea Chakraborty.

Rhea, girlfriend of Rajput, is themain accused in the late actor'sdeath case. gSpeaking to reportersoutside the NCB's Ballard Estateoffice here in south Mumbai, theofficial said that arrested accusedwill be confronted with each otherto get clarity on roles played bythem.

"We have obtained the remandcustody (of accused ShowikChakraborty and Samuel Miranda).We will confront all the arrested

accused with each other to get clar-ity on their roles," he said.

If any new name crops up dur-ing investigation, the NCB willsummon that person to join theprobe, he said.

"We will take this investiga-tion to its logical conclusion,"the official added. Earlier in theday, Showik, brother of RheaChakraborty, and Miranda, thehouse manager of the late actor,were remanded in custody ofthe NCB till September 9 by acourt here.

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The Indian auto and compo-nents industry should not de-link completely from importsas self-reliance is "not aboutbeing insulated", and compa-nies should work harder toboost cost competitiveness,bring technology-led innova-tion to have greater share inglobal supply chain, Mahindraand Mahindra ManagingDirector Pawan Goenka saidon Saturday.

The auto components indus-try in India has been growingprimarily based on cost com-petitiveness but the samemethod will not be able to takeit to the next level unless thereis investment on technology,technology-led innovation and

capacity creation, Goenka said."Can we and should we de-

link from imports completely?I think not, for both the ques-tions. Neither we can nor weshould," he said while speakingat the annual session of theAuto ComponentsManufacturers Association of

India (ACMA).Goenka further said, "We

will have to continue to importto get things that some othercountries can do better than usand that is fine. We don't haveto do everything ourselves.Aatmanirbhar is not aboutbeing insulated."

Interdependence will playan important role in global anddomestic economies, he saidadding "we should avoid anyknee jerk reaction or ask forbans of imports or any suchacts".

Such actions could haverepercussions for the industryand retaliations by other coun-tries, he said.

Goenka said to reduceimports and enhance self-reliance, there is a need to look

at carefully "what are weimporting and why are weimporting".

"There are three reasons forit -- cost benefits, capacityconstraints in India, and tech-nology and technologicaladvantage," he added.

Based on Mahindra figures,he said, "My guess is about halfof the (components) imports— that is Rs 50,000 crore plus— happens because of lowercosts. This needs immediatefocus. It is very difficult tobelieve that India is not capa-ble of producing automotiveglass, bearings, castings, gearbox parts, and wheel rims atcompetitive costs and the coun-try needs to import thesethings. We must understandwhy?"

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State-owned Bharat PetroleumCorp Ltd (BPCL) has offeredits employees stock options atone-third of the market priceas the company looks toreward staff ahead of its pri-vatisation.

The board of BPCL onFriday "approved the proposedEmployee Stock PurchaseScheme (ESPS) to the specifiedemployees through the trustmechanism, subject to theapproval of the shareholders",the company said in a regula-tory filing.

While BPCL did not givedetails, a source with directknowledge of the develop-ment said 'BPCL Trust forInvestment in Shares' holdsaround 9.33 per cent stake ofthe company's paid-up sharecapital.

Of this, 2 per cent will beoffered to employees at one-third the price of BPCL scripin the preceding six months, hesaid.

There will be no change ingovernment's shareholding inthe company.

The government is selling allof its 52.98 per cent stake in

BPCL to a strategic investor.Expression of Interest (EoI) forthe privatisation is due onSeptember 30.

"The Trust formed for thepurpose shall purchase theaforesaid shares from the'BPCL Trust for Investment inShares' by way of secondaryacquisition through the stockexchanges as per the SEBI(Share Based EmployeeBenefits) Regulations, 2014and other applicable laws," thecompany said in the regulato-ry filing.

The source said the numberof shares to be offered underthe ESPS will depend on the

grade of the employee andeven directors on the compa-ny board would be eligible forthe offer. There will be a one-year lock-in period for theshares that employees buyunder ESPS, he added.

'BPCL Trust for Investmentin Shares' is an independententity, of which the companyBPCL is a beneficiary.

ESPS will be executed instrict compliance of the SEBInorms, the person said addingBPCL will seek shareholders'approval for the scheme at itsupcoming annual generalmeeting (AGM) later thismonth.

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The COVID-19 pandemic pre-sents an opportunity for theIndian automobile and compo-nents sector to become a glob-al hub, thereby helping thecountry become self-reliantand such a chance must not bewasted, Hero MotoCorp CMDand CEO Pawan Munjal saidon Saturday.

Speaking at the annual ses-sion of Auto ComponentsManufacturers Association ofIndia (ACMA), Munjal saidthe auto sector can also leadthe way for other industries inIndia in responding to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's"clarion call" for AatmanirbharBharat.

"The silver lining in thispandemic is the HonorablePrime Minister's clarion calland push for an AatmanirbharBharat -- I believe that goingforward we, and our sector canbe the growth engine for bring-ing alive Atmanirbhar Bharat,a self-reliant India, by all ofconnecting, communicatingand collaborating on multiplefronts such as innovation,engineering and R&D," Munjalsaid.

Stating that India's biggestadvantage and key asset is itsunique position of "having theworld's largest youth popula-tion, giving us a clear edge overmany other countries", he said,"I know, it is through the prin-ciple of Aatmanirbhar Bharatthat our industry has theopportunity to become a glob-al hub in the very near future.

"Collectively, we have tohave the vision to strive to notonly make it happen for oursector, we have to lead otherindustries into thinking likeus."

He further said, "I urge all ofus here to not let this crisis to

go waste. By connecting, com-municating and collaborating,we can not only help eachother, we can also help ournation to reach her goal ofAatmanirbhar Bharat."

The world today is racing todevelop a vaccine for COVID-19, and the process, which usu-ally takes decades, has beenfast-tracked as research labo-ratories, drug manufacturersand healthcare services arecollaborating with each otherfor an antidote, Munjal said.

Munjal also acknowledgedthe "other reality" of hugechallenges faced by suppliers inthe wake of the coronavirus.

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Many companies in China arerelocating or putting plants inother countries to cover geopo-litical risks and the auto andcomponents sector must bringthose investments or tie upwith them to produce in India,newly-elected President ofSociety of Indian AutomobileManufacturers (SIAM) KenichiAyukawa said on Saturday.

Speaking at the annual ses-sion of the Auto ComponentsManufacturers Association ofIndia (ACMA), Ayukawa, whois also the managing directorand CEO of Maruti SuzukiIndia, also said that he wouldmake efforts to organise somebusiness exploration meetingswith manufacturers of Japan topush make in India.

Such similar steps couldalso be taken up with SouthKorea, USA and Europeancountries, while asking compo-nents makers to go for "maxi-mum localisation of innerparts and raw material in linewith 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' orself-reliant India drive.

"There is opportunity in

adversity. Many companies inChina are relocating or puttingplants in other countries tocover geopolitical risk. Weshould bring those investmentsto India or tie up with them toproduce in India," Ayukawasaid. He further said, "I willmake efforts to organise somebusiness exploration meetingswith manufacturers of Japan toincrease Make in India.Similarly, we could do withother countries like Europe orKorea or USA."

Stating that the challengescontinue, Ayukawa asked the

components industry toincrease production while tak-ing care of employees' healthand safety in these challengingtimes. "You must deliver thecomponents as required bycustomers," he said addingthat doing so may be difficultin the middle of changinglockdowns and "it needs agood amount of top manage-ment monitoring and detail-ing". He also exhorted thecomponents industry to takeextreme care of quality andsafety these days.

"Because of social distancing

norms and implementingSOPs, it may be possible tomiss some steps in someprocesses. These could lead toquality problems or safety haz-ards. There is no compromiseon quality and safety,"Ayukawa said.

Stating that SIAM sourcinggroup has identified four cat-egories of components — elec-tronics, some grades of steel,tooling and electric vehiclescomponents — where importsshould be converted to local, hesaid, "We would request you(component makers) to takeleadership and assume respon-sibility for localisation of thesecomponents."

"If we are able to achieve this,India will become very power-ful for exports also. If you canproduce ventilators and PPE intwo months, I am confidentyou can achieve auto compo-nent localisation also,"Ayukawa said.

He sought government sup-port to bring production linkedincentive schemes for exportsin the auto sector, GST reduc-tion and scrappage incentivescheme for domestic demand.

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Gadkari on Saturdayasked Indian automobileand components indus-try not to depend onimports and developlocal substitutes forproducts boughtfrom overseas, sayingthe country's auto sec-tor has the potential tobe the top global manufac-turing hub.

The government has alsotaken several steps to encour-

age Indian companies toexport more, and the compo-

nents sector has anopportunity to take

advantage ofmeasures likechanging thedefinition ofMSMEs, the

Road Transportand Highways

minister said whileaddressing the annual sessionof Auto ComponentsManufacturers Association of

India (ACMA)."I request you, don't encour-

age imports. Try to take theinitiative to find out the alter-native, or how can we makeimport substitutes in India," hesaid.

He further said while mak-ing those products inIndia,"Initially the profit mar-gin may be less but when youget the volume, you can be themost important company forexports. I have 100 per centconfidence in you."

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Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kanton Saturday said that a lotof spadework hasalready been doneon the produc-t i o n - l i n k e dincentive (PLI)scheme forauto and com-ponent manu-facturers andthe governmentplans to push itforward in a big way.

Kant, who wasaddressing the 60th annualconvention of the Associationof Auto ComponentManufacturers (ACMA) inNew Delhi on Saturday, alsosaid that the scrappage policywas at a "very very advancedstage" of the inter-ministerialdiscussions. The vehicle scrap-page policy is aimed at scrap-ping of old vehicles inexchange for some incentivesfor consumers. "We at NitiAayog have done a lot ofspadework (on the PLIscheme). The department ofheavy industry has actually

interacted with the automobileand auto component manufac-turers. We would push this

(PLI scheme) in a very bigway ...for auto com-

ponents and auto-mobile manu-

facturers," hesaid.

"The scrap-page policyalso is at a veryadvanced stage

of inter-minis-terial discussions

and we will pushboth these things for-

ward," Kant added. Termingthe domestic auto componentmakers as "truly a great exam-ple of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat',he said if India is going to geta V-shaped recovery from the(current) crisis, it will have tobe on the back of the automo-bile and auto component man-ufacturers.

"We have reliance onimports for low-tech compo-nents like gear boxes, tubesand steering wheels. I do notsee any technological imped-iment for localisation of thesecomponents,” Kant said.

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IT services firmHappiest MindsTechnologies hasraised Rs 316 crorefrom anchorinvestors, ahead ofits initial publicoffering that openson Monday.

Some of the anchorinvestors include Governmentof Singapore, Goldman Sachs,Kuwait Investment Authority,Nomura Funds Ireland, JupiterIndia and Pacific HorizonInvestment.

A total of 25 anchorinvestors have been allotted1,90,30,541 equity shares at theupper price band of Rs 166 perscrip. At this price, the com-pany mopped up Rs 315.9crore, Happiest Minds said ina statement issued on Saturday.

The IPO will open for sub-scription on September 7 andclose on September 9. Theprice band of the offer hasbeen fixed at Rs 165 to Rs 166per equity share.

The offer comprises a freshissuance of shares aggregating

up to Rs 110 crore and an offerfor sale of up to 3.56 croreequity shares.

The company's promoterAshok Soota will offer8,414,223 equity shares andCMDB-ll (JP Morgan AssetManagement) will offer27,249,362 scrips through theoffer-for-sale route.

Soota was also the foundingchairman and managing direc-tor of MindTree Ltd. Prior tothis, he was the vice-chairmanof Wipro Ltd.

At the upper end of theprice band, the IPO will fetchRs 702 crore.

The IT company proposesto utilise the net proceedsfrom the fresh issue to meetlong-term working capitalrequirement and general cor-porate purposes.

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The Seattle suburb of Bellevuemay soon be Amazon's unof-ficial “HQ3”.

The Seattle-based tech giantannounced on Friday that itwas expanding its workforcefootprint in Bellevue, withnew office space plans that willhost a total of 25,000 employ-ees in the next several years,the Seattle Times reports.

That's the same number ofemployees promised forArlington, Virginia, by 2030.The Washington DC-area citywon Amazon's closely-watched HQ2 sweepstakes in2018 by offering USD 573 mil-lion in cash grants and taxincentives. Amazon inexchange pledged to bring

25,000 new jobs that will payon average USD 150,000 ayear.

Since 2016, the companyhas been leasing space in thetony Eastside suburb about 10miles east of downtownSeattle, just across LakeWashington. Amazon nowhosts about 3,000 workersthere and has been growing itspresence steadily in Bellevue'srobust downtown corridor,which will soon be connectedwith a Link light-rail station.

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Nissan says it has developed anew way to produce high-techauto parts that highlightsthe Japanese automak-er's engineeringfinesse, even as itfaces a criminaltrial in an ongo-ing scandalinvolving formerChairman CarlosGhosn.

Nissan Motor Co saidit has achieved a “break-through” in molding carbonfiber reinforced plastic, orCFRP, components, now usedin racing cars and jets becauseof their light weight andstrength.

All of the world's top

automakers are working toboost CFRP use. The hurdleshave been cost, which is oftenabout 10 times that of steel,and the long time it takes to

mold the parts.Executive Vice

President HideyukiSakamoto said theCFRP parts will beused in mass-pro-duced sport-utility

vehicles in four or fiveyears, thanks to a new

casting procedure for thepoured resin.

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The debate was on home-grown DBS Bank, which has

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Iswaran said he is "troubled"by parliamentarian Leong

Mun Wai's remarks thatDBS Bank does nothave a "homegrownCEO".

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The company, along withaffiliated South Koreanautomaker Kia, on Thursdaysaid they were recalling over600,000 vehicles in the USand Canada to fix a brakefluid leak that could cause thefires. Hyundai initially said itwas OK for its vehicles to beparked indoors.

The recalls cover 203,000Hyundai Santa Fe SUVs from2013 to 2015. Also includedare over 440,000 Kia Optimamidsize sedans from 2013through 2015 and KiaSorento SUVs from 2014and 2015.

Hyundai spokesmanMichael Stewart said thecompany's North Americasafety team met on Fridayand decided that the SantaFes should not be parked ingarages.

“After further review, itwas determined that out of anabundance of caution, cus-tomers should park the vehi-cles outside until the recall iscompleted,” Stewart said.

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Clowns, tightrope walkers, jug-glers, magicians and dancersdoes this sound like a fantasy-land to you? If yes, then prob-ably you have never ever visit-

ed a fully functional circus. And when onetalks about the circus, there is no way ofmissing Rambo Circus, one of the biggestand oldest circuses of the community.

The history of the circus is as big andglorious as the circus itself. “The circus isfrom the British Era. My father used to bea helper in the Arena Circus for years.Some years later, he realised that he need-ed to do something big and that is whenhe decided to take ownership of theArena Circus and merged it with two otheralready running circuses. This was back in1991. He then went on to do foreign tourswith the Circus. In 1993, he suffered a heartattack and decided to return to India. Allthese years, I was busy with my college, butknowing about my father's condition, Idecided to join the circus. We thenthought of renaming the circus and cameacross the word Rambo, which meansstrength. We knew right then that this willbe the name of our circus,” Sujit Dilip, theowner of Rambo Circus, tells you.

Owning a circus back in the 90s, hesays, was nothing less than having a king-dom. “We were like kings. Such was thegrandeur of owning a circus. People fromall over India used to visit our circus. Theyused to tell us that they have travelled 100kms to come and see our circus. It feltgreat. It was like a festivity for people andthey didn’t want to miss it at any cost,” Diliptells you.

However, with time the circus whichonce worked with a strength of around 400artists came down to merely 100. “We had70 animals and for each animal there werea minimum of two caretakers. From tigersto lions and from elephants to chim-panzees, we had all kinds of wild animals.For each elephant, we had 3 mahouts. Butnow, we are left with only 100 artists. Thereason being lack of funds and low expo-sure,” he says.

Though, the craze of visiting a circushas dwindled in the tech-savvy childrenthese days, Dilip agrees to disagree on thefact. “The essence has not faded and itnever will. Those who don’t want to visita circus now is just because they have prob-ably been to a bad one. People still love itas much as they did in the past. If they did-n’t, we wouldn’t be here working,” heasserts.

However, running a kingdom-likecircus is not everyone’s cup of tea. Moreso, when it comes to an ever changingworld like today. “The biggest challengethat we have faced till date was when theGovernment banned the animals in theCircus. It was a task to get the circus run-ning without them. Many circuses perishedafter this ban. Sometimes when people

came to visit the circus and they got toknow that there are no animals, they askedfor a refund. Most of them said that thereason they were here was just to see theanimals. It became hard to survive,” he tellsyou.

In order to sustain without the ani-mals, Dilip thought of inventing newthings and making use of technology tokeep the circus running. “We exchangedideas with other countries and used theirtechnologies to bring the circus to life evenwithout animals. We trained the artists inlearning new tricks and use the technol-ogy to enhance the overall experience ofvisiting a circus. Improved sound effects,lighting and newer stunts were introduced.In about two years, we were back on thetrack, but those years were definitely verychallenging not only for me but for theartists as well,” he tells you.

When one talk about circus and ani-mals, there is a preconceived fact that allanimals are ill treated there. However, Dilipdenies the fact and tells you that his ani-mals were like his extended family. “I lovedmy animals like my family. There was atigress which fell ill due to old age. Hertreatment costed me �8,000 per day. Eventhe doctor who used to come for hercheck-up told me not to waste my moneyon the tigress as she doesn’t have a lot oftime. But I told him that this is my duty,she is my family and I cannot leave her byherself. No matter what it cost, I will domy best to not let her suffer till death,” hesays.

Not only that, Dilip used to feed hislions a balanced diet with lots of proteinand multivitamins. “I used to put sea codliver oil in the lions’ diet. I gave them a bal-anced diet to keep them healthy andstrong. But once they turn old, their furwears off and their skin coat becomes dull,but that doesn’t mean that they are ill treat-ed. It is all because of the age factor, it hap-pens with human too,” he explains.

He travels back in time to tell youabout a chimpanzee, Billy, which loved hiscaretaker so much that he couldn’t toler-ate any boy looking towards her.“Undoubtedly, the girl was beautiful andBilly loved her so much that he hated itwhen somebody looked at her or viceversa. He used to get so agitated that hethrew stones at the boy until he goes awayfrom the vicinity. Animals have the abil-ity to read people’s feelings and so was thecase with Billy,” he recalls.

Parting with the animals when theGovernment banned them was hard forDilip and so he decided to keep Billy at hisresidence. “Billy loved watchingMahabharat. It was his favourite serial. Oneday, while I was not at home, Billy was busywatching the serial alone, soon after thepower supply went off and the care takerwas out to check in the reason. Billyopened his cage gate and went to the near-

by salon where the barber was watchingMahabharat on his TV. The barber freakedout seeing Billy in his parlour and he shutdown the lights and the TV and drew theshutter down. Billy got so angry that hebroke the TV. The barber then complainedabout me and I was told by the police notto keep a wild animal at the residence.Then I had to send Billy off to anotherorganisation. He stayed there for a whilebut died soon after due to a tragedy. Somepeople at the organisation advised to putrobes in its cage so that they can play. Iasked them not to and told them that it isrisky. But to no good. Within a week, Billydied because of getting choked by theropes. In fact all my animals died withinsix months of parting with me,” he tellsyou.

There are so many stories from the cir-cus, he says, that we can make a web seriesout of it. “If I had the clips and recordings,I would have made a documentary. Thereare so many interesting stories of animals.Not to mention, when our artists used tosleep in the lions’ cage. Had that man beenalive, I would have made a separate serieson him,” he tells you.

One thing that makes Rambo Circusstand out from the clutter is the unity inthe team. “Like I said, many circuses werenot able to cope with the pressure and rein-vent themselves. The reason why RamboCircus still stands strong is because we haveunity. We all are like one big family. Oneexample of this unity is when the lockdownhappened, I asked the artists to go backhome and that we will pay them. Most ofthem refused and said that we all aretogether in this and that this is their homeand they don’t want to leave it. Also, likeI said the word Rambo itself means

strength, so we all gain our strength fromit,” he tells you.

All the artists come close to Dilip, butthere was a clown who was disowned byhis family and took shelter in the circus andthen became a family. “He was disabledand his family disowned him because ofembarrassment. He started working witha circus and met my father on a foreigntrip. When the circus was shut down, hecame to us for work. His acts was loved byone and all and it got him a coverage withhis photograph in a newspaper. His fam-ily saw the story and they started visitinghim. They brought him lunch every dayand convinced him of going back to thevillage. He told me about his plans and Isaid that you can come whenever you wantand leave whenever you want. You are freeto make a choice and that we will still bea family. He went back, opened a shop andgave all the property to his family. Oncehis brother’s got the property paperssigned from him, they threw him out ofthe house again,” he tells you.

Dilip adds that the clown called himto join the circus again. “He came back andspent the rest of his life at the circus. Hetaught people English and Maths. He con-sidered the circus as his family and spenthis money to fulfill his co-artists’ needs,”he tells you.

In all his life, Dilip says, he neverencounter an aggressive animal in the cir-cus. “Animals don’t become aggressivewithout a reason. The most common onebeing if a female caretaker is menstruat-ing. If she is, the animals can smell bloodand there are high chances of them goingwild again. Therefore, we always main-tained transparency with all the caretak-ers. If any of the girl was due for the month,

she would come and inform us and wewouldn’t let her go near the animals.Hence, no accidents were reported at mycircus,” he tells you.

Corona has been another big challengein Dilip’s life and in order to adapt to thesituation he thought of taking the circusonline. “We had so many plans of rein-venting the circus. We thought of intro-ducing animated animals through tech-nology. But then the lockdown happenedand it was hard to sustain. We were ableto pay our artists for one month, but thenour funds got exhausted. That’s when a cir-cus fan Lakshaya Foundation came up withan idea to take the circus online. Now wehave gone online with a digitally producedshow Life Is A Circus. This is a virtualfundraiser event and is aimed to raiseawareness for the cause and benefit theRambo Circus artists and their families tocome back strong and revive from the dif-ficult situation. The show was available onBookMyShow,” he tells you.

It is a welcome step and people lovedto see the circus online. “We got goodresponse from people. This is definitely atesting time and most of the children areleft home bound. Hence, getting to watchtheir favourite circus online was a treat forthe children,” he tells you.

Dilip has a request to make to theGovernment. “The circus artists are notrecognised by the Government. Theydon’t get any facility as compared to otherartists. I want the Government to recog-nise this art form too and provide theartists with basic facilities, if not more. Inmany countries, there is a school in the cir-cus premises for the artists’ children so thatthey don’t waste their time and get intodrugs. But in India, we don’t have any facil-ity. There are annual circus festivals thathappen abroad and many countries par-ticipate in them, but it’s a shame that thereis no one to represent India. I want to seethe National Flag there and for this weneed the Government’s support,” he says.

It is important for the artists to engageand communicate with the circus artistsof other countries so that they can enhancetheir craft, he says.

“There is a lot to learn from othercountries and for this we have to attend theannual festivals. Circus artists get morerespect outside India. They are paid inlakhs. The ticket of a show for one personstarts from �15,000 there whereas inIndia it is just 100 or 200 bucks. If we willincrease the price, no one will come. Thereis a lot to be changed for the artists in Indiain order to take the art high,” he tells you.

He adds and tells you that the USP ofthe circus are two sisters.

“The USP of our circus are two sisterswho enact aerial acts. They are the best ofthe best. People from all over India cometo watch their performance, they are thatgood,” he tells you.

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every being is born unique, each display-ing varying desire and mind-trends,remains a natural breeding ground forconflict of interests. In such an intriguingworld, there remains no scope for everhaving a perfect situation in life — wealways remain vulnerable to go throughunforeseen twists and turns in life. Yet,we are supposed to work out ways andmeans to succeed well in life and withease and comfort. But, in a complexworld, is it possible, and if so, how?

Well, applying reasons, it is verymuch possible, and that is the challengebefore all of us. It needs to be appreciatedhere, that unlike other species in exis-tence that are respectively bound by theirpredetermined nature, human beingsenjoy the exclusive privilege to guidetheir actions by choice. But whereverchoice option is there, the probability ofits use and misuse remains equal, withrelated ramifications. To overcome thisvulnerability, human beings are armedwith another exclusive privilege ‘Buddhi’— the faculty of discriminate intelli-gence. That empowers you to dispassion-

ately judge things in perspective and pickup the most appropriate lead. It lets youweigh between ‘what you want’ and‘what is right’ and accordingly help makeright choice. It does also help you visu-alise challenges coming your way in theright perspective due, and let you combatthem intelligently.

Buddhi, however, doesn’t play outinvoluntarily. It has to be consciouslyinvoked on every occasion, which callsfor necessary alert for the purpose.Truth, however, remains that we seldomremain conscious about keeping thisempowerment tool in active mode all thetime. Ordinarily, we flow by the run oflife driven by our inherent desire andmind-trends. Our ‘Ego’ further plays adevil in the process, as it identifies itselfwith those trends and takes them as ifthat would be its end game. It won’tallow invoking buddhi for due diligence— whether the desires pursued are worthit or not; are we equipped to pursuethem to their logical end; and whetherenvironmental conditions are conduciveor not — and with obvious conse-quences. When we fail, we either blameexternal factors or take refuse in the callof destiny, rather than looking within to

figure out our own fault lines.The other day, a gentleman came

asking: “Sir, I pick up great ideas.Pursuing them, I earn substantially. Andthen in my next move, which apparentlylooks worth pursuing, I lose everything.The net result is zero. What is there inmy destiny that doesn’t let me have myway? Please suggest some puja to over-come this vulnerability of mind.”

While looking for a puja, you needto first understand how one’s destiny ismade out. Bear in mind; our life is drivenby cause-effect chain. The choices thatwe have made in the past, have a carry-over effect in future. The imprints ofwhat we did in the past is laid down inour minds in the form of seed-potential,which given a conducive atmosphere willplay out in future. Accordingly, the bestpuja would be to first know your ownself — figure out the indwelling seedpotential. You could then, once againapplying choice option duly guided bybuddhi, make necessary amends in yourthought process through fresh educativeinputs. That alone can let you rise overyour own limitations. Any puja conduct-ed by pundits can’t invade your mind-space for necessary correction.

Now look at your inherent desire and

mind-trends. Uranus occupying thelagna, is trine to its lord Sun speaks ofyour high talent. The Sun in the 5thhouse marked with speculative tenden-cies, brings in gambling instinct. But atthe end of the day, signifying Moon putsyour ideas into action. Moon occupiesGemini sign, the one marked with vacil-lation, which is posited in the constella-tion owned by Mars in the 5th house,which further strengthens your gamblingtendencies. As would happen in anygambling, the probability of success andfailure remains equal. This vulnerabilitycould be contained by applying sense ofreasons, as it will let you make calculatedmoves and avoid playing blind games,which you often do.

The problem, however, is that intelli-gence signifying Mercury is conjunct itsnatural enemy Mars as well as headlessKetu, which makes you restless, notallowing space for due diligence.Consequently, you are tempted to rushthrough your action on instinctive judg-ment, and evidently to your detriment.The result is there to see.

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In every adversity lies the seed ofan equal or greater opportunity.So goes the age-old maxim byauthor and propagator of themodern genre of personal-suc-

cess, Napoleon Hill. This adage alsodefines my perspective towards life, anadage I respect and abide by to delin-eate the forthcoming future, a futurethat today stands altered dynamically.

Now, for a minute, let’s cast asidethe current Covid-19 pandemic situa-tion and think otherwise. Irrefutably,we combat adversities in life from timeto time. There are two discrete ways inwhich the human mind acts in responseto such contexts. Some flourish andunearth avenues to combat the chal-lenge, even as, for some, merely gettingup in the morning becomes a dreadfulchore. To the pessimist, adversity canmean despair, hopelessness and theunnerving feeling that things will neverget better. The optimist always sees theglass half full realising that every hard-ship has a silver lining and looks intothe future for the long-term conse-quences of their choices.

Now, let’s talk about the situationwe are confronted with. The pandemicis deepening economic, political andsocial stress in 213 countries and terri-tories globally. 24 million cases and ris-ing even as I write this article. At least8,30,000 people have lost their lives andthe virus is wreaking havoc in everynation with flattening the curve a dis-tant target to realise and no respite insight.

Financial markets are plummeting,employment has taken a drastic hit,businesses across the globe are grap-pling to device viable strategies andstructural shifts in the very way theyfunction. Our healthcare workers andfacilities are being so overburdened thatdoors are being closed to new patients.

In short, conditions are appalling.On its face, when presented with

the intensifying set of challenges, everycountry, every leader, every organisa-tion had two options. To give into thecrisis and be vanquished or rise like aphoenix from the ashes and knuckledown. While the former was not anoption, it never has been for any for us,we knew while the road was going to berough, we had to drive through andconquer the unconquerable.

Agreed, while people are losingtheir jobs at a rampant rate, there also

are vivid evidences that show howemployers, companies and businesses,both conglomerates and small enter-prises are standing shoulder to shoulderwith their workforces to ensure they aresafe and sheltered from the tempest.They are ensuring and safeguardingthat their teams and their families areprotected. Survival is a basic humaninstinct, then why fear failure when youcan embrace the learnings?

Clearly, once the screeches of thepandemic dwindle, the scale ofwhat needs to be achieved is

going to be truly staggering. So, here’stip number 1.

There are undeniable lessons wecould draw from our neighbour andmanufacturing giant China. China’ssuccess in building a globally competi-tive skilled workforce and transformingitself as the world’s manufacturing hubcan be attributed to its technical andvocational education system.

Another country that India coulddraw inspiration from is Brazil. Despitetackling a difficult fiscal and economicsituation, Brazil has developed rapidlyover the last decade and a half in termsof employment and revenue. Strategicinvestments that prepared young peoplefor jobs and entrepreneurship played asignificant role in this growth.

This brings me to my next tip. By2022, whilst India aims to create aresource pool of 500 million skilledworkers, it will likely also surpassGermany to become the fourth largesteconomy trailing only the UnitedStates, China and Japan. Currently,India stands at a historical juncture,with enormous potential to procurerich economic benefits in the forthcom-ing decades. The rapid growth in thecountry’s population would be accom-panied by an unprecedented demo-graphic transition, with far-reachingconsequences on economic growth.

We live in a world that’s technicallymutating and quickly transitioning into aknowledge-based economy that demandsa new generation of educated and skilledindividuals. With half of India’s popula-tion under the age of 25, 2/3rd less than35, (2) there’s a critical need for scalingup concerted efforts to enhance skilldevelopment in India. Despite having theworld’s largest youth population, we arenot fully capturing this potential demo-graphic dividend — over 30% of India’s

youth are NEETs — not in employment,education or training.

The next indicator I am going totalk about is crucial. India’s competitiveedge will be determined by its citizens’ability to create, share and use knowl-edge effectively in a global economywhich is experiencing a broad-basedcyclical upturn. An increasing propor-tion of skill developed population willprovide a window of opportunity toimprove labour productivity, increasedomestic production, enhance revenuefrom services, increase savings andreduce the burden of old residents onthe working population. This is highlysignificant because the two largest con-tributors to India’s economy, the ser-vices and manufacturing sectors needhighly trained workers.

The above tip certainly needs to bebacked with the next tip which is to ele-vate and strengthen the agriculturalsector, the very backbone of India’seconomy. We still are an agriculturaleconomy, which ensures food securityfor the entire country. Over the years,the sector comprising a workforce of220 million has been in enormous dis-tress with productivity dwindling at arapid rate and marred by farmer sui-cides. Training interventions in agricul-ture call for creating awareness aboutthe need for skilling and upskillingrural youth and productivity enhance-ment that produce growth and sustain-ability. Additionally, the Food &Agriculture Organisation of the UnitedNations has declared if women had thesame access to productive resources asmen, they could raise total agriculturaloutput in developing countries by 20%to 30% and reduce the number of hun-gry persons in the world by 12-17%.

Empowering and investing inwomen farmers is a pre-requisite to ful-fill India’s vision of the SustainableDevelopment Goals that aims to endpoverty and hunger, protect the envi-ronment, improve health parametersand empower all women. Their voicesneed to be heard at both policy andimplementation levels if we are torealise the dream of a progressivenation. Women farmers in India per-form most of the big farming jobs, fromsowing to harvesting, yet their access toresources is less than their male coun-terparts. Closing this gender gap isessential in order to accelerate the paceof growth in the agriculture sector.

But, skill development alone is notgoing to matter unless it is comple-mented with employment generation,particularly when around 12.8 millionpeople are entering the job market yearon year. In order to accomplish this,and this is my next word of advice —there has to be an intensive focus onindustries that are labour intensive andnot merely capital-intensive, or technol-ogy driven. Instead of adopting a top-down approach, change should startfrom the grassroots preventing peoplefrom lurking in the dark when agendasare initiated.

Automation and advances in arti-ficial intelligence is already alter-ing the manufacturing and engi-

neering sectors which promises to bethe mainstay of the economy with moreand more people coming out of farms.This brings to my next opinion. Ouryouth need to be imparted skills forjobs where humans will not be replacedby robots or algorithms like creativeendeavours, healthcare, teachers, coun-selors, lawyers, analysts and skilledtrained workers like plumbers, carpen-ters and electricians. We have to createan economy led by design, innovation,creativity and entrepreneurship to bringabout a transformation. Strengtheningthe mid-market segment in India tocreate more jobs and re-skilling theworkforce to take up the new jobswhich will be emerging.

Here is my next tip. Evidently, apartfrom meeting its own demand, Indiahas the potential to become the world-wide hub for outsourcing skilled man-power. India once poised as the globaloutsourcing hub is now viewed as aprospective supplier of world-classlabour. As the global labour forceapproaches 3.5 billion in 2030, inequal-ities will continue to grow as lower skillworkers face unemployment, underem-ployment and stagnating wages.Increasing globalisation and digitalpresence is resulting in greater cross-border outsourcing. There is massiveneed for global efforts to ensure asteady influx of high-skilled labour tomeet increasing industry demands andavoid a global unemployment crisis.

Nonetheless, achieving this is amammoth task that will require infra-structure, capital and changes to govern-ment policy. 600 million people will jointhe global workforce by 2030 with 60%

of this populace emerging from Chinaand India. This underlines the impor-tance China and India, with the latterbeing touted as a forerunner in this race,in providing the global labour marketwith skilled, employable workers.

We have only 30 years to reap thebenefits of the world’s largest youthworkforce and in a globalised economy,a large pool of skilled workers is indis-pensable for attracting industrial invest-ment including FDI. In light of this,here comes my subsequent purpose. Aknowledge economy requires us todevelop workers-knowledge workersand knowledge technologists-flexible,analytical — and become the drivingforce for innovation and growth. Toachieve this, we need a flexible educa-tion system: basic education to providethe foundation for learning; secondaryand tertiary education to develop corecapabilities and core technical skills.

To my final thoughts: A youngnation with a large digitally enabledmiddle class, India is breaking newground across all segments. But, weneed more solutions that are rapid,solutions that will make us self-sustain-able and resource-efficient.Opportunities, both at home and over-seas are boundless, but we need to buildon our capacities in order to achievemacroeconomic stability. The math issimple. If we forgo building our skillsand capabilities that will drive innova-tion, India will stagnate. GDP is merelya number, a synonym for the economicresources available for people to con-sume, for the standard of living andthus choices that are available. A north-bound GDP is not enough to ensuresustainable economic well-being of anation or the health of its businesses.

We have to start thinking beyondsheer numbers. We have to think abouttransforming the way our economy trulycreates value, address key societal needsand support a vibrant entrepreneurialsector thereby creating jobs. As the worldincreasingly confronts technologicalchanges and sustainability challenges, Itruly believe that India can offer anexemplar for other growth markets withthe intellect, energy and creativity of ayoung nation that it possesses. With con-certed effort rapid, equitable and sustain-able growth is achievable.

The writer is CEO and Founder,Assiduus, an e-commerce brand and dis-

tribution company

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For our nation and for thedemocracies across theworld, it is about time to

reflect upon and evaluate ourprogress not just in the areas ofeconomy but also and increasing-ly so, in the areas of civil liberties,equality and inclusion that involvewomen’s rights and equality, equalopportunities regardless of casteor religion, promotion of freeenterprise and entrepreneurship,impartial law enforcement andjustice system, among many oth-ers. This sort of periodic evalua-tion of the health of the nationshould be conducted by peopleand the people representatives ofa young and progressive nation,especially one like ours.

We cannot become complacentand assume that national stability isassured despite the presence ofinternal conflicts. Our current dayworld is filled with examples offailed states where the governmentand its citizens did not properlyaddress internal conflicts in theirearly stages. Be it Somalia, Sudan,Zimbabwe, or Venezuela (there areclose to 30 states based on WorldBank data), the reason for the fail-ure is inevitably unaddressed inter-nal conflict(s).

According to World Bank,one of the leading indicators ofsuch failure is the breakdown ofpublic debate and disenchantmentof its citizens in that nation’s pub-lic policy. Conversely, nationswhere healthy public debate isalive and citizens are engaged inpublic policy, those nations havecontinued to perform well acrosscenturies (for example, USA, UK,our own nation for the past sevendecades)

Daron Acemoglu (of MIT)and James Robinson (ofUniversity of Chicago) make acompelling case in their book,Why Nations Fail, for the four keyingredients that create nationsthat endure for the really longterm. Those key ingredients are— freedom to move across socialclasses, freedom to choose anytype of work, fair and transparentjustice system, and freedom ofpress.

As a nation, we may havedone reasonably well thus far, inthe last three of the four ingredi-ents but not so well on the free-dom or ability to move acrosssocial classes thereby enablingpoorer citizens to move to getricher. If one were to look at the

income inequality as measuredby Gini Index, India had a GiniIndex of 32.1 in 1983 versus 37.8as of 2011 (based on latest figuresfrom World Bank). A highervalue for Gini Index indicatesthat the income disparitybetween the richest and thepoorest is greater for that societyvs a lower value. By that mea-sure, in the last 30 years, Indiahas progressively gone down thepath of ever-increasing incomedisparity (Gini Index is up byalmost 20%) with our countrydoing only marginally betterthan USA (at 41.4) while doingworse than UK (at 34.8). Apartfrom that, top 10% of the popula-tion in India has an income levelthat is 9.6 times that of the bot-tom 10% of the population.Another way to think about thatmetric (R/P 10%) is that the top10% earn as much in 10 years asthe bottom 10% earn in 100years. The R/P 10%is even worsefor other free market capitalisticdemocracies including UK (at13.8 times) and USA (at 18.5times).

For the leaders of democraticnations, such income disparityshould be sending an alarming

red signal (as a sign of internalconflict), as such state of affairswill become untenable in duecourse. Over the past century, ithas been clearly established (withper capita productivity andincomes have multiplied 4-6 timesof what they were in 1900s —GDP per capita has gone up by440% for India, by 480% for UK,and by 580% for USA) that thecurrent day capitalistic democra-cies function well for a single gen-eration but that design breaksdown when applied across multi-ple generations. If we look acrossgenerations, there is very littlesocial mobility as the rich getricher while the poor get poorer,

and this leads to an ever-wideningwealth and income gap. In thepast, these widening gaps werereset by violent and bloody revo-lutions including the French revo-lution in the 18th century, theBolshevik revolution in the 19thcentury Russia, or the KhmerRouge in Cambodia in the lastcentury.

One potential long-term solu-tion to address that ever-wideningeconomic inequality between therich and the poor, is a new form ofgovernment known as Paracracy.Paracracy that also forms the cor-nerstone on which my new novel,Pokhran is based and forms thefoundation for establishing a pro-

gressive society within the barrendesert land near Pokhran village,represents a form of governmentwhere almost everything is main-tained “as-is” in the current dayfree market capitalistic democra-cies, with one big exception beingthat none of the citizens will bebequeathing their inheritance tothe next generation.

As the etymology suggests,par which means equal (Latin)and kratia which means rule(Greek), proposes a new form ofgovernance in which every citizenwill start their life at the age oftwenty-one, with no wealth inher-ited from their parents or any rel-atives and friends. From that

point on, each of the 21-year-oldswill be free to amass as muchwealth as they legally can, withoutany constraints, so no commu-nism and at the time of theirdeath (or their spouse’s death),that wealth will be passed on tothe State. The State would investthe property and wealth thusaccumulated from its citizens intoeducation, infrastructure projects,defence, law enforcement andsocial services to take care of thesick and the disabled. Such gover-nance will ensure that there is ano generational build-up ofwealth and no ever-wideningincome inequality, as every gener-ation starts out with a clean slate.

It is a bold new way of nationbuilding, where the citizens emi-grate on an individual basis afterthey have explicitly agreed to thefirst principle of no inheritance.While a governance model withno inheritance might seem toofar-fetched in the current timesbut then it was no easy journeyfor even democracy to become astrong contender to monarchy. Ittook close to 500 years, afterCleisthenes first establishedAthenian constitution on ademocratic footing in 508 BC,for democracy to stabilise inGreece. And for that we shouldall forever be thankful toCleisthenes.

It is our collective responsibil-ity to upgrade the 2,500 year-oldinstitution to strengthen the partsthat have worked really well suchas the right to life and the right toliberty and improve the parts thathaven’t worked so well such as theright to a level playing field,regardless of whose womb you areborn in. Paracracy could be thatone bold step towards an attemptto reduce the economic disparitybetween the rich and the poor,creating equal opportunities toone and all enabling wealth gen-eration purely on capabilities.

The writer is an economist andan engineer with keen interest in

philosophy. He is also the author ofnewly released book, Pokhran

We met our neighbours forthe first time yesterday,after two and a half yearsof moving in to our pas-toral suburban villa in

Goa. It is not because we have beensocially distancing ourselves all thiswhile. The neighbours were a lovely cou-ple and during our brief meeting we gotalong well too! However, until now, ourneighbouring villa had been lying vacantas it serves as a holiday home for its own-ers who come by for about five days ayear. In fact, of the total seven villas inour compound, ours is the only one thatdoes not serve as a holiday home for itsowners. Further more, in all of Goa,21.8% of homes are similarly lyingvacant.

Goa leads amongst states with themaximum number of vacant houses inIndia. The beaches and the remnants ofits once hippie culture still draw people

from India and abroad to have a foothere. Gujarat with 13.7% of its homesvacant is second in place. HimachalPradesh has 11.8% homes vacant, whileMaharashtra has 11.2%, NCT of Delhihas 11.1% vacant homes as per the lastcensus.

The fact that 7.4% of India’s homesare lying vacant is not a problem in itself.However, the fact that these completedhomes with electricity and water connec-tions are vacant despite the country’s esti-mated housing shortage of close to 20million, is what makes this an abom-inable paradox.

To make matters worse, the vacanthomes in India are heavily skewedtowards the country’s poorest socio-eco-nomic group. Also going by the last cen-sus, 56.18% of the shortage too pertainsto households with annual incomes of�1,00,000, and 39.44% is for those withannual incomes of less than �2,00,000. It

is indeed the poorest in India who haveinadequate shelter.

The situation is even more dismalwhen one considers the tragic case of 11-18 million children in India who live onthe streets everyday with or without theirfamilies. It was equally unfortunatewhen we witnessed the fate of approxi-mately 26 lakh migrants who upon theoutbreak of Covid-19 were recentlystranded across the country where theirmass exodus out of cities was primarilydue to lack of livelihood and inadequateshelter.

Homelessness in India is grave in mag-nitude, and also diverse in the socio-eco-nomic factors causing it, as much as it iscomplex to solve. However, I believe thatone solution is to tap on the large num-bers of vacant houses in India, especiallyin the affordable housing segment.

To do so, data and informationabout vacant homes is a pre-requisite.

However, gathering data on numbers andreasons for vacant houses in India is anexcruciating and complex task, essential-ly because the individuals who need tobe questioned are the missing homeown-ers of those vacant houses. At the startof every decade, the Census of India takesnote of homes which were found vacantduring the census survey. However thisdata is part of its methodology based onwhich the census taker will either returnor not to the particular home, and thereasons for the homes found vacant arenot revealed in the census. There hasbeen no further primary data collectionon this. So, besides anecdotal evidenceand neighbourhood gossip, we do notquite know the reasons for which theabundant numbers of houses in India arelying vacant.

The Anant Centre for Sustainability,a think-teach-do tank that I establishedtwo years ago is now investigating the

paradox of vacant houses in India, byundertaking large scale surveys acrosscities. The first report in this series ofreports that was released last week,focused on Ahmedabad. Despite thehousing shortage in Ahmedabad, thereport found that more than 14% ofhomes — nearly 1,70,000 — lie vacant.Nearly 20% of EWS government homesare vacant and a further 30% are rented.In the LIG segment, majority of thehomes were found to be either vacant orrented. This seems to indicate thatthough the government has tried hardover the last few years to create housingstock for the EWS and LIG segment,nearly half or more of that stock mightnot have reached intended beneficiariesand is instead in the hands of investors.

These alarming f indings inAhmedabad are a reflection of a systemicproblem across the country. The govern-ment that is the leading housing providerin the affordable housing segment needsto clearly take a relook at its deliverymechanism of affordable houses. Further,reducing the numbers of vacant homesin India via revised rental policies,improving location, infrastructure, anddesign of affordable houses, reducingsome of the social constraints in afford-able housing development projects, aswell as by offering financial solutions, willgo a long way in shrinking the housinggap. If we can occupy the vacant homesin India, we could perhaps reduce theapproximately 50 crore slum house-holds in India by 50%.

These vacant homes can even berepurposed. During the on-going pan-demic when the nation is scrambling togive a decent roof to our children livingon the streets and migrant labour havelost livelihood and shelter, the vacantinfrastructure are not just a colossal wasteof resources but it is one of the greatesthumanitarian opportunity lost. Thevacant homes can be leveraged to makehomes and hospitals for the needy.

The past few months I have been inch-ing towards collecting data to supportimplementable solutions to provide board-ing and education facilities to the childrenon the streets of India. While children areout of school, vast numbers of schools arelying vacant for want of students.

Over the years India has mastered theart of making progressive policies that arepoorly implemented. Now there is anoth-er emerging trend — the lack of skills inmatching supply and demand for roti,kapda, and makaan.

The writer is CEO of Sustain Labsand Adjunct Professor at SciencesPo

Paris. She is also a columnist andauthor of the 2019 bestseller IndianInstincts — essays on freedom and

equality in India

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I was born and grew up in WestMarredpally. During the late

1960s, when I was born,Marredpally was the upscalepart of the city with officers,

and most of the Anglo-Indians residingthere. We had a different culturealtogether; it was more progres-

sive. We had many missionaryschools and colleges in the

area. My father shifted fromthe Old City to Marredpallyonly for our education. My

mom, who studied in a mis-sionary school, was very par-

ticular about our education.So, they got me enrolled in St

Ann’s, one of the best places forgirls. That is still the best part of

my journey. That made me what Iam today. Our personality traits are

inculcated during our schooling.

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After my schooling, I joined St. Francis College.For a brief period, I took care of my father’s businesses

on MG Road. Later, I went back to studies and joined theLaw College of Osmania University. While doing my Law

course, I came to know a lot about Civil Services. Due to peerpressure I took the exams. I was not particular or interested in

taking up Civils. But I was destined and groomed to be here.

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Carnatic music. Both my sisters are verygood Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancers.

My sisters were going all over India andperforming. Though we were educated in

missionary schools, we were more into thecultural vibes. I have been more bent

towards philosophy since my childhood. Myreading of Swami Vivekananda has been the

biggest influence in my life. In my formativeyears, I was more attached to his books, and

I used to visit Ramakrishna Math often.These were the founding stones for what I

am today.

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Post-retirement, I might take upmusic seriously. I plan to practice

music and maybe perform again. I like handlooms a lot.Probably I will get involved in handlooms. A group of my old

friends from school is planning to bring back the old books.I am a huge fan of Amar Chitra Kathas and that sort. The

current generation does not know of our rich historyand culture. I am more interested in culture and

history. I did my MA in Culture and History.

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parents said he was the right onefor me and we just got married. Heis a production engineer who hadthree shifts a day. There were timeswhen we did not have time tomeet. He is a supportive husband,Rajendra Prasad. Since there wasno one to take care of our kids, heresigned from his job and startedhis own business. He was takingcare of our children's educationand their lives while I was movingaround. I was away from my familyfor almost 15 years. My husband isa strict parent, but I am a friendly

type. Both my sons feel morecomfortable with me and openup to me. My eldest son,Maunik Raghavendra is work-ing in LA and the youngestone, Yashasvi Raghavendra,did his Law and is working asa legal officer for one of the

top IT firms here.

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My first posting was in Medak.The Medak division was biggerthan the Medak district now. Atthe fag end of my training, I gotmarried. The secretary then waskind enough and he gave me theposting in Medak since my hus-band was working as a produc-tion engineer and was based inHyderabad. We hardly learnedanything in training. When wewere given the independentcharge of a division, then camethe real challenge. Some decisionshad to be taken and you learnfrom your mistakes. My secondpost was in Narsipatnam in AP. Itgave me a lot of confidence. Itwas a completely rural and tribalscheduled area. Initially, I was toobold, frank, and straightforward.All these are the negatives inadministration. Initially, I was disap-pointed about leaving the dad's busi-ness. As years passed by, I melloweddown a lot and learned my lessons.

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and going to a different state. Iwanted to stay in my state and

serve my people. TheCollector told me ‘I can

do what I can in mystate’.

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I was very calm andcomposed during

school. I was an undis-puted leader and the

Class Representative. I wasalways elected unopposed. In

Class X, I was nominated for theSchool Representative post. But myfather said ‘no’. He felt these are notfor people who are more into stud-ies. During the 1970s we were notso bold to go against our parents.So, despite being nominated, Icouldnot take it up, but that leader-ship qualities always existed.

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surgeon. But my tryst was disas-

trous. Ourswas the first batch

that started withOMR sheets. The mode

of exams had been changed.We were supposed to do it

with HB pencils etc. I did thefirst two digits of my roll numberwith a ball pen and my entirepaper was deemed invalid. I filed acase in High Court, and they askedto check my paper manually and Idid get my merit and I was into themerit list, but somehow, the statewasn’t interested as the applicationswere over and seats were allotted,etc. We filed another case inSupreme Court and it went on tillthe next year. So, I had to sit for theexam again, I was depressed, and Ididnot do well.

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The first 25 years of my life werethe best, after that there is nothingexcept for my service. There was nopersonal growth. It is just aboutgiving back. I enjoyed every post-ing. Even if there is no work in anydepartment, I created work formyself. I was in Vizag for ZillaParishad, everyone asked me ‘whatis Zilla Parishad’. I took care of allZilla Parishad Schools and I wantedto use the funds in buildingschools, but others were not inter-ested; they wanted to spend themoney on roads. Soon, I was shift-ed out and posted to AP Foods,now it is Telangana Foods. It has aplant in Nacharam that producesready-to-eat foods supplied inAnganwadi centres. I felt that wasunnecessary food we were giving tothe most deserving people. I hadbeen with NIN and we had a teamand they helped us include all themicronutrients (about nine ele-ments - including iron, zinc, calci-um, and more) and the entire foodstructure was changed. This washow I strengthened the food thereand I am very proud of it.

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people will feel it is a punishment post or useless post,but I believe, there is nothing called a punishment post.

I was earlier posted in the BC Welfare Department.There I felt that the most deserving caste who were

nomads and semi-nomads were not included. Theironly chance was to enter the BC list, which was notdone for a long time. It is coming up now and I am

happy about it. We worked on it for more than eightmonths to consolidate their living standards, theiroccupation, and more. Most of them are culturally

attached. It is a lot of folklore and a little of history isattached. They earn their livelihood going from place

to place. These classes never had any reservation inschools or employment, 18 of such castes are includednow. This was a big achievement for me. We finished

the whole work in October 2019, the matter is comingup in this session of the Assembly.