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Government unveiled a series
of steps to revive Public Sector
Banks (PSB) and allayed fears
of any panic over their mounting bad debts. With inflation
continuing on its downward
trajectory and macroeconomic parameters turning positive, the Government hopes
that the revival of the State-run
banks will provide the right
impetus to the economy.
The banks have been crippled by rising NPAs and their
shares have almost halved over
the last one year. The
Government announced a
seven-point plan, including
C20,000 crore immediate fund
infusion, creation of a single
holding company and minimising political interference.
Announcing the revamp
plan named Indradhanush
that also includes setting up of
a Bank Board Bureau (BBB) for
broad-level appointments and
a performance-based monitoring mechanism, Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley said,
Even though challenging situation did exist, there is no
cause for panic...Cause for
panic or alarm does not exist.
The Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) has announced that it
will transfer its surplus profit of
C65,896 crore to the Central
Government.

Also, the Government will

set up a Bank Investment
Committee, which will act as a
holding company for shares on
behalf of the Government.
Jaitley said the problem of
the bad loans, which has
remained unattended by the
previous Government, can be
attributed to the slowdown in
some sectors. Since the present
Government took over, our
policy was that commercial
decisions must be taken on
commercial considerations and

the level of political interference in the functioning of

banks have to be minimised.
Pointing out that the
Government has been taking
steps to deal with the problem
of bad loans and improve the
health of the State-owned
banks, Jaitley said, The
Government has been from
time to time reviewing health
of these banking institutions.
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of talents to head the State-run
banks, the Government also
announced appointment of two
private sector bankers to head
Bank of Baroda and Canara
Bank
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washout of Parliament,
Parliamentary Affairs Minister
M Venkaiah Naidu strongly
feels that time has come to
revisit the Rules of Procedure
and Conduct of Business in legislatures to enable their effective functioning. He told the
media in Bengaluru on
Saturday that he feels strongly
about it for a smooth functioning of Parliament.
The intention is not to discipline MPs and MLAs but to
allow the aspirations of the
people to be properly addressed.
There is a need for a wider public debate if persistent violators
of the dignity and decorum of
legislatures should be properly
punished or not, he said.
At an appropriate time, I
intend to talk to all the parties
to explore as to how best we can
ensure effective functioning of
our legislatures so that democracy shall remain relevant,
Naidu said. Stressing on the
GST Bill, he said its introduction
was the need of the hour.
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no place for acrimony and bitterness in Parliament and other
legislatures, Naidu said all parties had a collective responsibility of ensuring effective functioning of Parliament. I appeal

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Congress and the Left parties
supporting it, to give primacy
to the task of collectively
addressing the challenges
before the country, he added.
These parties should
realise that pushing the country backward while in power
and preventing for ward
momentum
while
in
Opposition negates the India
growth story and hurts the
people badly, he said.
Meanwhile
the
Government is now striking a
peacemaking effort with
Congress and the Left parties
on the GST Bill. Naidu
appealed to Opposition parties
to help to take GST legislation
forward. He said that the need
of the hour is to bury the

immediate past for a smooth

sailing of the GST bill.
The firm stand taken by
the Congress and Left parties
has made the Government to
strike conciliatory note for the
smooth passing of the GST Bill.
He said there were some
suggestions to reconvene
Parliament at the earliest and
take forward the GST Bill. It
is necessary to bring into force
the GST by April next year. Any
delay would only hurt our
national interests.
I sincerely appeal to all concerned not to allow a repeat of
the Monsoon Session. Let us not
let the people down, he said, as
he struck a note of conciliation
to give a push to one of the
Governments big bang reforms.
To a question if a special session
would be called, he said, We
have not taken any decision. We
will talk to all parties.
Introduction of the GST
Bill cannot be delayed further.
I hope that all concerned would
rise to the occasion and show
the way forward, the Minister
said. On the washout of the
Monsoon
Session
of
Parliament, Naidu said the disruption was nothing but a
subversion of peoples mandate and the Congress conduct
was unreasonable, undemocratic and unacceptable.
What is at stake is not the
future of Narendra Modi. What
is at stake is the future of our
countr y and its people.
The Congress has done a disservice to the country and
even to itself by disrupting
Parliament, he said.

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New Delhi: Bank of Baroda and Canara Bank on Friday became

the first State-owned banks to be headed by private sector professionals as Government announced appointment of MD and
CEOs of five PSU lenders. Apart from these two, Financial
Services Secretary Hasmukh Adhia announced names of MD and
CEOs of Bank of India, IDBI Bank and Punjab National Bank.
These three executive heads are serving officials in other
Government owned banks.
Adhia also announced appointments of non-Executive
Chairman at Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara Bank, Vijaya
Bank and Indian Bank.
PTI

New Delhi: Deflationary trends continued for the ninth month

in a row in July with wholesale inflation plunging to a historic
low of (-)4.05 per cent on cheaper vegetable and fuel, which may
prompt RBI to cut interest rate ahead of the September 29 policy meet.
The WPI number follows retail inflation (CPI) data, which
had slipped to a record low of 3.78 per cent in July.
Describing the softening of prices as a positive sign, Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley said inflation is under control and all macroeconomic indicators are extremely encouraging.
Detailed report on P10

Mumbai: Marking its biggest single-day rise in nearly seven

months, the benchmark BSE Sensex leapt 518 points to reclaim
the 28,000-level after WPI inflation for July fell further.
The latest set of numbers followed data earlier this week which
showed that retail inflation fell in July, which rekindled hopes
of a possible rate reduction from RBI.
A pause in rupees slide contributed to the upside.
Sentiment went up a few notches after the MSCIs
quarterly index rejig, which is expected to lead to more inflows
into Indian markets.
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the Congress for backing the

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complete washout of the
recently-concluded Monsoon

long-delayed Goods and Services

Tax Bill in Parliament. Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley dubbed
these demands afterthoughts
which were not part of the proposed legislation which the party
had itself introduced.
Former Finance Minister P
Chidambaram had on Thursday
said if the Government addresses three of its fundamental concerns, namely, maximum
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
rate should not cross 18 per
cent, no additional one per
cent tax and setting up of a
grievance redress mechanism,
then the Congress could consider supporting its passage.
Blaming the Congress for
the continuous disruptions in
Parliament due to which the
major indirect tax reform measure in the form of GST could
not be passed in the just-concluded Monsoon Session, the
NDA Government launched a
nationwide campaign to expose
the main Opposition party.
Senior Union Ministers
held Press conferences in different cities highlighting the
Congress role in the complete
washout of the Monsoon
Session and stalling key reform
initiatives, especially the GST.
All the three decisions
(on issues raked up by
Chidambaram) are unanimous
decisions of all the States to
which the Congress-ruled
States are privy. So its clear that
these three preconditions are
an afterthought. I do not think

Session, President Pranab

Mukherjee on Friday said
Parliament has been converted
into an arena of combat rather
than debate. In his address to
the nation on the eve of
Independence Day, he also
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it is very prudent politics for

any party to put preconditions, particularly on a matter
which involves a fiscal relationship between the Centre
and the States, Jaitley told
reporters here in response to a
question about the Congress
preconditions supporting GST.
On Congress demands on
the issue, Jaitley said the first
condition of a Constitutional cap
of 18 per cent on GST rate was
not Chidambarams proposal in
the Bill as approved by him after
the Standing Committee recommendation in 2013.
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pressure, it is time for serious Our institutions are the infra- and admiration we have for the language of violence and
thinking by people and their structure of this idealism. The those who shaped the Indian the cult of evil, these terrorists
parties. Sounding a note of finest inheritance needs con- dream in 1947? The answer have no religion and adhere to
caution, he said, The roots (of stant care for preservation.
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inside Parliament, he said, If Institutions of democracy are cal to India. Our policy will
Asserting that the most we do not act now, will our suc- under stress. Parliament has remain one of zero tolerance
precious gift of the Constitution cessors seven decades hence been converted into an arena of for terrorism.
is democracy, Mukherjee said: remember us with the respect combat rather than debate.
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H
Jantar Mantar on Friday
where some ex-servicemen were
holding peaceful protest
demanding implementation of
One Rank One Pension
(OROP). All hell broke loose
when police allegedly used force
to evict ex-servicemen from
the protesting spot ahead of the
Independence Day celebrations
on the ground of security. As exservicemen cried foul, terming
police action barbaric and
undemocratic, Delhi Police
Commissioner BS Bassi decided to allow them to continue
their protest at Jantar Matar.
But the damage was done as
the crackdown left the ex-servicemen, who have been on
protest for nearly two-months,
deeply upset. They wondered
how can they be security threat
when they dedicated their lives
protecting the country while in
service. An army veteran said,
How can you doubt our integrity? Or consider us a security
threat? We served the country in
protecting it and now we have
become security threat.
It will be a black
Independence Day as they
(police) have tried to curb our
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he Government on Friday
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committed to help Iran in
developing the Chabahar Port,
which is expected to boost trade
ties between the two nations.
This came after Iranian
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
sought Indias cooperation to
work with Tehran for development of the strategic port. He
is the first key Minister of Iran
to come to India after the historic nuclear pact between
Tehran with Western countries
in July which will lead to lifting of sanctions. Zarif said
that Iran considered India its
strategic partner.
In a tweet, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said, We had an
extensive and fruitful discussion
on India-Iran relations.
Modi conveyed Indias com-

mitment to work with Iran for

development of the Chabahar
Port that would have far-reaching benefit, not only for the people of India and Iran, but also for
Afghanistan and entire Central
Asia, a PMO statement said.
Located on Irans southeastern coast, the port would
provide India a sea-land access
route to Afghanistan bypassing
Pakistan. India has pledged to
invest about $85 million in
developing the Chabahar Port.
Zarif also met Minister of
External Affairs Sushma Swaraj
and Minister of Shipping Nitin
Gadkari seeking their help in
expediting the development of
the strategic port.
Swaraj, took the opportunity to raise the issue of nine
Indian sailors detained in Iran
and requested him for waiver
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Saurabh Kumar to follow this

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which has a Special Economic
Zone (SEZ). The Ministers of
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a big boost to Indian industries
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decided to appeal in the
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High Court against a city
court order discharging all
the 36 accused in the sensational IPL-6 spot fixing case,
including test discard S
Sreesanth, and two other
cricketers Ajit Chandila and
Ankeet Chavan.
The city court in its order
acquitted all the 36 accused
including cricketers Sreesanth,

Ajit Chandila and Ankeet

Chavan in the IPL spot fixing
case. Special Commissioner of
Police (Special Cell) SN
Srivastava said on Friday that
the case is still in the framing
stage and they have evidence
to prove that their investigation was not a fluke but was
backed by evidence.
"The Delhi Police has
decided to file an appeal in the
IPL spot fixing case against the
discharge of the accused. We
have already sought the concurrence of the Law

opinion of Prosecution department has observed the case is

still in the charge framing
stage and it can prove its case.
At this stage only presumptive and prima facie opin-

Department of Government of
Delhi in this regard and the
approval of the Commissioner
of Police has already been
taken," Srivastava said.
"We are going to appeal
against the court order and

ion is required so the case is

made out for appeal, he said.
The three cricketers, who
were banned for life by the
BCCI immediately after police
action in the alleged scam two

years ago, were clubbed with

underworld fugitive dons
Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota
Shakeel. Also, they were accused
of involvement in organised
crime syndicate run by the dons.

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group to do so," he said
It may be recalled that
slapped with charges including
that of organised crime, India's
test discard S Sreesanth and
two other cricketers Ajit
Chandila and Ankeet Chavan,
were on July 25, discharged in
the sensational 2013 IPL-6
spot-fixing case by the court
which held that police had
failed to make out a case
against them.
Additional Sessions Judge
Neena Bansal Krishna in her
order had discharged all the 36
people in the case accused of
cheating by impersonation and
conspiracy along with charges
under the tough provisions
Maharashtra Control of
Organised Control Act

(MCOCA).
"The court in its order in
the IPL spot fixing case accepted the efforts of the Special
Cell in bringing forth the contamination which has threatened the sports, especially
IPL. It also said that it (Special
Cell) has exposed the nexus
between various players, the

bookies and others in match

fixing and betting," Srivastava
said.
"The Court has further
observed that because of the
vacuum of the Law and for
other reasons, it (court) has
discharged the accused," he
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Government is now all set
to flex its muscles to take control of the Anti-Corruption
Branch (ACB) by directing
vigilance section of each
department to furnish details
about the steps they had taken
to reduce corruption in the
national Capital.
In a circular to all the
departments, secretary-cumdirector vigilance Sukesh
Kumar Jain has sought not only
the details about the officers
who had been posted in their
respective vigilance section,
but also steps they had taken to
reduce corruption in Delhi. Jain
said the circular should be
accorded top priority as the
same had to be put up before
chief secretary KK Sharma.
The ongoing tussle
between the Kejriwal
Government and Raj Niwas
over control of the ACB had
reached its crescendo with Jain
directing Joint Commissioner
of Police Mukesh Kumar
Meena to look after the training branch of the department.
But Meena had refused to do so
saying he had been appointed
as the ACB head by none other
than the Lieutenant Governor
himself.
He had even gone a step
ahead by issuing summons to
Chief Minister Ar vind
Kejriwal's trusted lieutenant
and principal secretar y
Rajendra Kumar and a dozen
others in the transport fitness
scam. The Delhi Government
too had reacted by ordering a
commission of enquiry into the
scam.
A senior officer said the
AAP Government was yet to
acknowledge Meena as the
head of the ACB. "That's pre-

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SS Yadav was the head of the
ACB."
The Directorate of
Vigilance & Anti Corruption
deals with disciplinary cases
against delinquent gazetted
officers of all departments
under the Delhi Government.
Complaints
against
gazetted/non-gazetted employees received from various
sources are also processed by
the department.
In regard to specific serious
irregularities, investigation is
done through Anti Corruption
Branch, which also conducts
surveillance and apprehends
corrupt public servants by laying traps and raids which are
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KG student of a private school
in South Delhi's Defence
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matter came to the fore when
the victim informed her mother about the molestation after
reaching home.
The accused is not the
driver of the school van in
which the minor used to go to
school, said girls mother in her
complaint. The driver of
another van groped the girl
and kissed her when she was
sitting in the school van.
The accused identified as
Mehfooz, a resident of Okhla
in South Delhi, used to run a
private cab, picking up students
of higher classes. The girl's
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immediately reached the
school and nabbed the accused
driver after the girl pointed at
the accused.
A case under the appropriate sections of the Indian
Penal Code and POCSO Act
was registered and the cab
driver was arrested. The girl's
father told police that his
daughter and a few more children of the same school used
a privately hired school van for
the past some months. On
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national Capital to carry out diagnostic tests more
effectively for patients. The laboratories will be set
up in existing hospitals in five regions. The idea
of the Health Department is to boost the
infrastructure of laboratories at five existing
locations in big hospitals to be opened 24/7 and
offer patients the most basic and sophisticated
services.
According to the official of Health
Department, at present several tests are not
available in the Delhi Government hospitals. For
this, patients were left with no other options than
to go to private diagnostic centers and pay a
fortune to get the tests done. "Now, we want to
streamline the entire process," said a senior official
of the Delhi Government.
At the later stage, the Government is also
planning to carry out diagnostic tests at the other
primary care hospitals. However, these will only
offer diagnostic tests for emergency patients which
will the major step to relieve hospitals off the load,
the official said.
In the past, several hospitals have reported the
unavailability of basic diagnostic tests due to the
lack of equipment, lack of kits. In June, resident
doctors have gone on strike demanding better
infrastructure in hospitals.
Recently doctors at Guru Teg Bahadur
Hospital had reported the non-availability of basic
services for diabetes test, the X-ray services at
Lal?Bahadur Shastri Hospital was not working for
months with lack of medicine at G B Pant Hospital
Patients. At G B Pant Hospital and Hedgewar
Hospital had also complained lack of basic
services after the staff was reportedly on leave.
"New staff will be recruited from existing
hospitals and will be trained further to carry out
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commissioning of the laboratories will be complete
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theatres functional in the State-run hospitals on
all Saturdays. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital,
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital and
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few hospitals that will keep their OTs functional
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growth, India needs a
"human-making" machinery
to ensure the youth has values
of humanity and not just
theoretical knowledge.
The Former Deputy
Prime Minister was speaking
on the occasion of the
screening of his daughter
Pratibha
Advani's
documentary film "Tirangaa"
at Delhi University's Hansraj
College on Friday.
"When I was young, I
heard about Intelligent
Quotient and Emotional
Quotient was the two
parameters to judge a man's
personality and capability. But
I think before them, it is the
spiritual base that should
define a person," he said,
adding,
the
future
torchbearers know how to
strike a balance between IQ,
emotional quotient and also
spiritual quotient."
While highlighting the
history behind the making
and formation of Indian
National Flag, the film
underlined that the (Bharitya)
Jana Sangh founder Shyama
Prasad Mukherjee gave his life
for getting the Indian Flag and
the
Supreme
C ourt
Jurisdiction in Kashmir.
The documentary film
which has been made by
Pratibha a few years ago was
screened for the first time at
the varsity.
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Advani said he watched it
several times before and it

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patriotism.
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such a film. Cinema should be
used to carve a character and
sense of patriotism among
the youth of the nation....I
think this is what such a
movie does," he told the
audience.
Advani said they (youth)
should be dedicated towards
the country and the spiritual
character in them will help
them succeed. "To achieve
great success, IQ is not
enough but a person should
have deep rooted spiritualism
in him/her," he said.
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enthralled the audience with
the montage and narration by
Pratibha about the various
moments of freedom struggle

of India and formulation of

the tricolour.
Talking about his
association with the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh, Advani
said he received more than
what he gave in his career.
"I feel I have not given as
much as I received in my
political career. I got the
opportunity to get in touch
with
Shyama
Prasad
Mukherjee, Atal Bihari
Vajpayee and Deen Dayal
Upadhyay. They gave me
things which I could have
never received anywhere else,"
he said.
The 90-minute long
documentary weaves in the
sentiment of nationalism,
patriotism and more
importantly, the pride of an
Indian in the National Flag.

Governor Najeeb Jung on

Friday issued a fresh and
stern order, reiterating the
stand that circle rates should
not be implemented as due
procedure and due diligence
was not shown.
All 33 sub registrar offices
have been forwarded both
the decisions - C abinet
resolution and L-G's dictate.
On Thursday, the Delhi
Cabinet had passed a
resolution against the L-G's
stay on increasing circle rates
on agriculture land and asked
officials not to follow his
order.
When asked, a sub
registrar said on the condition
of anonymity that they are
avoiding registry due to
ongoing tussle on circle rates.
"There are lots of clauses in
the Act which may delay the
registration of property," he
added.
The latest development
has intensified further the
ongoing tussle between the LG and the Arvind Kejriwal
Government.
The CM on Friday said,

"Due to the Government's

notification, people, who were
involved in agriculture land
fraud and buying the land
through black money, are
now losing their business."
On the other hand, the LG in its order stated that the
notification prima facie is

been fixed for land that would

come under the Land Pooling
Policy. This policy has not yet
become operational because
villages that will be covered
under the policy have not yet
been declared 'urban' by Delhi
Government. Therefore, it
could be incorrect to fix the
rates on such land till the
Land Pooling Policy becomes
operational. Secondly, the
notification does not fix the
minimum price for land
situated within the river bed.
This has always been done in
the past," the Lieutenant
Governor's order said.

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'Land' which is a 'Reserved
Subject', coming under the
domain of the central
government.
"Moreover,
the
notification contains inherent
inconsistencies. Rates have

Kejriwal has justified the

decision to raise the circle
rates of agriculture land,
saying that it will help the
Government curb black
money in land deals. He also
said there was a huge
difference between market

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land in Delhi, but after this
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there was huge difference
between market rate and
circle rate. For instance,

market rate was C4 crore per

acre, but circle rate was just
C53 lakh for agriculture land.
With this, we have now
equalled circle rate to market
rate due to which the fraud in
land deal has stopped," the
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journalists were killed in
the line of service and all cases,
except one, are either pending
in courts or the charge sheet is
yet to be filed.
Stating this position to
highlight the pitiable state of
affairs regarding protection of
journalists covering sensitive
cases, the Press Council of
India (PCI) on Friday demanded the Supreme Court in a PIL
proceeding to issue directions
for safety of journalists and
provide them protection as
available to whistleblowers
under the Whistleblowers
Protection Act.
The affidavit by PCI was
filed in response to a PIL filed
by a journalist Satish Jain
demanding guidelines to protect journalists and CBI investigation into attacks on jour-

nalists. The PCI said safety of

journalists required highest
priority. A fact-finding
Committee of the PCI visited
11 states and reported how
cases relating to attack on journalists required to be categorised as a separate crime
since police and state administration were not serious to
pursue them.
According to the Death
Watch List compiled by the
Vienna-based International
Press Institute, India is ranked
as the ninth deadliest country for journalists. In the last
two-and-a-half decades, 80
journalists were killed and
almost all of the cases are
pending in courts or under
investigation. Only in one case
involving the gang rape of a
Mumbai woman journalist in
2013, better known as the
Shakti Mills rape case, the culprits were handed down exemplary punishment by a fast
track court within a year.
An independent analysis of
cases involving journalists
showed that only 6.7 per cent
of such complaints got solved
and culprits punished.

From Page 1
The Government has decided to
inject C70,000 crore in PSBs in four-year
period starting this fiscal with C25,000
crore, of which C20,000 crore would be
given within a month. The remaining
C5,000 crore would come in the last
quarter of this fiscal. Of this C25,000
crore each will happen in 2015-16 and
2016-17 and C10,000 crore each in
2017-18 and 2018-19. Of the C25,000
crore allocated this fiscal, the distribution of C5,000 crore among eight
banks would be decided in the fourth
quarter after looking at the performance of various banks in the first nine
months.
The Government has estimated
capital requirement of PSU banks over
four year period at C1.80 lakh crore. Of
this, banks would have to raise C1.10
lakh crore from the market. The RBI
said in a statement, following a meeting of its central board chaired by
Governor Raghuram Rajan. Indias
Central bank, whose accounting year
goes from July to June had, last year,
transferred C52,679 crore of its surplus
profit to the Government, The central
board of directors of the RBI at its meeting held today (Thursday), approved
the transfer of surplus amounting to
C658.96 billion for the year ended June
30, 2015 to the Government of India.
Adhia said this estimate is based on

credit growth rate of 12 per cent for the

current year, and 12-15 for next three
years depending on the size of the bank.
Giving details of the seven-point agenda for revamp of PSBs, Adhia said, As
of now, PSBs are adequately capitalised
and meeting all the Basel III and RBI
norms. However, the Government
wants to adequately capitalise all banks
to keep a safe buffer over and above the
minimum norms of Basel III. If we
exclude the internal profit generation
which is going to be available to PSBs
(based on the estimate of average
profit of the last three years), the capital requirement of extra capital for the
next four years up to 2018-19 is likely
to be about C1.8 lakh crore, he said. On
destressing banks, Adhia said, Various
steps have been taken to bring down
non-performing assets (NPAs) in infrastructure sector which is primarily
responsible for rising bad loans. Many
steps have been taken to reduce NPA
in power and state discoms, he said,
adding, We have started the process
of dialogue with the discoms.
Identifying the area which are
giving stress to the PSU banks, Jaitley
said, It was sectors such as steel, power,
highways, discoms, to a lesser extent
sugar, which were predominately
responsible for the stress and therefore
to resolve the whole issue and find a
solution to this you need to deal with
banks as an institution, you also need
to deal each of these sectors.
There are positive movements as

far as the highway sector is concerned

and the large amount of public investment going into the sector has got the
sector moving, Jaitley said.
We have in the last few months
taken some steps with regard to the steel
sector. But the problem with regard to
steel sector is really on account of the
external factors. And therefore steps
being taken also relate to that, he said.
The Government is continuously
monitoring the situation as far as private sector power companies are concerned as also the discoms and some
States have to have some urgent reform
measures as far as discoms are concerned, he added. Asked about merger of the Bharatiya Mahila Bank with
the SBI, Jaitley said that no decision has
been taken yet.
Giving the break-up of the proposed capital infusion of C20,088 crore
into 13 PSU banks within a months
time, Financial Services Secretary
Hasmukh Adhia said the countrys
largest lender the SBI will get a hefty
C5,531 crore. Under the allocation plan,
Bank of India will get C2,455 crore,
IDBI (C2,229 crore), Indian Overseas
Bank (C2,009 crore), Bank of Baroda
(C1,786 crore), PNB (C1,732 crore),
Union Bank of India (C1,080 crore),
Canara Bank C947 crore) and
Corporation Bank (C857 crore).
Moreover, Dena Bank will get
C407 crore, Bank of Maharashtra (C394
crore), Andhra Bank (C378 crore) and
Allahabad Bank (C283 crore).

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We reject any attempt to use
terrorism as an instrument of
State policy. Infiltration into our
territory and attempts to create
mayhem will be dealt with a
strong hand, he said.
Stressing on the need for
peace and furthering regional
cooperation he said: Peace,
friendship and cooperation bind
nations and peoples together.
Recognizing the shared destiny
of the Indian sub-continent, we
must strengthen connectivity,
expand institutional capacity
and enhance mutual trust to further regional cooperation. As we
make progress in advancing our
interests globally, India is also
engaged in pro-actively promoting goodwill and prosperity in our immediate neighbourhood. It is heartening that the
long-pending land boundary
issue with Bangladesh has been
finally resolved.
Vested interests chip away
at social harmony, in an attempt
to erode many centuries of secularism. In an age of instant
communication through everimproving technology, we must

remain vigilant to ensure that the

devious designs of a few never
overcome the essential oneness
of our people.
Reminding the nation of the
freedom struggle, he said a great
generation of supreme heroes
faced a formidable challenge
when ideals and convictions
that had held through the travails
of an epic struggle against British
rule were under strain. The
sagacity and maturity of that generation saved our ideals from
deviation or degeneration under
the pressure of emotion, including rage, Mukherjee said.
Reflecting on the quality of
education, the President said:
Our educational institutions
multiply as the aspirations of
generations continue to exceed
supply. But what has happened
to quality, from base to apex?
We recall the guru-shishya
parampara with legitimate
pride; why then have we abandoned the care, devotion and
commitment that is at the heart
of this relationship? A guru
much like the soft and skillful
hands of a potter moulds the
destiny of the shishya.

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From Page 1
A MoU was signed
between India and Iran for
development and operation of
two terminals at Chabahar
Port on May 6, 2015 and discussions are on for concluding
the agreement between the
organisations of the two
Governments.
Gadkari said that the
Ministries of Shipping, Finance,
Commerce and Industry will
together deliberate on the issue,
including how to take ahead
the ports development in phases.
The port which is located
at the convergence of the
Indian Ocean and the Sea of
Oman in south-eastern Iran,

will provide India access to

Afghanistan, Turkestan to
Russia (Central Asia and
beyond) by bypassing
Pakistan, said Gadkari.
This will give a major
boost to our import and export
as Chabahar port has an SEZ,
he said. Currently, Pakistan
has restricted the movement of
Indian goods to land-locked
Afghanistan, hampering trade
relations between the two
countries. The AfghanistanPakistan Trade and Transit
Agreement allows trucks from
Afghanistan to carry cargo to
Pakistani ports and the Wagah
Border, but the trucks have to
go back empty. This increases
the cost of goods.

From Page 1
Nor did the then Finance Ministers (Pranab
Mukherjees) proposal, when he introduced the
Bill in 2011, have any 18 per cent cap. So that is
clearly an afterthought, he said.
The Finance Minister said the rates would be
decided as per the fiscal position and economic
situation and the Constitution need not be
amended for that.
On the Congress demand for a dispute
redressal authority, the Standing Committee
had unanimously recommended that we must not
have the dispute redressal mechanism or authority in the Bill, Jaitley said.
All Congress party members were privy to
that report. Chidambaram accepted that report
in 2013, and then accepted the formula that disputes should be resolved in the GST Council
which is one-third central voting power, two-third
States with three-fourth majority required for any
decision, Jaitley said. So both these conditions
are contrary to what its own stand was when he
was Finance Minister, he added.
The third condition of up to one per cent additional tax for inter-State movement of goods was
a compromise between the Centre and the States,
to which Congress-ruled States were privy.

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Water and Sanitation spearheaded the Mission for Swachh
Bharat in rural India. This entailed freedom from open defecation, and solid and liquid waste management. Since open
defecation is closely linked to diarrhoeal deaths, morbidity, poor
education, malnutrition and poverty, the main focus of the programme in the first
year has been accelerating efforts towards eradicating it. Towards this end, since
the launch of Swachh Bharat, nearly 80 lakh toilets have been constructed.

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What is at the crux of the matter is, however, that the focus of the programme
is not toilet construction but on behaviour change and community involvement
in Sanitation as the preferred approach. The States are free to choose their
approach, given their socio-economic-cultural milieu.
Realising that the health benefits accrue only when the entire village becomes
free from open defecation, my Ministry has focussed on creating open defecation free (ODF) villages, besides increase in coverage. The parameters of ODF
have now been standardised and a uniform definition provided to the States.
The process is now on to roll-out the mechanism for verification of ODF by
the States. A framework is also being put in place to incentivise better performing
States, so that focus is on outcomes and moving ahead on a fast track.

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There is a major focus on capacity building, given the criticality of skills

required for change in age-old habits and mind-set. District is identified as the
key unit of implementation, and District Collectors are being trained so that
they can give the leadership to the programme. Close to 206 Collectors from
across India have already been trained, many of them are emerging as champions and strategizing to make their districts ODF within the next two-three
years. States have also taken up capacity building in right earnest and workshops on community oriented approaches and attitudinal change have begun
in many States.

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Some extremely encouraging innovations and inspiring events are happening

across rural India presently. In States such as Chhattisgarh and Punjab, there
is focus on complete achievement of ODF communities, and not just increase
in coverage. ODF has been made the basis of planning and monitoring in these
States, and therefore, work is progressing at speed. Chhattisgarh has planned
1889 Gram Panchayats to be ODF by March 2016, and Punjab has initiated
Mission 1000 - i.e. to make 1000 GPs ODF by October 2, 2015. In the state
of Madhya Pradesh initiatives like gifting toilets to the sisters on Raksha
Bandhan have been taken and the programme has been named as Operation
Mal Youdh. In Rajasthan, for the panchayat elections, toilets in the house has
been made a compulsory qualification for contesting the elections. In Assam
and Odisha each village achieving the ODF status is seeing celebrations as in
a festival. In west Bengal district Nadia has been declared as the first district
achieving the ODF status. The collector of Nadia has been awarded in the UN
forum for his contribution.
The States are also utilising flexibility provided by the programme to achieve
programme objectives faster. For example, some States/districts are choosing
to give incentive directly to communities, rather than individuals, in those villages where community processes have been adopted. States are also bringing
out innovative policies at their end to boost the programme.

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We are also making efforts to provide safe and potable drinking water to
all the rural population. Though we have already achieved the millennium development goal, the issues related with the quality of drinking water in the rural
areas still remain a concern. In order to achieve the targets, my Ministry has
formulated guidelines to provide minimum 8 to 10 liters per capaita per day
potable water through suitable community water purification plants in water
quality affected habitations. In the naxal affected and difficult areas, 20,000 habitations across the country are being provided with solar power based dual pumping piped water supply in collaboration with national clean energy fund.
In the states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, a separate World
Bank assisted project costing Rs. 6000 cr. has been launched. The project is estimated to benefit about 78 lakh rural populations in these states with provision
of piped water supply.

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Innovative technology in the water and sanitation sectors always plays an

important role and the Ministry has organised three exhibitions cum workshop
in Delhi called Indovation. In each of the exhibitions, innovators from all parts
of India presented and showcased their technologies, which are cheap, affordable and sustainable. Some very innovative technologies like using jute to prepare the super structure of toilet, nano technology for water purification, water
less urinals, etc were exhibited. Efforts are also being made to provide a platform for sharing innovative practices across the country.
A high level committee under the chairmanship of eminent Professor Dr.
R.A Mashelkar has been constitued, which examines and endorses the technologies for acceptance by the States for implementation. A link in the website has been created, wherein any innovator can submit his or her technology for placement before the high level committee for examination. Now the challenge is to popularise these shortlisted technologies at the grass roots level through
organizing Indovation at State and Regional levels.
Massive awareness drive about the water and sanitation issues and challenges has been a key to the success of the Swachh Bharat Mission and providing potable drinking water through national rural drinking programme. The
ministry has targeted in the recently held Puri RathYatra through a massive
campaign, and the ongoing Kumbhmela in Nasik is also witnessing notable campaigning.
The next chapter in SBM will unfold with the Citizens Movement to take
the mission forward as a befitting tribute to the Father of Nation on his 150th
birth anniversary in 2019.
The author is Union Minister of Rural Development
& Drinking Water & Sanitation

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Parachute-Special Forces
which carried out
the cross-border raid into
Myanmar in June this year
against North-East insurgents
camping there, were approved
for gallantry medals by the
President on the occasion of
Independence Day. In all, two
Kirti Chakras, the nations second highest peacetime gallantry medal and ten Shaurya
Chakras were announced
besides Sena Medals. The total
number of thee medals is 67.
Commandant Chandra
Shekhar Joshi, Commander of
Coast Guard ship Rajratan,
which was involved in an operation that led to the sinking of a
Pakistani boat carrying weapons
and other suspicious items off the
Gujarat Coast, was approved
for the Presidents Tatrakshak
Medal for gallantry besides seven
Tatrakshak Medals for other
Coast Guard personnel.
Apart from Commandant
Joshi, Commander Mohan
Milind Mokashi, Commanding
Officer, INS Sumitra, and
Captain Rajesh Dhankhar,
Commanding Officer, INS
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Lt Colonel Nectar
Sanjenbam of the 21 Parachute
Regiment, who led a group of
Indian Special Forces commandos for the raid into
Myanmar got the Kirti Chakra
along with Naib Subedhar
Rajesh Kumar (posthumous),
killed in an operation against
terrorists in Jammu and
Kashmir in October last year.
Ten soldiers including
Havildar Tanka Kumar Limbu
of the 21 Para, got Shaurya

Chakra for the Myanmar raid.

Other awardees include
Colonel M N Rai (posthumous), Havaldar Man Bahadur
Chhetri(posthumous), Head
Constable of Jand K police
Mohammad
Shafi
Sheikh(posthumous),
Constable Reyaz Ahmad Lone
and CRPF Second-inCommand Hira Kumar
Jha(both posthumous).
Squadron Leader S
Selvakumar, Flight Lieutenant
Gandikota Jagan Mohan and

Sergent Mukesh Kumar Tiwari

got the Vayu Sena Medal for
Gallantry.
The President has also
awarded 20 Mention-inDespatches to Army and Para
Military personnel for their significant contributions in different military operations
which include three for
Operation Meghdoot, 12 for
Operation Rakshak, one for
Operation Orchid, one for
Operation Hifazat and three
for Operation Rhino.

New Delhi: Defence Minister

Manohar Parrikar said keeping
the war machinery in readiness
and to be able to mobilise
troops to forward positions at
short notice is an imperative to
prevent any misadventure from
across the borders.
In his first broadcast to
armed forces personnel over
AIR on the eve of Indias 69th
I-Day, Parrikar said there was
a need to constantly upgrade
and modernise the weapon
systems and equipment. The
Government was well aware of
the need to maintain all- round
vigil on the nations borders and
to prevent any misadventure
from across the borders, he said
in the pre-recorded address.

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alleged that Lok Sabha
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Speaker Sumitra Mahajan was
pressurised by the Government
to admit the adjournment
motion on Lalit Modi issue. It
also attacked the NDA
Government saying the BJP
was running a weak and inefficient Government, which had
no coordination plan either in
the Lok Sabha or the Rajya
Sabha to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament.
Congresss leader in the
Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge,

said the move by the Speaker

on the penultimate day of the
session came after she was
pressurised by the Government
on the issue.
At a joint Press conference
along with Leader of
Opposition in Rajya Sabha,
Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kharge
said it was strange how the
Speaker gave her consent to
what she had rejected before in
writing.
That showed how much
pressure she was under from
the Government, he added.
For his part, Azad said:
BJP does not believe in
democracy and this has been

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proved in this session. The ruling party did not want the
house to run. BJP is intoxicated with power. No major
Legislative business could be
transacted in either House of

Parliament since July 21 when

Parliament convened till
August 13 when it adjourned
sine die. On the issue of
Government protest march
outside Parliament on
Thursday, Azad said the save
democracy march led by
Home Minister Rajnath Singh
was an evidence that the
Congress got the ruling party
on the road.
This is the first time we
have seen the Government
marching on the road and create uproar in the House. We
saw not just the BJP MPs but
also the Ministers stand and
disrupt the House, said Azad.

On the issue of GST Bill,

on which the Government is
expected to convene a special
Parliament session, the
Congress said, GST is not the
only bill for the economic
development of this country...one or two bills will not
lead to the economic development of this country.
Azad also attacked
External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj and said the
allegations levelled by Swaraj
against former PM late Rajiv
Gandhi were baseless, sheer
falsehood and motivated,
and the party completely
rejected them.

he worlds biggest paramilitary force CRPF on Friday

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bagged the maximum number
of gallantry medals amongst
the security agencies in the
country, including one Shaurya
Chakra and 64 Presidents
Medal for Gallantry (PMG) for
gallant action in different internal security theatres. Two of
these medals were awarded
posthumously.
HK Jha, Second-inCommand, was awarded the
Shaurya Chakra posthumously. He led his troops to apprehend a senior Maoist commander during an operation
conducted on the inter-State
border of Bihar and Jharkhand
Lakhari village Jamui (Bihar)
on July 3, 2014, while sacrificing himself for the supreme
cause.
Shaheed Inspector Parwal
Parimal who has been awarded the PMG posthumously
displayed conspicuous gallantry, exemplary courage
under adversity, utmost dedication to duties, when he took
on the Maoists who had laid an
ambush on the security forces
in Jharkhand and despite being
himself badly injured, organised his troops and launched a
counter-attack forcing the
Maoists to flee from their well
entrenched positions with their
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in a statement.
CRPF officer Prakash
Ranjan Mishra has become
the only person from paramilitary or police forces to have
been decorated with a gallantry medal the seventh time
for displaying exemplary
courage in anti-Naxal operations.
Mishra, a commandotrained officer of the elite CoBRA
unit of the CRPF, has been honoured with the Police Medal for
Gallantry (PMG) on the eve of
the Independence Day.
The officer is on a special
deputation to Jharkhand Police,
since May 2013, from CRPF
and is currently posted as
Additional Superintendent of
Police in Naxal-affected Khunti
district of the State. He is a
Deputy Commandant rank
officer in the CRPF.
Forty seven medals have
been awarded for displaying
conspicuous valour in Naxal
theatre, whereas, North East

CRPF officer Prakash

Ranjan Mishra has
become the only person from paramilitary
or police forces to
have been decorated
with a gallantry medal
the seventh time

and Jammu and Kashmir have

accounted for twelve and six
respectively. Twenty-two of
these medals have been bagged
by the gallant officers in keeping with highest traditions of
the Force, of leading the troops
from the front, the read the
statement.
Apart from above, five officers and men have been awarded the Presidents Police Medal
for Distinguished Service and
fifty two with Police Medal for
Meritorious Service.
Till date, the CRPF has
been awarded 1,499 medals,
which includes one George
Cross, three Kings PMG, one
Ashok Chakra, one Kirti
Chakra, one Padma Shri, one
Vir Chakra, 13 Shaur ya
Chakras, 49 PPFSMG, 189
PPMG, one Yudh Seva Medal
, five Sena Medal, four Vishisht
Seva Medal, 1124 PMG, five
IPMG, three Jeevan Raksha
Padak and 98 PMs Police
Medal for Life Saving.

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arrested Customs Commissioner Atul Dixit, Deputy
Customs Commissioner Nalin
Kumar and businessman
Sahdev Gupta here in a graft
case in which the trio had
allegedly defrauded the
Government exchequer to the
tune of over C74 crore.

The move comes soon after

the agency conducted searches
at their premises and recovered
incriminating documents
including papers relating to
investments in properties by
Dixit and C85 lakh in cash and
valuable jewellery from Kumars
lockers.
Dixit and Kumar had

allegedly abused their official

position to favour to Gupta in
releasing about C75 crore
towards duty drawback claimed
against dubious exports worth C
8,000 crore to Hong Kong and
Dubai. Officials said the trio will be
subjected to custodial interrogation
to unravel the larger criminal conspiracy involving them.
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India recently, NSCN(IM) general secretary Thuingaleng
Muivah on Friday made it
clear that the outfit has neither
given up its demand for sovereignty nor the integration of
all Naga inhibited areas as part
its negotiation to solve the
Naga issue once and for all.
Muivah said this while
addressing a huge gathering at
the 69th Naga Independence
Day celebrations that took place
at its Central Headquarters at
Hebron, located about 45 kms
from Nagalands commercial
hub Dimapur on Friday.
While the veteran rebel
leader assured that the outfit will
not compromise on its two
core agendas sovereignty
and integration of Naga inhibited areas, Muivah also hinted
that it is high time to bargain a
right deal with the Government
of India for the Nagas.
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suppress the Nagas with militarisation and that the demand

of the Nagas is a political issue.
They have realised that the
problem of the Nagas could be
resolved only through political
will and not through military
might, he said while adding
that the realisation by the
Indian side is a new beginning.
We have never given up
the demand for sovereignty.
Our history is unique, so a
solution will also have to be
based on that. Otherwise there
will never be a meeting point.
Sovereignty of the Nagas is the
foremost demand, he said.
But we must also realise
that they have their own difficulties. If we keep on opposing
the Indian leadership, it will be
wrong. We have got to appreciate that they have started

respecting our rights and we

must understand their difficulties and work together for
finding a solution, he said.
In negotiations, the main
principle is give and take. The
Government of India and the
Nagas will have to seek solution
respecting the sovereign rights
of each other, he said adding
that in democracy sovereignty
lies within the people.
We are confident that the
framework agreement would
provide for ensuring an inclusive peaceful coexistence of two
entities. Naga dusrakhan thakib, India dusrakhan thakib, nijor
nijor power te coexist kori thakib (We will exercise our rights
and they will exercise their
rights, said the veteran leader
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as the agency on Friday raided
the offices of Suraha-Sunmarg
micro-finance company which
had been operating largely from Bengal.
A team of 70
officers raided 15
offices of the company in various places
like
Diamond
Harbour, Konnagar,
Dum Dum and other
parts of Howrah, Hooghly
and North 24 Parganas, sources
said adding some documents
were also seized. Raids were
also conducted in the companys Mumbai, Odisha, Bihar
and Assam offices.
Sunmarg had largely oper-

ated from Bengal and a scam of

at least C2,500 crore was suspected, an official said circumventing posers on whether they
had come across names of any
powerful persons associated
with the company which had
clearly violated the Sebi
guidelines in collecting
funds from the market.
The raid is a part of
the investigation being
conducted by the CBI
under a Supreme Court
order to look into the
larger conspiracy angle
into the much talked about
Saradha chit fund case.
Meanwhile, there was
no improvement in the condition of the jailed Bengal
Minister Madan who was undergoing treatment in the Govt-run
SSKM Hospital.

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make the country safe and

secure. Overall security scenario in the country continues
to remain peaceful barring
stray incidents. Security situation in the North Eastern States
is being monitored regularly at
various levels, with sustained
Counter-Insurgency operations
against militant outfits. There
is significant drop in the Left
Wing Extremism (LWE) violence. Security Forces neutralised 132 terrorists in J&K
during 2014 and the current
year. Peaceful conduct of
Assembly elections in J&K,
with record 66 per cent turnout
during November-December
2014 has proved to the world
that given a conducive environment, the peace loving people of J&K have faith in the
democratic process. Borders
are being managed effectively
to counter the threat of crossborder terrorism.
Womens safety has been
my prime concern. On January
1 this year, Delhi Police
launched an application called
Himmat which receives distress signals from registered
women users of mobile phones
and facilitates physical presence
of police in 5-7 minutes. MHA
has initiated steps to set up a
Nationwide Emergenc y
Response System to respond to
the needs of women in distress
across
the
countr y.
Department
of
Telecommunications has
already allocated Emergency
Number 112 for this system.
Victims in need or their relatives may contact the 112 system using any mode of communication viz. landline telephone, mobile phone, SMS, email, chat services, voice over
internet and mobile apps etc.
112 System is being designed
to handle 10 lakh calls per day
which will require approximately 3,500 personnel to handle these calls in all the
States/UTs once fully implemented. This project would
cost C321 crores which includes
the cost of technical infrastructure and also the operation and maintenance cost for
five years.
Our country has vast potential to generate millions of jobs
and earn precious foreign
exchange through tourism, but
this has not been adequately
tapped. With a view to promote
short duration tourism and
expedite grant of visa,
Government of India has
launched e-Tourist Visa
scheme (old name: Tourist Visa
on Arrival) on 27 November,
2014 for foreign tourists. So far,
the scheme has been extended
to 77 countries at nine designated airports. The Ministry
plans to extend this facility to 36
more countries and seven airports from August 15, 2015. The
scheme also facilitates international business seekers to avail
visa on short notice. The
scheme also has a positive
impact on medical tourism of
the country. This initiative has
received an overwhelming
response. Since the launch of the
scheme on 27 November, 2014,
about 2 lakh e-tourist visas have
been issued.
Due to onset of militancy in
1990, most of the Kashmiri
Pandit families along with some
families of Sikhs and Muslims
migrated from Kashmir Valley to
Jammu, Delhi and other places
of the country. At present, there
are about 62,000 registered
Kashmiri migrant families in the
country (40,668 families in
Jammu, about 19,338 families in
Delhi/NCR and about 1995 families in other States. Cash relief
to the Kashmiri migrants in
Jammu and Delhi/NCR was
enhanced w.e.f. May 1, 2015
from C1,650 per head per month
to C2,500 per head per month,
subject to a maximum of C10,000
per family. Earlier, it was C6,600
per family. During the current
financial year, an amount of C320

crore has been earmarked for

rehabilitation of the Kashmiri
migrants.
During militancy in early
1990s, some families started
migrating from the hilly areas of
Jammu region due to perceived
security threats. It started from
hills to Doda district in the
beginning but subsequently
spread to other districts of the
State. The Government of J&K
started the registration of
Jammu migrants in the year
2006. A total of 1,054 families
comprising 5,698 people have
been registered in five districts
of Doda/Kishtwar, Reasi,
Rajouri, Ramban & Poonch.
The migrated families of Jammu
migrants have been rehabilitated by the Government of J&K
in the districts of Jammu, Reasi,
Udhampur & Ramban. The
Ministry of Home Affairs has
approved the cash relief to the
migrants of the hilly areas of
Jammu division at par with the
Kashmiri migrants. The estimated expenditure per year
will be C13.45 crore.
My Ministry, vide its letter
dated 16.12.2014, has conveyed
to the concerned State
Governments/UTs to pay additional C5 lakh per deceased person to the next of kin of those
who died during 1984 anti-Sikh
riots. The Government of India
is reimbursing this amount to the
States/UTs. Besides, Justice
Mathur Committee has been
constituted to re-investigate
deserving riot cases.
In January, 2015, I approved
certain concessions for the West
Pakistan Refugees (WPRs) settled in J&K after considering the
problems being faced by them.
I have directed the Heads of all
Central Armed Police Forces
(CAPFs) that such WPRs from
J&K, who are Indian citizens and
have valid Voter IDs, be considered for recruitment in the
forces, including the special
recruitment drives conducted in
the State. Besides, I have written
to the Defence Minister that similar concessions, like waiving off
the condition of producing DC
(Domicile Certificate) and other
Identity Certificate, may be permitted in the recruitment to the
Armed Forces. I have also written a letter to the J&K Government to resume issuing the DC
to WPRs settled in the State so
as to enable such people to avail
equal
employment
opportunities.
Instructions have also been
issued to the Department of
School Education in the
Ministry of Human Resource
Development to accommodate
the children of such WPRs of
J&K for admission to the
Kendriya Vidyalayas in the
State. Similar instructions have
also been issued to the
Department of Higher
Education in the Ministry of
Human Resource Development
to extend those concessions
available to the wards of
Kashmiri migrants to the wards
of WPRs of J&K for admission
to technical/professional institutes outside J&K.
Under the UDAAN scheme aiming to provide employment to the unemployed youth
of Jammu & Kashmir, 3,361
candidates have been trained,
3,133 have been offered jobs and
about 2,500 are working in various companies in the country.
The Government of India
and the National Socialist
Council of Nagaland (NSCN)
successfully concluded the dialogue on Naga political issue,
which has existed for six decades,
and signed an agreement on

August 3, 2015 in the presence

of Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. This agreement will
restore peace and pave the way
for prosperity in the NorthEast. It will advance a life of dignity, opportunity and equity for
the Naga people, based on their
genius and consistent with the
uniqueness of the Naga people
and their culture and traditions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has on a number of occasions
including during visits to the
North-East region, articulated
his vision for transforming the
region and has attached the
highest priority to peace, security, connectivity and economic
development in the region. This
has also been at the heart of the
Governments foreign policy,
especially Act East Policy.
The Ministry of Home
Affairs enhanced financial
powers in respect of items such
as Major and Minor Works,
Special Repairs, Land
Acquisition and Hiring of
Buildings/Accommodation to
the Directors General of Central
Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)
and Directors of Intelligence
Agencies in December, 2014.
The financial powers have been
doubled from C5 crores to C 10
crores in respect of major works
that are to be executed by
CPWD and Public Works
Organisations. Similarly, limits
for Major and Minor
Departmental Works and Land
Acquisition were also substantially raised. The delegation of
financial powers to the DGs of
CAPFs for the procurement of
Machinery & Equipment and
Arms & Ammunition have
been doubled to C20 crores
with a view to streamline and
expedite the processes for the
Modernisation Plan. The
Modernisation Plan II of CAPFs
has a total projected cost of
C11,009 crores till March 2017.
Presently, all information
related to crimes and criminal
justice is generally maintained in
physical form. This has its own
limitations in sharing of data
among police stations, districts
and States. Digitisation of this
data and development of a
national data base of crimes
and criminals would help
enhance the operational efficiency of the crime investigation
agencies. With this objective in
mind, the Ministry launched the
Crimes and Criminals Tracking
Network and Systems (CCTNS)
Project in 2009 with an outlay of
C2,000 crores. Approximately
71% (more than 10,000) police
stations in the country have
started using the software developed under the CCTNS for the
registration of FIRs. Internet
connections using Virtual Private
Network (VPN) over broadband have also been provided to
more than 80% police stations
and higher police offices. Steps
are afoot to extend this project
by another two years so that the
remaining components viz, a
Central Citizen Portal and a central database are developed
which will provide useful services to the citizens speedily. The
intended services include: (i)
Reporting a crime, (ii) Passport
verification, (iii) Other kind of
Police Verification (iv) Accessing
Victim Compensation Fund, (v)
Accessing Legal Services, (vi)
Human trafficking and missing
persons, (vii) List of wanted/
most wanted criminals (viii)
Publication of a list of
Proclaimed Offenders (ix)
Publication of a list of chargesheeted offenders in cases pertaining to crime against women.
The extended project also proposes to integrate with e-courts
and e-prison applications to
improve the efficiency of the
criminal justice system in the
country. The CCTNS project
after extension is expected to be
fully operational by March, 2017.
Quantum of compensation under the NDRF and
SDRF has been more than
doubled and now the farmers
with crop loss between 33% and
49% have been made eligible to
seek the financial assistance.
(The writer is Union
Home Minister)

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historic day in the modern
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political history of Bihar. It is
likely to script a new preface of
political future of the State.
That day, two old comrades,
whose friendly and unfriendly ties saw many ups and downs
in the past quarter century, will
be seen rubbing shoulders at a
pre-poll rally at the historic
Gandhi Maidan here.
Incidentally, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will hold a rally
in Bhagalpur two days later on
September 1 and may make
some big announcement.
Chief Minister and JD(U)
leader Nitish Kumar and former
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the alleged dowry harassment
case, the Bombay High Court
on Friday granted an interim
protection from arrest to selfstyled godwoman Radhe Maa
alias Sukhvinder Kaur.
In a relief that came hours
after she was questioned by the
Kandivli police in connection
with an inquiry ordered under
section 156 (3) of CrPC by a
Borivli Magistrate on a complaint of alleged dowry harassment filed by a housewife,
Justice Mridula Bhatkar of the
high court granted an interim
pre-arrest bail for two weeks.
Justice Bhatkar of the high
court scheduled the next hearing of the petition filed by
Radhe Maa after a fortnight.
Seeking relief for Radhe
Maa, her counsel Abad Ponda
argued before the high court
that except his client, all six
other accused in the alleged
dowry case, including the
husband of the complainant
Nikki Gupta, had already
been granted protection by
the trial court.

mo Lalu Prasad will share the

dais possibly for the first time at
a public meeting christened as
Swabhiman Rally even though
they jointly held a couple of electoral meetings exactly a year ago
during the by-elections.
PM Modi is likely to reply
to the barrage of accusations on
him and the BJP from his
Parivartan rally in Bhagalpur,
his fourth in Bihar in 37 days.

Checkmated by Modi in May

2014, the two regional satraps
have buried hatchets and closed
ranks to take on their common
enemy. It is a well known fact
that Bihar in the last 25 years
has produced two mass leaders:
Lalu and Nitish and today the
entire political process revolves
around them, said JD(U)
spokesman Neeraj Kumar and
added that their towering per-

sonalities made all other politicians pygmies.

The two allies are pulling
all stops to make the
Swabhiman Rally a big success
while the BJP is leaving no
stone unturned to turn saffron
the communally sensitive silk
city of Bhagalpur with its
Parivartan Rally. Much before
the Assembly election is formally declared, the two rival
alliances have already made it
a fierce battle between NaMo
and Nitish.
Nitish is the declared face
of Chief Minister of the JD(U),
RJD and Congress alliance but
the BJP-led NDA is unlikely to
reveal its CM candidate. The
declaration by the two alliances
that they would fight election
in the name of development
notwithstanding, the rivals are
busy raking up other issues like
Jungle Raj and PMs DNA
remarks as poll planks to
impress their supporters.
Asking the people to fill not
only Gandhi Maidan but entire
Patna, Lalu said, We will sound

the bugle of Mahabharat on

August 30. Nitish added, A
huge crowd would demonstrate
the Swabhiman (pride) of Bihar.
Countering the duo, Bihar
BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi
said the NDA would contest
polls on development plank and
not on Mandal or Kamandal. A
current of Parivartan (change)
is sweeping Bihar and even
Barack Obama or Nawaz Sharif
cannot stop it, said Sushil
Modi at a meeting.
BJP sources are hinting
that PM Modi may announce
a special package for Bihar at
either his August 18 rally at
Saharsa or in Bhagalpur on
September 1. The PM too had
hinted at his Muzaffarpur rally
on July 25 that he was not in a
position to make any package
announcement
since
Parliament was in session and
would declare it at an appropriate time. It is expected that
Modi may announce the package in Bhagalpur in a strong
reply to Lalu-Nitish rally and
silence his opponents.

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Narendra Modi-led dispensation for the wash-out of
the Monsoon Session of the
Parliament, NCP chief Sharad
Pawar on Friday warned the
NDA Government at the
Centre that his party workers
would resort to a nation-wide
jail bharao agitation across
the country after September 15,
if no relief was provided to
drought-hit farmers across the
country by then.
Addressing a rally of agitating farmers at Osmanabad in
Marathwada region, Pawar
said: Now that we have given
a memorandum and an ultimatum to the Government, lets
wait for one month. If the
BJP-led NDA Government fails
to extend relief to the droughtaffected and other distressed
farmers by September 14, then
we will have alternative but to
resort to a jail bharo andolan
across the country.
In his severe criticism of
the Narendra Modi-led NDA

Government for washed out

Monsoon
Session
of
Parliament, Pawar recalled:
We would go to Parliament
every day in the hope that there
would be transaction of business. But, the days proceedings
would end in half an hour to
one hour, after repeated
adjournments.
We were all prepared to
raise the distressed farmers
issues in Parliament. But, the
leader of the country (Prime
Minister Narendra Modi)
would not even come to both
the Houses. The leader (Modi)
who would begin his public
rallies saying brothers and
sisters has forgotten the
brothers and sisters, Pawar
said, while taking a sarcastic
dig at Modi.
During the course of his
speech, the NCP chief urged
the farmers not to commit
suicides despite being in distress. Why should you people
commit suicides? Instead, you
should instead fight and force
the Government to help you
come out of distress, he said.

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nder severe flak from varU

ious quarters for questionable arrests of 61 persons,
including 13 couples, for indecent behaviour in public during raids on beach resorts and
hotels in north Mumbai, the
Maharashtra Government on
Friday shunted out Additional
Commissioner of Police Fateh
Singh Patil, the police officer
in-charge of the area, and posted him in Nanded district of
Maharashtra.
The move to transfer
Additional Commissioner of
Police Patil out of Mumbai is
being seen as a damage-control
exercise undertaken by the
BJP-led saffron alliance

Government which had faced

criticism from various quarters
for the moral policing
indulged in the overzealous
policemen posted in north
Mumbai.
However, the State administration sought to play down
the import of Patils sudden
transfer from Mumbai to
Nanded, by saying that the
senior police officer had been
transferred out of the metropolis because of administrative
reasons and that his shifting had
nothing to do with the recent
controversial raids on hotels
and resorts at Madh Island
and Aksa beach, where 13 couples and 35 others had been
arrested on charges of indecency in public on August 6.

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the cash-for-vote scam, the
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Bureau court
in Hyderabad on Friday
ordered that the voice samples
of two Telugu Desam Party
members of Telangana
Assembly be sent to the State
Forensic Science Laboratory
for comparison with the voices on audio and videotapes.
The two MLAs include A
Revanth Reddy, the prime
accused and S Venkata
Veeraiah another accused in
in the case of bribing a nominated member of Assembly
Elvis Stephenson.
Both the MLAs were
arrested by the Telangana
ACB and questioned about
their role in the scam.
Presently they are out on bail.
The order came after the
Anti-Corruption Bureau filed
a memo before the court on
Friday seeking directions that
the records of speeches of the
two MLAs in the State
Assembly should be sent to
the SFSL for testing.
The ACB also handed
over the recorded speeches of
the two MLAs in the
Assembly to the court.
Accepting the request of the
ACB, the court forwarded the
recorded speeches to the SFSL.
The order came a day
after the SFSL report confirmed that the audio and
video tapes of cash-for-vote
scam were genuine and no
tampering was done with
them. ACB had sent 14 audio
and video recordings of
Revanth Reddys meeting with
the nominated MLA Elvis
Stephenson and Venkat
Veeraias telephonic conversation with another accused
when they tried to broker a
deal with Stephenson to
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olitical gambles sometimes acquire a momentum beyond initial intent.
The mess in the
Monsoon Session of
Parliament, which ended earlier
this week, is a standout example.
The Congress and the BJP have
walked themselves into a Mexican
standoff from which there is no
easy withdrawal.
One could argue the Congress
is more to blame. It has embarked
on a maximalist, ultra-hardline
position way too early in the life of
the Narendra Modi Government.
A strategy of permanent disruption
that may have made sense at the
end of the fourth year of the
Government, and after a period of
Congress re-building in real-world
politics, outside Parliament, has
been deployed at the beginning of
the second year itself.
The Congress approach has
been quizzical, not just to outside
observers but even to some party
veterans. As early as the Budget
Session, when the Congress had
agreed to help pass the insurance
Bill for instance, there were differences between senior MPs and a
younger brigade, essentially the
Rahul Gandhi generation. It had
led to a shouting match in full view
of other, non-Congress MPs, with
a former Cabinet Minister in the
Manmohan Singh Government
being upbraided by a younger
party colleague for having conceded ground on the insurance Bill
much too easily.
As such, even if the Lalit
Modi episode had not lent itself for
use, the Congress would very likely have come up with a plan to disrupt this session. More than the
resignation of External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj which
would have been a political victory had it happened the Congress
was motivated by the desire to
delay the Constitutional
Amendment Bill for the Goods
and Services Tax. This would
ensure GST would not come into
operation by April 1, 2016, but be
delayed to April 1, 2017.
Consequently, any fiscal benefit
would be denied to the NDA
Government till the 2017-2018
financial year, with only one year
for its term to end.
The Congress other assessment was (and remains) that the
BJP will do badly in Bihar. As such,
it saw the destruction of the
Monsoon Session agenda as part
of the larger pre-election campaign.
Of course, even if Bihar Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD
chief Lalu Prasad win Bihar, it
remains unclear how this will

help the Congress, except in a tangential sense. A coalescing of

opposition regional parties, isolating the Congress and the Left, is
already underway. The Congress
strong-arm tactics in the Rajya
Sabha cant alter that reality.
For the BJP, the unrelenting
hostility of the Congress has come
as a surprise. Frankly, why this has
been a surprise is itself a surprise.
It should have been clear from day
one that the threat perception the
Congress and its framework of
influence feels from a Narendra
Modi-led Government is qualitatively higher than would have
been the case with a BJP
Government led by another person. Simply, the Congress has no
option but to have the man from
Gujarat failing.
This is a predictable and legitimate political aspiration and the
BJP should have been better prepared in terms of its parliamentary
management. Yet, the Government
seems to have been repeatedly
taken aback as the Congress delayed
the GST amendment session after
session, with the BJP neither trying
to use its levers to strike a deal nor
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Congress, and make association
with it problematic for other parties. At least this would have put the
Congress on the backfoot.
That the Congress is riding a
tiger it doesnt know how to get off
became clear when it suddenly
agreed to a debate on the Sushma
Swaraj-Lalit Modi episode. Why it
did so on the penultimate day,
when it had determinedly opposed
a debate for much of the session,
was not immediately comprehensible.The debate led to a walkover
for the Government.
Ms Swarajs speech was politically effective, even if the circumstances of her decision on former
Indian Premier League chief Lalit
Modi remains a concern. Between
her and Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley, they demolished the
Congress credibility and larger
legal argument that the UPA
Government had sought to bring
Mr Lalit Modi to book.
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attack, the Congress could only
shout back. This made a compromise vote on GST, which would
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next? Actually, things may get
more complicated.
The GST is a constitutional
amendment that requires a twothirds majority to pass. The
Congress has 68 seats in the Rajya
Sabha. It requires only about a
dozen more to reach the one-third
mark and block a constitutional
amendment, a number it can easily reach with the Left and nominated members (named as MPs by
the previous UPA Government).
As such, without a deal being
reached, a short session in
September, as is being suggested
by some, will not help. Unless
there is a miracle and gentlemanly conduct is restored all round,
the GST amendment will not
come through in time for introduction at the beginning of the
next financial year. If the amendment is now needed only sufficiently in advance of April 1,
2017, it takes us to another realisation: The deadline for the
amendment has in effect moved
to the summer of 2016.
This means there is no
urgency for the Government to
push ahead with the GST amendment in the Winter Session. It can
wait for its moment in the long,
two-segment Budget Session of
2016 or even, at a pinch, the
Monsoon Session a year from
now. There are no other major
constitutional amendments on the
anvil. All other Bills can be passed
by the Lok Sabha and the calling
of (or threat of calling) a joint session. It is only with a constitutional amendment that a joint session
cannot be summoned, and the
Congress votes in the Rajya Sabha
become critical.
Given this, there is no pressing impulse for the Government to
reach out to the Congress in the
Winter Session. On the other
hand, following the bad blood in
the Monsoon Session, there is little scope for the Congress to hurriedly become amendable either. It
will only lose face and give its supporters the impression of being
fickle and confused. For better or
worse, it has to keep riding the tiger
Mr Gandhi has put it on irrespective of how Bihar votes.
A take-no-prisoners phase is
upon us. It may not be sustainable
and may impede governance and
damage parliamentary decorum, at
least in the short-run, but it is upon
us all the same. Happy
Independence Day!
(The writer is senior fellow,
Observer Research Foundation. He
can
be
reached
at
malikashok@gmail.com)

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which are being levelled both by
the ruling combine and the opposition parties against each other,
over whose adamant attitude was
responsible for the washout of the
Monsoon Session of Parliament,
there is no denying that, what
happened has sent wrong signals
across the globe from a country
which is the worlds largest
democracy. The imposition the of
principle of no work, no pay for
MPs continues to remain a
wishful idea.
On the 69th Independence
Day, it is incumbent upon all our
MPs cutting across party lines to
thoroughly introspect if all this is
a healthy sign for the success of
a parliamentary democracy?
What would other democratic
nations learn from us? We, the
people of India, bow our heads in
shame over such disruptive acts.
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Sonia Gandhi and vice president

Rahul Gandhi. These leaders
have been unable to digest the
power loss as they feel that ruling the country is their birthright. They have crossed all limits of decent protest. They are losing even the little respect they had
among the public. Surely the
next election result will prove
that, if the Congresss first family does not soon realise the folly
it has been indulging in.
A strong opposition is a must
for the smooth functioning of
democracy, and to ensure that the
Governments policies and implementation are in the national
interest. But the Congress is not
acting in the nations interest. In
no case, should its leaders disrupt
the functioning of Parliament.
Lets hope better sense prevails.
Mahesh Kumar
New Delhi

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this age of modernity and modernisation, blind faith has
trounced Indias rationality. How
else does one explain the tremendous faith so many people repose
in men and women who claim to
have supernatural powers, but are
the proverbial wolves in saints

clothing? The latest to join the

league of dubious characters is
Radhe Maa. Radhe, whose claim
to fame is holding extremely
popular jagrans (late night bhajans) and chowkis (prayers) in
bridal attire, seems to have a longstanding affair with controversies.
Such self-styled godmen and
godwomen are making a mockery of faith by leading gullible
devotees up the garden path to
salvation. Most of these so-called
spiritual gurus have amassed
huge wealth by exploiting the vulnerabilities of the rich as well as
the poor devotees.
It is apparent that the biggest
blow to Hinduism, triggering a
crisis of faith, is being been
inflicted not by outside forces
who hold Hinduism in contempt,
but from within by some of the
religions so-called spiritual gurus.
We must wake up to this crisis
and reject such fake religious and
spiritual leaders. We have enough
genuine ones to look up to. They
are the ones who have shown us
the path to enlightenment. Many
of these spiritual leaders are no
longer with us, but their inspiration lives on.
J Akshay
Bangalore
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trained in achieving the ethical
ideals of journalism; that is, to
ensure factual reporting with
an aim of educating or informing the general masses, to scrutinise the activities of those in
power and authority, to be
sensitive when reporting or
writing about the victims of
natural or human tragedies,
and finally to remain unbiased.
These canons of journalism
were formulated to keep media
organisations accountable to
the public who rely on journalists to report the truth. I
remember being told that one
of great achievements of our
working democracy is free,
plural and vigorous press.

Reality check
However, the reality is
starkly different. The way news
organisations and media persons conduct themselves, it
seems the fine line between
political activism and journalism is eroding fast. One can
argue that there are compelling
reasons for this inevitable
change: unlike in the distant
past, for example in the
Gandhian era, journalism is no
longer idealism, but a profession. Large media organisations
run for profit and naturally
they are required to cater to the
financial interest of their owners. The major reliable source
of income for media outlets is
advertising, and therefore it
sometimes become impossible
to defy advertisers prejudices.
However, the problem arises
when these interests become so
constricting that truth is compromised.
The Indian media is often
accused of being politically
biased towards the Congress.
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media organisations are owned

by those belonging to the
Congress, as their members or
covert operators. Some of the
greats are close relatives of top
Left leaders. In fact, almost all
media firms are associated
with some political parties.
And there is no harm in that
unless the allegiance becomes
malevolent. For example, the
great Ramnath Goenka was
suppressed by the Indira
Gandhi regime so much that he
had to fire Arun Shourie from
the Indian Express, the newspaper which had carried out an
intrepid campaign against
Emergency.
Recently, an honest State
Government has resorted to
blackmailing print media with
threat to stop advertisements if
they dont publish the truth.
This is a dangerous situation
and if the media firms are not
strong-willed, it will start a
trend that will weaken
journalism.

Journalists dilemma
The tragic story of South
African photojournalist Kevin
Carter is an apt example of
journalists dilemma: to be
first in reporting a tragedy or
to be right. Carter was assigned
the task of capturing heartrending photographs of starvation in Sudan in March 1993.
Following his job requirement
to a T, he took photograph of
a starving frail toddler who was
struggling to approach a feeding centre when a hooded vulture landed nearby to make the
child his prey. Religiously carrying out his assigned task,
Carter took photograph and
left the scene to an imagined
consequence. He was awarded
the Pulitzer Prize for the photograph. But three months
later, Carter committed suicide
out of remorse: he was not
allowed to touch the child for
fear of transmitting disease. His
suicide note, as reported by The
Life and Death of Kevin Carter,

Time magazine, on September

12, 1994, said:
I'm really, really sorry. The
pain of life overrides the joy to the
point that joy does not exist...
depressed ... without phone ...
money for rent ... money for child
support ... money for debts ...
money!!! ... I am haunted by the
vivid memories of killings and
corpses and anger and pain ... of
starving or wounded children, of
trigger-happy madmen, often
police, of killer executioners."
Carters suicide shows the
human side of him, but his
decision to capture the starving
girl instead of providing her
help must have weighed heavily on him as a photojournalist.
It is for a journalist to
think and decide whether (s)he
is a human first or a professional first. The recent story of
CNN chief health correspondent Sanjay Gupta can be an
eye-opener. Sanjay Gupta, who
also happens to be a celebrated neurosurgeon, triggered a

major ethical dilemma for

journalists by recording and
uploading his benevolent act of
performing an emergency
brain surgery on an injured in
the Nepals devastating earthquake in April, 2015. Perhaps
Sanjay Gupta went a step ahead
than what is required of a
journalist. What he did was
human, but recording his
benevolent act only smacks of
hypocrisy as a bid for self-promotion.
A similar situation happened in the case of the 26/11
Mumbai attacks. The electronic media faced the dilemma between exposing
Pakistani-trained terrorists sinister design and protecting the
strategy of our defence forces.
Probably, a section of the
Indian media took an ugly
leaf from the US media which
had gained confidential
Pentagon papers on Americas
humiliating defeat in the
Vietnam War. In 1971, the
two major US newspapers, the
New York Times and the
Washington Post, which faced
charges of divulging State

secrecy by reproducing part of

the Pentagon paper on the
war strategy, won a case against
the Nixon Administration's
bid to stop publication of the
paper. The historical judgment
set a precedent for unbridled
journalistic freedom even at the
cost of national interest.
There are times when
objectives of journalism conflict with journalistic ethics. As
taught in journalism schools, a
journalists primary goal is to
disseminate information, it is
his duty to decide whether
divulging privacy and confidentiality, especially when that
has potential to endanger
mankind and the country, is
ethical or not.
Thankfully, most recently
in the Yakub Memon case, the
Indian judicial system, the
media and journalists discharged their duties to a great
satisfaction of the masses.
While the Supreme Court
ensured that all legal relief
gates available to the 26/11
death-row convict were open
for him till a few hours before
his scheduled hanging, most of

the media firms played a constructive role by giving space to

those trying to save Memon
and those seeking justice for
the victims of the 26/11.
This was required in a plural
society like India, where some
interest groups and political
parties paint the prosecution of
anti-nationals and terrorists
in communal colour to whip
up frenzy as they have an axe
to grind for their survival.
It is high time journalists
saw their commitment to journalism as a form of worship to
their profession, their nation
and mankind; however, it
depends on time, circumstances and individual journalist to prioritise among professionalism, nationalism and
humanism. Neverthless, as the
general public is influenced by
news reports and opinions,
and they pin their faith on journalists to disseminate only
truth, it is incumbent upon us
to take this great responsibility in good spirit.
(The writer is News Editor
& Associate Editor, The Pioneer)

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Telecom Ministry directing
the internet service providers to
block access to 857 websites
hosting pornographic content
has resulted in a massive outcry. The ban has its origin in a
public interest litigation (PIL)
filed in the Supreme Court in
2013 by Kamlesh Vaswani, a
lawyer, on the pretext that porn
plays a destructive role in society and promotes violence
against women.
Though Communications
and Information Technology
Minister Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad has explained that it is
not an attempt at Talibanisation
of the internet but a move
based on the SCs observations
while hearing Vaswani's petition, social activists have highly criticised the directive as a
restraint on individual freedom. However, given the public criticism a new order has
been issued asking the service
providers to block access to only
those sites which have child
pornographic content.

Children and porn trade

Child pornography is considered one of the most established businesses in the United
States associated with the runaway children. R Barri Flowers
in his book Runaway Kids and
Teenage Prostitution: America's
Lost, Abandoned, and Sexually
Exploited Children explores the
complex and relentless problem of street kids in America,
children who run away or
leave home on compulsion.
They have a history of
complex trauma that usually
begins with a dysfunctional or
neglectful family. Childhood
sexual abuse and neglect, drug
abuse, mental health and
behavioral problems, sexual
promiscuity, and issues related
to gender identity are some of
the common problems that
they suffer and which compel
them to run away.
Barri provides the data
collected by the National
Incidence Studies Report on
Missing, Abducted, Runaway,

and Throwaway Children in

America (NISMART).
NISMART estimates that
approximately 4,46,700 children run away from their
households every year among
which approximately 60 per
cent are female. According to
the Family and Youth Services
Bureau (FYSB), nearly 40 per
cent of runaway youth had parents who received public assistance or lived in public housing.
This in fact indicates that
poor economic condition of the
family often leads to family
homelessness which in turn
may lead to a youth being
homeless on their own as they
turn older or are separated
from their families. Barri further explains how these children often become victims of
sexual exploitation by pimps,
prostitution customers, pornographers, and pedophiles.
Barri elaborates how these
children exposed to pornography undergo multiple psychological and physical traumas.
As these children are exploited they experience anxiety,
withdrawal, hopelessness, low
self-esteem, and hence develop
suicidal tendency. These apart
unwanted pregnancy, sexually
transmitted diseases, sexual
assault, substance abuse, and
violence are frequently experienced by the hapless children.
Johnson
in
Teen
Prostitution writes that
pornography of children is not
just physical nakedness but an
emotional stripping as well.
The loss of innocence is another irreparable harm that
pornography does to a child.

Porn business: Few facts

Unlike the USA, India
doesnt maintain reliable statistics on missing, throwaway
and runaway children. Nor
does India have reliable statistics on children forced into the
porn business. However, the
complexity of the issue can be
understood by analysing the
following facts related to porn
business.
P Demand for child porn

is much higher
P Demand for porn, shot
without the consent of women
involved, is higher
P Most of the porn clippings are the result of betrayed
relationship
P A large number of porn
clippings enter the market after
being used to blackmail the
women
P The life of a woman
involved in forced or consented porn is more vulnerable
than a prostitute as it becomes
difficult for a porn actor to
overcome the freezed image
and get rid of the stigma
P High digitalisation has
made the situation worse as
things go viral within a few seconds. In other words it takes
just a few seconds to strip a
woman publically.
P Tendency among people, habituated to porn, to frequently demand change, excitement, and new innovations in
porn
P Most of the porn actors
in India belong to the poor and
oppressed class
P Children of the porn
actors, not being accepted in
the mainstream society, are
often forced into this industry
P The porn actors, in
India, are more vulnerable to
sexually transmitted diseases
The market demand for
porn clippings, especially MMS
shot by hidden cameras, is
much higher compared to the
adult movies. So high is the
demand that even high brands
are unable to safeguard the
modesty of the women.
Reprobates seep through security and implant hidden cameras in washrooms, hotels, hostels, trial rooms, either to gratify their nauseating mentality
or make some quick money.
HRD Minister Smriti Irani
noticed one such hidden camera in the trial room of a Fab
India showroom in Goa. A few
well-known names too have
experienced such humiliation.
A lot of cases related to school
kids have been reported. Of

many the MMS scandal of a

Class X student of DPS has
been the most infamous. Only
a few cases come to the notice
of general public whereas innumerous incidents which ruin
the lives of the youngsters go
unnoticed.
The privacy of others is
breached for the amusement of
a few sick people. Vulnerable
underage girls are often
beguiled by perverts into emotional relationship and are not
only exploited but are also
blackmailed on the basis of the
video clips. The clippings are
further used to compel these
exploited girls to bring their
friends into the trap. The infamous Ajmer blackmail scandal
is an instance where more
than 100 young girls were sexually exploited and were being
used to oblige high profile
people.
The movie, Kalyug, directed by Mohit Suri addresses the
issue of MMS scandal and
shows how innocent people
oblivious of the hidden camera
get entrapped in controversy
which often compels them to
commit suicide.

Frivolous citation of
Indian constitution
Citing Article 19 and 21 of
the Constitution, the annoyed
citizens are trying to substantiate their arguments against
the move of the Government.

Article 21 guarantees the protection of life and personal liberty. It says that no person shall
be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according
to procedure established by the
law. Similarly Article 19 guarantees freedom of speech and
expression. These two articles
are included in our
Constitution to safeguard the
rights of the citizens but not to
ensure loopholes to exploit the
weak.
We are fighting for our
rights but at what cost?
Watching porn within the confinement of our bedroom is of
course our personal choice but
is it limited to our personal
space? Are we watching animated
movie?
When
other human beings are
involved, it doesnt remain a
personal choice.
Many would argue that
some do enter this industry
deliberately. True, sometimes
they do but we need to analyse
the complex structure of our
society to understand the reason. In a patriarchal society
women are either worshipped as
goddesses or consumed as an
object, denying them human
rights. Both the constructed
images constrict the horizon
they live within. Once they
trespass the laxman rekha
they are not taken back. Often
young women who leave home
to be with the men they love are
betrayed. Sometimes women

entrapped in difficult situations, be in terms of physical or

mental abuse, elope to escape
but fall prey to another entrapment. Returning for them
becomes difficult. This apart
from financial troubles, mounting responsibilities coupled with
illiteracy, lack of professional
education, and ignorance lead
many helpless women to opt for
this profession.
Even many aspiring actors
who fail to create a space for
themselves in the mainstream
cinema take refuge in porn
industry in order to sustain. In
a patriarchal society, it becomes
nearly impossible for the
underprivileged women, especially who step out, to survive
without being exploited.
Porn industry is based on
the physical attributes of a
person. With age our body
withers away. Given this limitation how long would they
manage to survive in this
industry? Are we mature
enough to incorporate them in
the mainstream society? Do
we, who advocate our personal choice and liberty, allow
them their personal space? Do
we let them live a normal life?
Dont we get judgmental and
deny them respect that they
deserve as a human being?
Sunny Leone, a wellknown name in Bollywood
who also happens to be a former Canadian porn star, has
described her experience in
India as one of the worst. In an
interview to a national daily,
she accused the Indian filmmakers of discrimination. She
stated, I had lot of bitter experiences in the beginning of my
career, during that time a few
producers approached me I
thought they came for a movie
agreement so I signed for them
and later they wanted me to act
in that films which I dont want
to do.
In another interview, she
revealed, There is discrimination in Bollywood in terms of
the roles that I am offered, and
also in relation to my past. I am
not here to follow my past, but

to carve my future in
Bollywood. However, there are
a lot of people in Bollywood
who discriminate against me. I
dont want to do something that
is illegal in this country. I want
a chance, and I hope that there
is some sense of acceptance.
Despite all her attempts to
change her image she is still
addressed as a porn star. If a
world renowned name is not
able to overcome her past and
start afresh how can we expect
others who are less privileged
in terms of beauty, name and
fame to start anew?
Since time immemorial it
has been the policy of men in
power to criticise women in
public whom they have exploited in private.
Many have argued that
India even being the land of
Kamasutra and Khajuraho
temple considers sex a taboo.
The aesthetic representation of
love and union transcends the
erotic images of Kamasutra
and Khajuraho into something
spiritual. Apart from other
Hindu values depicted through
the sculptors of Khajuraho,
the Kama scenes, when seen
in combination of sculptures
that precede and follow, depict
the spiritual themes such as
moksha. As Stella Kramrisch
puts it, This state which is like
a man and woman in close
embrace is a symbol of moksa,
final release or reunion of two
principles, the essence
(Purusha) and the nature
(Prakriti). The deities and
nymphs symbolise eternal
beauty to be worshipped; not to
be objectified or exploited.
Can we still claim that
watching porn is our personal
choice and it doesnt harm anyone? Either we ban porn completely or grow up to be mature
enough to accept and respect the
porn actors as other professionals without any hypocrisy.
(Anish Gupta and Aaleya
Giri teach Economics and
English respectively at Delhi
University. They can be reached
at pioneer.article@gmail.com)

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benchmark BSE Sensex
rebounded after days of sustained selling and reclaimed
the 28,000-level, rising 518
points on Friday when it
witnessed a deflationar y
trend after the announcement of sharp fall of WPI
inflation for July. Marking its
biggest single-day rise in
nearly seven months, the
rally gathered steam after it
b e c ame cl e ar t hat t he
Government is determined
to stick to its April 2016
GST rollout deadline despite
protests from the Opposition.
Wholesale price indexbased inflation fell to (-)
4.05 per cent in July, from () 2.40 per cent in June. The
latest set of numbers followed data earlier this week
which showed that retail
inflation fell in July, which
rekindled hopes of a possible
rate reduction from RBI.
Indices staged a stellar
show on the back of buying
interest till the last leg of
trade. July WPI contracted
for ninth straight month and
cooling of CPI inflation
fuelled the rate cut expectations that RBI Governor may
cut rates before its policy in
September, said Gaurav Jain,
Director, Hem Securities.
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contributed to the upside.
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down WPI inflation to historic low of (-)4.05 per cent,

on cheaper commodities as
India Inc raised pitch for a
rate cut by RBI ahead of its
September 29 review.
The WPI number follows
retail inflation data which
had slipped to a record low of
3.78 per cent in July.
Describing the softening of
prices as a positive sign,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
said inflation is under control
and all macroeconomic indicators are extremely encouraging.
The overall wholesale
price index-based (WPI)
inflation was (-) 2.40 per cent
in June, the Government data
showed on Friday. It has been
in the negative zone since

November 2014. A year ago in

July 2014, inflation was 5.41
per cent.
During the month, pulses, milk, edible oil, egg, meat
and fish turned dearer. When
asked whether it was time for
the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) to cut interest rate,
Jaitley parried the question,
saying in a lighter vein, I am
sure we all know the relationship now.
India Inc, however, was
more candid and stepped up
its demand for rate cut, saying it will propel domestic
demand and boost investments and growth. The distinct downturn in both retail
and headline inflation and
soft inflationary scenario
make a strong case for RBI to
resume its accommodative
policy stance and reduce
interest rates even before the
next monetary policy, CII
Director General Chandrajit

Banerjee said.
RBI Governor Raghuram
Rajan, after the monetary
policy announcement on
August 4, had said that the
central bank may cut interest
rate even out of the policy
cycle depending on how
macroeconomic indicators
play out.
RBI mostly tracks the
consumer price inflation for
its policy decisions and its
next review is due on
September 29.
Inflation in food items,
especially rice, vegetables and
fruits, eased at a wholesale
level. Overall wholesale inflation in the food category was
(-)1.16 per cent as compared
to 2.88 per cent in June.
Vegetable prices declined
24.52 per cent, with potato
prices slumping 49.27 per
cent. Inflation in onion was () 0.49 per cent in July, against
18.54 per cent in June.

notches after the MSCIs

quarterly index rejig, which
is expected to lead to more
inflows into Indian markets.
The 30-share barometer
h it t he d ay s h i g h of
28,100.64, before settling at
28,067.31, up 517.78, or 1.88
per cent, its biggest singleday rise since January 20.
The NSE Nifty retook

8,500 to hit a high of 8,530.10

and e n d e d t he d ay at
8,518.55, higher by 162.70
points, or 1.95 per cent, its
biggest single-day percentage
gain since January 15.
Of the 30 Sensex pack, 28
turned green as 2 ended in
the red. Sector-wise, the BSE
realty index jumped the most
followed by banking, auto

and healthcare.
Asian markets ended
mixed on Friday as European
stocks were ruling higher as
Parliamentary voting began
for Greeces third bailout
from its foreign creditors.
ICICI Bank was one of
the top gainers (up 3.58 per
cent) while SBI, HDFC,
HDFC Bank and Axis Bank

eflationary trends continued for the ninth

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month in a row in July, pulling

advanced. Vedanta gained

the most, followed by RIL,
Bajaj Auto, and Bharti Airtel.
Buying activity by retail
investors rubbed off on midcap and small-cap indices,
which ended higher with
gains up to 2.36 per cent.
Fore i g n
p or t fol i o
investors (FPIs) net sold
shares worth C625.90 crore
on Thursday, provisional
e xchange d at a s h owe d.
Today local equities traded
positively for the day as value
buying was seen in the market. Also, better-than-expecte d W PI d at a f u r t he r
improved market sentiment
and helped indices add over
almost 2 per cent during the
d ay,
s ai d
Pr am it
Brahmbhatt, Veracity Group
CEO.
The market bre adt h
turned positive as 1,790
stocks closed higher, 1,054
finished lower while 99 ruled
steady. Total turnover rose to
C 3 , 2 3 1 . 3 7 c rore f rom
C3,083.18 crore on Thursday.
No further devaluation
of the yuan was announced
today and this provided an
essential break to sectors like
metal, chemical, textiles and
export-oriented companies
from the fall. Additionally,
pharma stocks can benefit
from the devaluation of
yuan, said Vinod Nair,
Head-Fundamental
Research, Geojit BNP Paribas
Financial Services.

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FY14.
The Corporation had collected C3,582 crore premium
in April, 2015 against C2,966
crore in April, 2014 and sold
8,43,235 policies in April, 2015
against 7,14,572 policies in
April, 2014, the data said.
On Thursday, LIC
Managing Director VK
Sharma had hinted that the
Coproration had the necessary
approval from the regulatory
authority and it would launch
a ULIP by August-end.
The insurer earlier had a
ULIP plan in January 2013,
that too after a gap of two
years. After the new norms for
traditional products kicked in
from January 1, 2014, life
insurance companies had to
stop selling existing products
and introduce new ones. LIC,
too, had to withdraw its products from the market and
introduced new variants compliant with guidelines.

insurer Life Insurance

Corporation of India (LIC) is
all set to launch its proposed
niche product, Unit Linked
Insurance Plan (ULIP) on
August 19 in order to grab a
significant market share in
the life insurance segment.
The move came at a time
when the company is making
all-out efforts to retain its
market share of around 75 per
cent or more which has
slipped below 70 per cent
recently, even despite having a
significant improvement in
its performance in recent
quarters.
We have already finalised
the date for the pan India
launch of ULIP scheme and it
has been fixed on next

Wednesday. We expect that

our new product will counter
slowdown in premium collections and help retain our market share to 75 per cent, a top
LIC official told The Pioneer
on Friday.
When asked about the
details about the plan, he
refused to comment about
the plan, but said, It would be
one of the popular products
for the industry. However,
sources added that the proposed ULIP scheme of the LIC
would attract more investors
than the other plans that are
already available in the market.
According to data available with Life Insurance
Council, LIC had lost 5 per
cent of its market share to less
than 70 per cent in 2014-15
from 75 per cent in 2013-14
and mopped up a total premium of C78,308 crore in
FY15, showing a 14 per cent
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Ministry on Friday said the

devaluation of Chinese currency will only have a temporary
impact on the rupee as India has
adequate foreign exchange
reserves.
What is happening in
China has introduced some
amount of volatility. Because our
macroeconomic situation is better this should be seen as a temporary adjustment because our
fundamentals are strong, Chief
Economic Adviser Arvind
Subramanian said, adding we
have adequate (forex) reserves.
The Indian currency had
yesterday hit its weakest level
against the US dollar since
September 2013, as China further devalued yuan.
However, rupee on Friday
snapped its seven-day losing
streak and closed 10 paise
higher at 65 on fresh selling of
greenback by banks and
exporters on hopes of resumption of foreign capital inflows
into equity markets.
India had foreign exchange
reserves of $353.347 billion in
the week to August 7, marginally down over the previous
week. The reser ves had
touched a life-time high of
$355.46 billion in the fortnight ended June 19.
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profit of C65,896 crore, about

25 per cent more than the

amount given last year.
The Central Board of
Directors of the Reserve Bank
of India, at its meeting held on
Thursday, approved the transfer of surplus amounting to
C658.96 billion for the year
ended June 30, 2015 to the
Government of India, the
central bank said in a statement.
Last year, the RBI had
transfered C52,679 crore of its
surplus profit.
The Reserve Bank follows
the July-June accounting year.
The 553rd meeting of the
Central Board of RBI was
chaired
by
Governor

Raghuram Rajan.
RBI Deputy Governors
Harun R Khan, Urjit Patel, R
Gandhi, and SS Mundra
attended the meeting. Other
Directors of the Central Board
present at the meeting included Anil Kakodkar, Kiran
Karnik, Nachiket Mor, YH
Malegam, Dipankar Gupta, G
M Rao, Ela Bhatt, Indira
Rajaraman, and Damodar
Acharya.
The meeting was also
attended by Government nominee directors on the Central
Board, Hasmukh Adhia,
Secretary, Department of
Financial Services and Ajay
Tyagi, Additional Secretary
(Investment) Department of
Economic Affairs.
Ar vind Subramanian,
Chief Economic Adviser also
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the yuan against the US dollar
by 0.05 per cent, the national
foreign exchange market said,
ending three days of falls after
a surprise devaluation.
The daily reference rate
was set at 6.3975 yuan to $1.0,
from 6.4010 on Thursday, the
China Foreign Exchange Trade
System said. That was also
slightly stronger than
Thursday's close of 6.3982
yuan. The higher fixing for the
yuan came after the People's
Bank of China (PBoC) reas-

sured financial markets by

pledging to seek a stable currency after a shock devaluation
of nearly two per cent on
Tuesday. The cut, and two subsequent reductions, sent global financial markets into a tailspin as it raised questions over
the health of the world's second-largest economy and
sparked fears of a possible currency war.
Beijing said the move was
the result of switching to a
more market-oriented method
of calculating the daily reference rate which sets the valueof the yuan, also known as the
renminbi (RMB). Previously,

authorities based the rate on a

poll of market-makers, but will
now also take into account the
previous day's close, foreign
exchange supply and demand
and the rates of major currencies. The yuan is still only
allowed to fluctuate up or
down two per cent on either
side of the reference rate.
Currently, there is no basis
for the renminbi exchange rate
to continue to depreciate,
PBoC assistant governor Zhang
Xiaohui said on Thursday.
The central bank has the
ability to keep the renminbi
basically stable at a reasonable
and balanced level, she said.

Speaking earlier this week,

another PBoC official said the
central bank could directly
intervene in the market, after
reports it bought yuan on
Wednesday to prop up the
unit. The central bank, if necessary, is fully capable of stabilising the exchange rate
through direct intervention in
the foreign exchange market,
PBoC economist Ma Jun said.
China keeps a tight grip on
its currency on worries sudden
fund outflows or inflows could
cause more financial risk and
challenge its control, but it has
also pledged to move towards
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India for C99,990 per unit.
This smartphone is custom-built for power professionals aiming to make a style
statement while not willing to
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of listing norms for such entities,

including e-commerce ventures,
on a separate platform of domestic stock exchanges. The new
norms provide significant relaxations in the disclosure requirements, while Sebi has also relaxed
its delisting, takeover and
Alternative Investment Fund
regulations for such new-age
entities engaged in IT, data analytics, intellectual property, biotechnology or nano-technology
like activities.
The extensive changes in
Sebi regulations would allow
such entities to get listed on the
separate Institutional Trading
Platform of the stock exchanges
such as BSE and NSE and are
aimed to encourage the Indian

start-ups and entrepreneurs to

remain within the country rather
than moving abroad for funds.
However, the new platform
would be open to only institutional investors and HNIs, as Sebi
feels that small retail investors
need to be safeguarded against a
higher level of risks associated
with this platform.
Sebi has kept the minimum
trading lot and the minimum
application size at C10 lakh so that
only sophisticated and large
investors come in. The companies can, however, graduate to the
main platform later and the
small investors can also invest at
that time.
There are expectations that
a large number of start-ups are
already looking to tap this platform and the industry estimates
suggest that the total funds to be
raised by such entities can run
into billions of dollars.

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Sexports
month in a row, Indias
were dipped 10.3 per
cent in July to $23.13 billion, hit
by global slowdown and down
in crude oil prices which
impacted the value of petroleum products. In July 2014, the
merchandise exports had
amounted to $25.79 billion.
The last time exports registered
a positive growth was in
November, when shipments
expanded at a rate of 7.27 per
cent.
Imports, too, declined by
10.28 per cent to $35.94 billion
in July this year due to fall in oil
imports, leaving an 8-month
high trade deficit of $12.81
billion, according to the data
released by the Commerce
Ministry. Compared to July
last year, when it was $14.27 billion, the deficit has narrowed.
The main exporting sectors
which reported negative growth
last month include petroleum
products (about 43.22 per cent),
leather and leather goods (10.15
per cent), marine products

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Mistry on Friday said the
T
group had nothing against

(17.6 per cent) and chemicals

(6.22 per cent). Exporters
expressed concerns over the
continuous decline but expects
that from August things will
improve.
It is matter of concern as
the decline is continuing. But
going for the figures of 10 days
in August, we are expecting a little turnaround in August. From
September, there will be the
impact of base effect,Federation
of Indian Export Organisations
(FIEO) President SC Ralhan
said.
The prime reason continues
to be low prices of crude, metal
and commodity, dip in manufacturing growth and slowdown
in western markets, he said.

West Bengal in terms of investment and would rather encourage its companies to scout for
business opportunities in the
state.
Replying to shareholders'
questions, Mistry said, I think
most Tata companies will look
at Bengal and other geographical areas on 'merit'. Nothing
stops them (group companies)
from looking and we actually
promote them. Mistry said
that it was wrong to say that we
are not investing in Bengal.
TCS is investing in a
new campus, he informed
shareholders, affirming that it
was only a perception among
people that Tatas were not
keen on the state. Mistry,
however, chose not to comment on the Singur issue,
when shareholders asked him
about the Tata Group's outlook towards Bengal.

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have agreed to step up coopIeration
on cyber-security
through enhanced information
sharing in a bid to combat
crimes in cyberspace.
A high-powered meeting
officials from the two sides discussed here this week a range of
cyber issues including cyber
threats and management of incidents. A joint statement released
after two days of interactions said
the officials dealt with cybersecurity cooperation in the context
of the Narendra Modi
Governments Make in India
initiative, efforts to combat
cybercrime, Internet governance
issues and norms of state behaviour in cyberspace.
The two delegations identified opportunities for increased
collaboration on cyber-security

capacity-building and intend to

pursue a series of follow-on activities to bolster this partnership
and achieve concrete outcomes.
The dialogue was led by US
Cybersecurity Coordinator
Michael Daniel and Indias
Deputy National Security
Adviser Arvind Gupta. Representatives from a host of key
departments in the two
Governments participated in
the dialogue.
US Secretary of State John
Kerry, meanwhile, hailed India
as a beacon for the world. In a
message on the eve of Indias 69th
Independence Day celebrations,
Kerry said: Since 1947, India has
stood as a beacon for the world:
as an economic power that
prides innovation, as a resilient
democracy in the face of terror,
and as a strategic power that
upholds international norms.
As the worlds largest
democracies, the United States
and India stand side-by-side in
defending and promoting the
freedoms and values we hold
dear, he said in his message on
behalf of President Barack
Obama and the people of the
United States.

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High Commissioner here and
lodged a protest over the
National
Investigation
Agencys (NIA) decision not to
oppose bail to Swami
Aseemanand, an accused in
the case of the 2007 Samjhauta
blasts in which 42 Pakistanis
were among 68 killed.
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Commissioner JP Singh met
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summer vacation along with
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Vineyard an island in
Massachusetts.
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Das fought a battle against the British
Raj. He was one of the Vanar Sena
who carried covert messages from one
nationalist to another. He rejoiced when
India got independence but little did he
know that his battles were far from over.
Years later he was fighting another battle.
One that took him to 321 doors, up 66,000
steps, 1,043 letters and 32years to emerge
victorious from. After so many decades
of struggle, Das was finally acknowledged
as a freedom fighter.
It is this story of struggle, patience and
humility that touched actor-filmmaker
Anant Mahadevan. After reading about
Das in the papers he decided to pay his
tribute to him with a movie. That was
when Gour Hari Dastaan The Freedom
File was conceptualised.
The movie hit the theatres yesterday
and the director told us why he chose Das
struggle amidst the few freedom fighters
who are still alive. He said, There are very
few incidences when we meet a person
who is alive, who is a very big personality and at the same time, a very simple and
honest man in actual life. His fight was first
for the country and then he fought
against the same country for freedom.
This is a very strange situation and this
type of a biopic has never come on screen
from which we get to learn so much.
Mahadevan pointed that it is in the
hands of everyone to preserve history. As
a filmmaker he had the opportunity to
document the extraordinary life of an
ordinary man, and he took advantage of
it. Cinema is a very good way of documentation and I have touched upon the
life of Das and portrayed it in a way it
should should have been, said the ace
filmmaker.
When asked about the takeaway

simple and an ordinary

man is how actor Vinay
Pathak describes real-life
freedom fighter Gour Hari Das,
whom he portrays in the recently
released film Gour Hari
Dastaan. Calling it an emotional and a different
experience, he says it is
something that one
needs to go through
themselves. You learn
a lesson best when you
see it for yourself or you
experience it personally. I learnt the values of
patience and humility
during my interactions with Das. Not
only did it reflect beautifully in the film but I
have noticed the change
the values have brought
in my life. Here we see a
freedom fighter fighting
for his personal freedom

from the film, the director said that the

core philosophy of the man is the greatest lesson. His struggles teach us that one
can live life on their own terms. They do
not have to bend or change for anyone.
And the most important lesson is that of
retaining your patience even in times of
adversity, the director said.

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Independence Day.
The current season of
Science of Stupid has come up
with some of the craziest,
most spectacular and painful
user generated clips ever
recorded.
Manish Paul, who has also
hosted the previous two seasons, will explain the logic and
science behind all kinds of
mishap activities performed
by individuals from around the
world. NGC will reveal tricks
on how to get Freedom from
Stupidity this Independence
Day by explaining science in
simple terms, looking at everything including weight, volume,
momentum, combustion and
even how the brain functions.
User generated content
footage of unbelievable fails
have been combined with animation sequences and slowmotion photography to
explain the mishaps.
Paul shared, This new
season features episodes which
are much more exciting than
any you wouldve seen earlier.
It not only has some mind-

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wrong, but also showcases
some really fascinating science
theories. We will also have a
special animal episode as well.
In order to explain the scientific reasoning behind the
stunts-gone-wrong, et al. Paul
had to undergo some lessons
in science as well. Seekhna
pada. I have learnt a lot
through my experiences, he
told us while laughing.
Manish Paul who has been
associated with the dance
show Jhalak Dikhhla Ja for
four wonderful years says
that for him, God has been
kind and its been good.
He will soon be seen in
Khalid Mohammeds Katha
and Tere Bin Laden 2.

way after the independence, the actor

best-known for his role in Bheja Fry,
Khosla Ka Ghosla shared.
Ask him what appealed to him after
his time spent with Das and he tells us,
Simple and ordinary man to say the
least which is inspiring because he does
not aspire to be anyone else. He is diligent and that is how he has lived his life.
The story of unsung hero Das
struggle of three decades to gain the status of a freedom fighter is the story of
today. It is very relevant. Its the story
of somebody like him who had to struggle and he moved from court to court
but never lost patience. He is not
sour at all; he is a pleasant man.
I wont mind possessing qualities like he does, says Pathak.
In order to go though a reellife struggle by getting into Das
character, Pathak had to shave
his head everyday and a little
bit of make-up to show
the
wrinkles.
D i r e c t o r
Mahadevan also
made the actor
learn how to
weave cloth and
that, too, from
Odia freedom
fighter Gour Hari
Das himself.
Working with
Mahadevan was
nice,
shares
Pathak. He has been
an actor himself. He
gives us the space which
is like a playground
where we actors need to
play. He gave us that freedom, he tells us.

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any would remember the

year 2000 as Y2K or the
M
year that Chhattisgarh and
Jharkhand became the 27th and
28th states of the country or perhaps the year Priyanka Chopra
brought home the Miss World
title. But for the ones who keep
a tab on new developments and
are genuinely interested in
music, they would remember
2000 as the year when popular
rock band Them Clones was
formed. Fifteen years into the
scene and the Delhi-based rock
band is still going strong.
Members Prithwish Dev
(vocals), Joseph Lalhmachhuana
(guitars), Akshay Raheja (keyboards/samples) and Surojit
Dev (drums) celebrated 15 years
of existence in the music scenario with a celebratory gig at
Hard Rock Cafe, Gurgaon. They
made the crowd tap its feet to
tracks from their earlier compositions. Dev told us, We chose
tunes from the older catalogue
because they technically defined
our journey.
When we asked about the
changes that they see in the present music scenario, Dev said it
had improved in leaps and
bounds, by becoming more
organised and structured, with
indie music getting attention.

Proper venues hosting these

gigs have their calendars worked
out months in advance. There is
representation for the bands. We
get to use the latest gear, he told
us with a grin.
With a sigh of nostalgia Dev
recounted, We started at an
interesting phase. It was the transition phase of indie music
which is evolving in various
ways even today. In 1997, rock
bands generally used to perform
covers. Till 2005 we made our
own music and the audience at
that time really liked it. While
having ambitious dreams, Dev
showed that he was a realistic
individual who does not deny
the facts. I am not denying the
fact that there is barely any market for indie music. But though
it may not be as big as
Bollywood, indie music has
carved a niche for itself, the
drummer pointed out.
Although he seemed pretty
happy, Dev did voice a complaint. We think that bands do
not earn as much as they should
be making. The Indian music
scene hasnt yet produced a
rags-to-riches stories, which
would be pretty interesting in
itself, he said.
Over the years, along with
their music, the members have

grown up too. There have also

been times when they ponder
about the possibility of discontinuing the band. Dev said,
When we started out, we would
grab any opportunity that came
our way but we do not do that
now. So you never really know
what just might happen tomorrow, he said.
Dev believes that people
now are too well informed.
They know everything about
their favourite artistes and
believe in their music, he told
us and explained, and when I
say people, I am not talking
about people at large, but people who actually follow the
music scene.
The band, whose last release
Season 2 Singles came out in
2013, is now looking forward to
releasing some new music after
two years.
The members have finalised
about eight new tunes for their
new catalogue. We want to
compose at least 20 more compositions, and then pick 10
pieces for the new album, Dev
mentioned, refusing to divulge
much about their commercial
projects. We are in talks with
director Sanjay Gupta for a project and that is all we can say as
of now, the drummer disclosed.

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to win the first Test against Sri Lanka after
Dinesh Chandimal produced a counterattacking unbeaten 162 to lead a spirited
fightback for the hosts on Friday.
Tottering at a precarious 95 for five at
one stage after conceding a 192-run first
innings lead, Chandimal staged a remarkable recovery as he notched up a career-best
knock to help Sri Lanka score 367 in the second innings.
Chandimal's effort not only helped the
Lankans avoid an innings defeat but gave
them enough lead to throw open the
match on a track, providing some turn for
the slow bowlers.
India were 23 for one at stumps on third
day, requiring another 153 runs to take a 1-

0 lead in the three-match series. The visitors lost opener Lokesh Rahul (5), who was
trapped LBW by Rangana Herath. Shikhar
Dhawan (13) and Ishant Sharma (5) were
at the crease at the end of day's play.
The 25-year-old wicket-keeper batsman
found able allies in Lahiru Thirimanne (44)
and Jehan Mubarak (49) as they put on valuable partnerships to frustrate the Indians.
At lunch time, it looked that India will
run away with an easy victory with Sri Lanka
reeling at 108 for five but Chandimal
changed the complexion of the game as he
clobbered the bowlers to record his fourth
Test century. Chandimal hit 23 boundaries,
including four sixes, in his fighting knock
and raised a 125-run stand with Thirimanne
for the sixth wicket. With Mubarak he was
involved in a 82-run partnership.
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fine performance by their spinners, the Indian top-order
made a mess of what seemed
like an easy chase before
Gurkeerat turned the tide in
the hosts' favour with his
unbeaten knock of 87.
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without a single win over
Australia, the Indians did quite
well to contain the rival batsmen, who were in stupendous
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His unbeaten knock came
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including the one which
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pick of the Indian bowlers with 4/114, completing his third 10-wicket haul in a Test.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra took 3/61 while
Ishant Sharma, Varun Aaron and Harbhajan
Singh accounted for one batsman each.
The day began well for the Indians as
they managed to get rid of the overnight
batsman, Dhammika Prasad (3) on the very
first ball off paceman Varun Aaron. Retiring
Kumar Sangakkara (40) and captain Angelo
Matthews (39) briefly provided resistance

before they were dismissed before lunch.

The day also saw Ajinkya Rahane set a
new fielding world record by taking eight
catches in a Test match, eclipsing the
record of five others.
Brief Scores
Sri Lanka: 183 & 367 (Chandimal 162,
Mubarak 49; Ashwin 4/114, Mishra 3/61)
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eight catches in a Test match, Ajinkya
Rahane credited former India skipper
Rahul Dravid for guiding him on slip catching and overall fielding. "We had a very good
talk during IPL about what he used to do
when he used to stand in the slips," revealed
Rahane on working closely with Dravid,
who used to man the slip cordon for India.

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ania Mirzas name was

on Friday officially
approved for the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
award, becoming only the
second tennis player to be
nominated for the highest
sporting honour.
The government also
named the winners of the
2015 Arjuna Awards. The list
has 17 sports-persons
including cricketer Rohit
Sharma and shooter Jitu Rai.
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar,
hockey player P R Sreejesh,
wrestling duo of Bajrang
and Babita, athlete M R
Poovamma, shuttler K
Srikanth and boxer Mandeep
Jangra are among those who
won the Arjuna.
Its a tremendous honour for me to be conferred
the Khel Ratna award and I
feel humbled with the love
and respect showered on me
by my country, Sania said.
The awards will be conferred by the President
Pranab Mukherjee on
August 29, the National
Sports Day.
The Khel Ratna carries a
prize money of C7.5 lakh
along with a citation, while
the Arjuna awards come
with a cash prize of C5 lakh
and a citation.
The Hyderabadi girl had
won the Arjuna award in
2004 and was the favourite for

the top award this year. In

2006, she was bestowed the
Padma Shri the countrys
fourth highest civilian honour.
Sreejesh was recommended for his outstanding
show as Indias goalkeeper.
He was part of the team that
won the Asian Games gold
medal last year, which also
fetched the side a direct
qualification for next years
Rio Olympics.
Dipa has been rewarded for becoming the first
Indian woman gymnast to
win a medal at the
Commonwealth Games,
while boxer Mandeep has
been recommended for his
silver medals in the Asian
Championships and the
Commonwealth Games.
The list of sportspersons recommended for
Arjuna Award: P R Sreejesh
(hockey), Dipa Karmakar
(gymnastics), Jitu Rai
(shooting), Sandeep Kumar
(archery), Mandeep Jangra
(boxing), Babita (wrestling),
Bajrang (wrestling), Rohit
Sharma (cricket), K
Srikanth (badminton),
Swarn Singh Virk (rowing),
Satish
Sivalingam
(weightlifting), Yumnam
Santhoi Devi (wushu),
Sharath Gaekwad (parasailing), MR Poovamma
(athletics), Manjeet Chhillar
(kabaddi), Abhilasha
Mhatre (kabaddi), Anup
Kumar (rollerskating).

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Nehwal on Friday etched

her name in the history
book by assuring herself of
at least a bronze medal after
reaching the semifinals of
the World Badminton
Championship.
The World No. 2 Indian
showed tremendous athleticism and precision to
outwit 2011 edition gold
medallist and former World
No. 1 Wang Yihan 21-15,
19-21, 21-19.
The Olympic bronze
medallist will next take on
Indonesias Lindaweni
Fanetri, against whom Saina
has a 2-1 record.
With this win, Saina
broke her jinx of reaching the
semifinals in her last five outings and became the second
Indian female singles shuttler
to assure of a medal after P
V Sindhu, who had won the
bronze in 2013 and 2014.
In the opening game,
Wang had opened up a 7-4
lead early on but Saina produced some brilliant strokes
to draw level at 8-8. A deception at the front court took
the Indian to 10-8 before
Wangs erratic service helped
Saina to go into the break
with a 11-10 advantage.
Post interval, a long
rally ended with Saina
reaching 13-11 after Wang
shot was buried at the nets.
A couple of long shot by
Wang saw Saina reach 1511. The Indian rushed on to
a net shot to concede a
point but she bounced back
with a body smash.
A net dribble took Saina
to 19-15 and with Wang
finding the net again meant
the Indian had five game
point advantage.
Saina didnt waste any
time and sealed it with
another razor sharp cross
court smash, which found
Wang napping.
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bearing as she rode on her
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back after another long rally.
Earlier, Sindhu, seeded
11th, was second best in
the battle of attrition, going
down 17-21, 21-19, 16-21.
Jwala Gutta and
Ashwini Ponnappa also lost
to Naoko Fukuman and
Kurumi Yonao 23-25, 14-21.

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Assured of atleast a
bronze at the World
Badminton Championship,
ace shuttler Saina described
her quarterfinal win as special and said patience was
the key to her success, here.
I am very lucky. It
was like a final. It was very
special, said Saina after
ekeing out a thrilling 21-15,
19-21, 21-19 win over 2011
edition gold medallist and
former World No. 1 Wang
Yihan in an hour and 12
minutes gruelling battle.
At the highest level,
the difference is very little.
Everyone is good in the top
10. The margin of error is
very little as you can see it
was 21-19. Luck played a
big role and today for me,
it was lot of patience and
little bit of luck here and
there. she said.
It is a first in many
ways. So I will want to
thank my coaches, my families, parents and my hard
work. It is a god gift for
me, she added.
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