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Meeting a long-held promise of the BJP, Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved a resolution in the Rajya Sabha that Article 370, which allowed Jammu and Kashmir to have its own Constitution, will no longer be applicable. "The president on the rec- ommendation of Parliament is pleased to declare as from 5th of August 2019, all clauses of the said Article 370 shall cease to be operative... ," stated the resolution moved by the Home minister. Shah also moved a bill proposing bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union terri- tories — Jammu and Kashmir division and Ladakh. Shah, who introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation bill, said the union territory in Ladakh will have no legislature like Chandigarh. The other union territory of Jammu and Kashmir will have a legislature like Delhi and Puducherry. The announcement, cap- ping days of uncertainty in Jammu and Kashmir, led to an uproar, in the House and out- side it too. India had failed Kashmir in keeping its promis- es, PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufi said. She said the government's unilateral decision "to scrap Article 370" is illegal and unconstitutional. It will make India an occupational force in Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba said on Twitter. "It will have catastrophic conse- quences for the subcontinent. GOIs intentions are clear. They want the territory of J&K by terrorising its people. India has failed Kashmir in keeping its promises," Mehbooba, who is under house arrest in Srinagar, said on Twitter. "Not sure how long I'll be able to communi- cate. Is this the India we acced- ed to?" she asked. National Conference leader Omar Abdullah echoed her outrage, also labelling the gov- ernment's move "unilateral". "Government of India (GOI)'s unilateral and shock- ing decisions today are a total betrayal of the trust that the people of Jammu & Kashmir had reposed in India when the state acceded to it in 1947. SCRAPPING The president on the recommendation of Parliament is pleased to declare as of 5th of August 2019, all clauses of the said Article 370 shall cease to be operative... — Amit Shah, Union Home minister BEFORE NOW Special powers No special exercised by J&K powers now Dual citizenship Single citizenship Separate flag for Tricolour will be the Jammu & Kashmir only flag Article 360 (Financial Emergency) Article 360 not applicable applicable No reservation for minorities Minorites will be eligible such as Hindus and Sikhs for 16% reservation Indian citizens from other People from other States States cannot buy land or will now be able to purchase property in J&K land or property in J&K RTI not applicable RTI will be applicable Duration of Legislative Assembly duration in Union Assembly for 6 years Territory of J&K will be for 5 years If a woman from J&K marries If a woman from J&K out of State, she would lose marries out of State, she the citizenship of J&K will still retain all her rights and Indian citizenship Centre bifurcates J&K into 2 UTs Rajya Sabha clears bifurcation Bill NEW DELHI: In a big triumph for the government, the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019 and adopted the resolution to abrogate the Constitution's Article 370.The bill would now be tabled in the Lok Sabha for consideration and passing. Once it gets the Parliamentary approval and becomes an Act, the state would be bifurcated into two Union territories — Jammu and Kashmir with a legislature, and Ladakh Union Territory without a legislature. The Rajya Sabha also passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 having provisions of 10 per cent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections of upper caste in the state. Replying to the debate on Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha, Home Minister Amit Shah said that it was time for Article 370 to go as the constitutional provision was "the root of all the evils". He said that Article 370 never allowed the democracy to percolate down, and noted that over 41,000 people of the state were killed in the last two decades. NARENDRA MODI FULFILS HIS PROMISE TO THE NATION PNS n NEW DELHI Independent regional parties like BSP, BJD, AIADMK and YSR-CP on Monday supported a resolution in Rajya Sabha to scrap Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and a bill to reorgan- ise the state in two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. NDA constituent Janata Dal (United), however, walked out of the House in protest, while all other allies of the BJP like Shiv Sena, Shiromani Akali Dal, AGP and BPF strongly sup- ported the move. Various oppo- sition parties like the Congress, TMC, DMK, NCP, RJD, CPI, CPI-M and RJD raised vocifer- ous protests in the upper house while opposing the resolution and the bill. They also squatted in the well of the House and continued to raise slogans in protest. Some members of the SP were also sitting in the well. Soon after Home Minister Amit Shah spoke, BSP member Satish Chandra Misra rose to say that his party supported the Bill. "Our party gives complete support. We want that the Bill be passed. Our party is not expressing any opposition to Article 370 and the other Bill," Misra said amid applause from treasury benches. Rising to support the resolu- tion, Bhupender Yadav (BJP) targeted the opposition, espe- cially the Congress for not doing anything to ensure progress of the state and bring its people to the mainstream for the last 70 years. He also targeted the PDP for "ruining" democracy, after its members tore the bill. "This is a historic moment of glory that will ensure social jus- tice in the country after aboli- tion of Article 370 ...It is in national interest," he said sup- porting the bill. Yadav alleged that the Congress has done nothing for the improvement of people in the state. He claims Article 370 was "provisional" and recalled how Sikkim was integrated as a state of India within a day, as also declaration of Goa, Daman and Diu and Puducherry. "They are only indulging in political opportunism and protesting. They have nothing to do with the state and its people. The Congress has never taken steps required to take the state and its people forward on the path of progress. YSRCP, TDP, BSP, BJD,TRS, SHIV SENA, AIADMK, AKALI DAL, AGP, BPF SUPPORT GOVT IN PARLIAMENT BJP ‘unites’ all regional satraps on ‘historic’ day NDA constituent Janata Dal (United), however, walked out of the House in protest, while all other allies of the BJP like Shiv Sena, Shiromani Akali Dal, AGP and BPF strongly supported the move YSRCP, TDP hail axing of Article 370 PNS n AMARAVATI YSRCP on Monday declared its whole-hearted support to the Centre's move to scrap the Constitution's Article 370 which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The YSRCP made its stand clear in the Rajya Sabha after Home Minister Amit Shah presented a resolution to scrap Article 370 and divide the border state into two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. YSRCP parlia- mentary party leader V Vijayasai Reddy hailed the scrapping of Article 370 and termed it as a "courageous and daring" step by Amit Shah. "My party and l e a d e r Jaganmohan Reddy whole- heartedly support the move of the Home Minister and the Prime Minister," he said and hoped that this would completely solve problem of Jammu and Kashmir Meanwhile, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has backed the Centre's decision to scrap Article 370 which gives special sta- tus to Jammu and Kashmir. "Telugu Desam Party supports the U n i o n Government as it seeks to repeal Article 370. I pray for the peace and prosperity of the people of J&K," tweeted TDP chief and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. YSRCP parliamentary party leader V Vijayasai Reddy hailed the scrapping of Article 370 and termed it as a "courageous and daring" step by Amit Shah AP people hail Centre's decision PNS n AMARAVATI The flood water levels in East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh are grad- ually receding, said State Disaster Management Authority here on Monday. The authority in its report also added that the water level in various areas like Chintur, Kunavaram, Polavaram and Dowleswaram are decreasing. According to the report, the government has with- drawn the second level warn- ing which was issued in Dowleswaram. However, the warning may be reimposed in the evening if the water is being released from upper areas of the state. "There is a chance of attain- ing the 2nd warning level in next 12 hours, as about 9L C/s of floodwater is released in from Medigedda barrage into the Godavari at 8 pm on August 4," read the report. On August 3, almost 400 villages have been inundated with water in both the dis- tricts following a heavy down- pour in the region. Subsequently, authorities have issued a flood warning in both the districts and evac- uated the people residing in low lying areas. Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APS- DMA) has directed the offi- cials in the flood-affected regions to take respective measures, in both the Godavari districts. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and fire fighting teams have been deployed in different parts across the dis- tricts. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has appealed to the people residing in the low lying areas to cooperate in the rescue operations. PNS n AMARAVATI Common people in Andhra Pradesh reacted positively to abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that grant- ed special status to Jammu and Kashmir, hailing it as a "historic move" and credit- ing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Social media was abuzz with Hail India, Hail Modi messages while main political parties also welcomed the decision. The general refrain among a cross-section of people was that only Modi could have taken such a bold decision. In Vijayawada, lawyers were engaged in a discussion over the issue with a major- ity of them lauding the Centres move. "It was long overdue. At last, Modi dis- played the courage to abol- ish 370", senior advocate K Ranga Rao said. A grocer C Balakoteswara Rao said it would be interesting to see how the Centre handles the situation now. Given all the hype on Kashmir for the last few days, peace is important now, he said. Flood water level recedes in EG, WG districts Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority has directed the officials in the flood- affected regions to take respective measures, in both the Godavari districts ARTICLE 370 REVOKED Current Weather Conditions Updated August 5, 2019 5:00 PM ALMANAC TODAY Month & Paksham: Shravana & Shukla Paksha Panchangam Tithi : Shashthi 01:30 pm Nakshatram: Chitra 10:23 pm Time to Avoid: (Bad time to start any important work) Rahukalam: 03:32 pm – 05:08 pm Yamagandam: 09:11 am – 10:46 am Varjyam: 07:20 am - 08:50 am 07:00 pm - 05:21 am Gulika: 12:21 pm - 01:57 pm Good Time: (to start any important work) Amritakalam: 04:22 pm - 05:52 pm Abhijit Muhurtham: 11:56 am - 12:47 pm VIJAYAWADA WEATHER Forecast: Scattered Showers Temp: 32/27 Humidity: 73% Sunrise: 05.56 Sunset: 06.47 PNS n VIJAYAWADA Representatives of Korean auto major Kia Motors met Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy and invited him for the inauguration of its first Made- in-India car on August 8, and also launch the new car, Seltos. Kia Motors represented by the company's Managing Director Kook Hyun Shim and the Chief Administrative Officer Thomas Kim along with a delegation met Jagan at his residence and urged him to attend the ceremony at Penukonda in Anantapur dis- trict, where Kia Motors' first plant in India has been built on a 536-acre site. Kia had signed a memorandum of under- standing with the Andhra Pradesh government in April 2017 for setting up the car man- ufacturing plant with an invest- ment of $ 1.1 billion, to produce three lakh cars a year. PNS n SRINAGAR Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, who were under house arrest since Sunday night, have been arrested, officials said on Monday. Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference leaders Sajjad Lone and Imran Ansari have also been arrested, they said. Some more arrests have been made, the officials said, without sharing details. The arrests come hours after the Centre announced the scrap- ping of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and also pro- posed bifurcation of the state. CM to launch Kia Motors’ first ‘Made in India’ car Kook Hyun Shim, CEO & Managing Director Kia Motors with Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy at the latter's Camp office on Monday Kia Motors' first plant in India has been built on a 536-acre site has been built at Penukonda in Anantapur district Mehbooba Mufti, Omar arrested
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The government on Mondayrevoked Article 370 whichgave special status to Jammuand Kashmir and proposed
that the state be bifurcated intotwo union territories, Jammuand Kashmir and Ladakh,provoking outrage from theNC and PDP and triumphfrom leaders of India's rul-ing BJP. Meeting a long-heldpromise of the BJP, UnionHome Minister Amit Shahmoved a resolution in theRajya Sabha that Article
370, which allowed Jammuand Kashmir to have its own
Constitution, will no longer beapplicable.
"The president on the rec-ommendation of Parliament ispleased to declare as from 5thof August 2019, all clauses ofthe said Article 370 shall ceaseto be operative... ," stated theresolution moved by the Homeminister. Shah also moved abill proposing bifurcation ofthe state of Jammu andKashmir into two union terri-tories — Jammu and Kashmirdivision and Ladakh.
Shah, who introduced theJammu and KashmirReorganisation bill, said the
union territory in Ladakh
will have no legislature likeChandigarh. The other unionterritory of Jammu andKashmir will have a legislaturelike Delhi and Puducherry.
The announcement, cap-ping days of uncertainty inJammu and Kashmir, led to anuproar, in the House and out-side it too. India had failedKashmir in keeping its promis-es, PDP chief and formerJammu and Kashmir chiefminister Mehbooba Mufi said.
She said the government's
unilateral decision "to scrapArticle 370" is illegal andunconstitutional. It will makeIndia an occupational force inJammu and Kashmir,Mehbooba said on Twitter. "Itwill have catastrophic conse-quences for the subcontinent.GOIs intentions are clear. Theywant the territory of J&K byterrorising its people. India hasfailed Kashmir in keeping itspromises," Mehbooba, who isunder house arrest in Srinagar,said on Twitter. "Not sure how
long I'll be able to communi-cate. Is this the India we acced-ed to?" she asked.
National Conference leaderOmar Abdullah echoed heroutrage, also labelling the gov-ernment's move "unilateral".
"Government of India(GOI)'s unilateral and shock-ing decisions today are a totalbetrayal of the trust that thepeople of Jammu & Kashmirhad reposed in India when thestate acceded to it in 1947.
SCRAPPING
The president on the recommendationof Parliament is pleased to declare as
of 5th of August 2019, all clauses of thesaid Article 370 shall cease to beoperative...
— Amit Shah, Union Home minister
BEFORE NOWSpecial powers No special exercised by J&K powers now
Dual citizenship Single citizenship
Separate flag for Tricolour will be theJammu & Kashmir only flag
Article 360 (Financial Emergency) Article 360not applicable applicable
No reservation for minorities Minorites will be eligiblesuch as Hindus and Sikhs for 16% reservation
Indian citizens from other People from other StatesStates cannot buy land or will now be able to purchaseproperty in J&K land or property in J&K
RTI not applicable RTI will be applicable
Duration of Legislative Assembly duration in UnionAssembly for 6 years Territory of J&K will be for
5 years
If a woman from J&K marries If a woman from J&K out of State, she would lose marries out of State, shethe citizenship of J&K will still retain all her rights
and Indian citizenship
Centre bifurcates J&K into 2 UTs
Rajya Sabha clears bifurcation BillNEW DELHI: In a big triumph for the government, the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Jammuand Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019 and adopted the resolution to abrogate the Constitution'sArticle 370.The bill would now be tabled in the Lok Sabha for consideration and passing. Once it getsthe Parliamentary approval and becomes an Act, the state would be bifurcated into two Unionterritories — Jammu and Kashmir with a legislature, and Ladakh Union Territory without a legislature.The Rajya Sabha also passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019having provisions of 10 per cent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections of upper caste in thestate. Replying to the debate on Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha,Home Minister Amit Shah said that it was time for Article 370 to go as the constitutional provisionwas "the root of all the evils". He said that Article 370 never allowed the democracy to percolate down,and noted that over 41,000 people of the state were killed in the last two decades.
NARENDRA MODI FULFILS HIS PROMISE TO THE NATION
PNS n NEW DELHI
Independent regional partieslike BSP, BJD, AIADMK andYSR-CP on Monday supporteda resolution in Rajya Sabha toscrap Article 370 in Jammu andKashmir and a bill to reorgan-ise the state in two separateunion territories of Jammu andKashmir, and Ladakh.
NDA constituent Janata Dal(United), however, walked outof the House in protest, while allother allies of the BJP like ShivSena, Shiromani Akali Dal,AGP and BPF strongly sup-ported the move. Various oppo-sition parties like the Congress,TMC, DMK, NCP, RJD, CPI,CPI-M and RJD raised vocifer-ous protests in the upper housewhile opposing the resolutionand the bill. They also squatted
in the well of the House andcontinued to raise slogans inprotest. Some members of theSP were also sitting in the well.
Soon after Home MinisterAmit Shah spoke, BSP memberSatish Chandra Misra rose to saythat his party supported the Bill.
"Our party gives complete
support. We want that the Billbe passed. Our party is notexpressing any opposition toArticle 370 and the other Bill,"Misra said amid applause fromtreasury benches.
Rising to support the resolu-tion, Bhupender Yadav (BJP)targeted the opposition, espe-
cially the Congress for not doinganything to ensure progress ofthe state and bring its people tothe mainstream for the last 70years. He also targeted the PDPfor "ruining" democracy, after itsmembers tore the bill.
"This is a historic moment ofglory that will ensure social jus-tice in the country after aboli-tion of Article 370 ...It is innational interest," he said sup-porting the bill.
Yadav alleged that theCongress has done nothing for
the improvement of people inthe state. He claims Article 370was "provisional" and recalledhow Sikkim was integrated as astate of India within a day, as alsodeclaration of Goa, Daman andDiu and Puducherry.
"They are only indulging inpolitical opportunism andprotesting. They have nothing todo with the state and its people.The Congress has never takensteps required to take the stateand its people forward on thepath of progress.
YSRCP, TDP, BSP, BJD,TRS, SHIV SENA, AIADMK, AKALI DAL, AGP, BPF SUPPORT GOVT IN PARLIAMENT
BJP ‘unites’ all regional satraps on ‘historic’ dayNDA constituent Janata Dal (United),however, walked out of the House in protest,while all other allies of the BJP like ShivSena, Shiromani Akali Dal, AGP and BPFstrongly supported the move
YSRCP, TDP hailaxing of Article 370PNS n AMARAVATI
YSRCP on Monday declaredits whole-hearted support tothe Centre's move to scrapthe Constitution's Article 370which gives special status toJammu and Kashmir.
The YSRCP made its standclear in the Rajya Sabha afterHome Minister Amit Shahpresented a resolution toscrap Article 370 and dividethe border state intotwo UnionTerritories -Jammu andKashmir andLadakh.
YSRCP parlia-mentary partyleader V VijayasaiReddy hailed thescrapping of Article370 and termed it asa "courageous anddaring" step byAmit Shah.
"My party andl e a d e rJ a g a n m o h a nReddy whole-heartedly supportthe move of the HomeMinister and the PrimeMinister," he said and hopedthat this would completely
solve problem ofJammu andKashmir
Meanwhile, theTelugu DesamParty (TDP) hasbacked the
Centre's decision toscrap Article 370
which gives special sta-tus to Jammu and
Kashmir."Telugu Desam
Party supports theU n i o nGovernment as itseeks to repeal
Article 370. I prayfor the peace and
prosperity of the peopleof J&K," tweeted TDP chiefand former Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu.
YSRCPparliamentary partyleader V VijayasaiReddy hailed thescrapping of Article370 and termed it asa "courageous anddaring" step by AmitShah
AP peoplehail Centre'sdecision
PNS n AMARAVATI
The flood water levels in Eastand West Godavari districtsof Andhra Pradesh are grad-ually receding, said StateDisaster ManagementAuthority here on Monday.
The authority in its reportalso added that the waterlevel in various areas likeChintur, Kunavaram,Polavaram and Dowleswaramare decreasing.
According to the report,the government has with-drawn the second level warn-ing which was issued inDowleswaram. However, thewarning may be reimposed inthe evening if the water isbeing released from upperareas of the state.
"There is a chance of attain-ing the 2nd warning level innext 12 hours, as about 9L C/sof floodwater is released infrom Medigedda barrage intothe Godavari at 8 pm onAugust 4," read the report.
On August 3, almost 400villages have been inundatedwith water in both the dis-tricts following a heavy down-pour in the region.
Subsequently, authoritieshave issued a flood warning
in both the districts and evac-uated the people residing inlow lying areas. AndhraPradesh State DisasterManagement Authority (APS-DMA) has directed the offi-cials in the flood-affectedregions to take respectivemeasures, in both theGodavari districts.
The National Disaster
Response Force (NDRF),State Disaster Response Force(SDRF) and fire fightingteams have been deployed indifferent parts across the dis-tricts. The State DisasterManagement Authority(SDMA) has appealed to thepeople residing in the lowlying areas to cooperate in therescue operations.
PNS n AMARAVATI
Common people in AndhraPradesh reacted positively toabrogation of Article 370 ofthe Constitution that grant-ed special status to Jammuand Kashmir, hailing it as a"historic move" and credit-ing Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. Socialmedia was abuzz with HailIndia, Hail Modi messageswhile main political partiesalso welcomed the decision.
The general refrainamong a cross-section ofpeople was that only Modicould have taken such abold decision.
In Vijayawada, lawyerswere engaged in a discussionover the issue with a major-ity of them lauding theCentres move. "It was longoverdue. At last, Modi dis-played the courage to abol-ish 370", senior advocate KRanga Rao said. A grocer CBalakoteswara Rao said itwould be interesting to seehow the Centre handles thesituation now.
Given all the hype onKashmir for the last fewdays, peace is importantnow, he said.
Flood water level recedes in EG, WG districts
Andhra Pradesh State Disaster ManagementAuthority has directed the officials in the flood-affected regions to take respective measures, inboth the Godavari districts
ARTICLE 370 REVOKED
Current Weather ConditionsUpdated August 5, 2019 5:00 PM
ALMANACTODAY
Month & Paksham:Shravana & Shukla PakshaPanchangamTithi : Shashthi 01:30 pmNakshatram: Chitra 10:23 pmTime to Avoid: (Bad time to start
any important work)Rahukalam: 03:32 pm – 05:08 pmYamagandam: 09:11 am – 10:46 amVarjyam: 07:20 am - 08:50 am07:00 pm - 05:21 amGulika: 12:21 pm - 01:57 pmGood Time: (to start any important work)
Amritakalam: 04:22 pm - 05:52 pmAbhijit Muhurtham: 11:56 am - 12:47 pm
VIJAYAWADAWEATHERForecast: Scattered ShowersTemp: 32/27Humidity: 73%Sunrise: 05.56Sunset: 06.47
PNS n VIJAYAWADA
Representatives of Korean automajor Kia Motors met ChiefMinister YS JaganmohanReddy and invited him for theinauguration of its first Made-in-India car on August 8, andalso launch the new car, Seltos.
Kia Motors represented bythe company's ManagingDirector Kook Hyun Shim andthe Chief AdministrativeOfficer Thomas Kim alongwith a delegation met Jagan athis residence and urged him toattend the ceremony atPenukonda in Anantapur dis-trict, where Kia Motors' firstplant in India has been built on
a 536-acre site. Kia had signeda memorandum of under-standing with the AndhraPradesh government in April2017 for setting up the car man-ufacturing plant with an invest-ment of $ 1.1 billion, to producethree lakh cars a year.
PNS n SRINAGAR
Former Jammu and Kashmirchief ministers MehboobaMufti and Omar Abdullah,who were under house arrestsince Sunday night, have beenarrested, officials said onMonday.
Jammu and KashmirPeople's Conference leaders
Sajjad Lone and Imran Ansarihave also been arrested, theysaid. Some more arrests havebeen made, the officials said,without sharing details. Thearrests come hours after theCentre announced the scrap-ping of Article 370, whichgranted special status to Jammuand Kashmir, and also pro-posed bifurcation of the state.
CM to launch Kia Motors’ first ‘Made in India’ car
Kook Hyun Shim, CEO & Managing Director Kia Motors with Chief Minister YSJaganmohan Reddy at the latter's Camp office on Monday
Kia Motors' firstplant in India hasbeen built on a536-acre site hasbeen built atPenukonda inAnantapur district
Mehbooba Mufti,Omar arrested
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Article 370 hasbeen a part of
the BJP's coreideology since the daysof Jan Sangh. Icongratulate PrimeMinister Shri NarendraModi and Home Minister Shri Amit Shah forthis historic initiative and pray for peace,prosperity and progress in Jammu, Kashmirand Ladakh
— L K ADVANI, BJP VeteranIt is a dark dayfor Indian
democracy. Sucha historic decision shouldnot have been taken andpushed through in thisarbitrary manner. This willset a bad precedent as it would mean thatthe Centre could reorganise any state inthe country by simply imposing President'srule. None of the stakeholders were takeninto confidence, and there was nodiscussion with other political partiespreceding the unilateral decision of theCentral government."
—AMARINDER SINGH, Punjab Chief Minister
What the government hasdone is regressive and willfurther alienate the people
of Jammu andKashmir. This isthe murder of
democracy.Instead of discussing the economic policies,they are diverting the attention of the peopleand creating panic in the country in the nameof nationalism. The present government isRSS controlled and they are following theagenda of dismantling J&K piece by piece
—D RAJA, CPI general secretary
The Centre hadgone ahead with
its proposalwithout getting theconcurrence of the peopleof Jammu and Kashmirand called it a "murder ofdemocracy. This move is seen as an attemptto divert (the) people's attention from basicissues and is a cause for concern andshocking. When a voice for more powers toStates strongly echoed across the country,dividing an existing state into union territoriesshowed that the Prime Minister NarendraModi-led government was raring to goagainst the path of democracy
—M K STALIN, DMK president
Today, thedream of crores
of Indians,cherished since the timeof Jan Sangh, has cometrue. It is a dream cometrue, a pledge fulfilled.Two sets of laws in one nation cannot runtogether. It is a tribute to Syama PrasadMukherjee who fought for one nation, onelaw
— SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN, Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Congrats forthe fantastic
decision toabrogate 370 fromJ&K&make Ladakhseparate from J&K as 2separate UnionTerritories. Long pending dream&demand of HinduSthan fulfilled.Bravo!Sure,now Kashmiri Hindus wouldget their homes,land back&stay theresafely. I congratulate PM Modiji & HMAmitbhai Shah for this great milestone
—PRAVIN TOGADIA, Hindutva leader
We heartilywelcome the
government's bravedecision. This was verynecessary for the interestof the country, includingJammu and Kashmir
—MOHAN BHAGWAT, RSS chief
Telugu DesamParty supports
the Union Govtas it seeks to repealArticle 370. I pray for thepeace and prosperity ofthe people of J&K
—N CHANDRABABU NAIDU,Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
The interest ofthe country, I
appeal Kumar toreconsider the JD-U'sstand on Article 370 andsupport its scrapping.The party should take a
decision keeping in view emotions of peopleof Bihar, and Jammu, Kashmir and Laddakh
—AJAY ALOK, JD-U leader
"Thegovernment's
move on Article370 in Jammu andKashmir is amonumental decisiontowards national
integration. A historical wrong has beenundone today. Article 35A came throughthe back door without following theprocedure under Article 368 of theConstitution of India. It had to go. Thedecision of the government will helppeople of Jammu and Kashmir the most.More investment, more industry, moreprivate educational institutions, more jobsand more revenue will come," he said,adding that Kashmir's regional leadersnow feel they would not be able to whipup the fake issue of 'sentiment versesbenefit'."
—ARUN JAITLEY, BJP Leader
Revoking ofArticle 370 is a
"catastrophicstep". We anticipated amisadventure, but did notthink in our wildestdreams that they will take
such a catastrophic step. Today is a blackday in the constitutional history of India.
—P CHIDAMBARAM, Former Union Minister
The NDAgovernment was
playing with fireby scrapping Article 370just to fulfil its politicalagenda without takingthe consensus of the
country and holding appropriateconsultations with stakeholders. Thenotification issued by President Ram NathKovind to scrap Article 370 conferringspecial status to Jammu and Kashmir is"unethical, illegal and also unconstitutional"and "intends to rewrite the history ofKashmir nay - India". The status conferredunder the statesmanship of former PrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru has been welltested by "Constitutional history"
— M VEERAPPA MOILY, Former Union Minister
President Kovinddoes a
Fakhruddin AliAhmed. This is notdemocracy, this isauthoritarianism, thehandiwork of paranoid,
insecure rulers who daren't even have aproper debate inside or outside Parliament.A straight question: what do you think ofshutting down an entire state and detainingformer Chief Ministers before taking afateful decision that affects that state and itspeoples? What if it was our Karnataka nextand not their Kashmir now?"
—RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Historian
The governmenthas committed
"proceduralharakiri" by scrapping theprovision which gavespecial status to Jammuand Kashmir. Trinamool
is against the Constitutional immorality andprocedural harakiri committed today
—DEREK O'BRIEN, TMC RS member and national spokesperson
Hailing Artcile370 is a
courageous anddaring step by AmitShahMy party andleader Jagan MohanReddy wholeheartedly
support the move of the Home Ministerand the Prime Minister. This countryhave been fighting since 1947 to realkisetheir dream of looking India as oneentity, one nation and today it isachieved by our Home Minister AmitShah
—V. VIJAYASAI REDDY, YSRCP parliamentary party leader
Promise fulfilled. What a glorious day. Finally dmartyrdom of thousands starting with Dr Shyam
Prasad Mukharjee for compete integration of J&K intoIndian Union is being honoured and d seven decade olddemand of d entire nation being realised in front of our eyes; inour life time.Ever imagined? As far as 370 is concerned, ourideological commitment is well known. Article 370 has to golock stock and barrel as the Home Minister (Amit Shah) clearlymentioned yesterday (in Parliament
—RAM MADHAV, BJP National General Secretary
How J&K, Ladakh will functionPNS n NEW DELHI
The Centre on Mondayrevoked Article 370 of theConstitution which gives spe-cial status to Jammu andKashmir and brought in theJ&K Reorganisation Bill 2019which splits the state into twoUnion Territories: Jammu andKashmir with an Assemblyand Ladakh without one.
After the Union Cabinet'sdecision, Union HomeMinister Amit Shah onMonday proposed to scrapArticle 370 and moved tworesolutions and two Bills in theRajya Sabha.1. Constitution(Application to Jammu andKashmir) order, 2019:
This is as per provisions ofArticle 370 (1). Exercisingpowers, President revokedArticle 370. It shall come into
force at once, and shall there-upon supersede theConstitution (Application toJammu and Kashmir) Order,1954 as amended from time totime.2. Resolution for Article 370:
It ceases to exist, as per
Article 370(3). In the presentsituation, simple majority ofboth the houses needed topass the resolution. Theexpression "ConstituentAssembly of the State referredto in clause (2)" shall read"Legislative Assembly of the
State".3. Bill for reorganisation ofJ&K:
It is to reorganise the stateinto two separate UnionTerritories -- Jammu andKashmir, which will have alegislature, and Ladakh, whichwill be without a legislature.The new J&K Union Territorywill comprise the territories ofcurrent Jammu and Kashmirregions. The Governor of cur-rent J&K will be the LtGovernor of the J&K andLadakh UTs.The J&KAssembly will have a term offive years and will have 107MLAs strength. Out of 107MLAs, 24 seats will be leftvacant of PoK region. The out-going Assembly had 111members, in which 87 wereelected members, 2 were nom-inated, while 24 seats in PoKwere left vacant. Rajya Sabha
to continue to host four sittingmembers from current J&K.Five Lok Sabha seats havebeen allocated to J&K UnionTerritory and one for LadakhUT. All the bills passed by theAssembly will be sent to LGfor his consent. LG can givehis assent, withhold it or sendthe bill for consideration of thePresident.4. Bill for reservation of 10%for EWS in J&K:
The Jammu and KashmirReservation (SecondAmendment) Bill, 2019 forimplementation of the 10 per-cent Economically WeakerSection (EWS) quota in thestate. After the bill is passed bythe Parliament, all residents ofthe state with income below Rs8 lakh per annum would ben-efit from 10 per cent quota. Itwas approved by the UnionCabinet on July 31.
Maharaja’s letter toMountbatten
Dated: 26 October 1947
My dear Lord Mountbatten,
I have to inform your Excellency that a grave emergency has arisenin my State and request immediate assistance of your Government.
As your Excellency is aware the State of Jammu and Kashmirhas not acceded to the Dominion of India or to Pakistan.Geographically my State is contiguous to both the Dominions. Ithas vital economical and cultural links with both of them. Besidesmy State has a common boundary with the Soviet Republic andChina. In their external relations the Dominions of India and Pakistan cannot ignore this fact.
I wanted to take time to decide to which Dominion I should accede, or whether it isnot in the best interests of both the Dominions and my State to stand independent, ofcourse with friendly and cordial relations with both.
I accordingly approached the Dominions of India and Pakistan to enter into StandstillAgreement with my State. The Pakistan Government accepted this Agreement. TheDominion of India desired further discussions with representatives of my Government. Icould not arrange this in view of the developments indicated below. In fact the PakistanGovernment are operating Post and Telegraph system inside the State.
Though we have got a Standstill Agreement with the Pakistan Government thatGovernment permitted steady and increasing strangulation of supplies like food, saltand petrol to my State.......
With the conditions obtaining at present in my State and the great emergency of thesituation as it exists, I have no option but to ask for help from the Indian Dominion.Naturally they cannot send the help asked for by me without my State acceding to theDominion of India. I have accordingly decided to do so and I attach the Instrument ofAccession for acceptance by your Government. The other alternative is to leave myState and my people to free-booters. On this basis no civilized Government can exist orbe maintained. This alternative I will never allow to happen as long as I am Ruler of theState and I have life to defend my country.
I am also to inform your Excellency's Government that it is my intention at once toset up an interim Government and ask Sheikh Abdullah to carry the responsibilities inthis emergency with my Prime Minister.
If my State has to be saved immediate assistance must be available at Srinagar. Mr.Menon is fully aware of the situation and he will explain to you, if further explanation isneeded.
In haste and with kind regards,
The Palace, Jammu 26th October, 1947 Your sincerely,
Hari Singh
J&K's head chopped off;identity lost: Azad on KashmirPNS n NEW DELHI
Some opposition partiestermed the scrapping ofArticle 370 in Jammuand Kashmir andits bifurcationinto two unionterritories as a"black blot", withCongress leaderGhulam Nabi AzadMonday charging thestate's head, considered asIndia's crown, has been"chopped off " and its identi-
ty removed.Various parties like the
Congress, TMC, DMK, NCP,AAP, RJD and left parties
opposed the said reso-lution as well as a billto bifurcate the stateinto two union ter-ritories. Opposingthe move, Leader of
Opposition in theRajya Sabha Ghulam
Nabi Azad said: "I hadnever imagined that the headof the state which is India'scrown will be chopped off ".
Text of letter dated October 26, 1947 from Hari Singh, the Maharaja ofJammu & Kashmir to Lord Mountbatten, Governor General of India
THE PRO GROUP THE ANTI VOICES
Kashmir badly needed ashock treatment andthe Narendra Modi
government gave it one byrevoking Articles 370 and35A of the Constitution inone fell swoop that left theOpposition traumatised andthe Kashmiris wonderingwhat hit them. Countlessopinions have been tossedaround about the legitimacyand advantage of scrappingthese two provisions but nonecan question BJP's capacity toturn things its way in the faceof adversity.
The NDA does not enjoy amajority in Rajya Sabha andyet the Bill on Reorganisationof Jammu & Kashmir waspassed by a margin of 125-61.The government kept every-one, particularly the Lutyen'smedia, guessing about itsintentions when it despatchedthousands of troops toKashmir, sent Amarnathyatris, tourists, NIT studentsand foreigners packing,snapped mobile networksand placed political leadersunder house arrest.
All its plans were in placewhen Home Minister AmitShah read out his historicstatement abolishing J & K as
a State, creating two UnionTerritories with Jammu &Kashmir having a legislature(like Delhi and Pondicherry)and Ladakh without it. Suchan announcement, whichwould forever changeKashmir's exclusive status,should have rocked the RajyaSabha but there were only rip-ples as Shiv Sena, BJD, BSP,YSR Congress, AIADMK andTDP backed the BJP whileNCP and JD (U) abstained.The sailing will be smootherwhen the matter comes up inLok Sabha on Tuesday.
The broad sense insideand outside Parliament wasclear -- status quo was not anoption. Articles 370 and 35Ahad outlived their utility andneeded to go. What it couldnot achieve since 1954 couldnot be achieved in the next 65years because Kashmiri youthwere getting more restlessand taking up weapons.There was inbuilt unjustnesstoo. As Amit Shah pointedout, two Pakistan-bornIndians, I K Gujral andManmohan Singh hadbecome Prime Ministers, butrefugees from the neigh-bouring country settled inKashmir cannot contest as
municipal councillors.Shah was aggressive in his
defence of the government'sdecision. Art 370 was respon-sible for Kashmir missing outon elected sarpanchs andward members, numbering40,000, for decades until theNDA government orderedelections. Funds given by theCentre were being siphonedaway. Three political familiesin Kashmir called the shotsbefore anyone could do busi-ness. Thousands of youthwere missing out on employ-ment opportunities in thetourism sector as no bighotelier or travel agency was
willing to venture becauseArt 35A barred non-Kashmiris from possessingland.
The opposition to scrap-ping these two Articles wasjust vote bank politics.Equally so was the fear-mon-gering that Kashmir wouldlose its cultural identity if out-siders were allowed to acquireproperty. The culture ofMaharashtra, Gujarat orTamil Nadu had not beendiluted. Art 370 was an obsta-cle for providing reserva-tions to SCs, STs and OBCs.
Congress leaders did notseem to have cogent or at leastpowerful responses. GhulamNabi Azad accused BJP ofbeing power drunk and PChidambaram hinted that hewould challenge the govern-ment's action as being uncon-stitutional. Sonia Gandhi andRahul were largely missingfrom action in the main-stream or in the social media.Perhaps they had not recov-ered from their earlier defeatsduring voting in Rajya Sabhaon the Triple Talaq Bill andother legislations.
The government needed tobe questioned hard about thepurpose of creating Union
Territories, one borderingChina and the other Pakistan.The obvious reason is to keeplaw and order under theCentre's control. But, thiscannot be a strong reasongiven the frequent spells ofPresident's Rule in J&K andthe continuous presence ofalong the border and inside.Yet, terrorist violence con-tinues and Kashmiri Panditsare nowhere near returninghome.
What Amit Shah perhapschose not to highlight wasthat it was part of India's geo-strategic policy. It was a fittingresponse to Pakistan carvingout a fifth province, Gilgit-Baltistan, in POK that bor-ders China. Its timing, thoughunwittingly, came as a replyto US President DonaldTrump's offer to mediate inthe Kashmir dispute withoutsolicitation from India.
Clearance from Parliamentto scrap the controversialArticles is a job half done.The burden has increasedon Prime Minister Modi andhis government to live up tothe huge aspirations theyhave created among Kashmiriyouth living in the main-stream.
S NAGESH KUMARFormer Resident Editor,
The Hindu
A job well done in Parliament, but reality check begins
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GOVERNORCONGRATULATESSATWIK SAIRAJ VIJAYAWADA: Governor BiswaBhusan Harichandancongratulated badminton playerSatwik Sairaj Ranki Reddy onwinning Thailand Open Super500 Badminton men's doubles.Sai Raj won the tournamentfinal, along with Chirag Shetty ofMaharashtra. The Governor inhis message stated that bywinning the title they etchedtheir names in the history as thefirst Indian team to win the title,said Governor. He conveyed hisbest wishes to both players andwished them win many moretitles in future.
COLLECTORDISTRIBUTESJUTE BAGSVijayawada: District CollectorMohammed Imtiaz distributedbags made of jute to theSpandana applicants at theCollector's Office inMachilipatnam on Monday. Asa part of the drive initiated bythe department to ban theusage of plastic carry bags inthe district and to protect theenvironment, the Collectordistributed jute bags atSpandana programme. All theapplicants, who visited theCollectorate, were given jutebags on the occasion andasked to use them instead ofplastic bags. Jute bags wereprepared by the District AnimalHusbandry Department with aslogan 'Krishnamma ShuddiSeva'. "Jute bags will bedistributed to applicants atSpandana programmes, whichwill be held at the Collectorate,Machilipatnam on Mondays bythe Department of AnimalHusbandry," he added. Jutebags are being distributed tothe people to create awarenesson ill- effects of plastic carrybags.
MINISTERINAUGURATES ONLINECOUNSELLING FOR IIITSVijayawada: Minister forEducation A Sureshinaugurated online counsellingfor admission into IIIT RKValley, Idupulapaya, and IIITSrikakulam from Rajiv GandhiUniversity of KnowledgeTechnologies (RGUKT), IIIT,Nuzvid. Speaking on theoccasion, the minister said thatIIIT was the brainchild offormer Chief Minister YSRajasekhara Reddy. He recalledthe words of Dr BR Ambedkar,who had stated that only witheducation the nation will moveforward. He said that theprevious TDP government hasmisused the funds allocated forIIITs, which was a setback toIIIT institutions in the state. Hesaid that the main aim of theYSRCP government is toprovide education, health anddevelopment of the agriculturesector. The ministerinaugurated a police post onthe premises of IIIT Nuzvidcampus, which was pending fora long time. Local MLA PratapAppa Rao and others werepresent on the occasion.
CENTRAL ZONEPOSTS WINVIJAYAWADA: Central Zonedefeated North Zone by 130runs in the ACA inter-zonal u-19 one-day championship atJKC College ground at Gunturon Monday. Batting first,Central made 236 for eight inthe allotted 50 overs withDayana slamming an attractive51. In reply, North was all outfor 113 in the 38th over.Tejaswi was the pick of theCentral bowler with four for 16.The scores: Central Zone 236for eight in 50 overs (K.Emerald Dayana 51, K. VasaviAkhila Pavani 45, G. Sindhuja45 P. Vennala Mohana three for36, B. Navya two for 44, SaiThanmay two for 48) bt NorthZone 113 in 37.5 overs (Ch.Mehar Lahiri 34, E. Tejaswi four for 16, G Sindhuja three for 13).
PNS n VIJAYAWADA
Chief Secretary LVSubrahmanyam said that useof plastic should be con-trolled, which is the responsi-bility of every individual. ThePrincipal Secretary, along withDistrict Collector MohammedImtiaz, VMC CommissionerV Prasanna Venkatesh, JointCollector K Madhavilatha andothers participated in Mana-Vijayawada, an anti-plasticcarry bags drive, organised atGeetanagar here.
Speaking on the occasion,Subrahmanyam said that thecity would be transformedinto a plastic-free city with theaction plan prepared by offi-cials, and denizens shouldsupport the cause as a respon-sibility by not using plasticbags.
He said that everyoneshould stop using plasticglasses, plastic carry bags andothers made of plastic as itthey would affect the health ofchildren. He appealed theprint and electronic media tobe on the forefront to spreadthe message to stop usingplastic. He said that everyoneshould plant a sapling, waterit daily and see that it growinto a tree.
The Chief Secretary saidthat the whole world is againstthe use of plastic and recalled
that employees in govern-ment offices were using papercups and things made of paperand in days to come, all officesshould follow the same, hesaid and added that waterstored in plastic containers isequal to poison. He said thatplastic has become an obsta-cle for rainwater to sink intothe soil which is, in turn,resulting in depletion ingroundwater.
He recalled that to buyvegetables, he used to carry acloth bag to Poorna Marketfrom his residence. Heappealed people to take it asa challenge and stop usingplastic and transformVijayawada into a plastic-freecity. Kona Sridhar, VivekYadav, Krishna Babu, Nuzvidsub-collector Swapnil Dinakarand others were present.
Gadde distributes breakfastin front of Anna Canteen
SLAMS THE GOVERNMENT FOR CLOSING CANTEENSPNS n VIJAYAWADA
TDP Vijayawada East MLAGadde Ramamohan Rao peev-ed at the drastic step taken bythe government on the closureof Anna Canteens and stageda protest in front of AnnaCanteen near Rythu Bazaar onMonday and distributed break-fast to the poor.
The MLA, along with hisfollowers and other TDP vol-unteers, arrived at the venuewith dishes in vessels to be dis-tributed to people in andaround the Rythu Bazaar.
Speaking to media per-sons, he said it was shame onChief Minister YSJaganmohan Reddy to orderthe closure of canteens, whichwere feeding the poor and the needy for a nominal costof Rs 5.
"This is vendetta politics inthe name of corruption andirregularities, the present gov-ernment has closed down theeateries. The move did not godown well with the poor andneedy and they feel betrayed".
The leaders demanded
reopening of canteens, whichwill benefit the people livingbelow the line of poverty.
"The government is findingfault with all the schemes ini-tiated by the TDP regime.Though the government saysthe canteens were closed tem-porarily, we know their realintention", he added.
Cricket betting an all-pervasive scourge G RAVI KIRANn VIJAYAWADA
The scourge of cricket betting isall-pervasive, which has spread toall sections of people, from rag-pickers to rich. When betting wasat its nascent stage was limited tobusiness circles, game's fanaticsand compulsive punters.
The recent kidnap case atMandapeta in East Godavaribrought to light the bank man-ager's involvement in betting,which shocked both the policeand locals. In the ever-develop-ing technological era with mod-ern gadgets available with every-one controlling cricket betting hasbecome a difficult task for thepolice.
Adnan Nayeem,Superintendent of Police of EastGodavari, said that the depart-ment was suspecting a 17-mem-ber betting batch behind the kid-nap of Jashit. The police have notconfirmed officially, but it is a factthe kidnap occurred because ofthe involvement of the boy'sfather, a bank employee, in bet-ting.
Police personnel are witness-ing a new phenomenon as sev-eral disciplined denizens such asgovernment, bank employees,teachers and others are also ram-pantly involved in betting in aclandestine manner. The temp-tation is palpable and greed is all-pervasive. Betting, especially inIPL, one-day and T-20 matches,
has become a regular affair. Thescourge has entered all sectionsof society.
Says R Bhaskar, an advocate,"In the financial dispute cases, weget more number of cases oncricket betting disputes. Severaldecent and responsible people aremy clients. When they getbetrayed they come to me. They
cannot go to the police. They willcome to me for advice".
DCP Harshavardhan Rajusaid that cricket betting is notonly limited to a particular sec-tion, but almost all sections wereinvolved. "Basically society isgetting used to easy money.Many do not want to work hardto earn money. Thanks to tech-
nology, many are opting to bet.High profile people are alsoinvolved owing to the thrill theindulgence offers".
"In a particular case, we saw aperson maintaining a box, whichwas connected to multiplemobile numbers, and he was car-rying out the modalities of bet-ting in a professional manner.Everything happens throughmobile phone only. Even cashtransactions take place online".
Many felt that law and ordercannot control betting com-pletely. Only people have torealise themselves about theconsequences and the ignominybetting offered them.
n The recent kidnap case atMandapeta in East Godavaribrought to light the bankmanager's involvement inbetting, which shocked boththe police and locals
n In the ever-developingtechnological era withmodern gadgets availablewith everyone controllingcricket betting has become adifficult task for the police
n Adnan Nayeem,Superintendent of Police ofEast Godavari, said that thedepartment was suspectinga 17-member betting batchbehind the kidnap of Jashit “Basically society is getting used to
easy money. Many do not want towork hard to earn money. Thanks totechnology, many are opting to bet.High profile people are also involvedowing to the thrill the indulgenceoffers", says DCP Harshavardhan Raju
TDP Vijayawada East MLA Gadde Ramamohan Rao distributing breakfast in frontof Anna Canteen at Rythu Bazaar in Vijayawada on Monday
Government hasclosed down theeateries. The move didnot go down well withthe poor and needy,says TDP MLA
CS exhorts peopleto shun plastic
n Drive against plasticcarry bags was launched incity
n The city will betransformed into a plastic-free city with the actionplan prepared by officials
n Denizens shouldsupport the cause as aresponsibility by not usingplastic bags
Chief Secretary LV Subrahmanyam watering a sapling after planting it inVijayawada on Monday
Central Zone's E Tejaswi whotook four wickets
Pawan slams stoppageof Polavaram worksPNS n VIJAYAWADA
Jana Sena Chief PawanKalyan flayed the YSRCPgovernment for stopping thePolavaram work and advisedit to correct lapses if theyfound in tendering processinstead of indulging invendetta politics.
He opined that the cost ofPolavaram project wouldescalate with delay in con-struction work. He demand-ed that the government settlethe rehabilitation first as thepeople residing there are introuble due to floods.
The Jana Sena Chiefslammed the government'sdecision to stop works inAmaravati alleging misdeeds.As a result, "creating confu-sion and insecurity amonginvestors is not good for thedevelopment of the state", heopined.
He stated that likePolavaram, Amaravati,YSRCP has taken a stand onKapu reservations also. Hestated that only because ofTDP's role in it, YSRCP hascancelled those reservations,which is not correct. He said"These type of problemsshould be solved instead ofputting them on back burn-er".
Pawan Kalyan touredBhimavaram for the first timeafter elections. He instructedthe party cadre to take part inrescue operations in flood-hitareas. .
He pointed out that work-ers of the construction sectorhave been deprived of worksdue to scarcity of sand. Hedemanded that the govern-ment streamline the sandsupply immediately.
Pawan pointed outthat workers of theconstructionsector have beendeprived of worksdue to scarcity ofsand
n Suggests to governmentnot to indulge in vendettapolitics instead strive for thedevelopment of the state
n Advises government tostreamline sand supply asthe construction workershave been deprived of work
n Tours Bhimavaram anddirects party cadre to helppeople in flood-hit areas
ANMs onwarpath, flay CMPNS n VIJAYAWADA
Hundreds of Auxiliar yNurse Midwives, workingin the medical and healthdepartment across the 13districts, staged a protest atDharna Chowk on Mondayflaying the government'smove forcing them toappear for an examination.
Speaking the media per-sons, the employees saidthat they were working forthe last 17 years as contractemployees and weredemanding regularisation."The TDP government didnot take the initiative toregular ise us . Weapproached Jagan MohanReddy while on padayatraand explained our situation.He promised to regulariseus soon after coming topower. But he ditched us".
The ANMs even wentahead campaigning for theJagan asking their patientsto vote for him in all the vil-lages. "Now Jagan says inthe assembly that we needto take up an exam to saveour jobs. He even madethose over 42 years ineligi-ble".
Union secretar ySatyanarayan said thatANMs go around villagestaking up inoculations andseveral medical preventivecampaigns including issuesof pregnancy and child-care.
"There are around 9,200employees working for thepast 17 years. Their lives areunder peril".
PNS n VIJAYAWADA
TDP Chief N ChandrababuNaidu lambasted ChiefMinister YS JaganmohanReddy for destructing the statein just 65 days.
He convened a meeting withparty leaders and reviewed thesituation in the state on Mondayat the party office in Guntur onMonday.
He opined that if the govern-ment decides policies only totake revenge on somebody, orto indulge in mud-slinging,then the state will be in trouble.
Naidu questioned the gov-ernment that if it found corrup-tion in the construction ofPolavaram project, then why ithad issued a notice to NavayugaCompany in the format ofmutual consent.
He stated that every contractwas finalised only after consult-ing the Union government."We informed everything to thePolavaram Project Authority ina procedural format", he added.
The former Chief Ministerstated that Power PurchasingAgreements issue has beennailed by the Union Minister.
Even, giving notices toNavayuga Company has alsobeen criticised by the UnionMinister, he added.
He questioned the intentionbehind the delay in imple-menting new sand policy by thegovernment. He said "If they arecontinuing the old free sandpolicy now, then how come, theprices of sand are soaring. Whoare behind this? They have beenmaking delay intentionally andcashing in on the situation. Dueto this, construction workershave lost work."
Naidu alleged that to accom-modate YSRCP cadre, the gov-ernment has been removing20,000 MNREGA field assis-tants, Asha workers,Anganwadi workers, contractand outsourcing employees.
Jagan indulging indestructive politics: Naidu
ALC to offer job-orientedcertificate coursesPNS n VIJAYAWADA
Andhra Loyola College willintroduce innovative, job-ori-ented certificate and diplomacourses from August 19.Principal Rev Fr VictorEmmanuel released a poster onthe occasion.
Addressing the media hereon Monday, he said that thecollege is blessed with state-of-the-art infrastructure likerecording studios, computercentres and research laborato-ries. The college also offers job-oriented courses on visualcommunication, arts andmusic, airlines and airportmanagement and hotel man-
agement. In order to extendthese facilities to the interest-ed students from other col-leges, housewives and employ-ees, who want to enhancetheir skills, he explained.
He said courses are part-time and classes will be held onthe college premises after 3.30pm. Interested candidates mayobtain the application formfrom the College office andfilled-in application, alongwith the other details, can besubmitted before August 17and the classes will commencefrom August 19, said the prin-cipal.
The director of DiplomaCourses Rev Fr Lourdu Raj
said that courses are job-ori-ented and enhance employabil-ity. They also help persons witha passion for arts like musicand photography. There are 35courses to cater to variousneeds of students coveringvisual communication, com-puter applications, coachingfor competitive examinations,skill-based courses on elec-tronics, physics, chemistry,statistics and mathematics.
For more information, inter-ested candidate can call DirectorRev Fr Lourdu on 9861732041or coordinator Dr G SahayaBaskaran on 9490658088.Details are also available atwww.alcddc.blogspot.com.
Govt Whipinaugurates XenexAutomotive outletVijayawada: GovernmentWhip and MLA PinnelliRamakrishna Reddy, alongwith YSRCP State YouthSecretary P VenkataramiReddy, inaugurated XenexAutomotive, the first outlet atTadepalli, here on Monday.
Speaking to the media atthe inaugural programme,Ramakrishna Reddy said thatcars have become a symbol ofpride and status for the youthof the present generation. Heexpressed his delight on inau-gurating the outlet, which isfirst of its kind. He said thatmore such out-lets shouldcome up in the state in thedays to come and the govern-ment would encourage them.
Xenex Managing directorAmitaneni Amar Babu saidthe outlet is equipped for amakeover of every car let it beluxury sports utility vehiclesor a Sedan. He said that withthe latest technology acquiredto design and convert allbrands of cars from MarutiSwift, Ritz, Alto, Servo,Hyundai i10 and i20 andother Sedans into sports andfunky cars. He said that theyare multi-brand service, col-lision repair, tires and wheels,ceramic and detailing, premi-um and 4x4 off-road acces-sories, wrapping and customgraphics, premium car acces-sories, performance and tun-ing, insurance services, saidAmarbabu.
Chandrahas bags 2 medals in karate PNS n VIJAYAWADA
G. Chandrahas, a second-yearcivil engineering student ofSRK Institute of Technologyof Vijayawada, won the firstplace in the individual kata55kg karate championship andsecond place in the individualKumite 55 kg karate champi-onship at the sixth NationalLevel Karate Championshipheld at Gowribidanur inKarnataka, according to col-lege principal EkambaramNaidu here on Monday.
The championship saw stu-dents from various universitiestaking part in the event organ-ised by Shito Ryu Karate-Do
India affiliated to Seryukai(Osaka) , Japan.
B. S. Appa Rao, Chairman,SRK Foundation, B.S. SriKrishna, Secretary, SRKInstitute of Technology,College Physical Director Saratand Civil Engineering HeadSatyanarayana congratulatedthe karateka for his achieve-ments.
PNS n VIJAYAWADA
Senior Congress leader SakeSailajanath on Monday said thatChief Minister YS JaganmohanReddy should come clean on hisstand on BJP. Speaking to mediapersons, he said abstaining ofYSRCP MPs in the Rajya Sabhafor triple talaq bill was an indica-tion that Jagan was not with sec-ular forces. He said both theTelugu Desam and YSRCPshould clarify their stand as peo-ple are confused on their stand asfar as national interests are con-cerned. Senior Congress leader
said both the parties believed onlyin sops and welfare schemes andthe ruling party is yet to start gov-erning the state even after threemonths after coming to power.
He said Jagan has no right tostrike a deal with TelanganaChief Minister K ChandseklhaRao on Godavari water sharingwith Telangana. "These two par-
ties were given a five-year termand they cannot decide thefuture of the citizens of both thestates. The surplus water is theright of Andhra Pradesh as it isclose to the sea". Sailajanath saidpeople are already assumingthat the YSRCP as a friendlyparty to BJP, which is keen todilute all democratic institutionsand weaken democracy. He saidthe country was facing a testingtime and exhorted all the like-minded people to support thesecular forces towards the fightagainst the autocratic regime ofPrime Minister Narendra Modi.
‘Jagan should clarify his stand on BJP’Sailajanath saidthat people arealready assumingthat the YSRCPas a friendlyparty to BJP
Big win for BengalPNS n VIJAYAWADA
Bengal defeated AndhraBlue by 155 runs in thePopular Cup organised byAndhra Cricket Associationat Mulapadu grounds hereon Monday.
The match betweenHimachal and Andhra Greenended in a draw. The high-light of the last day play wascenturies by Himachal bats-men Rohith Narang (114)and Harsha Jamwal (108).The scores: Bengal 249 fornine decl. and 221 in 68.2overs (Abhishek 84, V.Maurya 55, S. DineshChandra three for 53, G.Smith three for 23) lost toAndhra Blue 196 and 119 in46.2 overs (M. Doondi RamPrasad 29, Rohith Kumartwo for 18).
VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | AUGUST 6, 2019 region 04
In October 1947, then RSSchief Guru Golwalkar trav-elled to Srinagar to meet
Maharaja Hari Singh ofKashmir. Golwalkar wasprompted by Sardar Patel tomake the arduous journey.Hari Singh, who was still dillydallying in acceding to India(although the British had leftIndia two months ago), toldthe RSS chief that his state washemmed in by Pakistan- thenearest airport was in Lahore,and the roads out of Kashmirled out of Rawalpindi andSialkot.
"In these circumstances howdo I accede to India?' HariSingh asked his visitor. TheRSS chief said: "Think of yourHindu subjects. They will beleft to the mercy of Pakistan.Rail road and air links can beestablished and things can beset right."
Hari Singh acceded to Indiaa few days later, may be notbecause Golwalkar requestedhim but since he wantedIndian help because the irreg-ular forces of Pakistan invad-ed Kashmir. Finding it difficult
to hold on, Hari Singh acced-ed to India, thus allowing theIndian army to step in. But hisaccession was late as by thattime the Pakistanis had gob-bled up one third of Kashmir.That is now called Pakistanoccupied Kashmir (POK) butfor symbolic reasons includedin the Indian map.
Pandit Nehru, India's PrimeMinister, negotiated withSheikh Abdullah, a popularpeasant leader from Kashmir,who had been challenging theautocratic and the perceivedanti- people regime of HariSingh.
Soon a new regime came upin Kashmir. To keep the peo-ple of Kashmir happy, a newdispensation was established:Kashmir would be part ofIndia but would be different.No Indian laws would operatethere unless passed by theKashmir Legislative house.This is Article 370. Under itthere would be Article 35 A,which says that no outsidercould own land in Kashmirand people from outside can'tsettle there.
But there were sections inIndia who were unhappy. Thechief of Bharatiya Jana Sangh(the predecessor of BJP)Syama Prasad Mookerjee wasupset and he reached Srinagarto protest. He was arrested andsent to an irregular jail. Hedied there in June 1953 andreportedly because he waspoisoned to death.
Soon thereafter SheikhAbdullah started secessionistmoves and was suspected to bein cahoots with elements inPakistan. He was packed offand dispatched to Ooty wherehe was in custody till the mid-1970s. But he was never pros-ecuted - the feeling was thatviolence would ensue. Newgovernments came in but thespecial dispensation contin-ued. Taking advantage of thespecial dispensation, an elite
group of Kashmiris took fulladvantage of the fact thatIndian laws did not automat-ically extend to India andenriched themselves even asthe poor remained where theywere. Soon anti- Indian feel-ings began to be fostered inKashmir.
A former IB officer told thiswriter: "I was posted toKashmir in the early 1970s andwhen I landed in Srinagarairport I told the taxi driver thename of the road where the IB
office was located. But he tookme bang to the IB office. Iasked the taxi driver how heknew my destination, he mere-ly smiled." The ex IB opera-tive said : " We were all markedand by the time I was postedthere again in the late 1988things had become worse andfor all practical purposesKashmiris identified them-selves as Kashmiris and us asIndians."
In the 1970s, SheikhAbdullah was released from
jail and put in power but thedecline in Kashmir continued.On his death, his son FarooqAbdullah became a prominentleader and chief minister of thestate. In the 1989 KashmiriHindus were subject to vio-lence by non-state actors anda large majority began to exitthe state. Thus they becamerefugees in their own land. Asa part of Pakistan presidentGeneral Zia-ul-Haq's policies,Pakistan began violence andterrorism in Kashmir. This waspart of Pakistan to bleed India'by thousand cuts' and wasborn out of the Pakistani real-isation that they could neverdefeat India in conventionalwar.
Over the years, Pakistanhas increased terrorism inKashmir sending fully armedultras across. A soft Indian
state has been unable to stopthis as precious lives havebeen lost. But Indians havebeen very upset about theloss of lives, including that ofsoldiers. Furthering the oldRSS agenda on Kashmir thatfinds resonance across thecountry, the Modi govern-ment has decidedly changedthe status quo in Kashmir.
By making Jammu &Kashmir as union territory, theUnion Government willdirectly rule over the region.The local political familieswho had ruled the state forlong - and enriched them-selves- have been rendereduseless. This includes the fam-ily of Abdullah (Farooq andOmar and Muftis(Mehbooba).
But Congress leaderGhulam Nabi Azad's pointsmade in Rajya Sabha are alsovalid. He pointed out thatKashmir started with aMaharaja, then had a PrimeMinister (as part of newarrangement after its acces-sion), then the post was down-graded to chief minister. And
now in the new dispensation,Kashmir will have CentralRule under a LieutenantGovernor who could be amere joint secretary of GOI.What a great fall that wouldupset the people of Kashmir,he lamented. Many others inLok Sabha said that Kashmirwould become like Palestine,South Sudan or Bosnia. It's tooearly to pass a judgment butthe international ramifica-tions have to be studied deeplyto figure out whether it wouldbecome more than a festeringsore.
By making J & K as union territory, theUnion Government will directly rule overthe region. The local political familieswho had ruled the state for long - andenriched themselves- have beenrendered useless.
J&K comes a full circle
KINGSHUK NAG
ECM workshopcommences at VIT-APPNS n VIJAYAWADA
VIT-AP University is hosting aneight-long workshop ofEuropean Centre forMechatronics (ECM) at itsAmaravati campus fromMonday.
European Centre forMechatronics is a prestigiousGerman organisation providingcutting-edge automation andmanufacturing solutions toGerman Industries for decades.
For the first time in India, itis planning to have their pres-ence in Andhra Pradesh to pro-vide their services to IndianIndustries. GermanMechatronics Project EngineersPatrick Bertholdt, ArneLinnenkamp, AlexanderGabriel would provide trainingin this eight-day workshop.
Addressing the gatheringVangapandu Venkata Nagaraj,President Indo European Centrefor Mechatronics on Monday,said that in order to develop theecosystem ECM has partnered
with 32 academic institutions inAndhra Pradesh, in collabora-tion with APSSDC.
"As many as 64 experts fromthese organisations will train4,000 students across the state.This is also in line with the newpolicy of the State Governmenttowards local employment. Thisunique global initiative which isset to become a landmark pro-ject for the manufacturing andmechatronics research anddevelopment in AP, said Nagaraj.
Durga Prasad, Director,Technical -Indo EuroSynchronisation said as per ChiefMinister Jagan Reddy's wish thisinitiative will help provide 75 per-cent of jobs to locals by impart-ing training in engineering col-leges as per industrial require-ments. Dr Battula Srinivas, VITAP University thanked ChallaMadhusudhan Reddy,Chairman, APSSDC and A. V.Rudraraju, Country Manager,Indo Euro Synchronisation forchoosing his university to hostthis workshop.
PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM
The ongoing strike by juniordoctors working in variousgovernment hospitals wasintensified on Monday, Theyare protesting the passage ofNational Medical CommissionBill.
More than 500 doctorsassembled at Gandhi statuenear GVMC and raised slogansagainst the government anddemanded the UnionGovernment to take back theanti-poor and anti-studentNMC bill.
Speaking to the media,President of APJDA (Vizag)Deep Chand pointed that theCentre has been denyingmedicos of their rights and hadscrapped Medical Council ofIndia(MCI) and the new NMCis playing with the lives of thepoor and medical students.
Folowing the implementa-tion of the NMC Bill, the pri-vate seat quota will rise up to50percent from 15 percentwhich will cause additionalfinancial burden to the aspir-ing medical students.
He said it costs Rs 13,000 perannum for a medical studentstudying in government col-leges whereas it costs up to Rs
40 lakh annually in privatemedical colleges. Most of the
colleges are run by politiciansand businessman, lamented,
Deep Chand. This ultimatelyleads the poor students towardsprivate colleges though manyof them cannot afford. If thegovernment fails to take backits decision than medicosacross the sSate would intensi-fy the stir, he added.
Meanwhile some ABVP andSFI student leaders joined theprotest and expressed solidar-ity with the protesting doctors.
Junior doctors intensify strikePNS n VISAKHAPATNAM
Visakhapatnam MetropolitanRegion DevelopmentAuthority (VMRDA),Commissioner P KoteswarRao held a review meetingwith administrative wing per-sonnel here on Monday. Hedirected them to expeditepending works. VMRDASecretary A Srininvasexplained about the workscarried out through establish-ment and administrativedepartments.
Later, addressing adminis-trative officials, Koteswar Raostated that the public hadapproached VMRDA with ahope and purchased housesites in new ventures throughauction.
"We should complete allongoing ventures as early aspossible and hand them over,''he told the legal departmentofficials and urged them to filecounter appeals regardingpending cases in court.
He urged officials to arrangeESI identity card disbursals foroutsourcing employees andalso to do needy arrange-
ments in sanctioning retire-ment befits to the employeeson attaining superannuation.
He enquired about the sta-tus of various cases held withcourt, later enquired about theshops auction and noticedthat 510 were given on rentalbasis. Out of 592, he orderedthe officials to call up an auc-tion for the remaining vacant82 shops.
As the tourist foot fall willbe high during October andNovember months, the com-missioner advised the offi-cials to establish more enter-tainment zones for attractingtourists at Kailashgiri,VMRDA Park, YSR CentralPark, TU-142 and Submarineareas. The officials from bothadministrative and legal werepresent.
PNS n HYDERABAD
Tillpos Technologies emergedchampions in the Hyderabadedition of HOOK when theyput it across Green GoldAnimation by nine runs in anexciting championship clash.
Launched a year ago, Season2 of the Start-Up Box-CricketTournament was a resoundingsuccess as it featured almost500 players representing vari-ous teams that vied for hon-ours.
The uniquely conceptualisedtournament was organized byCykul Sports in associationwith Intuit Circles and playedat SportsVille, Hitec City
The stand-out individualperformers were 'best batsman'Sri Sai Kolluru and VamshiMandla who was declared asthe 'best bowler'.
HOOK! is an innovativeevent conducted for start-ups
and fast emerging SMEs, as asport platform where entrepre-neurs, investors, mentors, andother eco system partnerscome together to network andinteract, according toDeenanathHarapanahalli,
founder-CEO of Cykul.He said that bolstered by the
'overwhelming' response, theywere planning to make a big-ger success of the Bangaloreedition, which is to be heldnext month.
VMRDA chiefreviews projects
PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM
Even as the SwachhSurvekshan League is going on,Greater VisakhapatnamMunicipal Corporation(GVMC) is urging denizens touse the new facilities that willhelp it get good ranking. And,now the new waste recyclefacility is for construction anddemolition debris.
The twitter handle ofGVMC Swachh Survekshan-2020 has urged citizens to uti-lize the Construction andDemolition (C&D) / DebrisWaste Collection Facility.
With a lot of new housesbeing built and old ones demol-ished, the debris were a majorconcern for public and the
local administration too. It wasnot only causing dust pollutionin the Bay city but was alsoimpacting marine ecosystem,groundwater and causing traf-fic snarls too due to haphazarddumping along the road.
Vizag generates about 80metric tonnes of C&D wastedaily. Vijayawada producesabout 70 metric tonne andTirupati 55 metric tonne daily,according to Swachha AndhraCorporation monitoring theC&D project in the state. In theabsence of proper monitoringby local bodies, the waste isgenerally seen dumped at waterbodies, low-lying areas or onthe city outskirts illegally.
To address the issue, GVMChas signed an agreement with
Pro Enviro C&D WasteManagement Pvt Ltd for trans-portation of the claimed orunclaimed debris lying in roadmargins and other places toKapuluppada dumping yard onpayment of the requisitecharges, where waste process-ing unit have been established.
As the works of the UrbanLocal Bodies under theCleanliness Survey are beingassessed quarterly instead ofyearly basis, GVMC is also tak-ing new initiative to improve itsranking. The SwachhSurvekshan League is the newaddition to the cleanliness sur-vey which will be conducted intwo quarters - April to Juneand July to September. Theurban local bodies will be
ranked based on their quarter-ly progress. The SS league car-ries 25% (1000) marks in theannual assessment, including20% for the quarterly assess-ments and 5% for the quarter-ly ranking improvement.
GVMC has urged waste gen-erator shall keep the construc-tion and demolition wastewithin the premise and han-dover the waste to the GVMCauthorized waste collector andstrictly desist from indiscrim-inately throwing the debris onthe roads, street, public placesand drains. It has warned thatdefaulters will be charged withfines ranging from Rs 10,000 toRs.50, 000 based on the quan-tities and types of waste indis-criminately thrown.
GVMC urges denizes to utilizeC&D waste collection facility
PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM
On Monday, the evidence ofAssistant Director of the TSFSL(Telangana State ForensicScience Laboratory) Mr Pandu,was resumed at the hearing ofthe Vakapalli case in the SpecialCourt under the SC, ST (POA)Act in Visakhapatnam. Thenext hearing is on August 20.
In 2007, it was alleged that 11tribal women were gangrapped,allegedly by men of AP SpecialPolice at Vakapalli village inDevarapalle.
It may be recollected that inthe last hearing, the witness wasasked to produce the registers asper which the material objectswere destroyed.
On Monday, the AsstDirector, TSFSL brought a sheafof papers attested by the JointDirector, TSFSL and not theoriginal register or documentconcerning the destruction ofproperty.
The witness informed theCourt that when it comes todestruction of property, theInstitute does not maintain a
permanent register or a year toyear register. Upon further ques-tioning from the Special PublicProsecutor S Rajendra Prasadthat in the absence of dulymaintained registers, there mayvery well be a possibility for fab-rication of such
documents, the witnessresponded that he did not per-sonally fabricate but admitted tothere being a possibility.
The case is again posted toAugust 20 for the production ofthe Nagi Reddy report, the thenSecretary of Tribal Welfare, whowas commissioned by the gov-ernment to conduct an enquiryinto the Vakapalli case.
Telangana Forensic officialfails to produce Registersought by special court
TSFSL brought asheaf of papersattested by the JointDirector, TSFSL andnot the originalregister or documentconcerning thedestruction of property
City Task Forceconducts raids PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM
City task force personnel con-ducted raids and nabbed fivegamblers who were playingcards for money in a house hereon Monday under Gajuwakapolice limits. According to thepolice, on receipt of credibleinformation regarding a run-ning of common gaming zoneat a house near Bhanoji Thota,under Gajuwaka police limits,the City Task Force personnelraided a house situated at doorno 14-6-5 and apprehendedfive persons including the orga-nizer of the zone. Police iden-tified the owner as SamukuriBhaskara Rao, a native ofSriharipuram. The task forceseized acash of Rs 42,550 andplaying cards from their posses-sion. In another raid, task forcepolice had nabbed two personswho were transporting bannedtobacco and Ghutka productsnear Santhi Nagar, Pendurthy.The two apprehended wereidentified as V Durga Prasadand Y Srinu . Ghutka productsworth of Rs 28,045 were seizedfrom their possession.
PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM
In a bid to create awarenessamong Vizagites about watersecurity, CISF personnel ofVisakhapatnam Port Trust onMonday took out a rally fromCISF Base Camp,Kailasapuram to MuralinagarPark here in Vizag city.Supporting the rally, the ITBPpersonnel and school childrenand also some locals joined therally and they raised slogansSave Water and Save Nature.
Flagging off the rally, CISFCommandant Vijay Kumarsaid that rally was conductedunder Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA)to create awareness amongthe among the public of impor-tance of increasikng theground water levels. The JSA'saim is to increase in groundwater level, surface water stor-age capacity and soil moisturein farms lands.
Executive Engineer of APPollution Control Board, RLakshmi Narayana and offi-
cials of VPT, CISF and ITBPalso participated in the rally.Lakshmi Narayana stressedupon the need for educatingVizagites about the muchimportance of saving water aswater is a more precious liquidand everyone have to save thelife saving liquid for future gen-erations.
The children also expressedthat without water there will beno development and there isurgent need to initiate moreand more programmes forwater conservation.
In another programme, the
198 battalion CRPF isdeployed in Visakhapatnamdistrict for anti naxal opera-tions, took out a rally in savewater at RK Beach.
The rally was led by com-mandant Sh Kavindra KumarChand and the personnel dis-played banners and posters.
Speaking to media,Commandant Sh KavindraKumar Chand told that theunit is also spreading messagein the interior areas of AndhraOdisha Boarder about impor-tance of water and how best itcan be saved. He further elab-orated that the unit is holdinga lecture with realistic videosabout saving water. In the lec-ture, commandant said that"drop of water is worth morethan a sack of gold to a thirstyman". Moreover, the unit hasextended its compassion toaddress rural tribal populace inthe interior of agency areaabout its severity on individual,family, society and ultimatelynation at large.
CISF PERSONNEL ON SAVE WATER MISSION
Soft skilltraining forcollege studentsPNS n VISAKHAPATNAM
The second batch for com-munication skills and train-ing has been started for thegirl students pursuing finalyear degree at VisakhaGovernment College(Women), under the aegis ofJawaharlal Knowledge Centre(JKC) here on Monday.
Speaking on the occasion,college Principal S ShobaRani said that so far threebatches of training have beencompleted and the resultswere encouraging.
She said girls would betrained with soft skills, com-munication skills, and ana-lytical, technical skills alongwith techniques of handlingjob roles to overcome pres-sure in competitive worldafter course completion. Thetraining will help them inprocuring a good job. Shecalled upon the students toenroll voluntarily and utilizethe services provided byJKC.
Uplifting schoolchildrenPNS n VISAKHAPATNAM
To uplift the lives of schoolgoing children, 'Uplift aChild' Organization, whichhas been serving 4000 under-privileged children for educa-tion since the year 2000, dis-tributed school uniforms at aschool here on Monday.
Among 4,000 students, 400children are studying inVisakhapatnam city. Everyyear the members of thisfoundation distribute threepairs of uniforms, two pairsof shoes, three pairs of socks,textbooks and notebooks forthe children enrolled intothis program.
On Sunday, August 04,2019 as a part of the organi-zational activity, Uplift a Childteam conducted the UniformDistribution Program atVivekananda EducationalInstitutions located atChengalaraopeta here.
The program was wellorganized by the correspon-dent Sri K.S.N.Murthy andUplift a Child staff and vol-unteers.
Members of the triumphant Tillpos Technologies hold aloft the HOOK! trophy
Tillpos top in cricket tourney for start-ups
Folowing the implementation ofthe NMC Bill, the private seatquota will rise up to 50percentfrom 15 percent which will causeadditional financial burden to theaspiring medical students
The JSA's aim isto increase inground waterlevel, surfacewater storagecapacity and soilmoisture in farmslands
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VIJAYAWADA | TUESDAY | AUGUST 6, 2019 nation 05SHORT READS
Vellore LS seat sees 63% turnoutCHENNAI: Polling in the TamilNadu's Vellore Lok Sabhaconstitutency came to an end onMonday with about 63 per centturnout, the EC said. The votingbegan at 7 a.m. and endedpeacefully without any untowardincidents at 6 p.m. While 28candidates are in the fray, themain contest is between A.C.Shanmugam of the AIADMKand D.M. Kathir Anand of theDMK. The votes will be countedon August 9 when the votes willbe counted. The constituencywas to go to polls on April 18,but the voting was put off afterRs 10 crore was seized fromDMK leaders in the Velloredistrict. Rescinding the poll, theElection Commission had said itwas "fully satisfied" that theelectoral process in Vellore hadbeen vitiated on account ofunlawful activities on behalf ofDMK candidate Kathir Anandand some of its workers. TheVellore seat comprises sixAssembly segments -- Vellore,Anaikattu, Kilvaithinankuppam,Gudiyattam, Vaniyambadi andAmbur. There are over 1,400polling booths. The DMK-ledfront won 37 of the 38 LokSabha seats in Tamil Nadu,polling for which was held onApril 18.
Guj rains: 2 IAFchoppers rescue 13 people in Surat
Goa schools asked todiscourage Tik Tok,PUBG among studentsPANAJI: Goa Chief MinisterPramod Sawant on Mondaysaid schools in the state havebeen directed to discouragestudents from downloadingvideo-sharing app Tik Tok andmultiplayer combat game PUBGon their mobile phones. The appand the game create a "safetyand security" issue for childrenin the state, he said. Replying toa question tabled by Congressmember Ravi Naik in the stateAssembly, Sawant said acircular has been issued toschools by the educationdirector in the matter. Accordingto the circular, awareness needsto be created among parents,guardians and children aboutthe ill- effects of the use of TikTok app and playing PUBGgame. "The app and the gamecreate an issue of safety andsecurity of children in the stateof Goa," says the circular.
AHMEDABAD: Two Indian AirForce helicopters on Mondayrescued thirteen villagersstranded due to heavy rains inMangarol taluka of Surat district,officials said. The villagers werestuck in Lahura and Kosadivillages, following which theGujarat government sent out anSOS to the IAF, they said."Thirteen marooned villagers atLahura and Kosadi of Mangaroltaluka in Surat district wererescued by two IAF helicopterswhich took off from Vadodaraand Surat," a defence officialsaid. Mangarol, Umerpada andMandvi talukas of Surat havegot heavy rains in the 24-hourperiod ending 8am on Monday,officials said. While Mangarolgot 451 millimetres rainfall,Umerpada received 587 mm,they said. Several low-lyingvillages have been flooded andNational Disaster ResponseForce and Air Force teams are inthe region, mainly south Gujaratdistricts of Surat, Valsad,Narmada and Bharuch, forrescue and relief operations.
Delhi court directs Unnao rape case accusedKuldeep Sengar to be shifted to Tihar jailPNS n NEW DELHI
A Delhi court directed onMonday that expelled BJP MLAKuldeep Singh Sengar, accusedof raping a minor girl at his res-idence in Unnao in 2017, beshifted to Tihar jail here fromSitapur prison in Uttar Pradesh.
Sessions Judge DharmeshSharma put up the matter forargument on charges in thegang rape -- one of the four relat-ed cases transferred to Delhi --for August 7.
Both Sengar and his accom-plice Shashi Singh, who had
allegedly lured the victim intogoing to the legislator's residence,were produced in the court incompliance with an order byDistrict judge Dinesh Sharmahere. The court has also direct-ed to shift Singh to Tihar jail.
Sengar and nine others were
also booked recently for murderby the CBI after the rape survivorand her advocate were injuredwhen a truck hit their car in RaeBareli. Her two aunts were killedin the accident. The rape sur-vivor's family has alleged foul play.
The Supreme Court had lastweek directed to hold trial on dailybasis and completing it within 45-days. Besides the main case, thethree other matters transferred tothe national capital are -- the FIRwhich was lodged against victim'sfather under Arms Act, his cus-todial death and the gang rape ofthe victim.
J&K effect: Noida admin warns ofstrict action against rumour mongersPNS n NOIDA (UP)
Amid major political develop-ments in Jammu and Kashmir,the administration in UttarPradesh's Noida on Mondayasked the people to verify anyrelated content they post onsocial media and warned oflegal action against rumourmongers.
The Gautam Buddh Nagaradministration has appealed tothe public as well as the media"to not spread any kinds ofrumours" and share contentonline only after verifying itfrom official sources, accord-
ing to a statement."If anybody is found spread-
ing rumour or disseminatingunverified information onsocial media which impactsharmony and public orderthen legal action would be ini-tiated against them by the dis-trict administration and the
police," District Magistrate B NSingh was quoted as saying inthe statement.
"Swift action would beensured against the offendersin the district," he added.
Separately, police in the dis-trict adjoining the nationalcapital also asked the public toavoid "rumours, fact-less andmisleading posts being circu-lated through social media".
"Posts on social media shouldbe made only after verifying theinformation. Necessary legalaction will be taken againstthose spreading rumour," thepolice said in a statement.
PNS n THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Kerala's all-women self-helpgroup, Kudumbashree, whichempowered over 42 lakhhouseholds through variousentrepreneurial initiatives, isnow part ofdisaster responseinitiative, a year after the south-ern state witnessed a devastat-ing deluge.
Setting an innovative modelfor ensuring transparency andpeople's participation in disas-ter response and recovery,members of Kudumbashreehave initiated collection offeedback and views of the floodaffected people in the state.
Using a mobile app, the sec-ond round of the survey isbeing conducted byKudumbashree women inselected gram panchayats andmunicipalities, out of 489 vil-lages in the 7 worst flood-affected districts-Alappuzha,Kottayam, Pathanamthitta,Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissurand Wayanad in the state.
The first round of the surveywas conducted in November-December 2018, an official
statement said.This unique exercise of
Kudumbashree, titled "JanakiyaPankalithavum andPunarnirmanavum" (JPP), issupported by UNICEF, KILA,Local self governments andgovernment departments.
"Janakiya Pankalithavumand Punarnirmanavum" can beroughly translated as 'people'sparticipation and rebuilding'.As part of the drive,Kudumbashree members willmeet flood affected people andrecord their needs, percep-tions and views on assistance
p r o v i d e dunder differentg o v e r n m e n tschemes, status ofcomplaints registered on thescheme and the most impor-tant priority needs of the peo-ple now, the release said.
Feedback of people is alsosought on whether childrenhave recovered from trauma offloods, whether people havebeen consulted on governmentschemes and recovery effortsand whether their income fromlivelihoods have been restoredto pre-floods period.
There are also questions inthe feedback survey to assess
the disaster preparedness ofpeople and government agen-cies, knowledge of people onmitigation measures to pre-vent and reduce disasters athome and community andawareness on hazards and risksin their area. Feedback and per-ceptions collected from peoplewould be shared with RebuildKerala Initiative (RKI), StatePlanning Board, state govern-ment departments, districtadministration and local gov-ernments, it said.
These departments andagencies could use the infor-mation for designing, moni-toring and implementing pro-grammes for flood-affectedpeople and take measures toprevent and reduce disasters.
Besides, the feedback wouldinform the annual plans oflocal governments and gov-ernment departments.
According to the statement,JPP is designed on the lines ofthe global approach ofAccountability to AffectedPopulation (AAP).
Kudumbashree model of JPPon social accountability is guid-ed by an advisory council,chaired by the former stateChief Secretary S MVijayanand. The Council alsohas representatives of the StatePlanning Board, RebuildKerala Initiative, Local selfgovernment department,KILA, KSDMA, UNICEF andtechnical agencies like TISS,Sphere India and RiddhiFoundation, it said.
Job Zachariah, UnitedNations Coordinator forKerala, said JPP programme of
Kudumbashree is unique, asthis is the first time in the worldsuch an exercise is conductedby a government agency, as inKerala. "Besides, the scale of theKerala exercise is large cover-ing people in 489 local gov-ernments. Kerala sets a modelon transparency and people'sparticipation in disasterresponse, which other statesand countries could emulate",he added.
The survey will cover eightmost marginalised groups ofpeople in the flood-affected vil-lages. They include migrantworkers, fishing community,SC/ST, people with disability,women who head family, elder-ly people, daily wage earnersand farmers.
Besides, Kudumbashreewomen, volunteers will holdseparate focus group discus-sion with these marginalisedgroups in all seven worst-floodhit districts, the release added.Over 300 people had died andlakhs of people had becomehomeless as the worst floods ofthe century hit Kerala inAugust, 2018.
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The Indian MedicalAssociation has given a call fora strike on August 8 to protestagainst certain provisions ofthe National MedicalCommission (NMC) Bill.
It said the medical studentswill continue their strike acrossthe country under IMAMedical Students Network.
"The call is for all the mod-ern medicine doctors to leavetheir work place across the sec-tors at all levels," according toa statement by the IMA.
The doctors' body has alsocalled for demonstrations andhunger strikes at its localbranches and urged medicalstudents to boycott classes and
proclaim solidarity with theIMA.
On Sunday, resident doctorsof AIIMS and SafdarjungHospital had called off theirstrike and resumed duties afterUnion Health Minister HarshVardhan assured them that
their concerns over the NMCBill will be duly addressed.
The doctors had beendemonstrating against certainprovisions of the bill since itspassage in Rajya Sabha lastweek.
"The NMC Bill 2019 is unac-ceptable to the medical frater-nity in the current format.The community healthproviders envisaged in the billis a direct threat to thousandsand thousands of poor vul-nerable marginalised ruralpatients. The health of thenation is at stake. We demandthat the government of Indiaengage the modern medicalfraternity on meaningful dia-logue and address the issueurgently," the IMA said.
The NMC Bill provides forsetting up of a NationalMedical Commission in placeof the MCI for developmentand regulation of all aspects ofmedical education, professionand institutions.
Doctors are demanding cer-tain amendments in the bill.According to them, if notamended, the bill will lead todeterioration of medical edu-cation and degradation ofhealthcare services.
The fraternity was opposingsection 32(1), (2) and (3) of thebill, saying it will encouragequackery by providing licenceto practice modern medicineas community health providersfor persons other than thosepossessing MBBS degrees.
IMA calls strike on Aug 8 to protest against NMC Bill
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In another setback for theIndian National Lok Dal aheadof the Haryana Assembly polls,two more party MLAs besidesone Independent legislatorjoined the ruling BJP inHaryana on Monday. INLD'sRam Chander Kamboj, MLAfrom Rania assembly segmentin Sirsa district, who hadrecently resigned from the partyand Naseem Ahmed, legislatorfrom Firozpur Jhirka, joined theBJP fold.
Independent MLA from
Saffidon, Jasbir Deswal, whohas been supporting the BJP,too joined the ruling outfit inthe presence of Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar and Stateunit chief Subhash Barala.
Notably, Naseem Ahmedhad switched over to theCongress, days before generalelections were held for the 10Lok Sabha seats in Haryana inthe sixth phase on May 12.
However, he had notresigned from his parent partyINLD then. All the three legis-lators have joined the BJP"unconditionally", Barala said.
Two more INLD MLAs,one Independent join BJP
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The Maharashtra AntiCorruption Bureau has regis-tered disproportionate assets(DA) cases against a formersenior police inspector, a ZillaParishad executive engineerand a deputy tax collector forhaving excess income cumula-tively valued at Rs 1.78 crore, anofficial said on Monday.
Former senior inspectorShahaji Jadhav, who had servedwith Thane police, is accused ofhaving excess assets of Rs 41.65lakh, which is 47 per cent morethan his known sources ofincome, Thane Unit ACBSuperintendent of PoliceMahesh Patil said. Patil saidJadhav collected this amountbetween 1985 and 2015 and acase was filed against him fol-lowing an inquiry at the WagleEstate police station.
Sanjay Baviskar, thenExecutive Engineer of the RuralWater Supply Scheme of theThane Zilla Parishad, and fourothers including his wife, werebooked for having extra assetsworth Rs 1.03 crore, accumu-lated between 1989 and 2015,which was 45.46 per cent morethan his known sources ofincome, the ACB SP informed.
In the third case, Sunil Bane,then deputy tax collector of theVigilance Cell of theBrihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation, and his wife werebooked for excess income of Rs33.02 lakh, he said.
Maha ACB bookscop, 2 civic officials inseparate DA cases
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Against the backdrop of near-ly 60,000 pending cases in theSupreme Court, a bill toincrease the number of judgesin the top court from 30 to 33was introduced in Lok Sabhaon Monday.
As of now, the SupremeCourt has a sanctionedstrength of 30 judges, plus thechief justice of India -- 31judges.
Once the bill gets parlia-mentary approval, its sanc-tioned strength will go up to 33,plus the CJI, according to theSupreme Court (Number ofJudges) Amendment Bill intro-duced by Law Minister RaviShankar Prasad.
The apex court is function-ing with its full strength.
The bill comes days afterChief Justice of India RanjanGogoi requested PrimeMinister Narendra Modi toincrease the number ofSupreme Court judges.
Due to paucity of judges, therequired number of constitu-tion benches to decide impor-tant cases involving questionsof law were not being formed,the CJI said.
"You would recall that wayback in 1988, about threedecades ago, the judge strengthof the SC was increased from18 to 26, and then again aftertwo decades in 2009, it wasincreased to 31, including theCJI, to expedite disposal ofcases to keep pace with the rateof institution," he wrote.
"I request you to kindly con-sider, on top priority, to aug-ment the judge strength in theSC appropriately so that it canfunction more efficiently andeffectively as it will go a long
way to attain the ultimate goalof rendering timely justice tothe litigant public," Gogoiwrote.
The Supreme Court(Number of Judges) Act, 1956was last amended in 2009 toincrease the judges strength
from 25 to 30 (excluding theCJI).
The Supreme Court(Number of Judges) Act, 1956originally provided for a max-imum of 10 judges (excludingthe CJI).
This number was increasedto 13 by the Supreme Court(Number of Judges)Amendment Act, 1960, and to17 in 1977. The workingstrength of the Supreme Courtwas, however, restricted to 15judges by the cabinet (exclud-ing the chief Justice of India) tillthe end of 1979.
But the restriction was with-drawn at the request of thechief justice of India. In 1986,the strength of the top courtwas increased to 25, excludingthe CJI. Subsequently, theSupreme Court (Number ofJudges) Amendment Act, 2009further augmented the strengthof the court from 25 to 30.
According to the statementof objects and reasons of thebill, the pendency of cases in
the Supreme Court has con-stantly been on the rise due tocomparatively higher rate ofinstitution of cases.
As on the June 1, there were58,669 cases pending in theSupreme Court.
"...It is not possible for theChief Justice of India to con-stitute five Judges Bench on aregular basis to hear casesinvolving substantial questionof law as to the interpretationof the Constitution as it wouldresult in constitution of lessnumber of Division Bencheswhich would lead to delay inhearing of other civil and crim-inal matters," the bill read.
The feeder cadre of chief jus-tices and judges of the highcourts have increased from906 to 1,079 and new HCs havealso been established in theprevious years.
"This has led to increase inthe disposal of cases at the highcourt level leading to largernumber of appeals to theSupreme Court," the bill said.
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Over 11 tonnes of redsanders worth Rs five crorewas seized from a truck anda godown in nearby Tirupur,and six people were arrestedin this connection, policesaid on Monday.
Acting on a tip-off,Directorate of RevenueIntelligence (DRI) officialshere, carried out a raid at aprivate godown near Tirupuron the intervening night ofAugust 1 and 2 and seized11.4 tonnes of red sanders, an
official release said.The documents seized dur-
ing the raid suggested the redsander logs were kept ready tobe smuggled out of India, itsaid. The officials first inter-cepted a truck carrying thered sanders, weighing twotonnes under vegetable loadand took the driver into cus-tody.
Based on his confession,officials raided the godownand seized 9.4 tonnes of redsanders, concealed along withsome articles meant forexports, it said.
Red sanders worth Rs 5 crseized in Tirupur, six held
Bill to increase strength of SC judges in LS
PNS n NEW DELHI
The Lok Sabha on Mondaypassed a bill which provides amechanism for social, eco-nomic and educationalempowerment of transgen-ders. The TransgenderPersons (Protection of Rights)Bill 2019 was passed by avoice vote amid noisy protestsby some opposition partiesover Congress leader AdhirRanjan Chowdhury not beingallowed to speak on hisadjournment notice.
The bill was introduced onJuly 19.
Replying on the bill,Minister of State for SocialJustice Rattan Lal Katariasaid it makes provision forestablishing a nationalauthority for safeguardingrights of transgenders.
The minister said accord-ing to the 2011 census thereare more than 4.80 lakh trans-genders in the country.
He said in the bill there areprovisions for penalty andpunishment in cases of
offences and sexual harass-ment against transgender per-sons. A contentious provisionthat criminalised begging bytransgender people has beenremoved from the bill. Theprovision was part of the billwhen it was introduced by theprevious government. Thebill had lapsed.
According to the bill, atransgender is a person whosegender does not match withthe gender assigned to thatperson at birth and includestrans-man or trans-woman(whether or not such personhas undergone sex reassign-ment surgery or hormonetherapy or laser therapy orsuch other therapy), personwith inter-sex variations, gen-der-queer and person havingsuch socio-cultural identitiesas 'kinner', 'hijra', 'aravani' and'jogta'.
Going by the bill, a personwould have the right to chooseto be identified as a man,woman or transgender, irre-spective of sex reassignmentsurgery and hormonal therapy.
LS passes Transgender Persons
Protection of Rights Bill
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The government on Mondayintroduced a bill in Lok Sabhato amend the Chit Funds Actthat seeks to revise the pre-scribed ceiling of chit amountto Rs 3 lakh for individuals aswell as to bring in variousother changes.
Minister of State forFinance Anurag Thakur intro-duced the Chit Funds(Amendment) Bill, 2019 amidprotests by Opposition partiesover the Kashmir situation.
The amendments havebeen proposed to facilitate
orderly growth of the chitfund sector, to remove bot-tlenecks and enable greaterfinancial access to people, asper the bill.
With the amendments, theprescribed ceiling of aggregatechit fund amount for indi-viduals would be raised to Rs3 lakh from Rs 1 lakh and to
Rs 18 lakh from Rs 6 lakh forfirms.
Besides, words 'gross chitamount', 'share of discount'and 'net chit amount' wouldbe substituted with 'chitamount', 'dividend' and 'prizeamount', respectively, in theAct.
This would remove confu-sion with respect to illegalprize chits, according to thegovernment. Another changeproposed would confer pow-ers upon the state governmentconcerned to specify theamount up to which any chitfund shall be exempted under
the Act.The Chit Funds Act, 1982
was enacted to provide forregulation of chit funds. A billin this regard was introducedin March 2018 in Lok Sabhaand was referred toDepartment RelatedParl iamentar y StandingCommittee on Finance. Thepanel submitted its report inAugust 2018 but the billlapsed as the term of theLower House ended. Afterincluding some of the recom-mendations made by thepanel, the government hasagain introduced the bill.
Govt introduces bill to amend Chit Funds Act in Lok Sabha
Once the bill gets parliamentaryapproval, its sanctioned strength willgo up to 33, plus the CJI, according tothe Supreme Court (Number ofJudges) Amendment Bill introduced byLaw Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Setting an innovative modelfor ensuring transparencyand people's participation indisaster response andrecovery, members ofKudumbashree haveinitiated collection offeedback and views of the
flood affected people inthe state
Kerala's SHG Kudumbashree part of disaster response drive
Former Mumbai PoliceCommissioner and Director-General of Police, Gujarat andPunjab, Julio Ribeiro, recentlyexpressed unhappiness with the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for inducing 10Congress MLAs to its side in Goa, deviatingfrom its political philosophy and ethics.Recalling his friendship with Laxmi KantaChawla and Hit Abhilashi in terrorism-afflict-ed Punjab, Ribeiro says he felt the BJP woulduphold “a different type of politics.”
He himself “never voted for the BJPbecause the general run of minority think-ing is that it is an exclusively Hindu party.”What a strange political orthodoxy to espouse.However, he explains, “My Hindu ancestorsin Goa were converted by the Portuguesemore than four centuries ago. Since then, wehave become a minority in our own countryand our vote goes to those who will protectour culture and identity.”
The officer misses the deep introspectionthis should have triggered. He does not sayif his ancestors converted out of attractiontowards the faith of the new conquerors orout of fear to escape the cruel Inquisition.Historical evidence suggests it was the latter.Did the new converts in Goa feel inferior tothe White invaders, and does the sense ofbeing “a minority in our own country” orig-inate with those tyrants? Or was it vis-à-visthe British, who dominated India until 1947,though Portugal retained its Goan colony tillIndia expelled it in 1961?
Obviously, this refined sense of minor-ityhood began with independence in Hindu-majority India, possibly due to subtle men-toring by the outgoing colonial masters.Unlike Jinnah and the Muslim League,Christians did not demand a separatehomeland but the church did eye and con-tinues to eye large tracts of India as aChristian lebensraum. The church has anacute political sense and has instilled deeppsychological separatism in the minds of itsflock. Priests openly suggest which party tosupport during elections, a diktat followedscrupulously. Hence, though Hindus cele-brate diversity and pose no threat to any-one’s culture or identity, a minority vote bankhas been created for political bargaining.
Simultaneously, 49 self-styled consciencekeepers of the nation (film-maker ManiRatnam later backed out) wrote to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi (July 23) demand-ing an end to the “lynching of Muslims, Dalitsand other minorities.” Projecting the allegedlynching as a routine affair, they demandedthat the offence be made non-bailable, whichmeans that anyone accused of a crime can bejailed without bail until the courts take up thematter. This is too clever by half.
In recent times, allegations of Muslimsbeing forced to say Jai Shri Ram have provedfalse on police investigation. Yet, the authorsof this inchoate letter plead they should notbe branded as anti-Government when theyexercise free speech. The wide dissemination
of their letter proves that freemedia and free speech areblooming in India. Interestingly,one of the signatories was con-victed of sedition in 2010 and ison bail during pendency of hisappeal.
The senior police officerand 49 eminences (minus one)are part of an ecosystem uniqueto India. The Hindu majority isdubbed as communal anddemonised; vicious propagandais spread against it within thecountry and in the West (main-ly London, Washington and UNbodies), even as the “consciencekeepers” are embedded inGovernment structures in Indiaor receive other forms of Statepatronage, if not both (foreignawards are separate). However, inrecent years, the narrative isbringing diminishing returns asHindus shun political formationsthat demean them. Its demiseabroad is a matter of time, thanksto Western economic decline.
The open letter is an attemptto extend the shelf-life of theirfalse narratives. So selective istheir truth that they kept a deaf-ening silence when separatistleaders in the Kashmir Valley qui-etly sent their offspring abroad tostudy, work and settle down,while exhorting poor families tosend their wards to pelt stones atsecurity forces. Being part of thesame ecosystem, this “Lutyensextended family” was aware ofthe truth, but kept quiet asteenagers bunked school to nee-
dle security forces that werecompelled to retaliate — allaimed at showing the world thatthe Indian state is keepingKashmir by force.
Despite ignoring the truth inJammu & Kashmir, these emi-nences cringe from accepting theanti-national tag. They professcompassion for the sufferingmultitudes but have never said aword in support of the KashmiriPandit community which wasdriven out of the Valley in thewinter of 1989-1990. Later, theyshamelessly blamed the thenGovernor Jagmohan, whoarrived in Srinagar on the morn-ing of the exodus and was pow-erless to prevent it.
The signatories have neverspoken up for tribal victims ofNaxal terror but lionise “urbannaxals” as human rights cru-saders. They maintained silencewhen calls to dismember Indiarang out in the heart of the cap-ital and showed more compas-sion for Ajmal Kasab, who per-petrated unspeakable horror inMumbai in 2008 and for AfzalGuru, mastermind of the attackon Parliament in 2001.
In West Bengal, the last bas-tion of secular-minority irre-dentism, the Chief Ministerordered imprisonment of thosechanting Jai Shri Ram; violencewas unleashed during thePanchayat elections in 2018 andthe Lok Sabha elections in 2019;students were fired upon inDaribhit High School for
demanding a teacher of Englishand computers; temples werevandalised in Kaliachak,Deganga, Baduria and Raniganj.There have been many episodesof violence against BJP workers,but not one eminence called theChief Minister or TrinamoolCongress (TMC) workers toaccount.
In July 2019, a temple wasvandalised in Chandni Chowkin the heart of the capital; pub-lic anger ensured that the inci-dent could not be hushed up.But the “Lutyens united fami-ly” remained unfazed. Its great-est moment came in September2018, when the Supreme Courtruled that women of all agescould enter the SabarimalaTemple, breaking a centuries-old restriction on women of acertain age group. Despite aspontaneous #Ready-to-waitmovement, non-believers eggedon by Kerala Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan tried to gate-crash the temple precincts tohumiliate the devotees.
We thus see a narrative of“majority oppression” coupledwith strong advocacy of every-thing Hindus consider unfairand unjust. For these stalwartsto complain of threats to theirfreedom of speech is just anoth-er perversion of the public dis-course in India.
(The writer is Senior Fellow,Nehru Memorial Museum andLibrary; the views expressed arepersonal)
It seems discussions and contraventionsaround “special status” have even throwncivilian life completely out of gear in Hong
Kong, as pro-democracy activists continue tomake their point despite crackdowns and tear-gas fury. Things have come to such a pass thataround 100 flights have been stopped in andout of the semi-autonomous southern Chinesecity. Triggered by opposition to an extraditionlaw to mainland China — that was subsequent-ly put on hold — the stir has snowballed intoa wider movement for democratic reforms and
autonomy as mandated by its historical special status. And given the size of HongKong’s economy and global vibe, even China cannot overlook the opposition inits stressed times. A British colony for more than 150 years, China also leasedthe rest of Hong Kong to the British for 99 years. It became a busy trading port,and post-1950s became quite the economic powerhouse. Over time, it becamean island of opportunity, attracting migrants and dissidents who fled persecutionin the mainland. And though China ensured a return of Hong Kong to itself in 1997,it was under the conditional principle of “one country, two systems.” So, apartfrom foreign and defence affairs, Hong Kong is empowered to develop its ownlegal system, borders and rights, including the ones on free speech and peace-ful protests. But with the heaving approach of Premier Xi Jinping’s “China first”mantra, there have been insidious ways of meddling in Hong Kong and muzzlingpro-democracy legislators. Its Legislative Council has been defanged as mostmembers aren’t chosen directly by Hong Kong voters and are pro-mainland.
These frictions have been building up over time and the extradition order wasjust the last straw on the camel’s back. The restlessness is now a galloping civilmovement, spearheaded by the young, who want an identity and a life indepen-dent of the oppressive idea of being a “global Chinese.” China cannot steamrollthis movement any longer and risk further negativity or renewed demand for fullindependence. And though it is wondering how far should it endure before kick-ing in with familiar ways, it knows that bottling gaps may lead to a bigger pipebursts of anger. Besides, could it risk its business interests in the world’s mostexpensive piece of real estate and trading volumes? Technically, Hong Kong’sspecial status ends in 2047. But can China hold out with its belligerence till thenwithout addressing political demands of its people to have a say about their lives?
Righting historical wrongs may sometimesbe a desirable political objective but maynot necessarily be prudent. In many
cases, if settled issues are meddled with or, toput it colloquially, sleeping dogs are disturbedfrom slumber, consequences can be serious.Jammu and Kashmir seems headed in thatunfortunate direction following Monday’s dra-matic announcements revoking Article 370 and35A along with the bifurcation of the erstwhileState, now reconstituted as two Union Territories,one with and the other without an elected
Assembly. The insertion of Article 370 in the Constitution, granting Special Statusto Jammu and Kashmir following its merger with India in the aftermath of thePartition in 1947, was in itself a flawed decision prompted by Jawaharlal Nehru’ssoft corner for his ancestral homeland. For many years J&K stayed cut off com-pletely from the rest of India, so much so that Indian nationals required a permitto cross the Tawi river. This resulted in Jana Sangh founder Syama PrasadMukherjee’s forced entry, arrest by Sheikh Abdullah’s police and controversialdeath in custody. Other draconian provisions of the Article included the ban onnon-State subjects from acquiring property and even daughters inheriting parentalproperty if they married non-subjects of the State. In fact, many other progres-sive Central legislations, too, were not operational as every Indian law had to beratified by the State Assembly. The existence of a separate State flag, a separateConstitution and the executive head of the State being designated Wazir-e-Azam(Prime Minister), were sore points with a vast majority of Indians resenting the“special favours” doled out by the Centre, including subsidised rations to the State’sresidents. But the Centre, too, did little to bridge the alienation in India’s only Muslim-majority State. Most elections in the decades after the merger were widely per-ceived as rigged, in which electoral participation was abysmally low and ChiefMinisters without a popular support base were regularly imposed and toppled atwill. Gradually, New Delhi whittled down the State’s pre-1953 autonomy, givingfillip to separatist sentiment long before full-fledged Pakistan-sponsored terror-ism erupted in 1989 following the abduction of Rubaiya, daughter of then UnionHome Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Matters reached a point of no returnafter the ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley, who had to live inabject misery elsewhere — refugees in their own land. With Pakistan routinelyupping the ante by promoting both cross-border terrorism and supporting home-grown religious militancy, India’s patience was running thin.
Having said that, it must be emphasised that not all Kashmiris had turned hos-tile to India. The democratic political process was running effectively despite peri-odic hiccups and even voters’ participation in the three-tier electoral system wasrising at every passing polls. The mainstream leaders of all parts of the State averredtheir faith in the Indian system, including its secular, democratic Constitution whosevalues are in sharp contrast to those extolled by pro-Pakistani separatists. Theabrogation of Article 370 may have been a long-standing commitment of the rul-ing BJP but the effect it will have on Kashmiris’ perceived cultural identity couldbe devastating. Separatists are certain to hype up their slogan of the Indian Armybeing an “army of occupation” which has “colonised” the State. Few voices fromthe Valley are likely to back New Delhi’s move although residents of Ladakh seek-ing separation from the Valley for a long time are likely to welcome the bifurca-tion move. Apart from hard-core ultra-nationalists, many others in the rest of Indiamay view the timing of the measure as political muscle-flexing in the face of severereverses facing the economy. It will be alleged that the knee-jerk moves were pro-pelled by the Union Government’s attempt to induce public amnesia to counterits pathetic failure to handle the economic downturn and the drastic loss of employ-ment opportunities. The country is anticipated to face a bout of international crit-icism too for curbing democratic freedoms in the erstwhile State. The likely neg-ative fallout of these measures on communal harmony in the country cannot beoverlooked. Kashmir may have been Nehru’s blunder as the BJP claims. But undo-ing it 70 years later is not a sign of maturity, especially as it may spark wide-spread discontent and even greater alienation in the picturesque Kashmir Valley.No poet hereafter may write poignant lines such as:
Agar bar-ruyi zamin ast, u hamin ast, hamin ast, u hamin ast(If there be a heaven on Earth, it is this, it is this, it is this)
Toying with fire
Paperless nation
Sir — It is welcome that the LokSabha Speaker has provided theoption of delivering papers onlineto the members in lieu of physi-cal copies from the next sessiononwards. The decision to gopaper-free, while optional fornow, must be made mandatorymeasure. As most of the membershave access to emails and technol-ogy, it is high time that both theLok Sabha and the Rajya Sabhawent paper-free and ensure seam-less communication.
The Lok Sabha Secretariatmay also adopt the best practicesof the other bodies like theEuropean Union, the UnitedNations Secretariat and the UNGeneral Assembly, which followa robust paper-free documenta-tion system. Further, effortsshould be made by the Ministryof Parliamentary Affairs to pro-vide the details of private mem-ber Bills and Bills amended/tabledthrough a news website regular-ly. Extensive effort is necessary todisseminate regular updates ofparliamentary proceedingsthrough news portals.
Varun DambalBengaluru
Religious appeasement
Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Food democracy” (August 2).It has become fashionable forpeople to misuse the social mediaforum to create needless contro-versy so as to create divisions onreligious lines. This was aptlyproved by the Zomato episodewhere a customer cancelled an
order as the person, who wasassigned to deliver his order, wasa “non-Hindu”. Later, he eventook pride in the fact that he hadcancelled his order and, thus, for-gone the refund.
This episode reflects on thehighly polarised times that we areliving in. However, this is not forthe first time that such bigotry hasbeen reported. Earlier, one cus-tomer had refused to ride a cab
since the driver happened to befrom a particular community.
Imagine what would happenif people from other communitiesstarted following the same lines?The Madhya Pradesh police hasfiled a case against the customerbut the Central Governmentmust take harsh measures to pre-vent such religious appeasement.
N NagarajanVia email
Stand up to bigotry
Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Food democracy” (August 2).While Zomato’s response to acustomer, who refused to acceptfood from a delivery executivewho happened to belong to theMuslim community is laudable,the fact of the matter is that thedream of an egalitarian societystill remains elusive.
Kudos to Zomato for notyielding to such a ranciddemand and emphatically refus-ing to do so by saying, “Food hasno religion.” This bravo act ofZomato is more praiseworthy insuch polarised atmosphere.Again, this unpleasant shockreeks of deeply imbedded big-otry in our psyche and the onuslies on each and every individ-ual to shun any kind of bigotryto make this world a more tol-erant place to live. Any form ofreligious appeasement andexcessive recourse to religiousdogma in the public space mustbe avoided.
Rohit KaushikVia email
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Who defines intolerance?
SANDHYA JAIN
The narrative built by the conscience keepers of the nation, who complain about thethreat to freedom of speech, is just another attempt to shape public discourse in India
Article 370 move will havecatastrophic consequencesfor the subcontinent. They(BJP) want the territory ofJ&K by terrorising its people.
PDP chief—Mehbooba Mufti
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Kashmir’s problem is far from being solved
In a historic move, the Government has revokedArticle 370 of the Constitution that granted specialstatus to Jammu & Kashmir. There were several por-
tents that the status quo was about to shift big inJammu & Kashmir when there was the unprecedent-ed curtailment of the Amarnath yatra, massive mobil-isation of extra security for the State, house-arrest offormer Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and OmarAbdullah as well as Jammu and Kashmir People'sConference chairperson Sajjad Gani Lone. It looks theGovernment did not rely on police and the CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF) this time. Instead, itmoved heavy contingents of Army personnel into theValley to ensure that law and order is not disturbed.
Questions have been raised as to why theGovernment did not wait for the Amarnath Yatra to getover before making the announcement. The answer issimple — by then, the Parliament session would havecome to an end and it is in the House that the
announcement was to be made. These radical movesby the Modi Government are probably aimed to healthe long-festering wounds of Jammu & Kashmir. Butthen, for them to be successful, the true challenge isto take the people of Kashmir along.
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Hong Kong conundrumThe Government’s shockingdecisions are a total betray-al of the trust that people ofJ&K had reposed when theyacceded to India in 1947.
NC leader —Omar Abdullah
Politically expedient, may be, but the effect Article 370 repealwill have on Kashmiris’ cultural identity could be devastating
China’s restrictive ways are only magnifying the pro-democracy movement and costing the economy We heartily welcome the
Government’s brave deci-sion. This was necessary forthe interest of the country,including Jammu & Kashmir
RSS chief—Mohan Bhagwat
Article 35A came through theback door without followingthe procedure under Article368 of the Constitution ofIndia. It had to go.
Senior BJP leader—Arun Jaitley
Don’t kill the golden goose
THE PEOPLE OF J&K WANT DEMOCRACY AND IF YOU SEE CLEARLY, YOU WILL KNOW HOW MUCH
ARTICLE 370 HAS HARMED THE STATE.—UNION HOME MINISTER
AMIT SHAH
I STRONGLY CONDEMN THE GOVERNMENT’S MOVE.BJP HAS NOT ONLY MURDERED THE CONSTITUTIONBUT ALSO MURDERED DEMOCRACY.—CONGRESS LEADERGHULAM NABI AZAD
POINTCOUNTERPOINT
In this article, I have divided my view into twoparts. In the first, I have asked why the super-rich must pay their fair share in nation-build-
ing and other avenues to raise future revenues.The second half is a plea to facilitate and enthusethe industry instead of throttling India Inc, thegolden goose that pays taxes and creates jobs.
“Gandhiji’s trusteeship principle stated thatlegitimate profit earnings cannot be devoid ofsocial responsibility.” This means individuals,who are recipients of windfall gains unprecedent-ed in the economic history thus far, must paytheir fair share of progressive taxation onincome — whether it’s the highest high net worthindividuals (HHNI), the affluent farmers or CSRnon-compliant companies. The Indian economyis in a “negative uncharted territory” with feweravenues left to collect revenue. Perhaps it’s timefor the Government to even think of taxing big-tech internet companies, unafraid of US PresidentDonald Trump’s tantrums, by taking a leaf fromthe French Government. France became the firstcountry to approve a three per cent tax on localrevenues (instead of taxing only profits) from UStech giants. Japan and Singapore are expected tofollow suit.
While super-rich individuals are obliged topay higher taxes relative to their income, the con-verse is also true that India needs to enthuseentrepreneurial spirit to realise its distant dreamof becoming a $5 trillion economy. It mustremove the impediments to its growth. This canstart with the lowering of corporate taxes on the6,000 largest firms, who continue to be taxed at30 per cent, as compared to 17-21 per cent in thedeveloped countries in next year’s budget; firm-ly admonishing overzealous tax officials to stoptax terrorism; addressing liquidity crunch thathas bought credit supply to a standstill; andfuelling a virtuous cycle of consumption. Till eco-nomic activity does not revive on all cylinders,neither will jobs, savings or Government’s rev-enue improve from the current six per cent.
With dismal economic data on sectoral loss-es due to contraction in investments, consump-tion and external demand coming to light on adaily basis, there is a prevailing sense of déjà vuthat presages a 2008-like economic crisis. Eachday, post the budget, the Sensex has chipped awaya few hundred points. This has been attributedto the 9,400 Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI)pulling out a net of `11,000 crore in July fromthe Indian markets in a tantrum response to thesurcharge on the super-rich. Policy interventionsare desperately needed to ring-fence specific FPI’strust entities through the directive under Section119 of the IT act as their exodus has weakenedmarket sentiments, affecting retail investors andnot only HNI’s. Once resolved, considering theearning opportunities in India, this is a tempo-rary phase as FPIs will ultimately return andincrease their holdings as valuations turn moreattractive once the markets bottom out.
As the Budget did not increase the tax burdenon the middle classes, the surcharge specific to indi-viduals was one avenue for the Government tomobilise revenue for its welfare schemes. Acrossdeveloped nations, the ultra-rich, 0.01 per cent ofthe likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and big-techcompanies, are volunteering to pay higher taxa-tion, proportionate to their windfall gains.
Second, there is a moral quotient involved
herein where philanthrophic instincts inIndia are so minimal that theGovernment had to make CorporateSocial Responsibility (CSR) mandatoryunder Section 135 of the Companies Actin 2013. Despite making two per cent ofprofits earned over an average of threeyears compulsory, many profitableindustries remain non-compliant asper the latest findings by the Comptrollerand Auditor General of India (CAG).The rich are now getting richer withsharper increases in the value of theirpersonal wealth, relative to national percapita income and savings. India todaystruggles with a Gross National Income(GNI) of around $2,000 per capita ascompared to China, with a GNI per capi-ta of $9,800.
To widen the tax net, theGovernment must find ways to tax therich farmer. The CAG found that agri-cultural income of nearly `500 crorewas allowed as exemption in 2017-18by the income-tax authorities withoutadequate verification. The TARC hadrecommended that farmers with agri-cultural income of ̀ 50 lakh plus shouldpay income tax. As the decision to levya tax on agriculture income lies with theState Governments, this can be imposedonly if they pass a resolution underArticle 252 of the Constitution, autho-rising the Centre to do so.
One grants that Governments can-not have a “rob from Peter to pay Paulattitude” towards the rich, nor resort tooppressive tax terrorism — a pre-existing malady of the IT departmentfrom the UPA era. In the case of thetragic suicide of Cafe Coffee Dayfounder VG Siddhartha, what warrant-
ed the attachment of assets premature-ly when the assessments were incom-plete and his business needed to mon-etise assets to repay debt? Businesses failbut failure cannot be criminalised.This has made India Inc unite in vent-ing suppressed anger at using coercivemeasures to raise arbitrary demands byassessing officers, forced to meet unre-alistic targets upon which theirappraisals are based.
Consider this factoid that the ITdepartment is the biggest litigant witha petition rate of above 80 per cent andsuccess rates of under 30 per cent. Inits haste to cleanse the system, is theGovernment failing to distinguishbetween genuine business failures andwilful defaulters and tax evaders, whopreviously gamed the system?
These are challenging times andwhat the business community needs arepredictability, stability of policies andsustained dialogue with theGovernment to recalibrate policy. TheIndian economy was driven by the twinengines of growth: Domestic con-sumption and Government-fundedpublic investments — both of whichneed expansionary monetary and fis-cal stimulus. Further, newer incentivesare needed for the dwindling exportsector as de-globalisation has hurtexports due to protectionist policies ofthe West. Besides, while Phase I of theglobalisation relied on outsourcingfrom low-wage countries, in Phase II,that wage-arbitrage has narrowed withonly 18 per cent of the global goods cur-rently traded involving exports tohigher-wage countries. Key enablers forglobal competitiveness are rationalising
power tariffs, labour and land laws.Lastly, the build up of toxic assets in
the banks has hampered their ability tolend further. The much-needed liquid-ity infusion of `10,000 crore must findits way into priority sector lending byproviding credit for MSME’s, automo-bile, retail and housing finance compa-nies to lend for affordable housing — allof which will raise the Gross DomesticProduct (GDP). Because India’s $2.7 tril-lion economy needs real growth ratesclose to nine per cent if we have to reachthe $5 trillion-mark by 2024-25.
The other great worry is the rise ofleverage in sovereign, personal and cor-porate debt globally with the nationalaverage debt of advanced economiessurpassing 100 per cent of the GDP.Easy credit in the past fuelled asset bub-bles in stocks markets and the housingsector, presaging recession, which last-ed longer and made deeper cuts.Government borrowings through sov-ereign loans at low interest rates couldbecome a dangerous practice of relyingon cheap loans to continually fund pop-ulist schemes. Though sovereign bor-rowings bring money into the econo-my at lower interest rates, it is impor-tant “monetary policies support growth,without the risky build-up of leverage”.
Modi 2.0 will hopefully get moreproactive instead of a reactive stanceto economic challenges as even reme-dial policies take a minimum of sixmonths to kick in. The first step is toenthuse India Inc, the golden geesethat lay the golden eggs.
(The writer is an author, columnist andchairperson for the National Committee forFinancial Inclusion at Niti Aayog)
Instead of adopting a reactive stance to economic challenges, Modi 2.0 should get moreproactive to attain the dream of a $5 trillion economy. The first step is to enthuse India Inc
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Hong Kong: It'spurely symbolic
GWYNNE DYER
So far the people have done well to send theright message to Beijing by playing the balancing
act. But it’s now time for them to stop
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The anti-Government demonstrations in Hong Kong are noweight weeks old and still going strong but the level of vio-lence is rising. A lot of the violence is down to the police
and to triad gangs, who were hired to attack the demonstrators,of course, but now the People’s Daily, the official mouthpieceof the Chinese Communist Party, is demanding that the HongKong Government “punish lawbreakers regardless of whether theyhold up the banner of ‘freedom and democracy’.”
Nobody expects a replay of the 1989 Tiananmen Square mas-sacre, but weekend after weekend, the confrontation is growingmore tense. China’s Defence Ministry even warned that it mightuse troops to quell the unrest, saying the protests were “intol-erable” and that the Army would mobilise the troops to restorepublic order if requested by the Hong Kong Government.
Yang Guang, spokesman for Beijing’s Hong Kong and MacauAffairs Office, followed the paranoid official line, blaming “irre-sponsible people” in the West for stirring up trouble in a bid to“contain China’s development.” But when asked if Beijing wouldsend troops in to stop the protests, he only repeated that the HongKong Government could ask for help if it needed it.
This is a major crisis in the only part of mainland China thatis not ruled directly by the Communist Party, but Beijing clearlydoes not want to go nuclear if it can avoid it. Which it probablycan, because at this point, the whole confrontation has becomepurely symbolic. It started out in early June as a real struggleover an important issue. The Hong Kong Government introduceda Bill that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to Chinaand face trial in Communist Party-controlled mainland courts(which have a 99 per cent conviction rate). Everybody assumedthat it was acting on orders from Beijing.
The protesters were out in the streets at once. The rule oflaw still exists in Hong Kong but nobody would be safe if theycould be extradited to the People’s Republic at Beijing’s whim.Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam backed down very quick-ly. She “suspended” the draft extradition Bill and various peopleclose to her reminded the media that it would automatically diewhen the current session of the legislature ends next July. Butshe did not formally withdraw the Bill, presumably because thatwould involve too grave a loss of face for the regime in Beijing.
Since then, the demos have been purely symbolic. The extra-dition Bill is not going to happen but the protesters want Lam tokill it officially and publicly. Even if she complied, she could alwaysbring it back in the next session of the legislature (whose mem-bers have to be approved by Beijing). So even if they win, theyhave no guarantees for the future. Why bother? Hong Kong wasnot a democracy under the British rule before 1997 and it is notone now. But it was and still is a place where the rule of law pre-vails, the media are free and individual rights are respected.However, this special status within China, which was supposedto last for 50 years after the hand-over, has been under grow-ing pressure from Beijing since the rise of President Xi Jinping.
Xi, who has abolished term limits on the presidency, is relent-lessly centralising power in China, presumably in the belief thatthis is the only way to preserve Communist rule in the long run.He has turned the heavily Muslim province of Xinjiang into anenormous open-air prison and is building an online system of‘social credit’ that will score citizens on their degree of com-pliance with the regime’s goals and norms. People with lowscores will have a hard time in life. And he is nibbling away atHong Kong’s civil rights because they set a bad example forother Chinese.
The demonstrators in Hong Kong have carried on becausethey are trying to make a point: That interfering with Hong Kong’sfreedoms is more trouble than it’s worth. So long as Hong Kongremains economically important to the People’s Republic, theyhave a chance of succeeding but they can never expect a deci-sive victory. Seven and a half million people in Hong Kong arenever going to force the Beijing regime to do anything. With theright tactics, however, they can probably preserve their own free-doms and continue to serve as living proof that an ethnic Chinesesociety does not have to be a tyranny.
It’s a balancing act. They must never challenge theCommunist regime’s ultimate control but from time to time theyhave to demonstrate to Beijing that tolerating a local aberrationlike civil rights in Hong Kong is less costly politically than end-ing it by force. They have done enough to achieve that for now,and it’s probably time to stop.
(The writer’s new book is Growing Pains, the Future ofDemocracy and Work)
On July 23, a two-judge Benchof the Supreme Court ofIndia, consisting of Justice
Arun Mishra and Justice UdayLalit, delivered a historic judgementin the case of writ petition (civil) No940/2017, Bikram Chatterji andothers vs Union of India and others,to bring governance back on therails. The move has, thus, ensuredjustice to more than 42,000 hassledhome buyers of Noida and GreaterNoida. The Executive miserablyfailed on this count.
The verdict will long be remem-bered as one of the finest judicialdecision taken in recent times. Thecourt’s decision came after a deepstudy of facts and chasing the
wrongdoers to their graves. At thesame time, the court also unearthedone of the biggest real estate scamconducted under the very nose andconnivance of officials and politi-cal leaders. The court was ablyassisted by senior lawyer MLLahoty, the National Company LawTribunal, forensic auditors and flatbuyer crusader, Amit Gupta, whotook a lot of personal risk in pur-suing the case to its logical end.
While quoting the forensicauditors appointed by it, the apexcourt stated that a “serious fraud”has been played by the Amrapaligroup. It was done in connivancewith authorities in Noida andGreater Noida. Money was divert-ed to personal accounts of thecompany’s directors and otherdummy firms. Bogus bills in viola-tion of the Foreign ExchangeManagement Act (FEMA) werecreated as they obtained invest-ments and over valued them tosiphon off the home buyers’ money.The court has ordered theEnforcement Directorate to nab theculprits. The criminals left no stone
unturned to launder the money.They obtained loan from banks inthe name of home buyers andswindled it. The bank officialsworked in tandem with theAmrapali group, ignored regula-tions and turned a blind eye to thefraud committed by the directors ofAmrapali. On top of all this, thesethugs did not prepare accountsfrom 2015 to 2018, knowing it wellthat it was all going to be over.
To set things right, the courtordered the cancellation of the reg-istration of the Amrapali groupunder the Real Estate (Regulationand Development) Act, 2016, can-celled the lease deeds signed betweenthe builder and the authorities andvested the rights of these deeds to thereceiver, senior advocate VenkatRamani, appointed by the court.
It is of equal importance thatbesides pulling up the Amrapaligroup, the court castigated the Noidaand Greater Noida authorities as wellas the banks for their connivance andpalpable negligence. In order toensure that the buyers get possessionof their dream homes soon, the court
appointed the National BuildingConstruction Corporation (NBCC),which has been assisting it in assess-ing the cost and time, for the com-pletion of the housing projects thathave been lying in limbo. The NBCChas pegged its fee at eight per centof the construction cost. The courtalso rightfully debarred the Noidaand Greater Noida authorities fromstaking claim to the ̀ 3,600 crore bal-ance with the Amrapali group.
This writer had always beenhighlighting the fact that the author-ities had no business to make moneyout of an acquired land from thefarmers by invoking extraordinaryclauses and then auction them forhousing to mint money. In fact, thisis a very lethal concept of befoolingthe political leadership to createthese agencies to get away withGovernment rules and then dowhatever they like to do. The Centraland State Government must reviewthis culture of constitution of suchpompous bodies and put properchecks and balances.
However, the best part of theSupreme Court’s judgement was
that the buyers have been asked todeposit the balance money as perthe builder-buyer agreement underthe supervision of the court receiv-er. It further directed the authori-ties to smoothly register the prop-erties and that the dues to the tuneof `3,600 crore should be recoveredby selling off the attached proper-ties of the Amrapali group.
However, a few niggling issuesremain. First, once the buyersdeposit 100 per cent of the dueamount in the Supreme Court, acommittee of buyers should beformed for each project so as toassist the court receiver. This com-mittee should also help the receiv-er in auditing the work of theNBCC so that payments are linkedto the progress of construction.
Second, the court invoked theviolation of the Public Trust Doctrineby the Noida and Greater Noidaauthorities and held them equallyaccountable for the fraud. The homebuyers’ funds were utilised by theAmrapali group’s directors/promot-er vis-à-vis payments to the landauthorities, which amount to more
than `500 crore as stated by bothauthorities. As per the court order,the lease has been terminated andRERA registrations of all projectshave been cancelled. The authorityhad no claim on this as they failedto check the fraud. This amountshould immediately be depositedwith the NBCC so that it can start thework as per its project report submit-ted before the court. This fund canbe used as “seed capital” to kick offconstruction, may be as an alterna-tive to the demand of “stress funds”by Amrapali home buyers.
The Government of India needsto use this judgement to reform thereal estate sector. At the same time,the Uttar Pradesh Governmentneeds to take strict action againstofficials and authorities, who madea mockery of governance. Thisjudgement may bring a new era inthe real estate sector and preventfrauds. But the Centre as well asState Governments will have to fol-low the court orders in the truespirit to end it for all.
(The writer is a former civil servant)
Justice delayed, not deniedWhile the Supreme Court has cracked the whip on builders and officials who defrauded homebuyers, a few niggling issues
remain. To ensure transparency in the real estate sector, strict compliance of the court order is the need of the hour
VK BAHUGUNAThe jubilation of women inSaudi Arabia was real —and understandable. Thekingdom announced that itis allowing women to applyfor passports, to travelwithout permission and tohave more control overfamily matters. Thesechanges to theguardianship systemshould be genuinelytransformative. Butcelebration can only bepartial when women’s rightsremain so tightlyconstricted.(The Guardian editorial)
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BHEL commissions1 more unit ofKaleshwaramirrigation proj in TSNEW DELHI: State run BHELon Monday said it hascommissioned one morepumping unit of Kaleshwaramlift irrigation project inTelangana. The PSUcommissioned unit 5 of 116megawatt (MW), Bharat HeavyElectricals Ltd (BHEL) said in aBSE filing. Developed byTelangana government, thegreenfield lift irrigation projectis located in Peddapalli districtof Telangana. BHEL had earliercommissioned four units ofthe same project in April andMay, 2019. BHEL said itsscope in the project comprisescomplete electrical andmechanical (E&M) worksincluding design, manufacture,supply and supervision oferection and commissioningof 7 sets of Vertical Pump-Motor sets along withassociated auxiliaries.
Natco Pharmareceives FDA reportfor plant in TSNEW DELHI: Natco PharmaLimited on Monday said theUS Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) hasissued an establishmentinspection report for itsformulations facility in KothurVillage, Telangana. The drug-maker said the report wasissued for the facility whichwas inspected between May30 and June 5 by the FDAauthorities. The company hadearlier said the US drugregulator had issued nineobservations for the facility.
Okinawa Scooterscuts prices by up toRs 8,600 to passGST benefitsNEW DELHI: Electric two-wheeler maker OkinawaScooters on Monday said it hasreduced prices of its products byup to Rs 8,600 following GSTreduction on electric vehicles(EVs). Price of Okinawa rangeunder lead acid has now reducedby Rs 2,500–Rs 4,700 and in Li-ion range the cost has reducedby Rs 3,400–Rs 8,600, followingthe government's move to slashthe GST rate on EVs to 5 percent from 12 per cent earlier, thecompany said in a statement."The drop in prices clubbed withthe second phase of FasterAdoption and Manufacturing ofElectric vehicle (FAME II) subsidyhas made the on-road price ofMade-in-India electric scootersmuch lower than its currentpricing," it added. At presentOkinawa Scooters sells a rangeof electric scooters pricedbetween Rs 37,000 and Rs 1.08lakh. Commenting on the move,Okinawa Autotech Founder &Managing Director JeetenderSharma said, "the Union budgetgave a much-needed push to theEV industry and the GST rate cutis even more welcoming."
Sensex tanks over 418 points amid Kashmir uncertaintyPNS n MUMBAI
Mumbai, Aug 5 (PTI)Equity benchmark BSESensex tanked over 418points to close at 36,699.84on Monday due to intenseselling in banking, financeand metal stocks amid weakglobal cues and politicaluncertainty over theKashmir issue.
After cracking over 700points in day trade, the 30-share index pared losses toclose at 36,699.84, still downby 418.38 points, or 1.13 percent. It hit a low of 36,416.79
and a high of 36,844.05.The 50-share Nifty
plunged by 134.75 points or1.23 per cent to close at10,862.60 points as 38 of itsconstituents declined.
The government onMonday abolished Article370 that gave special statusto Jammu and Kashmir andmoved a separate bill tobifurcate the state into twoseparate union territories ofJammu and Kashmir, andLadakh, amid massiveopposition uproar in RajyaSabha.
The rupee declinedsharply by 90 paise to 70.50in afternoon trade followingjitters in the global curren-cy markets. The Chineseyuan slipped to 7.03 level
against the US dollar, whichinvestors consider as a keythreshold, amid reports thatBeijing was devaluing itscurrency to supportexporters, and neutralise
US President DonaldTrump's decision to imposefresh 10 per cent tariffs onUSD 300 billion in Chinesegoods.
Elsewhere in Asia,Shanghai Composite Index,Hang Seng, Nikkei andKospi declined on Monday,following intensifying tradewar between the US andChina and a sharp fall inyuan.
The global oil benchmarkBrent crude futures weretrading 0.74 per cent lowerat 61.43 per barrel.
After cracking over 700 points inday trade, the 30-share index paredlosses to close at 36,699.84, stilldown by 418.38 points, or 1.13 percent. It hit a low of 36,416.79 and ahigh of 36,844.05
PTI n NEW DELHI
The country's services sectoractivity in July returned togrowth territory driven by newbusiness orders that rose atfastest pace since October2016, following which job cre-ation picked up, a monthlysurvey showed on Monday.
The IHS Markit IndiaServices Business ActivityIndex rose to 53.8 in July from49.6 in June, pointed to thequickest increase in output inone year.
In PMI parlance, a printabove 50 means expansion,while a score below thatdenotes contraction.
"PMI data indicated thatthe strongest upturn in newwork for nearly three years ledto a rebound in business activ-ity," said Pollyanna de Lima,Principal Economist at IHSMarkit.
Survey respondents linkedthe upturn in business activi-ty to a promising governmentbudget, strengthening demandand new client wins.
New businesses have beensecured from the public andprivate sectors, as well asdomestic and internationalmarkets, they said, adding
that new export work rose forthe fifth straight month inJuly.
"These favourable resultsfrom the service sector wereaccompanied by improvedmomentum among goods pro-ducers, which combinedshowed the sharpest rise inoutput for eight months," Limasaid.
Meanwhile, the IHS MarkitIndia Composite PMI OutputIndex, that maps both themanufacturing and servicesindustry, touched an eight-month high of 53.9 in Julyfrom 50.8 in June, as aggregatenew orders rose to the greatest
extent since last November.Moreover, job creation
picked up to the strongestsince early-2011 in response tostrengthening demand condi-tions and upbeat predictionsfor the economic outlook.
"India's labour market con-tinues to go from strength-to-strength, with the pace of ser-vice sector job creation, thehighest in over eight years.Ongoing expansions in theemployment base should sup-port household spending andconsumer confidence in thenear-term," Lima said.
The survey further notedthat the July data indicated an
improvement in business opti-mism across the service econ-omy and companies expectadvertising efforts andstrengthening market condi-tions to support growth in thecoming 12-month period.
Experts believe that theReserve Bank of India (RBI)will continue with its dovishstance in the policy reviewmeet that kicked off onMonday to boost slowing eco-nomic growth.
In the June review, RBI hadcut key lending rates by 0.25per cent for the third time this year to spur economicgrowth.
Surveyrespondentslinked theupturn inbusinessactivity to apromisinggovernmentbudget,strengtheningdemand andnew client wins
PTI n NEW DELHI
Gold prices on Monday surgedRs 800 to hit an all-time highof Rs 36,970 per 10 gram at thebullion market here amidstrong trend overseas asinvestors preferred the yellowmetal due to escalation oftrade tensions between theUnited States and China.
Tracking the movement ofgold, silver also soared Rs 1,000to 43,100 per kg on the back ofrobust demand from industri-al units and coin makers.
Experts said gold reachingits highest level since May2013 due to the US-Chinatensions and increaseddemand by local jewellers werethe factors that propelled theyellow metal to record highlevel in the domestic market.
The US last weekannounced that it wouldimpose a 10 per cent tariff onChinese imports worth USD300 billion starting September1 and said it could raise dutiesfurther if China's President XiJinping failed to move morequickly towards a trade deal.
Besides, a weaker rupee alsocontributed to the rise in theyellow prices as the domesticcurrency fell by 99 paise to Rs70.59 vis-a-vis dollar, makingimports costlier. The rupeeclosed at 69.60 on Friday.
"Gold price of Rs 36,970 per10 gram is the highest in thedomestic market till date," saidSurendra Jain, vice-president ofAll India Sarafa Association.
Globally, gold was tradingup 1.13 per cent at USD1,457.30 an ounce, while silver
traded 1.51 per cent higher atUSD 16.53 an ounce.
"Spot gold jumped to USD1,459.46 an ounce in the inter-national market, its highestlevel since May 2013. Weakglobal economic outlook amidescalating trade war tensions,feeble US dollar and downbeatAsian equities lifted the metal'ssafe haven appeal forinvestors," Hareesh V, head(commodity research), GeojitFinancial Services.
In the national capital, goldof 99.9 per cent and 99.5 percent purity surged Rs 800 to Rs36,970 and Rs 36,800 per 10gram, respectively.
Gold prices had risen by Rs540 to Rs 36,170 per 10 gm onSaturday.
Sovereign gold alsoincreased by Rs 100 to Rs27,600 per eight gram onMonday.
Sovereign goldalso increased byRs 100 to Rs27,600 per eightgram on Monday.Silver ready roseRs 1,000 to 43,100per kg, whileweekly-baseddelivery jumpedRs 1,039 to Rs42,403 per kg
PTI n MUMBAI
Full service carrier Vistara onMonday announced signingof a codeshare partnershipwith Singapore Airlines (SIA)and its regional arm SilkAir forinternational flights ahead ofthe launch of services on theoverseas routes.
The domestic private carri-er, which is 51 per cent ownedby Tata Sons along with 49 percent stake of SIA, already hasa similar arrangement withthe two carriers for domesticflights.
Vistara, which commencedits air services on domesticroutes in January 2015, is all setto launch its international oper-ations with the maiden flight toSingapore from New Delhi onAugust 6.
"Singapore Airlines (SIA)and regional subsidiary SilkAirhave signed an agreement withVistara to expand codesharingto international routes, Vistara
said in a release.The codeshare agreement,
which is subject to regulatoryapprovals, will be implement-ed over a period of time, the
airline said.This is the first time Vistara
will be codesharing with part-ner airlines on internationalflights.
Under the expansion of anexisting codeshare agreementwhich covers domestic flights,SIA will add its 'SQ' flightcode to Vistara's new interna-tional flights.
In addition, SIA and SilkAirwill add nine new codeshare
destinations within India onVistara-operated flights, saidthe release.
With this expansion, SIAwill codeshare on Vistara flightsto more than 20domestic des-tinations.
Similarly, Vistara will addits 'UK' designator code toSIA and SilkAir-operatedflights between Singapore andeightdomestic destinations,it said.
It will codeshare on ser-vices to more than 40 destina-tions in the SIA and SilkAirnetwork, the release said.
"We are further expandingthe codeshare agreement withSIA and SilkAir to internationalflights. We're happy to deepenthis strategic partnership whichmeans a more seamless servicesfrom India to destinationsacross Asia, Oceania and theUnited States," Vistaras chiefstrategy officer Vinod Kannansaid.
"Vistara is an important part-ner for SIA and SilkAir. Thisexpansion of our codeshareagreement provides our cus-tomers with more traveloptions to and from India,SIA's senior vice president,marketing planning, Tan KaiPing, said.
After cracking over 700 points in daytrade, the 30-share index paredlosses to close at 36,699.84, stilldown by 418.38 points, or 1.13 percent. It hit a low of 36,416.79 and ahigh of 36,844.05
PNS n HYDERABAD
Motorcycle-maker Benelli onMonday announced thelaunch of its popular globalbrand Leoncino 500 in theIndian market with a price tagof Rs 4.79 lakh (ex-show-room).
Benelli India managingdirector Vikas Jhabakh,addressing a press conferencehere, said the Italian bike-maker which became part ofQjian Jiang Group, China, iscoming out witha bike specif-ically designed for the Indianmarket in sub-300 cc catego-ry in a few months.
The bike would also beexported to other countries, hesaid.
We thought Hyderabad isapt as a location for the nation-al launch of our latest bikeLeoncino 500. The bike will beavailable in India in twocolours - red and the steel grey.
Leoncino 500 would beimported in the CKD formatand assembled in theHyderabad facility.
The bike would come withfive-year unlimited kilometrewarranty, Jhabakh toldreporters.
He said the company isplaning to come out with twoor three models including theone specifically for Indianbike riders in the next few
months.Benelli has six models,
including Leoncina, in India."By 2020-end, Benelli will
have 12 or 13 different mod-els of all categories in terms ofcc, in the Indian market," hesaid.
Last year, the companyBenelli had signed a memo-randum of understanding(MoU) with the Telanganagovernment and AdishwarAuto Ride International(AARI), a subsidiary ofMahavir Group, for setting upa manufacturing facility here.
The Mahavir group com-pany initially started assem-bling CKD (completely knock-down) kits of the bike here forBenelli and the partnershipalso entitles AARI to assemble,manufacture and importexclusive range of the bikesfrom Italy and South-EastAsian regions.
PNS n MUMBAI
Advertising sector watchdogon Monday said it upheld com-plaints against 132 advertise-ments in May this year, includ-ing those of Tetley Green Tea,Tang, iPhone XS, among others.
The Advertising StandardsCouncil of India (ASCI)examined complaints against231 advertisements, of which67 were promptly withdrawn,a statement said.
ASCI's independentConsumer ComplaintsCouncil (CCC) upheld com-plaints against 132 advertise-
ments, out of 164 advertise-ments evaluated by them. Ofthese 132 advertisements, 69belonged to the education sec-tor, 41 to the healthcare sector,two from personal care, fourfrom food and beverage, while16 were from other category.
It pulled up MondelezIndia's Tang ad claim of chil-
dren should drink eight glass-es of water...difficult but thereis Tang, as it insinuated thateight glasses of Tang should beconsumed.The CCC alsoexpressed concern on the empha-sis placed on using the advertis-er's product in place of water.
"The claim was misleading byimplication and in contraven-
tion of the ASCI guidelines foradvertising of foods and bever-ages," it said while adding thatthe tagline 'goodness of fruitsand vitamins' implied that thebenefits offered by the productwere much more than fruit tastealone, which was misleading byambiguity and implication.
Similarly, it noted that Tata
Global Beverages' Tetley GreenTea's print advertisementclaimed '9/10 users preferTetley Green Tea for an activelife' while the video advertise-ment used the word 'recom-mend' which was contrary tothe print advertisement.
"The users were not provid-ed with samples of other brandproducts to enable them to havea preference; the words 'prefer'and 'recommend' are mislead-ing by implication. The use ofthe word 'Active Life' misleadsone to think that use of theproduct alone would be suffi-cient to achieve an 'Active Life'.
The Advertising Standards Council ofIndia (ASCI) examined complaintsagainst 231 advertisements, of which67 were promptly withdrawn, astatement said
PNS n NEW DELHI
As many as 77 per cent ofIndian consumers in a recentsurvey believe that organisa-tions collect too much dataabout them and 74 per centwere against the use of tech-nology tools to assess theirbuying patterns.
A survey conducted byVerint Systems across 18 coun-tries and 34,000 consumershighlighted how an 'always on'era has led to explosion ofunstructured data from digi-tal channels of customerengagement.
In India, more than 2000consumers who have access toa digital platform took part inthe research to reveal theirassessment on issues like howcustomers perceive data pri-vacy, their readiness to acceptdata breach, and use of tech-nology to analyse customers'buying patterns, a Verint state-ment said.
As per the findings, nearly77 per cent of the Indianrespondents agreed thatorganisations collect too muchdata about them and 74 per
cent of the Indian respondentssaid it is "creepy" to use tech-nology to analyse their buyingpatterns and preferences, thestatement noted.
"Out of the 18 surveyedcountries, Indian customerstake lead as 73 per cent of therespondents voted in favour ofactively avoiding brands thatuse technology to analyse andtrack their buying/engage-ment patterns," it added.
About 75 per cent of theIndian customers who weresurveyed agreed that serviceproviders cannot do much toprevent data breach, butmajority did not wish toengage with a brand that hasexperienced a data hack.
Lupin gets EIR from USFDA for Aurangabad plantPNS n NEW DELHI
Drug firm Lupin on Mondaysaid it has received anEstablishment InspectionReport (EIR) from the UShealth regulator for itsAurangabad facility inMaharashtra.
The facility was inspected bythe US Food and DrugAdministration (USFDA)between May 6-15, 2019,Lupin said in a BSE filing.
Lupin said its Aurangabad
facility is involved in the man-ufacturing of oral solid dosage,oral liquid and powder for oralsuspension products for the USMarket, WHO/GlobalInstitution markets and Indianmarket.
"Lupin is committed toadherence and full compli-ance with current good man-ufacturing practice (cGMP)regulations and all otherapplicable regulatory require-ments at our manufacturingsites. We are very happy to
receive the EIR for ourAurangabad facility markingthe satisfactory closure of theUSFDA inspection," LupinManaging Director NileshGupta said.
The USFDA issues an EIR toan establishment that is thesubject of an FDA or FDA-contracted inspection whenthe agency decides to close theinspection.
Lupin's shares were trading1.05 per cent lower at Rs757.75 apiece on the BSE.
Leoncino 500 ridesout of Benelli stables
Indian customers againstuse of technology to trackbuying patterns: Verint
India's services sectoractivity registers growth
Gold surges to recordhigh, nears Rs 37,000
ASCI acts against 132 misleading advertisements
Vistara signs pact with SIA, SilkAir for Intl flights
ntrepreneurship can berefreshing, invigorating,exhilarating and act as ashift from the usualmundane 9 to 5 officetimings.
True, one does have to give inmore hours than usual to set thecash registers ringing. But the feel-ing of having a wad of cash in yourpocket, at any given time, acts as anencouragement to many. But whenthings do not go as planned, it canbe as rocky as a mountain road aftera landslide.
Take for instance V Siddhartha,coffee baron and founder of CaféCoffee Day, a leading coffee shop inIndia. He recently committed sui-cide and his body was found alongthe banks of the Nethravathi riverin Mangaluru.
I didn’t say entrepreneurship is for
everyone, did I? So what wentwrong that forced him to take thisstep you ask? Well debts of over`5,200 crore, alleged harassment byIncome Tax (I-T) officials and a feel-ing of not doing well enough despitebeing a leader in the industry. Onething is sure then. Running a busi-ness ain’t for the faint hearted.
In a recent interview with TheQuint, former Infosys directorMohandas Pai said that the high-handed behaviour of IT officials hasbeen going on for over 20 years. Hesays that there have been timeswhen the department has askedInfosys to pay huge sums of moneyas tax. But after contending the casein the Supreme Court, the tax menfell silent.
He adds, “The I-T cannot decideif one is a criminal, that power sole-ly resides on the court and theyshould also not be given powers toarrest someone without a warrant.”
Speaking about the coffee baron’scase, Pai says that I-T officials dis-closed details of the case, discrep-ancies in the record books of CCDand other confidential informationpublicly. This was wrong and onecannot humiliate a person like that,he feels.
Uday, founder and CEO ofPayism said, “IT issues are definite-ly a burden if the business does nothave a strong revenue model. As anentrepreneur, one should be awareof all the changes every year andalign their business accordingly.
The I-T department is doing theirjob efficiently, as per norms and thefinancial slab announced by the gov-ernment. We should definitely be inthe good books of the I-T depart-ment and ensure we comply withthe rules.”
However, Raj N Phani, anothercity-based entrepreneur contradictsUday by saying that I-T guys trou-ble businessmen. “When you visittheir offices, they do not even offera seat and look down upon you likeyou are a criminal. They also don’tlisten to what the businessman hasto say and keep rumbling that youhave done something wrong.”
“All I-T guys are psychologistswho know how to break down aperson and get him to reveal things.I feel it would be helpful if the gov-ernment themselves offer a three-month training programme thatteaches businessmen how to handleI-T officials. That would also helpthem understand why the taxmenare asking those questions,” he adds.
Speaking of tax terrorism Phanisays that it is prevalent not just inHyderabad, but all over thecountry, as Income Taxis a Central govern-ment department andthese officials get trans-ferred all over thecountry.
Trouble and harass-ment from taxmen arejust one side of thecoin. Many a times it isother hurdles that forceentrepreneurs to takeextreme steps.
Charan Lakkaraju ofStumagz says,
“Entrepreneurs face a lot of hurdlesthat they downplay as challenges. It’sall about how one prioritises. Takingan extreme step like ending one’s lifeis a personal decision and theremight be different reasons behind it.It’s more a psychological problemthan just being business related.”
One has to have his own innercircle who can sort things out,Charan added. “When it comes toentrepreneurship, everything is aproblem and nothing is easy,” saysPraveen Dorna, the co-founder ofStart-up Byte.
One has to encounter manybumpy stretches, says Praveenadding, “From funding to finding astrong idea to implement, every-thing is a roadblock as the country
lacks professional-ism.”
About busi-nessmen taking
extreme stepslike takingtheir lives,
Praveen said,“People don’taccept they arestressed. They
should facethe circum-
stances come what may. Some takethe stress to heart and it affectsthem. When they don't see any wayout, they end up taking their lives.”
He adds that one must knowwhen to stop and should open upwith their co-founders and if pos-sible other entrepreneurs, so theycan feel better that all entrepreneursare on the same page. After facinga few hurdles, one might even quitthe business.
Uday says that support fromfamily and near and dear ones go along way in boosting the entrepre-neurs’ confidence.
As Uday concludes,“Entrepreneurs face many chal-lenges in today’s competitive world.The most common hurdles aremonetary issues like investments,finances and managing cash flows.Proper budgeting and planning arecritical when it comes to managingfinances. Also your employeesshould be on the same page as youwhen it comes to the vision of yourproduct/company.” “But, it is defi-nitely not the right decision to endyour life. Instead, having a strongfinance and legal team will help nipthe problem in the bud, before iteven arises,” he adds.
Are trouble and harassment from taxmen just one side of the coin? Many a time it is otherhurdles that force entrepreneurs to take extreme steps, writes K Ramya Sree
ENTREPRENEURSTERROR FORTax a deadlier
e IN A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH THE QUINT, FORMER INFOSYS DIRECTORMOHANDAS PAI SAID THAT THE HIGH-HANDED BEHAVIOUR OF I-T OFFICIALSHAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 20 YEARS. HE SAYS THAT THERE HAVE BEENTIMES WHEN THE DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED INFOSYS TO PAY HUGE SUMS OFMONEY AS TAX. BUT AFTER CONTESTING THE CASE IN THE SUPREMECOURT, THE TAXMEN FELL SILENT
Entrepreneurs face a lot ofhurdles that they downplay aschallenges. It's all about how oneprioritises. One has to have hisown inner circle who can sortthings out
— CCHARAN LLAKKARAJUFOUNDER, CEO OF STUMAGZ
All I-T guys are psychologists whoknow how to break down a personand get him to reveal things. I feelit would be helpful if thegovernment themselves offer a 3-month training programme thatteaches businessmen how tohandle I-T officials. That wouldalso help them understand whythe taxmen are asking thosequestions. When you visit IToffices, the officials do not evenoffer a seat and look down uponyou like you are a criminal. Taxterrorism is prevalent all over thecountry, as Income Tax is aCentral government departmentand these officials get transferredall over the country
— RRAJ NN PPHANIHYD-BASED ENTREPRENEUR
IT issues are definitely a burden if thebusiness does not have a strong
revenue model. The I-T department isdoing their job efficiently, as per
norms and the financial slabannounced by the government. We
should definitely be in the good booksof the I-T department and ensure we
comply with the rules. As anentrepreneur, one should be aware ofall the changes every year and align
their business accordingly
— UUDAYFOUNDER AND CEO OF PAYISM
TECHNOLOGIES PVT LIMITED
People don't accept they are stressed. They should face the circumstances come what may. Some take the stress to heart and it affects them. When they don't see any way out, they end taking their lives. One must know when to stop and should open
up with their co-founders and if possible other entrepreneurs— PPRAVEEN DDORNA
CO-FOUNDER OF START-UP BYTE
t is not every day that chil-dren in their teens take aninitiative and help theunderprivileged. But PranavSai Jasti, a Class XI studentof Hyderabad, recently
exhibited his art work at State ArtGallery to raise funds for healthcareof the underprivileged in the state. Hemanaged to raise over `2.5 lakh.
When asked what spurred himinto doing this, the 15-year-old says,“During my 2018 summer holi-days, I did my internship in varioushospitals. That is when I saw somany underprivileged people whobarely had money to fund theirmedical expenses. This is when Idecided to do something for thepoor.”
Along with displaying his artwork, Pranav kept the audienceenthralled with his musical ren-ditions along with his friendsunder his band The Outlaws.
Pranav, who started paintingin his first grade, says “In my
childhood, I used to enjoy watchingAnimal Planet. Later, I started drawingportraits of animals and birds. My par-ents encouraged me to pursue Arts.This is my first art show and I’m veryhappy because I’m helping the underpriv-ileged.”
More than 50 art works of his were dis-played during the two-day art show. Heexperimented with various productsincluding oil pastels, soft pastels, charcoal,pencils, watercolour paints, acrylic paint,etc. His paintings showcase things heenjoys and loves. He used different tech-
niques and different methods to depictvarious pictures, steadily increasing thequality and using vibrant colours.
Speaking about his first art showexperience, the Class XI boy says, “It wasa great experience interacting with artlovers. Many appreciated my efforts andpurchased my work. Most of my work hasalready been sold. The funds will be trans-ferred to Chief Minister’s relief fund.”
“Although, I don’t like selling my art,doing this for poor people gives meutmost satisfaction. I will continue towork to help the poor as much as I can,”he added.
Speaking to The Pioneer, Pranav’sfather Ramesh Jasti said, “Pranav is a veryactive child. He showed keen interest inarts since he was in Class I. He used topaint everything like nature, sports,birds, animals and more. When he toldme that he wanted to do a charity showfor the underprivileged, I was very happy.For this show, he sold all his paintings hemade since his childhood. I hope he willdo more art shows in the future to helppeople.”
Brush strokes that HELP THE POORI ALONG WITH DISPLAYING HIS
ART WORK, PRANAV KEPTTHE AUDIENCE ENTHRALLEDWITH HIS MUSICALRENDITIONS ALONG WITHHIS FRIENDS UNDER HISBAND THE OUTLAWS
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roducer Bellamkonda Suresh,who is basking in the success ofhis son, Bellamkonda Sreenivas’Rakshasudu, which released lastFriday, mentions that the latter
got a Hindi offer on Monday. The actorholds great clout in the Hindi dubbing
satellite market and most of his recent films— despite tanking at the box-office —helped the producers to be in a profit zone.
“A major Hollywood production house, whichof late is producing Hindi films as well, sent us
a mail on Monday, claiming that they willlaunch Sreenivas in Hindi. I had to double-check
it with a Reliance representative to confirm thatit’s true,” he said in Hyderabad on Monday.
Irrespective of it, senior Bellamkonda hasplans to launch his son in Hindi next year.“I have acquired the remake rights of a superhit Telugu movie for Sreenivas’ Hindi launch.I’m planning to make it next year,” he noted.
Meanwhile, Rakshasudu had a decent firstweekend run at the box-office, minting `6 crore from Telugu states. While theopening was ordinary, the weekend,courtesy of good word-of-mouth, sawa jump in the footfalls.
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espite being greatadmirers of eachother’s works for along time, the combi-nation of Jr NTR andTrivikram Srinivas
materialised only last year. Now,it seems they want to furthercement the bond they strucktogether while making the suc-cessful Aravinda Sametha VeeraRaghava. Yes, sources point outthat the actor-director duo will bejoining forces again for a new fea-ture, which in all likelihood willbe Tarak’s next after SSRajamouli’s costume drama RRR.
The actor is committed todo a film for KGF
helmer Prashanth Neil but withproduction house Mythri MovieMakers recently hinting that itwill start towards the end of2020 or early 2021, it’s a clearpointer that Trivikram's film willbegin first.
“After Aravinda Sametha VeeraRaghava, Trivikram shared anidea he had with NTR. The lat-ter endorsed it, but it needs to befleshed out. Tarak will be occu-pied with RRR till February ormid-March next year, whileTrivikram will be through withthe release of his untitled nextwith Allu Arjun by then, givinghim at least 50 days to work andenhance the story. As things
stand now, the project willbe a joint production ven-ture between Radha Krishnaaka Chinababu’s Haarika &Hassine Creations andKalyanram’s NTR Arts,”informed a well-placed sourceclose to the unit, who added thatDussehra sentiment would mostlikely be repeated for this releaseas well. The actor’s last two releas-es — Jai Lava Kusa and AravindaSametha Veera Raghava —opened a week before Dussehra.
A text to producer S NagaVamsi, who is the nephew ofRadha Krishna, didn’t elicit anyresponse till the time of going topress.
The actor is alsocommitted to do a film
for KGF helmerPrashanth Neil but
Mythri Movie Makershints that it will start
towards the end of2020 or early 2021,
finds NAGARAJ GOUD
NTR and TRIVIKRAMset for an encored
His speech at Manmadhudu 2'spromotional event overlooksTrivikram's contribution to themovie as he penned the storyand dialogues
n a speech that raised eyebrows, AkkineniNagarjuna credited K Vijaya Bhaskar as thecreator of his memorable film, Manmadhudu(2002). “He is the creator of Manmadhudu. Istill didn’t know how he conceived the pro-
posal scene on Eiffel Tower, Paris. He is the reason behindthe cheeky one-liners in the film,” Nag declared. He was
speaking at a promotional event of his Friday releaseManmadhudu 2 in Hyderabad on Sunday evening. The
speech didn’t go well with a certain section of Trivikramfans. The wizard of words penned the story and dia-
logues of Manmadhudu and fans believe that hisfresh writing did the trick for the film. So, whydid Nag failed to acknowledge the most admired
writer of Tollywood? Grapevine has it that he is hold-ing a grudge against Trivikram for not accepting todirect Akhil’s second film. Naga Chaitanya’s name was
also attached to star in A..Aa, but the director finallywent ahead with Nithiin.
Talking about Manmadhudu 2, co-staring Rakul PreetSingh, the superstar promised the film will be a laughriot from the first scene to last. “Like Manmadhudu,
it will leave the audience in splits all through its run-ning time. It’s my guarantee,” he assured.
ilmmaker HarishShankar and hiscinematographerAyananka Bosewere in for a pleas-
ant surprise when legendaryHollywood cinematograph-er Robert Richardson visitedthe sets of Valmiki, starringVarun Tej, in Hyderabadover the weekend. TheHollywood heavyweight,with one of the most eclec-tic resumes of cinematogra-phers working in the West, isknown for his frequent tie-ups with celebrated film-makers Martin Scorsese andQuentin Tarantino. “It’s beena dream come true for me ashe has been my cinematog-raphy God. One of my bestfriends Phani introduced meto films by Scorsese (whichsince ‘95 are mostly shot byRichardson) when I was ateenager. Since then I’ve beenf o l l o w i n gMr Richardson’s work veryclosely and has been admir-ing it. During my interac-tions with Ayananka on the
sets of DuvvadaJagannadham, I told him hiswork was akin to that ofRichardson. To that Bosesaid he is a big fan of the mas-ter cinematographer as well.”
Harish goes on to men-tion that as they were scout-ing locations for Valmiki, anotification popped onBose’s Facebook page, say-ing that Robert Richardson,a multiple Oscar winner, isin Hyderabad to shoot acommercial for Microsoft.“Bose was chuffed to bits
and was equally panicked.I pulled out my contactsand somehow traced Mr Richardson to GrandKakatiya hotel. We methim and I spoke to himabout some specific shots inKill Bill and Casino, the lat-ter of which is my all-timefavourite film. Bose spokeabout lighting pattern andon how to deal with adirector. He also got toknow how Scorsese andTarantino go about their jobon sets. Mr Richardson
was impressed with ourconversation and takingadvantage of it, we invitedhim to visit our sets. He saidhe may or may not come,but we were prepared towelcome him any way. Wegot to know that he was onhis way 30 minutes beforehe dropped by the sets. Wejumped out of sheer joy. Hewas with us for one hourand even filmed a couple ofour film’s shots as I mus-tered courage to say ‘action’.He was impressed with thefootage we shot till now,” herhapsodises.
For Bose, the meet ismore than special, reckonsHarish. “Mr Richardsontold him, ‘I wish I would’vecarried my lighting metre togive you’. Bose replied say-ing that statement was big-ger than winning anAcademy Award. We tookan autograph and it willadorn our walls soon. It wasa surreal moment for bothof us,” Harish ends.
— NG
ani who is good friends withAdivi Sesh unveiled the the-atrical trailer of the latter’sIndependence Day releaseEvaru at Annapurna Studios
preview theatre, Hyderabad, onMonday. The Jersey actor did the samehonours for Sesh’s Goodachari at thesame venue last year. Lauding the trail-er of the murder mystery, co-starringRegina Cassandra and Naveen
Chandra, he said he couldn’t differen-tiate whether it’s an English film or aTelugu film.
“It managed to transport you intothe characters’ world within seconds;it’s that gripping. When Sesh rang meto launch the trailer again, I felt a senseof sentiment as well as responsibility,”he stressed.
Smiling, he added, “I also sensed thedanger that if this film triumphs at the
box-office like Goodachari, I would becalled again for future trailer launch ofhis next film. Regardless, I still agreed toattend the event. I want the film to suc-ceed.”
Stating that Nani is a good luckcharm for him, Sesh noted, “I’m calmahead of the release as I believe we havea great product in our hand. Everycharacter in the film is two-faced,which makes the film more intriguing.”
Producer PVP noted that Sesh is anext-generation star who has made iton his own with his passion, determi-nation and perseverance. “Evaru wasfirst discussed a couple of years agoand I’m glad that it’s a reality now. It’sa good film and we are proud of it,” PVP said.
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Harish on cloud 9 after meetinghis ‘cinematography God'Cinematographer Ayananka Bose and the director had a pleasant experience interactingwith Hollywood cinematographer Robert Richardson at a prominent hotel in Hyderabad.The Oscar winner even paid a visit to the sets of Harish’s Valmiki
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Sesh repeats Goodacharisentiment for Evaru
Trivikram Srinivas(left) with Jr NTR
Rakul Preet Singh
Director Harish Shankar (left) saying ‘action’ while Robert Richardson observes
Nani with Adivi Sesh at the trailer launch of Evaru
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NAG creditsVijaya Bhaskarfor Manmadhudu
dvertising is dead,long live advertising’.If one were tobelieve the chatteraround the adver-tising business overthe last few years,
one would assume it’s all gloomand doom. The traditionaladvertising business has beenunder siege, its control over the‘brand creative’ has gone froma monopoly to a constant tug ofwar of ‘who’s winning the cam-paign pitch’. The advent of thedigital economy has changedeverything, from how brandscreate, communicate and sell.The bells of the ad-pocalypsehave been ringing loud.
Or have they? This is how Isee it, the business is growing.I’d say it’s booming! Everyonefrom Facebook to Google andAmazon are in the advertisingbusiness. What the influx ofdigital has done is break downall norms and barriers that hadbeen created over decades in theindustry. The clear-cut demar-cations between creative, mediaand beyond have been shakenup and what we have now is anindustry where it is not just thetraditional advertising agen-cies that are the players buteveryone from new-age digitalfirst creative shops, creators,publishers, platforms and evenbrands themselves have turnedaround and said, “Why can’t wedo things the way we believethis world allows us to, ratherthan how it’s always been?”
E-commerce has allowed newage brands to start, create and dis-tribute their products withouthaving to build out large-scaledistribution models over years.The availability of digital tools hasenabled anyone to have the abil-ity to become a creator and indoing so make content that is notjust relevant to today’s audience
but rather more than relevant forbrands to want to engage withtheir customers through them. It’salso enabled people like me (andmy co-founder Rohit Raj), withno prior knowledge of the adver-tising industry, its history, rulesand systems to start and grow anadvertising agency without everhaving worked in one. I’m aproduct and student of the prosof the digital disruption of theadvertising industrial complex.I’ve been on the sidelines watch-ing and participating in thischange in the dynamics.
So when IVM Podcastsbrought upon the opportunityto host a podcast on the adver-tising industry itself, it was anincredible opportunity for meto have conversations with peo-ple from all sides of the spec-trum. Over the last 36 weeks,I’ve had conversations with
everyone from agency heads oflegacy agencies like Ogilvy andLeo Burnett, founders of new-age content companies likePocket Aces and Kommune,marketers and communicatorsfrom platforms like LinkedIn
and Twitter along withfocussing on areas like talent,legal and many other aspectsthat play such a crucial part inshaping the industry today.The insights I’ve gotten overwhat I like to call “casual chatsover coffee that just seem tohave a recording devicearound” have been both eye-opening and jargon-breaking.Because what a podcast allowsone to do is to have a muchmore open conversation than ifyou have a camera on some-one’s face, which in so manyways puts a person on guard.What it also allows is for peo-
ple to be more casual and stayaway from jargon that many atime creates a barrier for peo-ple from outside the pond toreally gather what’s going on.
And while everyone agreesthat things have changed a lotand the old ways are dying,what I have heard has beenextreme optimism on both thecraft as well as the scope ofadvertising. Because the powerof an idea is so much strongerif it has more tools in its arse-nal. What it has also opened upis the questions and responseswe get from so many listeners,most of whom are in their earlydays in the industry or even try-
ing to figure a way to get intoit, de-cluttering their mindsabout the many non-existentbarriers and opening it up to thepossibilities and journeysbrought forth but the guests onthe show is what I like to call thebrightest part of the narrative.
So while the world orderhas been broken down, it’s awhole new and happy day.Because advertising as weknow it might be dead butwhat’s in its place is a muchbigger and exciting than ever.Long live advertising.
(The author is the content chiefand co-founder of The Glitch.)
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very third year, thetemperature in theThar Desert rises to50 degrees due tofamine or drought.The rural population
is disturbed but locals do not getdistracted. This is the reason whyThar is the only desert in theworld where there is density oflife in abundance. The biodiver-sity has never depleted even incomplex geographical and mete-orological conditions and in fact,has found the possibilities of lifeby always adjusting itself to theconditions. There will be short-age of water in a desert but thisis nature’s way of dealing with it.This is a region where saltywater is extracted from beneaththe earth and sweet water poursfrom the sky. But dense rainfallcan make the desert a swampwith the entire area becoming asaline lake. Every living organismhas adapted its life according tothe available resources, whilemaintaining the possibility of lifeby mutually cooperating withother species. Mankind createdunique treasures of water storagefor themselves, their animals(especially cattle) and for futuregenerations, l i fe has beenarranged to move ahead smooth-ly. In some areas of India, wherethere is more rainfall than theThar Desert, there is scarcity ofdrinking water, while the peopleof the desert avoid the situationby utilising water as if it was thetreasure of their ancestors.
Time changed,d e v e l o p -
ments
took place, humans tried to con-trol nature through technology.To make life more convenientand prosperous, we have devel-oped ways that by a simple ges-ture, our needs are made avail-able at our disposal; whether it isby storing underground water orby building dams to block rivers.
The exercise of pulling under-ground water from heavy capac-ity-powered pumps and throughpipelines from the place of ori-gin developed the culture of tapwater, which made humans for-get the value of it. Still there arepeople, who walk miles just tofetch a jar of water. A person whohas been saving wealth andresources for the last seven gen-erations is least concerned aboutthe availability of water neededfor existence.
Will the next seven genera-tions have water and air to sur-vive? By seeing tap water, thepeople were so fascinated thatthey forgot the precious treasuresof water harvesting passed down
to them by their ances-tors. Even after see-
ing that they
were looted in front of their eyes,they remained silent. Imagine thethousands of years of indefati-gable hard work that went intomaking these precious treasures.To provide water, our govern-ment spends money at a fasterpace than a flowing river, mak-ing directionless policies andschemes, which give less waterand more troubles.
There isn’t a single village orregion in the desert, where thereis no traditional source of water.Did you know that the names ofvillages are based on the sourcesof water. They have — Bera, Beri,Nadi, Sagar, Hala — prefixed tothem. A village’s name is keptwithout it meaning ‘water stag-nation’. In the last five to sixdecades, the government’s plansfor providing water to the peo-ple are making them forget thetraditional water sources as wellas making them eyewitnesses totheir own methods of wastingwater. From Barmer to Jaisalmer,Bikaner, Churu, Nagaur, Jodhpur,Pali, Jalore to the foothills ofAravali, Sikar in Jhunjhunu, oldJohad —
community owned traditionalharvested rain water storage —ponds, rivers, streams, kunds(small ponds), baavdis (step well)— all have turned into ruins. Thevillagers have filled them withsoil and garbage. They havebecome places of illegal mining.The courtyard of the house, wellknown for its cleanliness, is nowused to get rid of dead animalsand trash. A generation thatdrank water only from thesetraditional water sources, todayonly talks about how waste thesebecome.
A fol lower of MahatmaGandhi, late Anupam Mishra,wrote some of his experiencesseen in the construction processof ponds and the wastage causeddue to it in his book — Aaj BhiKhare Hai Talaab (The Ponds areSt i l l Relevant) . He wrote,“Hundreds and thousands ofponds did not appear from obliv-ion. There were some who wascommissioned to work for theseponds and there were many whoactually constructed hundredsand thousands of them. But inthe last few decades, they havebeen treated as a complete wasteespecially by technologicallyadvance people.” Perhaps this isa time shift. The new generationthat measures the world with asnap of a finger has seen thesewater sources being turned intogarbage dumps in the villages.They aren’t aware of the tradi-tional water sources that was soprevalent in the olden times. Thisgeneration is least concernedabout the sources. Due to lack ofcommunication between thetwo generations in regardto knowledge and
culture, the gap has widened. As things are evolving now,
nature is changing and weatherpatterns are changing too. Thewater crisis in the desert hasstarted knocking. The method ofharvesting rainwater is in dol-drums. There could be a crisis ofwater when there is disruption insupply of through canals andpipelines. There is no reason whythe old water sources can’t berestored; it is only a lack of will.Lately, the government, civilsociety organisations and mediaestablishments have started tak-ing care of the traditionalsources, harvesting rain water,organising the society to spreadawareness on water crisis and aredriving a campaign to buildhundreds and thousands of unitsof these water sources. By com-bining manpower andhydropower, the society has theopportunity to revive the tradi-tional water sources. To rejuve-nate these, to hand over thesepriceless treasures into the handsof the future generation, thereis a need to raise thousands ofhands again so that the com-ing seven generations couldlive with four mill ionspecies of living beings.
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To rejuvenate the traditional sources ofwater — ponds, rivers, streams, kunds
(small ponds), baavdis (stepwell) — andto hand over these priceless treasures tothe future generations, there is a need toraise awareness among the people, says
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e MANKIND CREATED UNIQUE TREASURES OF WATERSTORAGE FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR ANIMALS ANDFOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, LIFE HAS BEENARRANGED TO MOVE AHEAD SMOOTHLY. THEEXERCISE OF PULLING UNDERGROUND WATERFROM HEAVY CAPACITY-POWERED PUMPSDEVELOPED THE CULTURE OF TAP WATER, WHICHMADE HUMANS FORGET THE VALUE OF IT
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The availability of digital tools has enabled anyone to become a creator and in doingso make content that is not just relevant to today’s audience but rather for brandswanting to engage with their customers through them, says VARUN DUGGIRALA
he topic of ‘man-agement withoutstress’ in the cor-porate world hasquite popular andis nowadays being
discussed in most seminarsand plenaries held across theglobe. It’s a known fact thatcorporates spend millions andin some cases even billions tofind that magical technique ofmanagement without any kindof tension. But still no com-pany has found that tech-nique. Why?
After lot of brainstormingand following a pragmaticapproach, it can be said thatthe art of stress-free manage-ment is mainly about usingeight Ms, seven Ps, six Ss andfive Ts in an organised, useful,profitable and peaceful man-ner so as to ensure the maxi-mum possible satisfaction ofall concerned. The eight Msare — men, money, material,machine, marketing, mutualconnection, mutual relationand means. The seven Ps —productivity and performance,price and profitability, plan-ning ahead of time, pecu-niary discipline, publicity,public relations and politeness,punctuality and personal com-mitments. The six Ss — skill,standard, strategy and speed,salesmanship, system andstructure and social good.And finally the five Ts — timeand sense, technology or tech-niques, teamwork, treatmentof each other and the habit ofgiving thanks. Now, in orderto be a good manager, one hasto have a good judgement ofall these factors and the abil-ities of innovation, intuition,
entrepreneur-ship and enthu-siasm. Oneshould have thequalities of far-sightedness, glob-al thinking, humil-ity, integrity andhumour. Since competitionhas been ever-increasing andthere are rapid changes intechnology and emergence ofinnovative trends, one musthave resilience through suchpressures. A lack of this wouldaffect one’s health and happi-ness and a tranquil state ofmind.
If one plans, organises andmanages the above factorsproperly, one can sustain anatmosphere of growth andcan achieve success for him-self and for all the members ofthe team. If not, one is boundto fail in life, business, admin-istration and organisationalwork. Now, in order to attainsuccess in achieving the goalof life, we must add two Ms,Ps, Ss and Ts to the above listas well. These are — moralvalues, meditation, purity,peaceful and calm personali-ty, spiritual study, soul-con-
sciousness, truth-fulness andtrusteeship.
If we practisemeditation, there
would be no men-tal tension and that
is why it is usuallyexplained to managers andadministrators that one mustgive some time to meditationeveryday in order to manageand multi-task without lettingthe stress overpower you.
It should, therefore, beremembered that meditationand management have an inti-mate connection. They verymuch go hand in hand. Onewho can manage well canalso meditate well and the viceversa of it is also applicable. Sothere is tension at many placesbecause there is managementwithout meditation. And indisturbed atmospheres, manymight find it difficult to med-itate as well. There is thus theneed to follow good principlesof management in order to beable to facilitate easy medita-tion at workplaces. This wouldautomatically bring in a stress-free environment and lifestylefor everyone.
MEDITATION AT WORKPLACE IMPORTANTIt is crucial for office-goers to realise theimportance of spirituality and not let the stress ofmanagement overpower them while working, saysRAJYOGI BRAHMAKUMAR NIKUNJ JI
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The series pocketed, India arelikely to experiment withtheir line-up in pursuit of a
whitewash when they take on anembattled West Indies in thethird and final T20 Internationalhere today.
India concluded the two-match US leg of the series by tak-ing an unassailable 2-0 lead afternotching up a 22-run win in thesecond game on Sunday.
Their performance wasn't themost fluent in the first match butVirat Kohli and his men were backto being a dominant force in thesecond match, though, the out-come was decided by theDuckworth-Lewis method afterthunderstorm and consequentrain did not allow the game tocontinue.
While the batting line-up maynot change much, India may trya new combination in bowling.
"...Sealing the series gives thechance to bring few guys in. Ideais always going to be to win first.But winning the first two gamesgives the cushion," Kohli saidafter Sunday's win.
It will not be a surprise if KLRahul is drafted into the playingXI, replacing the strugglingRishabh Pant. The young Delhibatsman managed scores of 4and 0 in the first two matches.
Skipper Kohli has backedPant to the hilt and it will be inter-esting to see if the 21-year-old ris-ing star gets another chance.
Neither Rohit Sharma norShikhar Dhawan are likely to berested.
For Dhawan, it's his firstseries after missing the World Cupdue to a thumb fracture and sincehe has not scored many runs inthe first two matches, he will beeager to get some before theODIs and Tests.
There is a strong possibilitythat leg-break bowler RahulChahar may make the cut inplace of young paceman Navdeep
Saini.Deepak Chahar, cousin of
Rahul, may also find a place in theplaying XI and Ravindra Jadejacould be the one who is rested.
For hosts, putting up a coher-ent performance remains a chal-lenge. Considered a force in theshortest format, they have notlived up to their reputation.
The likes of Kieron Pollardand skipper Carlos Brathwaite
are due a big knock.If they can manage to walk
away with a win on Tuesday, it willbe a confidence-booster for theside ahead of the ODIs and Tests.
SQUADSIndia: Virat Kohli (captain),
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan,KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, ManishPandey, Rishabh Pant, KrunalPandya, Ravindra Jadeja,
Washington Sundar, RahulChahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar,Navdeep Saini.
West Indies: John Campbell,Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer,Nicolas Pooran, Kieron Pollard,Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite(c), Keemo Paul, Sunil Narine,Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas,Anthony Bramble, JasonMohammed, Khary Pierre.
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Nathan Lyon took six wickets asAustralia thrashed England by
251 runs at their Edgbaston 'fortress'to win the first Ashes Test on Monday.
England, set a daunting 398 forvictory, lost four wickets for 12 runseither side of lunch on the last day asthey collapsed to 97-7.
They were eventually dismissedfor 146 in their second innings, withoff-spinner Lyon taking 6-49 — a haulthat included his 350th Test wicket —and fast bowler Pat Cummins 4-32.
Victory gave Australia their firstwin at Edgbaston in any format since2001 — the last time they won anAshes series in England — and endedEngland's run off 11 successive winsat the Birmingham ground.
England resumed on 13 withoutloss after Australia star Steve Smith'ssecond hundred of his comebackTest following a ban for his role in aball-tampering scandal had allowedthe tourists to declare late on Sunday'sfourth day.
Rory Burns, whose first-innings133 was his first century at this level,became just the 10th cricketer to havebatted on all five days of a Test.
But he had added just four runsto his overnight seven when he wasundone by an excellent seaming andrising Cummins delivery that lobbedoff his gloves to Lyon in the gully.
Number three Root, on four, wasgiven out leg before to James Pattinsonby umpire Joel Wilson.
But in a match full of overturneddecisions, Root successfully chal-lenged the verdict.
Root had made eight when henearly played on to Cummins beforeJason Roy, who made a superb 85 ineventual champions England's WorldCup semi-final win over Australia atEdgbaston last month, drove himthrough extra-cover for four.
Root had moved on to nine whenhe was again given out leg before byWilson, this time off the bowling ofpaceman Peter Siddle. But the bats-man's immediate review revealed aninside edge.
That meant umpire Wilson hadequalled an unwanted record with aneighth overturned decision in a Testmatch.
Roy swept Lyon for four butthen, in a shot more appropriate fora one-day match than a side trying tosave a Test, charged down the pitchand was clean bowled for 28 Lyonremained a threat on a wearing pitch
offering turn and bounce and he hadJoe Denly (11) caught off bat and padby Cameron Bancroft at short leg toleave England 80-3.
And the Australia pair combinedagain to dismiss Root for 28.
England's 85-4 at lunch soonbecame 85-5 when Jos Buttler (one)was bowled by a Cummins deliverythat kept low.
Cummins then had his 100th Testwicket when Jonny Bairstow (six)gloved a rising ball to Bancroft in theslips.
England's collapse continuedapace when Ben Stokes was also outfor six, well caught by wicketkeeperTim Paine off a sharply spun Lyondelivery.
Moeen Ali, who in the firstinnings had succumbed to Lyon whenhe was bowled for a duck playing noshot, fell to the bowler for the ninthtime in 11 Ashes knocks when caughtin the slips for four to leave England136-8.
It marked the end of a miserablematch for England off-spinner Moeen,comprehensively outbowled by Lyon.
Lyon had Stuart Broad caught inthe slips next ball before JamesAnderson survived the hat-trick afternot bowling at all in Australia's secondinnings because of a calf injury.
Chris Woakes, who played sever-al fine shots, was dropped in the slipsby Smith. But former Australia captainSmith had the last word, catchingWoakes (37) in the slips off Cummins,with England all out inside 53 overs.
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Series in their bag, India may exper-iment with their line-up in the final
match against the West Indies, skip-per Virat Kohli has hinted.
Kohli lauded his players for "clin-ical" performance and dropped hintsthat he may try out players, who didnot get chance to play in the first twomatches.
"Winning is always going to be apriority. But sealing the series gives thechance to bring few guys in. Idea isalways going to be to win first. Butwinning the first two games gives thecushion," Kohli said during the postmatch presentation ceremony.
The teams will now travel toGuyana for the final match, to playedat Providence stadium on Tuesday.
Shreyas Iyer and leg-break bowlerRahul Chahar stand a good chance tocompete in the third Twenty20. It willnot be a surprise if Deepak Chahar,cousin of Rahul, too finds a place inthe playing XI.
It remains to be seen if Kohli per-sists with wicket-keeper RishabhPant, who scored 4 and 0 in the twomatches or gives him another chance.KL Rahul can replace him if the teammanagement decides to drop Pant.
Talking about the second match,
Kohli said the pitch was good to baton early on. "The new ball was com-ing on nicely. We set up a good foun-dation. Good finish from Jadeja andKrunal to get us past 160. The way wewere going, could have got to 180, butpitch slowed down considerably in thelatter half," he said.
The Indian skipper had words ofpraise for spinner Washington Sundar,who was asked to open the bowlingin both the matches. The Chennaibowler succeeded in providing thebreakthrough in both the games.
"Starting with the new ball, theway Sundar has bowled against guyswho come hard at the ball, he's donea tremendous job. The composurehe's shown has been outstanding. He'sbecome fitter, leaner and is veryhandy with the bat as well. He is def-initely going to be a factor for us," hesaid.
West Indies captain CarlosBrathwaite said his side could havewon if the match could be complet-ed.
“I really don't think it wentwrong. We didn't have the start withthe ball we wanted but we pulled itback. Had a solid base with the bat.We backed ourselves to get 70 off 26even though it's a difficult task," hesaid.
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All-rounder Krunal Pandya,who starred in India's win in
the second T20 against the WestIndies, said support from pacecolleagues makes the jobeasy for spinners in targetingthe middle-order line up.
The 28-year-oldsmashed a quick-fire 20 off13 balls before dismissingNicholas Pooran (19)and danger-manRovman Powell(54) with his left-arm spin in theweather hitgame onSunday.
"Whenyour fastb o w l e r spick upearly wick-ets, it makesour job quiteeasy. If they are 2-
3 down then we (spinners) cancome and focus on the middleorder," Krunal said at the post-match conference.
Rohit Sharma's half-centurypowered India to 167 for five
after electing to bat. India's new-ball bowlersBhuvneshwar Kumar andspinner Washington Sundarthen provided early break-
throughs to reduceWest Indies to eightfor two in the firstthree overs.
"In both thegames we got thebreaks up front,Washington alsobowled well andBhuvi is worldclass. It's a good
that everyone is con-tributing in the teamwith the bat and theball."
The 28-year-old,who was also adjudged
man-of-the-match, said the wick-et aided spinners and perfor-mances like these help boost theconfidence.
He returned with the figuresof 1/20 and 2/23 in the first andsecond game respectively.
"I'm happy with how I'vebowled in the series. I bowledfour overs in the first game andtoday also I bowled three. Thewicket was slightly helpful for spinwhich helped me as well. It's agood confidence booster whenyou represent your country, con-tribute to wins and get these kindsof wickets."
Nisarg Chokshi, one ofKrunal's childhood friend hadcome to watch and support hisGujarat mate play.
"It's a proud feeling for me (tobowl in front of friends and fam-ily) and I'm sure they are proudalso. He is my childhood friendand we used to play together inthe under-12 and under-14. Goodto see him come and support me."
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Pakistan head coachMickey Arthur has
recommended to thePCB's Cricket Committeethat Sarfaraz Ahmed besacked from captaincy ashe himself sought twomore years to deliver"remarkable results".
The Committeereviewed team's perfor-mances in the last threeyears, including the WorldCup, where Pakistan couldnot qualify for the semifi-nals.
According to a source,Arthur suggested to themembers that ShahdabKhan should replaceSarfaraz as captain in thelimited-over formats whileBabar Azam should be
given the reins of the Testside.
"Arthur did have somenegative things to say aboutSarfaraz's captaincy skills tothe members," the sourcesaid.
"I need two more yearswith the Pakistan teamand then I can deliverremarkable results," Arthuris believed to have told the
Committee, headed byPCB Managing DirectorWasim Khan.
Khan will have onemore session with themembers on Wednesdaybefore forwarding recom-mendations on theappointment of the newteam management to theboard Chairman EhsanMani.
India aim for series whitewashAfter sealing series 2-0, Men In Blue aim to finish off things in style
Indian players celebrate after winning second T20 against West Indies BCCI/Twitter
Confidence booster for Krunal
Kohli hints change incombination for final match
Arthur recommendssacking of Sarfaraz
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Australia captain Tim Paine on Mondayhailed Steve Smith as "probably the best
Test batsman we've ever seen" after his man-of-the-match performance in the first AshesTest at Edgbaston.
The tourists beat England by 251 runs towin the first game of the five-match series.
England, set an imposing target of 398 towin, collapsed to 97-7 in the post-lunch ses-sion on the fifth and final day before beingbowled out for 146.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon took 6-49 andfast bowler Pat Cummins 4-32 as Australiaenjoyed their first win in all formats atEdgbaston since 2001 — the last time theywon an Ashes series in England.
The match was a personal triumph forAustralia's Steve Smith, who in his first Testsince a 12-month ban for his role in a ball-tampering scandal, scored 144 and 142.
Smith was the hero for Australia as theybattled back from 122-8 in the first innings.
"I thought we were certainly up against itat that stage but we had the best player in theworld at the crease," said Paine.
"Steve showed his class in both innings.We're running out of things to say aboutSmithy. He's probably the best Test batsmanwe've ever seen. We're lucky to witness it.
"Nathan bowled superbly but our threequicks took a lot of pressure off him at theother end as well. The seamers were sensation-al.
"We thought we could improve on ourfirst-innings performance with the ball. Allthose guys are world-class performers. This
morning all four of them were sensational."We know every Test we play in England,
the crowd will be against us. I thought the guyshandled themselves really well and we've comeout on top."
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South African Dale Steyn, one ofthe great fast bowlers of the
modern era, on Mondayannounced his retirement fromTest cricket in a bid to extend hislongevity in the shorter forms ofthe game.
Steyn, who made his interna-tional debut against England in2004 and last played a Test inFebruary against Sri Lanka, isstill contracted in the white-ballform of the game for the 2019/20season and therefore remainsavailable for South Africa in one-day internationals and T20s.
"Today I walk away from a for-mat of the game I love so much,"said the 36-year-old Steyn, hiscountry's leading Test wicket-taker of all time and one of the top10 in the history of the game.
"In my opinion Test cricket isthe best version of this game. It
tests you mentally, physically,emotionally. It's terrible to consid-er never playing another Testagain but what's more terrifying isthe thought of never playing againat all.
"So I will be focusing on ODIsand T20s for the rest of my careerto maximise my full potentialand ensure my longevity in thissport... I look forward to contin-uing to play for the Proteas in theshorter formats."
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Joe Root described England's comprehensive 251-run defeat by Australia in the first Ashes Test at
Edgbaston on Monday as "bitterly disappointing".World Cup winners England, set an imposing
target of 398 to win, collapsed to 97-7 in the post-lunch session on the fifth and final day before beingbowled out for 146.
The matchwas a personaltriumph forAustralia's SteveSmith, who inhis first Testsince a 12-month ban forhis role in a ball-tampering scan-dal, scored 144and 142.
"It does hurt.It is bitterly dis-appointing," saidcaptain Root.
"We played really good cricket in the majorityof the Test match. Credit to Australia. They foughthard to get back in it.
"Smith two brilliant innings. We have to keepworking hard to get him out. Obviously it was hardthat we lost Jimmy early on. These things happen.We have to take it on the chin and come back hardat Lords." Aus capitalised on the absence throughinjury of Anderson, who only sent down four first-innings overs before breaking down with a calf prob-lem that meant he did not bowl again in the match.Virat Kohli plays a shot BCCI/Twitter
Steve Smith raises his bat after scoring century ICC/Twiter
Paine all praise for SmithAshes defeat bitterlydisappointing for Root
Steyn retiresfrom Test cricket
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