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RAJASTHAN
125
DEATHS
4,534
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
81,989
CONFIRMED CASES
2,649
DEATHS
WORLD
3,01,377
DEATHS
44,89,503
CONFIRMED CASES
IN RAJASTHAN
DISTRICT TOTAL NEW TOTAL
CASES CASES DEATH
AJMER 242 +7 5
ALWAR 33 +1 2
BANSWARA 68 — 1
BARAN 3 — —
BARMER 16 +8 —
BHARATPUR 121 — 2
BHILWARA 43 — 2
BIKANER 40 — 2
CHITTORGARH 142 — 2
CHURU 31 +4 1
DAUSA 28 — —
DHOLPUR 24 — —
DUNGARPUR 14 +1 —
HANUMANGARH 12 — —
JAIPUR 1362 +20 63
JAISALMER 41 — —
JALORE 64 +22 1
JHALAWAR 47 — —
JHUNJHUNU 52 +5 —
JODHPUR 955 +36 17
KARAULI 8 +1 2
KOTA 270 +1 10
NAGAUR 156 +17 3
PALI 100 +5 3
PRATAPGARH 4 — 1
RAJSAMAND 30 +4 —
SWAI MADHOPUR 16 +0 1
SIKAR 19 +7 2
SIROHI 22 +8 —
TONK 144 — 1
UDAIPUR 316 +59 —
OTHER DIST. 5 — 4
TOTAL 4428 +206 125
OTHER (Italy) 2 — —
EVACUEES 61 — —
BSF 43 — —
GRAND TOTAL 4534 +206 125
Gehlot hits at central govt’s lacklustre announcements for poor
Naresh Sharma
Jaipur: As Finance
Minister Nirmala Si-
tharaman regaled gov-
ernment’s spending
on migrants, poor and
farmers on Wednes-
day from the 20 lakh
crore rupee package
announced by PM
Narendra Modi, Ra-
jasthan Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
hit back at the central
government claiming
the measures will not
bring immediate re-
lief to poor.
“The details of the
#EconomicPackage an-
nounced by the FM in
two days show Govern-
ment is not realizing
that the immediate
need for poor people is
to give them direct cash,
to provide them imme-
diate financial support
so that they have some
money with them to
spend & it stimulates
demand. All schemes
except free foodgrains
for next 2 months are
long term measures,
those will not provide
immediate support to
the poor, migrant work-
ers, farmers & desti-
tute,” he tweeted.
In a series of tweets,
Gehlot also said that
MNREGA is a ray of
hope for the poor of
the nation. “During
present time of crisis
due to #Covid_19 &
complete slowdown in
economy, #MNREGA
proves to be a ray of
hopeforcountry’spoor
in rural areas. This so-
cial security measure
that aims to guarantee
the right to work is a
boon to rural poor peo-
ple by the UPA.
Now as FM Sithara-
man ji has announced
relief measures, MN-
REGA will ensure poor
migrants get work when
they reach home. It will
provide livelihood secu-
rity for atleast some
days but govt must also
consider giving wages
to all registered MNRE-
GA workers for the pe-
riod of lockdown,” the
Chief Minister said.
Meanwhile, as more
and more migrants are
reaching the state, Ge-
hlot has asked the offi-
cials to ensure that our
two month long hard-
work does not go to
waste. “it is necessary
that every person com-
ing from another state
should fully comply
with the rule of quaran-
tine which is the top
priority Turn on P7
CM Ashok Gehlot hit back at the Centre on Thursday claiming that the economic package will not
bring immediate relief to the poor.
ALL TICKETS BOOKED FOR REGULAR
TRAINS TILL JUNE 3O: RAILWAYS
New Delhi: Bookings made before and during the lockdown
period for journeys to be taken till June 30 on regular
trains have been cancelled, the Railways said Thursday,
indicating that normal passenger services are unlikely to
resume by that date. However, Shramik Specials introduced
on May 1 and special train services that started on May
12 will continue, the national transporter said in an order.
Railways’ Thursday order indicated that there would be no
resumption of these services at least till the end of June.
UDDHAV, 8 OTHERS ELECTED
UNOPPOSED TO STATE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav
Thackeray and eight others got elected
unopposed to the state Legislative Council.
Thursday was the last date of withdrawal
of nominations and since no additional
candidate was in the fray, all nine candidates
whose applications were found in order were
declared elected unopposed. P7
WORK FROM HOME TO BE NEW NORMAL
FOR GOVT OFFICES POST LOCKDOWN
New Delhi: ‘Work from home’ may become a new
normal post-lockdown for government employees to
ensure social distancing norms till the coronavirus
pandemic is checked. Draft guidelines in this regard
have been circulated by the Personnel Ministry to
all central government departments asking them to
send their comments on it by May 21, failing which,
it would be presumed that they are in agreement
with the proposed draft.
Vaishali
New Delhi: Finance
tharaman on Thursday
announced free
foodgrains for an esti-
mated 8 crore migrant
workers for next two
months at a cost of Rs
3,500 crore. Announc-
ing the second tranche
of economic stimulus
package, she said those
migrant workers who
do not have either cen-
tral or state PDS card,
will get 5 kilogram of
grains per person and 1
kg of ‘chana’ for two
months. Also, PDS ra-
tion cards will be made
portable, allowing mi-
grants to use their ra-
tion cards across states,
she said adding this
would benefit 67 crore
beneficiaries or 83% of
PDS beneficiaries, in 23
states by August.
By March 2021, 100%
coverage under ‘One
Nation One Ration
Card’ will be done, she
added. She said, Rs
10,000 crore has been
spent in the last two
months on creating
14.62 crore man-days of
work under the Mahat-
ma Gandhi National
Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme to
help migrant workers
and work has been of-
fered to 2.33 crore wage
seekers till May 13.
About 40-50% more per-
sons have been enrolled
as compared to May last
year, she said.
Echoing Sithara-
man’s sentiments, MoS
FinanceAnuragThakur
said “Today’s announce-
ments is for poor sec-
tion, migrant workers
and farmers. Modi gov-
ernment’sworktowards
farmers is appreciable.”
In fact, in the past
two days since the Fi-
nance Ministry has
been delving in the
details of PM’s Rs20
lakh crore economic
push, Thakur has
emerged as key com-
municator with me-
dia with his command
over Hindi and aiding
FM in explaining the
announcements in a
much more compre-
hensive manner.
Modi and Amit
Shah’s new team in
Finance Ministry ap-
pears to be ‘made for
each other’ since sen-
ior Sitharaman and
young turk Thakur
have a good under-
standing and work
culture in the minis-
try. The duo are
known to be close to
Modi and Shah, both
are silent performers,
are known for their
integrity, polite han-
dling of affairs and
are handling the im-
portant portfolio
with grit. Turn on P7
8 cr migrant workers to get foodgrains for 2 mths
2ND ECONOMIC TRANCHE: Sitharaman opens up goodie bag for migrants, farmers; Thakur emerges as key communicator to
media; One Ration Card to benefit 67 cr people; Rent, ration & free food for migrants; Special credit facility for street vendors
The Badrinath Temple is beautifully decorated in flowers on Thursday for the
reopening of its portals at 4:30 am on Friday. Only 27 people, including the head priest,
will be allowed when the portals reopen. Devotees are not allowed in view of the
guidelines issued by the Centre amid Corona pandemic.
DIVINE BLESSINGS!
New Delhi: President
Ram Nath Kovind has de-
cidedtoforgo30percentof
his salary for a year in a
bidtofundthefightagainst
COVID-19 while the Rash-
trapati Bhavan will take a
number of measures to re-
duce its expenditure.
President Kovind had
earlier contributed his one
month’s salary to the PM-
CARES Fund in March.
The President has given
instructions to the Rash-
trapati Bhavan to set an
example by economising
the expenditure, making
optimal usage of resourc-
es and dovetailing the
saved money to combat
Covid-19 and mitigate the
people’s economic plight.
“In the President’s esti-
mation, this will be a
small but significant con-
tribution to realise the
government’s vision of
making India self-reliant
(Atmanirbhar) and ener-
gise the nation to take up
the challenge to fight the
pandemic Turn on P7
Corona effect: No Limo, Prez
to have a small guest list!
TO ALSO FORGO 30% SALARY FOR A YEAR
Indian troops maintaining ‘posture’
along border with China: Army Chief
New Delhi: Indian troops
were maintaining their
“posture” along the border
with China while infra-
structure development in
the frontier areas was on
track, Army Chief Gen M
MNaravanesaidonThurs-
day, days after personnel
of the two countries were
locked in two separate in-
cidents of violent face-offs.
Gen Naravane said the
incidents in Eastern
Ladakh and North Sikkim
involved aggressive be-
haviour by Chinese and
Indian troops resulting in
minor injuries to person-
nel from both the sides.
The Army Chief said
both sides “disengaged”
after dialogue and interac-
tion at the local level.
“It is reiterated that
both these incidents are
neither Turn on P7
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Anurag Thakur
brief media on economic package in New Delhi on Thursday. —ANI
President Ram Nath Kovind
FM’s
‘RASOI’
Also asks Raj officials to ensure
migrants follow quarantine protocol
and adequate facilities are provided
till panchayat and ward levels

Kashiram Chaudhary
Jaipur: After trains,
people are now eagerly
waiting for flights to re-
sume. Air India has in-
dicated that it would
connect Jaipur with
flights. People stuck
abroad will be brought
here under the Vande
Bharat campaign. The
first flight will come on
May 21 & last on June 1.
Most of these passen-
gers are students who
had been studying in
foreign universities.
They stuck abroad
when the government
stopped all flight opera-
tions in India. Those
coming back would
have to remain quaran-
tined for 14 days.
Air India has provid-
ed flight schedule to
Jaipur Airport Authori-
ty, which has begun nec-
essary arrangements.
Circles are marked at a
required distance;
lounge chairs are sepa-
rated to maintain dis-
tance and check-in coun-
ter is fitted with glass.
Meanwhile, private
airlines including Indi-
go & Spice Jet too have
begun preparations for
flight operations.
Sources in the aviation
sector claimed that
flight operations could
begin from next week
although initially the
number of flights will
be less because of inad-
equate waiting lounge
and check-in counters.
Around 2 dozen
flights are expected to
operate from Jaipur air-
port. Prior to lockdown,
63 flights daily were op-
erating from Jaipur.
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RAY OF HOPE
A deserted view of Gandhi Circle in Jaipur at 5.45 PM with colourful cloudy sky in the background after a little spell of rains on Thursday amid the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus. —PHOTO BY SUNIL SHARMA
AIR INDIA TO OPERATE FLIGHTS
FOR ‘VANDE BHARAT’ EVACUEES In what would be termed as an unwelcome
instance the top bureaucracy displayed a lack
of coordination at the top once more. The matter
relates to the mandatory quarantine of 14 days
of all incoming migrant workers. ACS (Health)
Rohit Kumar Singh on Tuesday had constituted a
6 member committee under ACS Veenu Gupta and
released an order to the effect but on Wednesday
the home department also came out with an order
on the same issue creating duplicity of kinds. The
order released by the Home department was signed
by CS DB Gupta thus making the earlier orders by
ACS (Health) meaningless. The whole bureaucracy
too is amazed by two different orders within 24
hours by two top sources on one issue. Even
earlier similar duplicity was observed in the case
of orders released for the lockdown. The Health
department had come out with the first lockdown
order and then the same order was released by the
Home department in a rather detailed manner. Will
a sensitive and good governance CM Gehlot take
cognizance of this issue?
IS IT TIME FOR MANDATORY
COORDINATION IN BUREAUCRACY?
OFF THE
RECORD
—Pic for representational purpose only
he recent disqualifi-
cation of senior
minister Bhupender
Chudasama by Gu-
jarat High Court
which declared his
election from Dholka constit-
uency as illegal could be be-
lieved to be a matter concern-
ing Gujarat. However, much
like Gujarat’s ‘economic victo-
ries’ are based on the hard
work of the labor force from
Rajasthan, it appears a simi-
lar turn of events has under-
gone in the ‘political victory’
of Gujarat’s Chudasama. And
this time the ‘hard-work’ has
been done by a ‘laborious’ IAS
from Rajasthan!
IAS Vinita Bohra, who retired
recently in April 2020, was an
observer and signatory to two
election declarations, having a
different number of postal bal-
lots. Bohra, towards the end of
her career, remained posted
mostly in Udaipur division, as
Divisional Commissioner, Com-
missioner - Devsthan Depart-
ment, and Additional Commis-
sioner T.A.D.
Bohra was added as a re-
spondent in an election peti-
tion filed by Ashwini Bhai
Rathore, the defeated Con-
gress candidate in the year
2019 only. It is pertinent to
mention here that the elec-
tion commission of India
also wrote to Chief Secretary
of Rajasthan to Initiate dis-
ciplinary proceedings
against Bohra for not follow-
ing the direction of ECI.
However, in May 2019, the
election commission of India
once again wrote to the Chief
Secretary of Rajasthan to de-
fer the disciplinary proceed-
ings. Incidentally, it is the
reply of Vinita Bohra, to the
election petition, and further
her admission to the evi-
dence, which has caused the
‘harm’ to Bhupender Chu-
dasama, as 429 postal ballots
were not included in first re-
sult sheet, while they were
shown as rejected in second
result sheet, on the basis of
which the court inferred the
manipulation and miscon-
duct in the counting of votes,
and election.
Incidentally, Ashok Gehlot,
the current Chief Minister of
Rajasthan was in charge of the
Gujarat election, in the year
2017, as secretary of Congress
party, but he became Chief Min-
ister of Rajasthan in the year
2019 when Vinita Bohra submit-
ted her reply and affidavit to the
election petition.
Normally, the government
officials are the formal party
in election petitions, and they
do not respond to the petition.
Vinita Bohra not only ap-
peared but also admitted the
evidence produced by the pe-
titioner, the defeated Con-
gress candidate, Ashwini
Bhai Rathore.
Bhupender Chudasma is not
only a minister, but his name has
been considered even for the po-
sition of Gujarat BJP chief, and
he is one of the most influential
ministers in the Rupani govern-
ment. Incidentally, Chudasma
was instrumental in the land
case filed in Rajasthan against
the then Governor of Gujarat Ka-
mala Beniwal, which was the
main cause of her exodus. Now,
the Rajasthan connection has
caused the loss of MLAship to
Bhupender Chudasma.
Raj connect: Chudasama’s ‘unlucky’ tryst with neighbour state
FLIGHT DETAILS
Poonia presents slippers
to migrant workers
Aishwarya Pradhan
Jaipur: BJP state presi-
dent Satish Poonia on
Thursday visited the
Manipal quarantine
centre and enquired
about the facilities be-
ing given to the quaran-
tined people. After this
Poonia set out on Agra
road and met migrant
workers on their foot
towards UP. Poonia
along with party work-
ers gave them footwear
under their ‘Charan
paduka’ drive.
Workers also in-
formed the migrant
workers about the bus
facility being provided
to them by the state gov-
ernment.
Previous govt case:
UDH min returns
files related to JDA
‘Draft a contingency
plan for potable water’
JDA starts e-auction of
properties amid lockdown
Pilot holds meet to
discuss agriculture
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In compliance
with instructions of
CM Gehlot Water Sup-
plies Minister BD Kalla
has asked all district
collectors to get sugges-
tions from all elected
MLAs & MPs in their
area and draft a contin-
gency plan for potable
water in their dists. He
said Rs 65 cr has already
been sent to all collec-
tors for the same.
Kalla said with Rs 50
lakh in hand the collec-
tors must ensure that
people don’t face any
drinking water prob-
lem with the onset of
summers. It is notewor-
thy that some MPs &
MLAs had complained
of inaction on part of
officials during recent
VC with CM Gehlot.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: JDA despite
the ongoing lockdown
has e-auctioned a com-
mercial property in
Vidyadhar Nagar at
whopping Rs 90 lakh on
Thursday.
JDA commissioner T
Ravikant said that JDA
had set Rs 1.25 lakh per
square meter as the
minimum bid for the
40.5 square meter com-
mercial plot and it re-
ceived the final bid of
Rs 2.25 lakh per square
meter for the plot ag-
gregating Rs 90 lakh for
the JDA.
JDA has put up de-
veloped plots at prime
locations like Kard-
hani, Chitrakoot,
Ramnagariya, Swarna
Vihar and Ring Road
for e auction. Ravi-
kant informed that all
the details of the prop-
erties on e-auction
like location, size, etc
can be seen on JDA
website.
Interested persons
can participate in the e-
auction online after due
registration.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Deputy Chief
Minister Sachin Pilot
interacted with repre-
sentatives of Khadya
Vyapar Sangh, Kirshi
Mandi Samiti and Kri-
shi Vyapar sangh from
different districts on
Thursday.
They apprised him
of their problems espe-
cially due to krishi
kalyan cess of 2%.
They requested the
deputy CM to recon-
sider the cess and gave
their suggestions.
They told Pilot that
because of the cess ag-
riculture mandis are
closed and no business
is taking place. There is
probability that agri-
culture produce busi-
ness might shift to
neighbouring states.
First India Bureau
Jaipur: UDH Minister
Shanti Dhariwal has
returned 2 files which
he had
s u m -
m o n e d
under the
scrutiny
of land al-
lotments
to Khandelwal and Re-
bari-Raika communi-
ties in the last six
months of the Raje
govt. Principal Secre-
tary (UDH) had sent
these files to minister
on his instructions but
since Dhariwal didn’t
find either proper not-
ing, not proper infor-
mation regarding both
the allotments he re-
turned files to the PS.
AK JAIN
Advocate
T
Education Minister of Gujarat State
Bhupendra Sinh Chudasama.
—PHOTOBYHANIFSINDHI
Sachin PilotBD Kalla
Satish Poonia presenting
slipper to a woman labourer.

RAJASTHANJAIPUR | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020
4 DIE, 206 NEW CASES
REPORTED IN 24 HOURSThis is the highest number of positives in Raj so far, Jodh leads with 59 patients
First India Bureau
Jaipur: 4 corona deaths
were reported in last 24
hours taking the total to
125. Jaipur & Karauli
reported two deaths
each while two patients
from other states were
reported dead. A record
206, highest so far, posi-
tive cases were reported
in a single day on
Thursday.
59 new cases were re-
ported from Jodhpur
followed by Jodhpur
with 36 positives, 22
from Jalore, 20 from
Jaipur, 17 from Nagaur,
8 each from Barmer &
Sirohi, 7 each from
Ajmer & Sikar, 5 each
from Jhunjhunu & Pali,
4 each from Churu &
Rajsamand, and one
each from Alwar, Dun-
garpur, Karauli and
Kota. The state total for
corona positives stands
at 4534. State has tested
204243 samples so far
out of which 197269
have reported negative
while reports for 2440
samples is awaited.
Jaipur leads the most
positive cases tally with
1362 cases followed by
Jodhpur 955, Udaipur
316, Kota 270, Ajmer 242,
Nagaur 156, Tonk 144,
Chittorgarh 142,
Bharatpur 121, Pali 100,
Banswara 68, Jalore 64,
Jhunjhunu 52, Jhala-
war 47, Bhilwara 43, Ja-
lore 42, Jaisalmer 41,
Bikaner 40, Alwar 33,
Churu 31, Rajsamand
30, Dausa 28, Dholpur
24, Sirohi 22, Sikar 19,
Barmer & Sawai Mad-
hopur 16 each, Dungar-
pur 14, Hanumangarh
12, Barmer & Karauli 8
each, Pratapgarh 4 and
Baran 3. Apart from
this 43 BSF jawans, 2
Italians, 2 from other
states, 61 Indians evacu-
ated from Iran. 31 dis-
tricts are officially co-
rona infected as of now.
Good news is that so
far 2638 cases have
turned negative from
positive. 2397 have been
discharged from the
hospital after treatment
while rest will also be
discharged after their
mandatory quarantine
period. The state now
has total 1771 active
cases of corona as of
now.
After a coronavirus case was diagnosed in Sanganer in Jaipur, the infected area was shut down on
Thursday. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
Low floor bus to operate post
May 17, guidelines released
Shivendra Pramar
Jaipur: The city trans-
port services may re-
sume services after 17
May with certain guide-
lines to operate.
Jaipur City Trans-
port Service Ltd. has
released guidelines for
the operation of low
floor buses in the city
post 17 May. According
to the guidelines the
buses will operate with
50% seating capacity. No
commuter will be per-
mitted on board without
a mask and will only sit
on marked seats.
Buses will be sani-
tized before and after
journey. Every JSCTL
employee will enter of-
ficial campus after ther-
mal screening and if
anybody is found posi-
tive they will be sent for
treatment. All staff will
have to through train-
ing. The seats inside the
buses will be marked
for seating space and
they will be parked at
proper distance while
off duty. Senior citi-
zens, Divyang and Preg-
nant females will be
given priority.
Post lockdown, eateries lack buzz
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot may have
given permission to
open restaurants and
sweet shops but shop-
keepers who were buoy-
ant by this announce-
ment experienced luke-
warm response.
Perhaps, the owners
had expected it; there-
fore, they had prepared
few sweets that too in
less quantity. The shops
had opened after nearly
two months even then
there were not many
customers.
While, the shop own-
ers were bit disappoint-
ed but they expressed
hope that once corona
effect subdues custom-
ers will come as they
used to prior to the
lockdown.
The restaurants too
received fewer footfalls,
which was obvious as
peoplehavebeenfearful.
People are staying home
and are afraid of visit-
ing restaurants. The
owners said that the
businesswasnotenough
to recover their cost.
Itisclearthatitwould
take some what longer
for people to shake off
the corona fear.
Sodhani sweet shop at Lal Kothi, lacking the footfall it once
experienced. —PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO
State BJP
leaders hail
PM, FM for
fiscal package
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Jaipur rural
MP Col. Rajyavardhan
Rathore expressed his
gratitude to the PM and
Finance minister for
their large hearted
measures announced as
part of Rs 20 lakh crore
package. Rathore said
that the three month
moratorium on agricul-
tural loan for farmers
will benefit 3 crore
farmers across the
country.
Former minister Ka-
licharan Saraf wel-
comed the measures
announced by the fi-
nance minister as part
of PM’s Atma Nirbhar
Bharat drive. Saraf
praised the 4 lakh crore
loan to the 3 crore farm-
ers and 25 lakh pro-
posed Kisan cards.
Deputy Leader of op-
position Rajendra
Rathore expressed his
gratitude to the PM &
FM for Rs 3500 crore
provision for the mi-
grant workers and ‘One
Nation One Ration
card’ scheme.
State president Sat-
ish Poonia thanked PM
and FM for realising the
pain of daily wagers,
urban poor and urban
cart & stall owners by
making provision for
Rs 10000 loan for them.
BOOSTING MORALE
Jaipur police force took on a march on Thursday in the city and were showered with ﬂower
petals by the citizens as a expression of gratitude and salute. —PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR
IO appears
before HC after
warning
First India Bureau
Jaipur: The investigat-
ing officer in a drug
smuggling case ap-
peared in HC on Thurs-
day. HC had expressed
displeasure that despite
summons SHO Bajaj
Nagar Manvendra Sin-
gh was not appearing in
court, after which court
summoned police com-
missioner following
which the IO came. SHO
Singh clarified that he
had not received the in-
formation to appear in
the court. After hearing
the arguments, the
court dismissed ac-
cused Gaurav Soni’s
bail petition.
Dotasara holds
district-wise
discussions meet
First India Bureau
Sikar: Education Min-
ister Govind Singh Do-
tasara held a meeting of
officials from Sikar re-
garding the district-
wise discussions via a
VC. Chief District Edu-
cation Officer, District
Education Officer (Pri-
mary and Secondary),
Chief Block Education
Officer and other offic-
ers were present. He
gave suggestions and
instructions that those
who were on duty dur-
ing COVID-19 should be
relieved and the con-
cerned Subdivision Of-
ficer should be given a
list of other personnel.
‘Don’t strike off names,
in case of unpaid fee’
First India Bureau
Jaipur: In then matter
of school fees during
lockdown Advocate Ra-
jeev Bhushan Bansal
had filed a PIL making
the State respondent be-
fore HC in favour of
waiving off school fees
during lockdown period
and against increasing
fees in coming year.
In the hearing before
divisional bench of
Judge Sabina and Chan-
dra Kumar Sonagra
State stated that Bikan-
er Education Directo-
rate directed schools to
waive off fees for 3
months. Advocate
Shailesh Nath Singh ar-
gued that 90% schools
in state depend on fees
for income. Petitioner
prayed that matter be
heard when regular
court working starts
but it was refused.
Court held that name
of any student on ac-
count of non payment
of fee be not stuck off.
After 5 years,T-24 still waiting
for rehabilitation in bio park
First India Bureau
Jaipur: It has been al-
most 5 years that Ustad
alias T24 was secretly
shifted from Rantham-
bore wild life sanctuary
to Sajjangarh Biologi-
cal Park in Udaipur. T24
had to bear the brunt of
hotel lobby after it al-
legedly killed 4 people.
There have been in-
termittent new of his
being unwell and then
getting well after treat-
ment. He has been kept
in the non display area
of the park and officials
sayhehascalmeddown.
He doesn’t anymore
getaggressivebuttriesto
hideinpresenceof forest
personnel. Due to weak
digestionheisonlybeing
served minced meat.
In Gujarat even of-
fender lions are reha-
bilitated in the park af-
ter a while but T24 and
T104 are still cursed
with the lockdown with
no modification.
Nirmal Tiwari
Jaipur: There are few
departments who have
been silent about their
roles as corona warrior
have kept low profile.
When CM Ashok Gehlot
announced lockdown,
the distribution of food
posed the biggest chal-
lenge. It was cooperative
department who came
up with a solution.
Cooperative depart-
ment under Principal
Secretary and Registrar,
Cooperative Depart-
ment Nareshpal Gang-
war ensured quality
food stuff delivered
across state at reasona-
ble prices. Gangwar co-
ordinated with all dis-
trict collectors and pro-
vided a road map to his
1000 personnel strong
team along with deliv-
ery vans to carry out
CM’s mandate.
34 consumer stores
and CONFED in Jaipur
were entrusted with the
delivery of food items to
every home. The corona
warriors of the coopera-
tive department were at
the fore front in curfew
imposed areas.
The now famous
‘Bhilwara Model’ also
owes its success up to
some extent to coopera-
tive department. They
equipped with 21 deliv-
ery vans started food
item delivery to each
household in Bhilwara.
They catered to almost
1.25 families in
Bhilwara. Door to door
delivery of ration
proved to be the key to
keep people at homes.
Similarly 33 mobile
vans in Ajmer division
along with 36 in Bharat-
pur, 103 in Bikaner, 22 in
Jaipur, 88 in Jodhpur, 20
in Kota and 24 in
Udaipur division suc-
cessfully took on the
task of home delivery.
In all 326 vans
reached out to more
than 10 lakh families.
Cooperative depart-
ment, at an average, is
reaching 23000 families
every day. It also distrib-
uted 1 lakh ration kits
to the needy & poor. Fol-
lowing all precaution-
ary measures they also
reached the rural parts
of the state.
State owes gratitude to Cooperative dept
CORONA WARRIORS
Nareshpal Gangwar
Nareshpal Gangwar
Jaipur under threat from super spreaders, health dept on alert
Vikash Sharma
Jaipur: Jaipur is re-
sponsible for one third
of the coronavirus cas-
es in the state. But, now
the danger is increas-
ing because earlier it
was restricted to walled
city, however, now cases
have been coming up
from every part of the
city. In last one fort-
night 72 super spread-
ers have been reported.
From Ramganj, coro-
na has reached to Man-
sarovar, Jagatpura, Sir-
si Road or Civil Lines
where VIPs live. What is
worrying is that these
super spreaders directly
come in to contact with
people. Chief Medical &
Health Officer (CMHO)
Jaipur First, Dr Narot-
tam Sharma these super
spreaders especially
vegetable vendors have
been cause of concern.
He said that health
department is tracing
each and every case
and their contacts with
help of Municipal Cor-
poration and adminis-
tration.
Among these super
spreaders 19 are vegeta-
ble vendors who mostly
came from Adarsh Na-
gar, Shastri Nagar and
Ramganj. Seven are car
and auto drivers, six la-
bourers, five each are
shopkeepers and sweet
makers while the rest
are private guards,
painters, milk seller,
rickshaw pullers and
mechanics.
After Ramganj, con-
sidering rise in number
of these super spread-
ers, health department
is on alert mode. Health
teams have asked to do
screening of contact
persons as well as sam-
pling of the suspects.
HQ seeks daily report
from the teams.
WARRIORS TAKE A HIT
Doctors/Residents 18
Nursing staff 30
ANM 2
Ward boy 3
Bai 1
Mess staff 2
Laundry staff 1
Radiographer 4
Others 8
Sweeper & Driver 2
Vegatable vendors are ﬁrst in the list of corona super spreaders.
—PHOTO BY MUKESH KIRADOO

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eople love creat-
ing words. In
times of crisis,
it’s a “sick” – in
the good sense
– way of pulling through.
From childhood, our
“linguistic life has been one
willingly given over to lan-
guageplay”,inthewordsof
David Crystal. In fact, sci-
entists have recently found
learning new words can
stimulate exactly those
same pleasure circuits in
our brain as sex, gambling,
drugs and eating. The
pleasure-associated region
called the ventral striatum.
We’re leximaniacs at
heart and, while the behav-
iour can occasionally seem
dark, we can learn a thing
ortwobyreflectingonthose
playful coinages that get us
through “dicky” times.
LANGUAGE PLAY
In the past, hard times
birthed playful rhymes.
The 1930s Depression gave
us playful reduplications
based on Australian land-
marks and towns – “ain’t
no work in Bourke”; “eve-
rything’s wrong at Wollon-
gong”; “things are crook at
Tallarook”.
Wherever we’re facing
the possibility of being
“dicky” or “Tom [and]
Dick”, a rhyming slang for
“sick”, we take comfort in
language play. It’s one thing
to feel “crook”, but it’s an-
other thing again to feel as
“crook as Rookwood”, a
cemetery in Sydney; or to
have a “wog”, synonymous
with “bug”, likely from
“pollywog”, and unrelated
to the Italian/Greek “wog”.
Remedies may be found
in language’s abilities to
translate sores into plas-
ters, to paraphrase William
Gouge’s 1631 sermon on
the plague. New slang ena-
bles us to face our fears
head-on – just as when the
Parisians began calling a
late-18th century influenza
“la grippe” to reflect the
“seizing” effect it had on
people. The word was sub-
sequently taken up in Brit-
ish and American English.
In these times of Cov-
id-19, there are the usual
suspects: shortenings like
“sanny” for hand sanitizer
and “iso” for isolation, ab-
breviations like BCV for
before corona virus and
WFH for working from
home, and compounds “co-
rona moaner” meaning
whingers and “zoombomb-
ing” meaning the intrusion
into a video conference.
WHAT’S NEW?
What is interesting about
Covid-19-lingo is the large
number of creations that
are blended expressions
formed by combining two
existing words. The new
portmanteau then incorpo-
rates meaningful charac-
teristics from both. Newly
spawned “coronials” – co-
rona + millennials – has
the predicted baby boom in
late 2020 already covered.
“Blursday” has been
aroundsinceatleast2007but
originally described the day
spent hung over – it’s now
beenpressedintoservicebe-
cause no one knows what
day of the week it is any-
more. The official disease
name itself, “Covid-19”, is
somewhere between a blend
and an acronym because it
takes in vowels to make the
abbreviationpronounceable
– CO from corona, VI from
virus and D from disease.
True, we’ve been doing
this sort of thing for centu-
ries. “Flush” – flash + gush
– dates from the 1500s. But
it’s never been a terribly
significant method of coin-
age. John Algeo’s study of
neologisms over a 50-year
period, from 1941 to 1991,
showed blends counting for
only 5% of the new words.
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We’re on ‘coronacation’ while we wait for ‘lexit’
P
ig economy can be defined as
“a labor market characterized
by the prevalence of short-
term contracts or freelance
work as opposed to permanent
jobs.” Apps like Uber, Ola,
Swiggy and Zomato have be-
come an integral part of our
urban lives and felicitate the
working of the gig economy.
The need for legislating
labor law arose in the indus-
trial context as an attempt to
balance the power relation
between the employee and
the employer. They were cre-
ated with the belief of a
fixed workplace and a recog-
nized workforce. Labor laws
entrenched the rights of the
workers by authorizing rec-
ognition of unions, provid-
ing for protection at work-
place and creating legal ar-
rangements for peaceful
settlement of industrial dis-
putes. However, this under-
standing failed to comply
with the emergence of the
gig economy, as in such cir-
cumstances the legal rela-
tionship between the em-
ployer and the employee is
difficult to determine and
unstable.
Gig economies do not
conform with the tradi-
tional framework of jobs
with fixed working hours
and office. It connects the
service providers with
their customers and pays
the workers for the “gig”
or service done by them.
Companies which run
such platforms see these
service providers as “inde-
pendent contractors” and
not as workers or employ-
ees. This raises an impor-
tant legal concern with
respect to the protection
of the rights of such ser-
vice providers under the
labor law.
The Indian labor statutes
categorically divide the
workforce into workman and
non-workman. Workman is a
worker who is engaged in
“technical, manual and cler-
ical” roles. Only the employ-
ees within the category of a
workman are protected un-
der the Industrial Dispute
Act,1947. The employees who
engage more in discharging
managerial and supervisory
responsibilities are covered
under the category of non-
workman. These employees
are not entitled to protec-
tions such as the provision
of statutory notice before
retrenchment or retrench-
ment compensation laid
down in the Industrial Dis-
putes Act. Since our labor
employment law nowhere
mentions the categories
such as freelancers or con-
sultants which are part of
the gig economy, these work-
ers are covered under other
social welfare laws.
The law identifies an in-
dividual as an employee if
he shares a master-servant
relationship with his em-
ployer. The Indian courts,
on several occasions, have
previously adjudicated on
the question of who quali-
fies as an employee. The
primary test that the
courts gave to determine
the employee-employer re-
lationship was that of sub-
ordination and control.
This essentially means
that if it is the employer
who determines the type
and manner of the work to
be undertaken by the work-
er, the worker will be quali-
fied as his employee. How-
ever, in subsequent cases it
was decided that this test
cannot be the sole deciding
factor and an integrated ap-
proach should be adopted. It
was held that if the employ-
er has control over the
means and modes as per
which the contractor must
finish his work, then there
exists an employer-employ-
ee relationship between the
employer and the workers
hired by the contractor.
In India, the courts
have limited themselves
to cover only the organ-
ized sector within its ap-
proaches. Gig economies
remain to be out of focus
and still aspire to be cov-
ered within the scope of
applicability of the labor
statutes to gain statutory
and legal claims.
The court cannot inter-
vene with the fundamental
assumption behind the draft-
ing of the law, namely a des-
ignated workplace and an
identifiable workforce. Thus,
legislative intervention is
necessary. The gig economy
is growing day by day and es-
pecially after the current cir-
cumstances of a pandemic
are over more and more peo-
ple will opt-in for services at
their locations. It is impor-
tant that the rights of such
workers/employees be pro-
tected.
More so with apps such
as Urban Clap coming in
India, guaranteeing safety
at workplace is important.
The exclusion of the work-
ers of the gig economy from
the definition of “workman”
under the Industrial Dis-
putes Act deprives them of
protection under the same.
The law should expand its
scope and identify them as
workmen and not as inde-
pendent contractors. The
definition should be read
purposively to best advance
the aim of the legislation.
Moreover, the fact that the
agreements between the
owners of companies in the
gig economy and the workers
try to achieve something
that is not what can be seen
in reality. For instance, com-
panies like Uber and Swiggy
put various restrictions on
their workers to tell them
how they could work. These
workers often face issues
like wrongful termination
and late payments. Hence,
they are not independent
enough to be categorized as
an independent contractor.
An independent contractor
has greater bargaining pow-
er and is not as dependent on
their employers.
Countries such as the
United Kingdom have
passed judgments in favor
of the workers of the gig
economy by providing
them protection under
their labor laws. Recently,
California has also taken a
stand for them by suing
gig companies such as
Uber and Lyft for misclas-
sifying their drivers as in-
dependent contractors.
It may be practically diffi-
cult to expand this definition
as the underlying intent re-
mains to be that all aspects of
the employee’s professional
life will be under the supervi-
sion of its employer, who has
the power to hire or fire
them, assign work, and pay
remuneration. In the case of
a freelance worker, these as-
pects cannot be under the
employer’s aegis.
Thus, an alternate op-
tion could be a change in
the writing of the legisla-
tion. The creation of a
separate intermediate
class of workmen as “free-
lance workers” can be add-
ed in the definitions clause
of the Industrial Dispute
Act, 1947, and hence legal
and statutory benefits and
protection can be extended
to this class of workers.
Those belonging to this
class would neither have
all the rights and liabili-
ties that the current class
defined as workmen have
nor would be as excluded
as independent contrac-
tors. Their rights and lia-
bilities should be balanced
in a way that protects
them but at the same time
doesn’t do away with the
nature of their autono-
mous behavior.
Gig economies are a
changing societal trend and
the law must revamp itself
with it. In today’s time when
employment opportunities
are limited, the risk of exces-
sive exploitation of freelance
workers is high. The main
objective behind labor laws
was to remove the imbalance
of bargain power between
the employee and the em-
ployer, and in the world of
the gig economy, its workers
have little power and even
lesser protection. It is abso-
lutely needed that the protec-
tive regime of labor law ex-
tends its shelter to the work-
ers of the gig economy.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
GIG ECONOMY:
JUSTICE IN DILEMMATHE POSSIBILITY OF AND NEED FOR THE LEGAL REGULATION OF THE GIG ECONOMY
G
In India, the
courts have
limited
themselves to
cover only the
organized
sector within its
approaches.
Gig economies
remain to be
out of focus and
still aspire to be
covered within
the scope of
applicability of
the labor
statutes to gain
statutory and
legal claims
GARIMA
ARORA
The writer is a fourth-year
law student from OP Jindal
Global University
Gig economies are a changing societal trend and
the law must revamp itself with it. In today’s time
when employment opportunities are limited, the
risk of excessive exploitation of freelance
workers is high. The main objective behind labor
laws was to remove the imbalance of bargain
power between the employee and the employer,
and in the world of the gig economy, its workers
have little power and even lesser protection

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INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020
‘DEFENCE, OTHER MINISTRIES
SHOULD FOLLOW CAPF CANTEENS’
New Delhi: RSS-affil-
iate Swadeshi Jagran
Manch (SJM) lauded
Union Finance Ministry’s
decision of not allow-
ing global tenders for
government purchases
up to Rs 200 crore, &
hoped that Defence and
other ministries will toe
the same line & only allow
sale of local products
in their canteens. The
affiliate, while appreciat-
ing government’s fiscal
stimulus package, also
demanded that foreign
companies wanting to
operate in India should
forego royalties, besides
leaving domestic market
untouched, Ashwani Ma-
hajan, national co-conve-
nor of SJM said speaking
on announcements made
by Finance Ministry.
GUNA MISHAP: CM CHOUHAN
CONDOLES DEATH OF WORKERS
Guna: Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chou-
han offered condolences to the families of eight
migrant labourers who died in a container-bus
collision in Guna on Thursday. At least 8 migrant
labourers died and around 54 received injuries
after the container they were travelling in collided
with a bus here at around 3 a.m.”Received the
tragic news of the untimely demise of migrant
labourers who were on their way back to Uttar
Pradesh from Maharashtra. I pray to god for the
peace of the departed souls,” tweeted the CM.
VIJAY MALLYA CAN NOW BE
EXTRADITED IN 28 DAYS
New Delhi/London: Indian fugitive & former
liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Thursday, lost his
appeal in the UK Supreme Court against his ex-
tradition to India, clearing a major roadblock for
the Narendra Modi government to bring him back
in the next 28 days.The former parliamentarian,
who ran India’’s largest spirits company, United
Spirits, and founded the now defunct Kingfisher
Airlines, faces charges of fraud and money laun-
dering worth $1.3 billion. He left India in March
2016 under the pretext of personal reasons.
SIX MIGRANTS KILLED RUN OVER
BY A BUS IN MUZAFFARNAGAR
Muzaffarnagar: In a
tragic news, at least six
migrant workers were
killed after they were hit
by a Uttar Pradesh state
bus near Muzaffarnagar
on Wednesday night.
The accident happened
at the Muzaffarnagar-Sa-
haranpur highway at
around 11 PM. The
victims used to work in
Punjab as daily wage
labourers and were walk-
ing back to their home in
Bihar’s Gopalganj. Three
other people are also
said to be injured in the
accident and have been
admitted to a hospital. A
case has been registered
against the driver and a
investigations have been
launched by the police,
informed the officials
from police department.
New Delhi: DelhiChief
Minister Arvind Kejri-
wal on Thursday said,
the public suggested
that market and market
complexes should be
opened on an odd-even
basis while schools,
barbershops, spas, sa-
lons, cinema halls, and
swimming pools should
remain closed.
Kejriwal had sought
suggestions on the re-
laxation of lockdown,
about the tenure and
gravity of the relaxa-
tion, on the sectors that
should get the relaxa-
tion, and whether the
public transport system
should begin.
Delhi government
has received an over-
whelming response
from the public with
over 5 lakh suggestions
through messages, e-
mails and calls on lock-
down relaxations. “We
had sought suggestions
from people and we
have received more
than 5 lakh suggestions.
Based on these sugges-
tions, we will send a
proposal to the Centre,”
said CM Kejriwal.
“We have received a
lot of suggestions from
many market associa-
tions and most of them
have said market and
market complexes
should be opened. They
said they can be opened
on an odd-even basis,
half shops one day and
the remaining half
shops on the other day,”
he said further.
“Most have suggested
that schools and educa-
tional institutes should
stay closed till summer
vacations,” he added.
On the issue of allow-
ing public transport to
function, he said that the
people have opined that
taxis and auto-rickshaws
should operate with the
rule that one passenger
should be allowed to sit
in an auto-rickshaw
and maximum two pas-
sengers to sit inside a
cab and after every trip,
the vehicles must be
disinfected.
“People have also sug-
gested that buses be al-
lowed to function with
fewer passengers whilst
maintaining social dis-
tancing. Some people
have also said that metro
services must resume
partially and people have
alsosuggestedhowmetro
services can resume par-
tially,” he added. Many
people said that hotels
must remain closed
while restaurants
should remain open for
take-away& home deliv-
ery only, he said. —ANI
‘MARKETS SHOULD OPEN ON ODD-EVEN BASIS’Delhi CMKejriwal had sought suggestions on relaxation of Coronavirus lockdown and whether the public transport system should begin
A MCD vehicle sprays disinfectant on streets to contain infection at Dilshad Colony in New Delhi.
New Delhi: Exuding
confidence that India
will achieve the testing
capacity of 1 lakh COV-
ID-19 tests per day be-
fore May 31, Union
Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan on Thursday
said that the country
will reach the mark of
2 million (i.e. 20 lakhs)
coronavirus tests.
“Yesterday we have
tested over 90,000 COV-
ID-19 samples. We are
continuously increas-
ing our testing capaci-
ty. Though we had ear-
lier said that we will
increase our testing
capacity to 1 lakhs
tests per day before
May 31, but we will
achieve it before the
due date. Today, we will
reach 2 million tests
countrywide,” said
Vardhan. Union Health
Minister Vardhan vis-
ited NCDC to inaugu-
rate the COVID-19 real-
time automated testing
machine.NCDC is In-
dia's premier institute
for research in epide-
miology and communi-
cable disease control.
“Across the country,
ICMR and NCDC have
developed over 500 labs
for testing COVID-19
samples. I came here to
inaugurate Rosch com-
pany's Cobas 6800 ma-
chine. It is fully auto-
mated and can conduct
800 tests in a day, even
if it is not operated in
the night. I am dedicat-
ing this machine to the
nation,” he said.
“In this series, two
machines were in-
stalled earlier-one in
ICMR, Bhuwanesar and
one in National Insti-
tute of Virology, Pune.
The latest is installed
here in NCDC. —ANI
India @ 2million tests: Min
New Delhi: The Indian
Railways has started
keeping records of the
destination addresses
of all passengers book-
ing their tickets on the
IRCTC website to help
facilitate contact trac-
ing in case COVID-19
infections are detected
among them later.
“With effect from
May 13, IRCTC taking
destination address of
all passengers booking
tickets. This will help in
contact tracing if re-
quired later,” Railway
spokesperson RD Baj-
pai said while inform-
ing about it. —ANI
IRCTC keeps
record of
travel address
New Delhi: Over 32,000
stranded Indians will be
broughtbackhomefrom
21 countries under the
second phase of the gov-
ernment’s mega evacua-
tion mission from May
16 to 22, official sources
said on Thursday.
The government
launched the ‘Vande
Bharat Mission’ on May
7 to evacuate Indians
stranded in various
countries due to corona-
virus-related restric-
tions. “An additional 18
countries to be covered
under the second phase,
which include Indone-
sia, Thailand, Austral-
ia, Italy, France, Ger-
many, Ireland, Canada,
Japan, Nigeria, Ka-
zakhstan, Ukraine,
Kyrgyzstan, Belarus,
Georgia, Tajikistan and
Armenia,” EAM
Spokesperson Anurag
Srivastava said.
“As you can see, we
are broadening the am-
bit every week in a
phased manner keeping
with our quarantine ca-
pacity, health protocols,
etc. Till now 1,88,646 In-
dian nationals have reg-
istered to return on the
portal,” he added. A to-
tal of 904 Indians were
repatriated from the
Maldives by Indian
Navy ships. —PTI
II Phase: 32K stranded Indians to return
Passengers coming out as Air India’s special flight to Mangaluru
from Dubai landed at Mangaluru International Airport.
New Delhi: Amid
COVID-19 outbreak,
the Supreme Court of
India has directed ad-
vocates that they may
wear “plain white
shirt/salwar-kameez/
saree, with a plain
white neckband” dur-
ing the hearings being
done through Virtual
Court System.
The circular issued
on May 13 in the name
of Secretary-General,
Sanjeev S Kalgaonkar,
read, “As a precaution-
ary measure to con-
tain the spread of
COVID-19 infection
under prevailing con-
ditions, the Competent
Authority has been
pleased to direct that
advocates may wear
'plain white-shirt/
white-salwar-kameez/
white saree, with a
plain-white neckband'
during the hearings
through Virtual Court
System.” The system
will stay in place till
the “medical exigen-
cies exist or until fur-
ther orders.” —ANI
Now a new dress code
for advocates at SC
New Delhi: Former
CJI Ranjan Gogoi
has cleared the air
from controversy re-
lating to Ayodhya
judgment, which did
not name the author
judges. He said, “Can
you not imagine a
system where the
five judges have
agreed on a conclu-
sion... where they do
not want to take cred-
it?,” he said while
speaking at a Webi-
nar on Judicial Inde-
pendence.
New Delhi: A plea
has been filed in the
Delhi HC to seek di-
rections for the re-
lease of around 3,300
members of Tablighi
Jamaat who were
sent to various quar-
antine centres after
the Markaaz fiasco in
March & haven’t
been released yet.
The petition filed
by one Sabha Quadri
through advocate
Shahid Ali sought
court’’s directions to
Centre, Delhi govern-
ment & Lt Guv on the
guideline pertaining
to 14-day quarantine
of suspected corona-
virus patients The
matter is likely to
come up for hearing
on Friday. —PTI
‘Imagine a
system with
no credit’
‘Release 3,300
Jamaatis from
quarantine’
New Delhi: External
Affairs Minister S Jais-
hankar on
Thursday laud-
ed Finance
Minister Nir-
mala Sithara-
man’s an-
nouncements
under govern-
ment’s Rs 20 lakh crore
stimulus package and
described them as
“bold initiatives”.
“Foreign Policy be-
gins at home. A strong
economy al-
lows our voice
to be heard in
the world. Ap-
plaud FM @
nsitharaman’s
bold initiatives
under PM @
narendramodi’s lead-
ership in reviving the
MSME sector,” Jais-
hankar tweeted. —ANI
New Delhi: Even as Pa-
kistan is trying to fa-
cilitate the in-
filtration of
terrorists, tak-
ing advantage
of this weather
when the snow
melts, the secu-
rity forces are
actively guarding the
borders BSF DG SS
Deswal said, “Terror-
ists try to infiltrate into
J&K via riverine areas
as they became acces-
sible due to
melting of
snow in sum-
mer. In most
cases, terror-
ists are neutral-
ised at launch-
ing pads across
the border. We are capa-
ble of thwarting any
attempt of intrusion,”
Deswal said. —ANI
Jaishankar applauds Fin
Min’s ‘bold initiatives’
‘Troops ready for
season of intrusion’
New Delhi/Mumbai:
After recent face-off
with the Shiv Sena dur-
ing MLC elections, the
Congress said there are
no differences within
the Maha Vikas Aghadi
and the government is
running smoothly and
fighting the current
pandemic unitedly.
During the council
elections, differences
surfaced with the Shiv
Sena and CM Uddhav
Thackeray was upset
when the Congress
fielded two candidates,
but later withdrew after
pressure from its alli-
ance partner.
PWD Minister Ashok
Chavan said, “We want-
ed to contest two seats
though we had less
number in Assembly.
We didn''t have the num-
ber to elect the second
candidate. Later we
thought during Cov-
id-19, we should not get
into a contest & call
every MLA to vote in
the MLC elections.”
He said that the “co-
ordination with the CM
and his party is smooth
and the government is
serving the people as
the three parties came
together to offer better
governance.” —ANI
‘No differences
with Shiv Sena in
Maharashtra’
SUGGESTIONS
FINDING JOY IN CRISIS
Children play in front of a mural painted on a wall,
during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Bengaluru
on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
VIEWPOINT
IN THE COURTYARD

INDIAJAIPUR | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020
MOD PUTS OFF ARMY
RESTRUCTURING AMID COVID-19
The Ministry of Defence has temporarily put
off Army restructuring in the current COVID-19
situation.
WHO WILL BE NEW PUNJAB
CHIEF SECRETARY ?
If Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh is
changed, then who will succeed him? It is said, tie
is between the senior-most 1984 batch IAS officer,
KBS Sidhu and 1985 batch IAS officer, Satish
Chandra.
PESB MEETINGS ONLY AFTER
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS RESUME
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
is expected to schedule selection meetings only
after domestic flights return to normalcy.
SAURABH GUPTA RETURNS TO
PARENT CADRE, GETS POSTING
Upon return from deputation, Saurabh Gupta has
been appointed as DCIT (OSD) in the office of Pr.
CCIT, Delhi Region. He is an IRS-IT officer.
IOB MD & CEO SEKAR’S
TENURE ENDS IN JUNE;
EXTENSION UNLIKELY
Indian Overseas Bank MD & CEO, Karnam
Sekar’s tenure is ending on June 30, 2020. Whis-
pers are in that he is unlikely to get extension.
SANJAY CHADHA IS ALSO
CMD, MMTC & PEC LTD
Sanjay Chadha, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Com-
merce & Industry, has been given additional charges of
CMD, MMTC & PEC Ltd. He is a 1985 batch IRSME officer.
PRADHAN TO JOIN FIU
Arjun Pradhan is all set to Join Financial Intelligence
Unit-IND, Deptt of Revenue, on deputation basis
for four years as Dy Director. He is a 2014 batch
IRS(C&CE) officer.
ONE POST OF JUDICIAL MEMBER IN
LOKPAL VACANT FOR LONG NOW
One post of Judicial Member in Lokpal, out of four
sanctioned, had been lying vacant for a long time
now. Whispers are in that no meetings have yet been
held to fill up the post at the earliest.
SIVAGAMI SUNDARI NANDA
PROMOTED TO DGP GRADE
Sivagami Sundari Nanda has been promoted to
the DGP Grade. She is a 1988 batch IPS officer of
AGMUT cadre.
ASHOK KUMAR APPOINTED AS
DDG, POSTAL DIRECTORATE
Ashok Kumar has been appointed as DDG (CP
& PMLA), Postal Directorate, New Delhi. He is a
1997 batch officer of the Indian Postal Services.
POWERGallery
Indian troops...
co-related nor do they
have any connection
with other global or lo-
cal activities,” he told
journalists when asked
about the face-offs.
“All such incidents
are managed by estab-
lished mechanisms
where-in local forma-
tions from both sides
resolve issues mutually
as per established pro-
tocols and strategic
guidelines given by the
prime minister after
the Wuhan and Mamal-
lapuram summits,”
Gen Naravane said.
Corona effect...
and continue our jour-
ney for development
and prosperity simulta-
neously,” an official re-
lease from Rashtrapati
Bhavan said.
“The President has
decided to defer pur-
chase of the Presiden-
tial Limousine which
was to be used for cere-
monial occasions. The
existing resources of
the Rashtrapati Bhavan
and the Government
will be shared and used
for such occasions,”
read the release.
FM’s ‘rasoi’...
Meanwhile, on reforms
in pipeline, Sitharaman
said the government is
for universal right to
minimum wages and
wants to remove region-
al disparity through a
national floor wage.
She stressed upon the
fact that the second
tranche of economic
stimulus package will
be for the benefit of mi-
grant workers, street
vendors and small
farmers. She also an-
nounced a Rs70,000
crore boost to the hous-
ing and construction
sectors that have been
affected by the corona-
virus outbreak and
lockdown, by extending
an interest subsidy
scheme meant to help
middle class families
build or purchase a
house. While unveiling
the second tranche of
PM Modi’s Rs 20 lakh
crore stimulus package
for a coronavirus-hit
economy, FM said a
credit-linked subsidy
scheme for middle-in-
come groups that had
been operationalised in
May 2017 and expired
on March 31 would be
extended by 12 months
to March 2021.
The move would pro-
vide housing and con-
struction sectors by
stimulating demand for
steel, cement, transpor-
tation, and other con-
struction-related mate-
rials and activities.Un-
der the PM Awas Yoja-
na, a scheme will start
for rental housing,
where institutions and
associations will be
asked to provide afford-
able housing on their
premises. FM an-
nounced Rs3 lakh crore
collateral-free automat-
ic loans for businesses,
including micro, small
and medium enterpris-
es, besides Rs 30,000
crore liquidity facility
for non-banking finance
companies. She said
portability of welfare
benefits is being consid-
ered. There is a plan to
extend ESIC benefits to
workplaces with less
than 10 workers.
—With inputs from Agencies
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: Former fi-
nance minister and sen-
ior Congress leader P
Chidambaram said that
apart from a couple of
liquidity and regulato-
ry measures, there is no
fiscal support for the
middle class in the an-
nouncement made by
Finance Minister Nir-
mala Sitharaman.
“There is nothing in
today’s announcement
for the middle class. I
assume when you say
middle class, you are
referring to the tax-pay-
ing middle class as well
as the non-tax paying
middle class, which
means people who have
an income of about say
Rs 2.5 lakhs to Rs 3
lakhs a year to about Rs
10 lakhs a year. Now for
them, there is nothing,”
Chidambaram said.
“TDS has been reduced,
but that’s only a defer-
ment of tax liability. It’s
a liquidity measure, it’s
not fiscal measure. The
date of filing has been
extended. That’s a regu-
latory measure. So,
apart from a couple of
liquidity and regulato-
ry measures, there is no
fiscal support for the
middle class,” he added.
Chidambaram stated
that he is “not sur-
prised” by this.
“When the govern-
ment is not willing to
lend fiscal financial
support to the poorest
classes, including the
migrant workers, how
do you expect this gov-
ernment to provide fis-
cal financial support to
the middle class? They
have forgotten the poor-
est classes completely
and they are on the way
to forgetting the middle
class also,” he said.
Chidambaram also
stated that the govern-
ment is “refusing to ac-
knowledge there is a
huge humanitarian cri-
sis, something which
India has not seen since
1948.” —ANI
‘They’veforgottenpoorclasses’
There is nothing for the middle class in Centre’s package, said P Chidambaram Bhopal: Madhya
Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
on Wednesday said that
the economic package
announced by the cen-
tral government will
help the MSMEs.
“Relief measures for
MSME sector an-
nounced by Finance
tharaman today are
truly the roadmap to
build ‘Aatmanirbhar
Bharat’. I believe that
the economic package
by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will
help MSMEs. Small,
micro and medium in-
dustries will be boost-
ed and it will increase
job opportunities,”
Chouhan told ANI. —ANI
‘Centre’s
package will
help MSMEs’
Kolkata: West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on Thursday
saidhergovernmenthas
made arrangements for
105 more trains to bring
back people stuck in dif-
ferent parts of the coun-
try, amid claims by oppo-
sitionthatthestateisnot
taking adequate meas-
urestoferrythemhome.
Earlier, the govern-
ment had given nod for
10 trains to facilitate
the return of labourers,
patients, tourists and
students stranded in
other states owing to
the coronavirus-in-
duced lockdown.Three
of the 10 trains have
reached the state so far.
“Towards our com-
mitment to helping all
our people stuck in dif-
ferent parts of the coun-
try and who want to re-
turnbacktoBengal,Iam
pleasedtoannouncethat
wehavearranged105ad-
ditional special trains.
“Over the coming
days, these special
trains will embark from
different states for vari-
ous destinations across
Bengal bringing our
people back home,” Ba-
nerjee tweeted on
Thursday.She also
shared the list of 105
trains which would
leave from Maharash-
tra, Delhi, Karnataka
and Rajasthan among
other states over the
next few weeks.
The list suggested
that three trains -- set to
commence their jour-
ney from New Delhi,
Mumbai and Bangalore
Urban on May 16 -- were
scheduled to reach New
Coochbehar, Howrah
and Malda Town re-
spectively the following
day. State government’s
initiative to ferry
stranded migrants in
trains would continue
till June 14. —PTI
New Delhi: Railway
and Comerce Minister
Piyush Goyal took to
Twitter and wrote,
“With the untiring ef-
forts of railway employ-
ees, the Indian Railways
has operated over 800
Shramik Special trains
and transported over 10
lakh workers home
along with their family
members. I am proud of
my employees that even
in this worldwide crisis,
they are working with
full devotion in the ser-
vice of the citizens.”
Mumbai: In a huge re-
lief to the ruling Maha
Vikas Aghadi,
Maharashtra
CM & Shiv
Sena Presi-
dent Uddhav
T h a c k e r a y
was elected
unopposed as
state Legista-
tive Council member.
Uddhav”s election to
the Council will provide
stability to the 6-month-
old Shiv Sena-National-
ist Congress Party-Con-
gress alliance govern-
ment in the state.
Thackeray,
59, has now be-
come the sec-
ond member
from the
state”s nume-
ro uno politi-
cal family to
enter the state
legislature.
In October 2019, his
son became the first one
to win the Assembly
elections from Worli
segment. —Agencies
‘10L workers
ferried so far’
Maha: Uddhav elected
unopposed to Council
ED arrests
Wadhawan
bros in Yes
Bank case
105 more trains to ferry stranded
migrants back home: Mamata
New Delhi: Enforce-
ment Directorate ar-
rested DHFL promoters
Kapil and Dheeraj Wad-
hawan in connection
with its money launder-
ing probe against Yes
Bank co-founder Rana
Kapoor and others, of-
ficials said.
The brothers were re-
manded to 10-day ED
custody by a special
court in Mumbai, they
said.
The Wadhawans are
presently in jail after
being arrested by the
CBI, which is also prob-
ing the same case.
They were arrested
underPMLA.They were
also being probed by ED
in another case linked to
late gangster Iqbal
Mirchi,weresummoned
byagencymultipletimes
in Yes Bank case but
they had cited the Cov-
id-19 travel restrictions
to skip summons. —PTI
‘CENTRE NOT INTENTED TO PROTECT LIVES’
New Delhi: The Cen-
tral Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE), as a
one-time measure has
decided that all the
failed students of class
9th and 11th will be pro-
vided with an opportu-
nity to appear in a
school-based test again.
Taking to Twitter, the
HRD ministry said, “In
view of the unprece-
dented circumstances
of Covid-19, Union HRD
Minister, @DrRPNis-
hank has advised all
CBSE schools to pro-
vide an opportunity to
all students, who have
failed in 9th and 11th to
take online/offline
tests. He has also asked
schools to provide ade-
quate time to the stu-
dents for the prepara-
tions of re-tests.”
Schools, by providing
remediation to such stu-
dents, can conduct on-
line/offline/innovative
tests and may decide on
promotion, the notifica-
tion read. —ANI
School-based test for
failed students: CBSE
There is a dense dark-
ness and these are
difficult times, have
courage, all of us
are standing for the
safety of all of them.
We will ensure that
their screams reach
the government and
they get the help they
deserve. They are not
the ordinary public of
the country, they are
the flag bearers of the
country’s self-respect.
We will never let them
bow down.
—Rahul Gandhi,
Cong Leader
New Delhi: A total
of tenvaccinecandi-
dates for novel coro-
navirus are under
development, said
the Biotechnology
Industry Research
Assistance Council
(BIRAC) on Thurs-
day. The BIRAC, a
Section 8 Company
set up by the Union
Government’s De-
partment of Bio
Technology(DBT)to
nurture and pro-
mote the biotechnol-
ogy industry in In-
dia,tweeted,“10Vac-
cine candidates are
under development
with support from
DBT under the A@
DBTIndia @BI-
RAC_2012 #COV-
ID-19 Research Con-
sortium.”Italsosaid
that the 10 proposals
have been recom-
mended for funding.
‘10 vaccine
candidates
under
development’
FROM PG 1
of the state govern-
ment to protect life. A
large number of mi-
grants and workers
are coming to Rajas-
than from other
states, in such a situa-
tion the Corona infec-
tion should not spread
in the villages. Ad-
ministration from the
district level to the
Gram Panchayat level
should make quaran-
tine protocol success-
ful with mission spir-
it,” he said.
Gehlot said that the
strong system of
quarantine has been
an important step be-
hind the success we
have so far achieved
in controlling the co-
rona infection in oth-
er districts including
Bhilwara and Jhun-
jhunu. He said that
under the Rajasthan
Epidemic Diseases
Ordinance -2020, our
government has made
quarantine mandato-
ry for a person com-
ing from outside.
As per the instruc-
tionsof theChief Min-
ister, Additional Chief
Secretary, Public
Works Department,
Veenu Gupta has been
madethechairmanfor
the state level quaran-
tinemanagementcom-
mittee. Additional
Chief Secretary Rural
Development Rajesh-
war Singh, CMD of
Rajasthan Warehous-
ing Corporation PK
Goel, Principal Secre-
taryInformationTech-
nology Abhay Kumar,
Principal Secretary
Social Justice and Em-
powermentAkhilAro-
ra,PrincipalSecretary
Urban Development
BhaskarASawantand
are members of this
committee.
The District Level
Quarantine Manage-
ment Committee will
work under the chair-
manship of the con-
cerned Collector, in-
cluding the Regional
MP, District MLA, Su-
perintendent of Po-
lice, Chief Executive
Officer of District
Council, Chief Medi-
cal and Health Officer,
Medical Officer of
District Hospital, Dis-
trict Logistics Officer,
City Council Name by
Commissioner, Execu-
tive Engineer of Pub-
licWorksDepartment,
District Education Of-
ficer and Collector.
Quarantine will be
arranged at the pan-
chayat level under the
supervision of the
Gram Panchayat Lev-
el Management Com-
mittee. Similarly, at
the ward level in ur-
ban areas, the Quar-
antine Management
Committee will have
representatives nomi-
nated by BLO, Coun-
cilor, Sanitary Inspec-
tor, Beat Constable,
ANM, Health Worker
and Sub-Division.
“MPs, MLAs as well
as all public represen-
tatives from urban
areas and panchayat
have a big role in
strengthening the
quarantine system,”
Gehlot stressed.
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are a way of life. One has to
consistently work at it especially
when the time is difficult.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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2NDFRONTPOSTAL REG NO. JPC/010/2019-21
Avinash Pande
@avinashpandeinc
The workers returned
to the state from
various states due to
lack of employment
due to the lockdown,
were provided finan-
cial support by the
Rajasthan government
by providing them
employment under
MNREGA. Rajasthan
has ranked first in the
country by providing
employment under
MNREGA to more
than 25 lakh people.
--------------------------
Every appropriate step
is being taken by the
@ashokgehlot51 and
Rajasthan cabinet to
help the workers. In
order to save the poor
from the effects of
lockdown,
@sachinpilot took
many important
decisions, making
the right balance of
rural development and
labor employment.
CMseekscentralassistancetodeal withlocustmenace
Ailing Meghwal to be airlifted to Medanta
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot on
Thursday urged
Prime Minister Nar-
endra Modi to pro-
vide assistance to Ra-
jasthan to deal with
the attack of locusts,
which, he said, has al-
ready begun in the
state.
Locusts damage
crops by eating leaves
and fruits. In the past,
farmers in Rajasthan
have faced huge losses
due to attacks by
swarms of locusts.
“Outbreak of lo-
custs in Rajasthan
has already started.
Farmers in Rajasthan
are facing the menace
of locusts which are
attacking the crops in
several districts of
state,” Gehlot said in
a series of tweets.
“I request PM Naren-
dra Modi ji to take this
problem seriously and
immediately give in-
structions to concerned
central officials to help
Rajasthan get rid of
this,” he said.
Steps need to be tak-
en at the earliest so that
the situation can be
brought under control
otherwise farmers will
be very badly affected,
the chief minister said.
“We need central
assistance to deal
with this. The State
Government will ex-
tend all cooperation
to the Locust Depart-
ment of the Central
Government as in the
previous year,” Ge-
hlot said.
Last year, about 6.70
lakh hectare area in 12
districts -- Jaisalmer,
Barmer, Jodhpur, Ja-
lore, Bikaner, Nagaur,
Churu, Hanumangarh,
Sriganganagar, Sirohi,
Pali and Udaipur -- was
badly affected due to lo-
custs and there was a
loss of about Rs 1,000
crore, he said.
Vikas Sharma
Jaipur: Social Em-
powerment Minister
Master Bhanwar Lal
Meghwal will be
shifted to Medanta
hospital in Gurgaon
for further treatment
as per the desire of
his family. A medical
board consisting of
top doctors constitut-
ed under instructions
from Chief Minister
Gehlot had been
treating Meghwal at
SMS hospital since
Wednesday evening.
Meghwal’s family ear-
lier requested CM to
consult Dr Virendra
Singh who came and
saw Meghwal in ICU.
Following this, Megh-
wal’s family expressed
the desire to get further
treatment at Medanta
hospital on which CM
Gehlot himself spoke to
Dr Naresh Trehan of
Medanta who expressed
satisfaction at the treat-
ment given at SMS hos-
pital.
On insistence of
Meghwal’s family, it
was decided that he
will be airlifted to
Gurgaon but the
weather in Delhi
didn’t allow the flight
on Thursday evening.
Now Meghwal will be
airlifted by Medanta
air ambulance on Fri-
day morning at 6.30
am. Dr Virendra Singh
will accompany Megh-
wal in ambulance to the
Delhi airport after
which Medanta doctors
will take over. Health
Minister Dr Raghu
Sharma is constantly
monitoring the treat-
ment at the SMS hos-
pital and will also su-
pervise the shifting to
the airport.
On Thursday, the
minister was reported
to be stable and under
constant monitoring of
the doctors in ICU.
Meghwal’s daughter
Banarsi Meghwal re-
ceived many phone
calls throughout the
day enquiring about the
well being of the leader.
Chief Minister Ashok
Gehlot, Veteran Con-
gress leader Ahmed
Patel, AICC General
Secretary and Ra-
jasthan Incharge Avi-
nash Pande and Ku-
mari Selja too called
minister’s daughter
as did Deputy CM
Sachin Pilot and Gov-
ernor Kalraj Mishra
to enquire about the
well being of the ail-
ing minister.
Throughout the day
ministers Bhajanlal
Jatav and Mamta Bhu-
pesh, Deputy LOP Ra-
jendra Rathore, MLA
Rohit Bohra, IAS Par-
meshwar Lal and Veena
Pradhan, Ambedkar So-
ciety Chief Bhajan Lal,
ex IPS Anil Gothwal
along with other digni-
taries reached SMS to
get a feedback about the
ailing minister.
Steps need to be taken at earliest else farmers will be badly affected, said CM Gehlot
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot —FILE PHOTO
Bhanwar Lal Meghwal —FILE PHOTO
Raj farmers up ante against land
acquisition for highways thru state
‘SDMs to look into camp
arrangements for labourers’
Ahmed bhai calls FM’s 2nd
tranche ‘jumla package’
Procurement of wheat
to continue amid strike
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: The Con-
gress on Thursday said
the government’s eco-
nomicpackagehassofar
fallen way short of what
Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi had promised
the country and called it
a “jumla package”.
Veteran Congress
leader Ahmed Patel
said, “It is not an eco-
nomic package. It is
an empty package
wrapped with speech-
es from the last three
days.” Patel, who is
AICC treasurer, stated,
“The Finance Minis-
ter’s second day speech
(on Thursday) once
again re-emphasises
that MNREGA is one of
the biggest safety nets
for the vulnerable”.
Taunting the Nar-
endra Modi dispensa-
tion, Ahmed Patel as-
serted in a press re-
lease that, ”Hope the
government now
stops mocking at this
landmark policy of
the UPA government.”
“The migrants & the
poor were having great
expectations after the
PM’s speech. Sadly,the
government has turned
a blind eye to their prob-
lemsandisbacktohead-
line management,” the
Congress leader said.
Jaipur: The procure-
ment of wheat, cha-
na, and mustard con-
tinues interrupted in
Rajasthan despite clo-
sure of all 247 agri-
cultural produce
marketing committee
(APMC) mandis due
to the ongoing strike
in the state.
Rajasthan Khadya Pa-
darth Vyapar Sangh
president Babulal Gupta
said that traders were
observingastriketopro-
test against the imposi-
tion of 2% farmers wel-
fare cess. “We are al-
ready paying a huge fees
imposed earlier. Now
comes this second cess
whichshallleadtolosses
in agricultural produce
trading,” he said.
Cooperative Minister
Udailal Anjana said that
1.16 lakh tonnes of mus-
tard and gram had been
procured so far from
45,813 farmers at the
MSP till May 12 totalling
Rs 541.52 crore. Out of
this, Rs 386.71 crore has
been paid to 32,509 farm-
ers, Anjana said. He
said that in order to
allow maximum num-
ber of farmers to get
the benefit of pur-
chase at the MSP, the
capacity of centres,
where the registration
limit was already met,
has been increased by
10 per cent. —PTI
1.5 LAKH GILOY SAPLINGS TO BE PLANTED IN JAIPUR: RAGHU
First India Bureau
Jaipur: Health Minis-
ter Dr Raghu Sharma
launched the ‘giloy’
planting campaign
‘’Amrita’’ in the state
under the auspices of
the Rajasthan State
Drug Plant Division
under the Ayurveda
Department of the
state.
He said, under this
campaign, about 1.5
lakh ‘giloy’ saplings
will be planted in
Jaipur district over the
next four months.
Dr Manohar Pa-
reek, a special officer
in Ayurveda Depart-
ment, said ‘giloy’ is a
safe medicine and it
has an important role
in developing immu-
nity.
During the day, Dr
Sharma also said that
necessary relaxations
in the coronavirus
lockdown are being
given in the state to
make to people’s lives
comfortable.
Lockdown rules are
being relaxed keeping
in mind the Central gov-
ernment guidelines, he
said.
Dr Sharma said that
in its latest order, the
government has now al-
lowed the ‘’take away’’
and ‘’home delivery’’
facilities from restau-
rants and sweets shops
in the state.
He said the govern-
ment has also given
permission to open
‘dhabas’.
Electronic repair
shops besides those of
building materials,
coolers, TV and elec-
tronic goods too have
been allowed to open, he
said, adding the curb on
the sale of two and four-
wheelers too has been
relaxed. Many other ac-
tivities too have been
permitted, he added.
The Health Minis-
ter said there will be
no shortage of health
workers in the state
in its fight against
coronavirus as the
government has ap-
proved recruitment
on 1,058 posts of as-
sistant radiogra-
phers, after appoint-
ing 9,500 nurses.
He said that keeping
in mind the need of
nursing workers, Chief
Minister Ashok Gehlot
himself had cleared the
way for the ANM-GNM
recruitment which was
stuck in the judicial
process.
About 9,500 nurs-
ing workers have
been appointed, he
said.
As many as 735 new
physicians have been
appointed in districts
and the process of re-
cruitment of 2,000
new doctors is also
being started, he said.
Jaipur: Farmers have
once again upped
their ante against the
continued acquisition
of land by the Ra-
jasthan government
and the ongoing con-
struction work under
Bharatmala Pariyoj-
na during the lock-
down without resolv-
ing compensation,
resettlement and re-
habilitation issues.
A farmers’ body re-
cently wrote to state CS
to expeditiously arrange
ahigh-levelmeetingwith
officials of NHAI, the
Ministry of Road Trans-
port and Highways and
the state government to
resolve their issues and
stoptakingpossessionof
land during lockdown.
Under Bharatmala
Pariyojna, an express
highway from Amritsar
to Jamnagar has been
proposedtopassthrough
Rajasthan’s Gangana-
gar, Hanumangarh, Bi-
kaner, Jodhpur, Barmer
and Jalore districts,
while a second highway
has been proposed from
Delhi to Mumbai, pass-
ing through Dausa, Al-
war, Kota, Jhalawar and
nearby areas.
The NHAI and its
contractors are taking
forcible possession of
land during the lock-
down and not allowing
farmers to oppose it on
the pretext of imposi-
tion of section 144 of
the CrPc and section
188 of the IPC. The
same laws are not being
applied on employees of
NHAI, its contractors
and labourers, Bharat
Bhoomi Bachao Sang-
arsh Samiti president
Ramesh Dalal told PTI.
The farmers’ body
has written to the state
chief secretary to call a
joint meeting to resolve
the compensation, re-
settlement and rehabili-
tation issues of farmers
before carrying out ac-
quisition process. —PTI
Kartikey Dev Singh
Jaipur: Chief Minis-
ter Ashok Gehlot has
said that it is very
painful to see migrant
laborers leaving on
foot for their destina-
tion. The state govern-
ment will ensure all
the arrangements so
that these workers do
not have to face the
pain of walking home.
Gehlot has instructed
all district collectors to
ensure necessary ar-
rangements with imme-
diate effect. He said that
special camps should be
opened for such workers
andotherbasicfacilities
includingfood,drinking
water and toilets should
be made available in
these camps and SDMs
will be responsible for
these arrangements.
Gehlot has directed
the MD of Roadways
to provide buses as
per the demand of
District Collectors so
that workers can eas-
ily be transported.
“The subdivision offic-
er will ensure that no
workers travel on the
road. They will get it
monitored for which
the Deputy Superinten-
dent of Police will sup-
port them,” Gehlot or-
dered, further adding,
“In view of the large
number of laborers go-
ing to Uttar Pradesh,
district Collectors of
Jaipur, Dausa and
Bharatpur should ar-
range buses for the
camp located in Bharat-
pur. Moreover, arrange-
ments should be made
to send workers to Bi-
har, West Bengal and
Jharkhand by trains”.
The Chief Minister
has also instructed
the District Superin-
tendents of Police to
asks cops show pa-
tience while dealing
with workers on foot
and send them to
nearest camp.
Ahmed Patel
Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma
CM Gehlot, Ahmed Patel, Avinash
Pande, Kumari Selja and other
leaders from Congress and BJP take
stock of Minister’s health

hreya Ghoshal not only has
a huge fan following among
Bollywood stars and music
lovers but also in Hollywood
and among other pop stars
of the Western world.
During a recent inter-
view, Singer Arzutra Garielle ex-
claimed that she was always fond of
Bollywood despite being born and
brought up in the UK all her life and
she is highly inspired by Shreya
Ghoshal’s music, and why not?
Shreya is one of the leading play-
back singers of Indian cinema with
recorded songs in various Indian
languages. The multiple hitmaker
has unveiled yet another single ‘Nah
won main’ before the countrywide
lockdown, “I was thinking of releas-
ing it later but I was not sure how
long the lockdown would go on, so I
just released it on my YouTube chan-
nel. It’s co-composed by me and my
brother,” Shreya said.
Shreya said wanted to use the
lockdown days to create more con-
tent for her YouTube channel. “I am
trying to work on some stuff. It takes
a little while to crack a good song. I
am not a born composer; I am more
of a singer than a composer. I do
have a lot of projects that are coming
to me, some nice compositions from
friends so, I am collaborating with
people and I am ideating. I have al-
ways wanted to create something
that I want to sing. I don’t always
want to depend on a film. Film
songs are limited to the story or
the setting of the film,” added
the ‘Teri ore’ hitmaker. Started
her journey in Bollywood with
‘Devdas’, the singer has won
many awards in the process. In
2017, Ghoshal became the first
Indian singer to have her wax
figurine in Madame Tussauds
Museum.
Along with this, she has
won approximately 38 Film-
fare Award in 2019, 2018, 2017
and four National Film
Awards for Best Female Play-
back Singing: ‘Bairi Piya’ for
Devdas (2002), ‘Dheere Jal-
na’ for Paheli (2005), ‘Yeh
Ishq Haaye’ for Jab We
Met (2007), one award for
both songs ‘Pherari Mon’
for the Bengali film Anta-
heen (2008) and ‘Jeev
Rangla’ for the Marathi
film Jogwa (2008).
She is the only
playback singer
to have been
nominated in 4
out of the 5 nomina-
tions for the best play-
back singer for her
songs in 2008
in IIFA
2008.
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Deewani MastaniTHERE MUST BE HARDLY A SOUL WHO LOVES DANCING AND HAS
NOT GROOVED TO A SHREYA GHOSHAL NUMBER OR FOR THAT
MATTER CROONED IT TO WOO A LOVED ONE!
Deewani Mastani
KARISHMA GWALANI
karishma.gwalani@firstindia.co.in
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Shreya Ghoshal
‘Chikni Chameli’
‘Deewani Mastani’ ‘Ek Do Teen’
‘Ghar More Pardesiya’
‘Lahu Munh Lag Gaya’
‘Ghoomar’
‘Ooh La La’

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SAMIKSHA BHATT, Model
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
Stay away from the vicious
circle of buying everything
that you like. Homemakers
will take a break from day
to day responsibilities. Your loan will
be sanctioned and you can buy your
dream house. All your debts will be
cleared. On academic front, you will
come out with flying colours.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You will undertake the
responsibilities which you
were hesitating to take
earlier. You and your
spouse will change your house
interiors as some big invest will take
place in your house. You must do
some charity and feed poor for your
own satisfaction.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Those of you who interact
with customers on the
name of profession must
carefully deal with people.
Your family will be very supporting
and will listen to all that you have to
say today. Some of you may be in
process of buying a big land. You
may get rewarded for something.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Some of you are struggling
to get desired body and
shape, instead of worrying
and giving up you must try
harder. On academic front, you will
surely win in the competition but all
you need is faith in yourself. You must
not talk about things which could take
you partner in their past.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You may win a lottery or
something today as luck
shines bright upon you
today. On family front, you
will find yourself very close to each
other and it will be a very emotional
feeling. It will be in your best interest
to to keep your ears and eyes wide
open to avoid any mistakes.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
On financial front, you will
start conserving money of
some reason. You are a very
confident person and your
ability to see through problems will
keep you in the limelight on
professional front. Some of you may
expect a baby. It’s important for you to
your match with the frequency.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
It will be in your best
interest to stay miles away
from any form of rivalry.
You must openly go and
discuss all your problems with your
spouse as they will not only
understand but will also show 100%
support to you. On academic front,
don’t focus on minor defeats.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
You are in great position as
far as money is concerned.
Today avoid committing to
anyone for anything related
to money. On professional front,
those of you working in marketing
field must work hard to reach the
required target. Love is in the air for
you.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
You must lend money to
someone in desperate
need. On business front,
some of you may step into
new venture. Because of your strong
financial condition, you will be able
to turn your ideas into action. You
will get a sweet surprise from your
sweetheart.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
On professional front,
make sure to take right
decision at right time to
avoid any regrets. You may
meet your childhood friends today
and spend quality time together. On
academic front, you must work very
hard to achieve your goals. You may
be in a long distance relationship.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
If you are willing to join the
group of health conscious
people then without a
second thought go ahead.
Those of you who work on
commission basis will see a boost in
your earnings. A great advice from
your colleague could help you in
taking any responsibility.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
You have a tendency to
save and thats how you
always keep a check on
what you spend. On work
front, you may help resolve some
issues between your colleagues.
Your kid will perform extremely well
in their education institution. You will
get a great news from your sibling.
t was like yester-
day we all were eat-
ing placeable
street food, momos
with red chutney,
pani puri with ex-
tra salty water, giving our
tongue the very chill of fla-
vours and the remem-
brance of golden times we
had eating them. All of a
sudden, out of no where
like a lighting in the a sky a
bad news sent our world
crashing and the changed
the way we sociallise. Guess
what the nature choose for
the cause this catastrophy,
just a peety bat. As the news
reached our homes there
were tickets booked, and
the India was given strict
warning to rest at home
and was put under lock-
down. As we all know, these
35 days have been very tir-
ing for each and every one
of us. But there are some
people for whom these days
weren’t just tiring but rath-
er deadly. These people are
commonly mistaken for
normal humans rather
than being called heroes.
JAI JOSHI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
I
QUARANTINE TIME
Police in India have to
use force against people
breaking quarantine
laws after the lockdown
of 1.3 billion people to
contain contagious cor-
onavirus. Police remain
vulnerably exposed to
rising Covid-19 infec-
tions. They are guard-
ing containment zones,
enforcing the lockdown
and some 20,000 home
quarantines, besides
handling thousands of
migrants hitting roads
in their attempts to go
home.
Police are also carry-
ing out high-risk evacu-
ations in coronavirus
clusters like Nizamud-
din Markaz. About 5,000
police are deployed in
and around Delhi’s 71
containment zones at
any given point in time.
Duties change rotation-
ally. So far, eight police
have tested positive and
75 others, including
DCP Arya, are in quar-
antine.
Dr Milind Baldi was on
duty in a Covid-19 ward
when a 46-year-old man
was wheeled in with se-
vere breathing difficul-
ty. The man was scared
for his life and kept re-
peating one question:
“Will I survive?” The
question was followed
by a plea: “Please save
me, I don’t want to die.”
Dr Baldi assured the
man that he was going
to do “everything pos-
sible to save him”.
These were the last
words spoken between
the two men. The pa-
tient was put on a venti-
lator, and died two days
later. The doctor, who
works in a hospital in
the central Indian city
of Indore, vividly re-
members the 30 “terri-
fying minutes” after the
patient was brought to
his hospital. “He kept
holding my hands. His
eyes were full of fear
and pain. I will never
forget his face.” His
death deeply affected
Dr Baldi. “It ate away
my soul from inside and
left a lacuna in my
heart.”
Most of the doctors
are fighting the virus
on daily basis, doctors
some time end up tak-
ing on up to 300 cases
a day, every day of the
week. Even the people
who are a little anx-
ious about their con-
dition goes to the doc-
tors in a government
hospital because they
know that the treat-
ment there is free. But
they have no means of
checking (if they are
coronavirus positive
or not). The only thing
that doctors can do is
check the person’s
body temperature,
and travel history, and
then recommend
home quarantine.
DOCTORS
A CASE
POLICE
MEDIATEAM
Media organisations too
have initiated work from
home protocols. While it’s
easier for digital media
organisations, it is slight-
ly complicated for tradi-
tional newsrooms given
the elaborate production
chain, be it designing and
printing a newspaper, or
shooting TV news shows.
Even so, the Indian Ex-
press, Indian Today mag-
azine, the Times of India,
and News 18 are some of
the Big Media organisa-
tions that have moved fast
to announce work from
home measures. New me-
dia organisations like
Scroll, Quint and the
News Minute have also
completely or partially
shut offices for now.
Here’s what we know of
the measures being taken
by these organisations af-
ter speaking to some em-
ployees there. News 18
announced work from
home stating that it was a
precautionary measure.
The channel has also sus-
pended two of its shows
that are production-heavy
— Bottomline and
Brasstacks, which are
hosted by managing edi-
tor Kishore Ajwani and
output editor Zakka Ja-
cob. Regular news bulle-
tins will replace these
shows for the time being.
We dream of a day
which could give us a
break from the insane life
which driven us. Ironi-
cally when the dream
came true and the break
came we are not in a posi-
tion to celebrate it. Rea-
son being the break came
as a menace to real life.
current lockdown makes
most of us feel like a re-
hab in a rehab centre.
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In the era of Sacred Games,
Mirzapur, Four More Shots
Please etc., watching 90’s
top picks is like travelling to
another world. I am not at
all a daily soap person, but
such incredible reruns have
made me stick to TV and give
a break to digital platforms.
Although, I observed that
these shows have much more
to offer as compared to the
shows we watch online.
—ANKUR
GARHWAL
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he production of television
and web shows has been halt-
ed for the time being in the
wake of the coronavirus out-
break, which made broadcast-
ers to rerun popular shows of
the past to fill in the time slots. How-
ever, the shut down during COV-
ID-19 has also given a break to the
not so educating and typical Saas-
Bahu daily soaps, and welcomed the
authentic entertainment in the fam-
ilies.
While taking the initiative to
broadcast the extremely popular
mythological dramas - Ramayan
and Mahabharat, Doordarshan took
the people on a nostalgic trip during
the lockdown. And, with its high de-
mand, Ramayan became the high-
est-watched entertainment pro-
gramme globally on 17 April, record-
ing a viewership of 7.7 crores.
As reruns of old shows brought
massive TRPs for Doordarshan,
other GECs like Star Plus, Sony TV,
ZEE TV etc., also started airing
their classics to entertain the audi-
ences.
As a matter of fact, the much-cel-
ebrated mythological adaptations
and entertaining epics like Shri
Krishna,UttarRamayan,Chanakya,
Shaktimaan, Circus, Byomkesh
Bakshi, Hum Paanch, Khichdi, Shri-
man Shrimati, Sarabhai Vs Sarab-
hai and Bigg Boss among others
have successfully glued the younger
generation to TV again and are also
educating while entertaining.
Interestingly, these shows of the
older generation are not only help-
ing the younger generation to know
what is it to have principles, disci-
plines and ethics in life; but also tell-
ing them how to give importance to
relationships, value honesty and
hard work above shortcuts and
much more. City First got in touch
with a few locals to know what
changes they have observed after
watching the epics of the golden era
of television.
In the era where the series with nudity, violence and reality
shows are taking over, City First brings you the fact that today’s
generation is still falling in love with old epicsKIRTI CHAUHAN
kirti.chauhan@firstindia.co.in
T
After watching the show ‘Mahabharat’
and ‘Ramayan’, I feel that all the
characters are giving us an important
message to learn like patience from
Gandhari, the bond of love from Raam
and Laxman, leadership skills from
Dhritrashrta, the sacrifices from Sita,
fierceness from Draupadi and so on.
I even observed that these shows
have the solutions our day to day life
issues.
—KANCHAN KHATANA
OLD is GOLD!
The decision of airing of the
popular serials of our time
especially the mythologi-
cal ones is a wise step and
my kids are enjoying these
shows. With every old serial,
we have some or the other
childhood memories associ-
ated, and it’s a great way to
re-live those moments. With
the shootings at a stand-
still, it was a smart play to
reintroduce the old serials to
today’s generation.
—APRA KUCHHAL
Being a social worker and
founder of an NGO ‘New
Asha ki e-Kiran Sanstha’ in
Jobner, I take it as my re-
sponsibility to show the epic
shows like Ramayan and
Mahabharat to the under-
privileged children and locals
living in my locality. On the
projector screen, around
25-30 people enjoy watching
the shows and even applaud
when they find something
nice happening on screen.
—VIJAY KUMAWAT
Ramayan
Mahabharat
Alif Laila
Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
Siya Ke Ram
Dekh Bhai Dekh
Bigg Boss
Byomkesh Bakshi
Khichdi
Balika Vadhu
Shriman Shrimati
Mahabharat
Shaktimaan

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