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Taxation, railways and infrastructure, agriculture, ease of doing business and digital economy were in focus in Arun Jaitley’s budget
Budget 2017: Jaitley gets thumps up for tax cut
For individual tax payers, the tax rate for the slab between Rs 2.5 Narendra Modi said it aims ation, transparency, urban ernment over the last twoon fulfilling the “dreams” rejuvenation and rural de- and-a-half and the steps lakh and Rs 5 lakh was cut to 5 per cent from 10 per cent of every section, includ- velopment. He said called that it will be taking in the
ing the poor, the farmers it an ‘Uttam Budget’. and future as part of its vision by Jaitley, emphasis was and the under-privileged said it is a key link between to take the country on the made on railway moderni- while focussing on job cre- the work done by his gov- path of development. sation. Aiming to double farmers’ income by 2022, the government increased Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget and Railway Budget agri-credit target by 11 per for 2017-18 in parliament on Wednesday. Here is a list of what gets cheaper and cent to Rs 10 lakh crore for what gets dearer in the new financial year. While tobacco products and mobile next fiscal and announced phones and imported cashew nuts will become costly, the budget will reduce cost two dedicated funds with a of solar panels and several other electronics items. corpus of Rs 13,000 crore to promote micro irrigaCheaper: ■ RO membrane elements for purifiers for household use tion and dairy processing. ■ Liquefied natural gas (LNG) Government also raised ■ Solar tempered glass used in solar panels–the budget gives a big push on solar budget allocation for Agenergy and assured electricity to all by 2019. riculture Ministry by 6 per ■ Fuel cell based power generator systems and wind-operated energy generators cent to Rs 51,026 crore for ■ Vegetable tanning extracts that are used for tanning leather products 2017-18 from Rs 48,072 ■ Point of Sale machines card and fingerprint readers crore (revised estimate) of this fiscal. The total alGroup insurance for Defence services location for agri and allied Expensive: ■ Cigarettes, tobacco, pan masala, bidis, cheroots sectors is Rs 58,663 crore LED lamps for next fiscal, up from Rs 52,821 crore. Jaitley ■ Cashew nuts (roasted and salted) also announced “highest ■ Aluminium ores and concentrates ever” allocation for MN■ Polymer coated MS tapes used in manufacturing of optical fibres REGA at Rs 48,000 crore. ■ Silver coins and medallions Describing the budget as ■ Printed circuit board used in making mobile phones futuristic, Prime Minister
What’s costlier, what’s cheaper
Agency | New Delhi Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget rose to the expectations of the people of a major tax relief after the demonetisation move. And with Assembly polls in five states fast approaching, the finance minister didn’t let down people announcing a big cut in Income tax rate and allocating a major chunk of the proposed expenditure for rural financing and infrastructural development. For individual tax payers, the tax rate for the slab between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 5 lakh was cut
to 5 per cent from 10 per cent, while a 10-per cent surcharge has been kept for those with the annual income of between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 1 crore. Small and medium enterprises with a turnover of less than Rs 50 crore will also have a lower 25 per cent tax rate now against the earlier 30 per cent. The tax rates for larger corporates have been largely left untouched. In a big move to bring transparency in political funding, Jaitley, in his fourth budget, placed a cap of Rs 2,000 on the donation received by any polit-
ical party from one source in cash. As of now, the limit to accept political donations in cash is Rs 20,000. The minister said that political parties will be entitled to receive donations by cheque or digital mode from their donors. Seeking to improve the ease of doing business, Jaitley in his budget speech said that the government has abolished FIPB and had decided that foreign investment proposals requiring government approval would be cleared by the ministries con-
Cash donations received by political parties capped at Rs 2,000: Arun Jaitley (H.S.) | New Delhi
In a major move aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in donations received by political parties, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, presenting the Union Budget 2017 on Wednesday, announced that parties will not be allowed to accept 2000 in cash from an indonations of more than Rs dividual donor. All parties will be entitled to receive donations by cheque or through digital mode, Jaitley said. He also announced Gold tops Rs that an amendment is being 29k mark, silver proposed to the Reserve strengthens too Bank of India Act to enable the issuance of electoral bonds. Under this scheme, a donor can purchase bonds from authorised banks and
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Agency | Mumbai Gold prices zoomed past the Rs 29,000-level by surging Rs 50 per 10 grams at the bullion market today on increased buying by jewellers to meet the ongoing wedding season demand. Silver too reclaimed the Rs 42,000 mark by rising Rs 695 per kg due to increased offtake by industrial units and coin-makers. Standard gold (99.5 purity) gained by Rs 50 to end at Rs 29,010 per 10 grams.
cerned. He further promised to liberalise further FDI policy in more sectors in due course and also assured a law to confiscate the assets of fugitive economic offenders. It was a historic budget as for the first time railway budget was merged with the finance bill. The latest exercise was also the first time when the date of presentation was been advanced by nearly a month. The allocation for Railway ministry was hiked by 20 per cent. Though, no new trains or routes were announced
Union Budget 2017: Railways get Rs 55000-crore boost, will have better safety, no fare hikes Agency | New Delhi
redeem them in the registered accounts of a political party. These bonds will be redeemable within the prescribed time limit from issuance of bond, Jaitley said. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said that he will support all steps taken by the government to make political funding transparent.
Presenting a combined budget for the first time in 92 years, Finance Minister Arun Jatiley on Wednesday allocated Rs 55000-crore for the railways and said that the functional autonomy of the institution will be maintained. “Railways and roads are the lifeline of the country. Feel proud to present the first combined budget,” said Jaitley. The finance minister revealed that the railways will focus on major areas such as safety and cleanliness. He announced that the setting up of a Rs 1 lakh crore special fund,
EC issues show cause notice to Manohar Parrikar for his bribery remarks Agency | New Delhi
The Election Commission on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for his bribery remarks when he told residents of a slum near Panaji that it’s okay to accept Rs 500 from candidates to attend rallies, but they should cast votes for the BJP only. Parrikar on Tuesday responded to a complaint filed against him for
violating the model code of conduct when he said “let Election Commission investigate complaints”. This is what he said on Sunday at Chimbel, a suburb of the state capital: “…I understand if someone organises a rally and you take Rs 500 for moving around
with (the candidate), that is not a problem. But when you vote, choose the lotus (BJP’s poll symbol). This you must remember.” Reminding the former Goa Chief Minister of the provisions of the Model Code for elections, it said his remarks amounted to “abetting and promoting electoral offence of bribery”. Goa, along with Punjab, is going for assembly polls on March 4.
Rashtriya Rail Sanrakshan Kosh (RRSK), for a five-year safety upgrade. Unmanned level crossings will be eliminated by 2020, Jaitley said. He also said that the railways will usher in competitive ticketing facilities and withdrew the service charge on tickets booked through IRCTC. A new metro rail policy is also in the works, Jaitley revealed. Among other things, Jaitley said that 25 new railways stations will be developed and 500 stations will be
equipped with lifts and escalators for the differently-abled. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the Plan size for the next fiscal for the Railways at Rs 1,31,000 crore as against Rs 1.21 lakh crore last year. He proposed cre-
ation of ‘Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh’ (National Rail Safety Fund) with a corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore. Emphasising on safety, the Budget proposed elimination of all unmanned level crossings on the broad gauge network by 2020.
Addressing concerns of the differently-abled persons, Jaitley announced that 500 stations would be made disbaled friendly. The Budget also promised to equip all coaches with bio toilets and announced “Clean my coach’ App for passengers. In order to encourage E-ticketing, Jaitley announced withdrawal of service charges from tickets booked through IRCTC. Railway PSUs IRCTC, IRFC and Concor are to be listed on various stock exchanges.
55 per cent from 45 per cent in the past,” he said. Talking about new ways to monitor the implementation of the scheme, Arun said the government will use space technology to monitor MNREGA implementation. Jaitley’s an-
nouncement came a day after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi criticised the central government for being a “complete failure” in the area of jobs creation. Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu slammed Gandhi for his remarks and said the highest-ever allocation to rural job scheme MNREGA was given by this government and the 70-odd initiatives the government has highlighted are all job-oriented and have measures for employment generation.
Union Budget 2017: Allocation to MNREGA increased to Rs 48000 crore, FM Jaitley says highest ever (H.S.) | New Delhi
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, addressing the Budget Session in Parliament on Wednesday, said the allocation to Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) has been increased Rs 48,000 crore for the year 201718. “Budget allocation to MNREGA has been increased to a record Rs 48,000 crore for 2017-18 from Rs 37,000 crore in 2016-17,” Arun Jaitley said. The finance Minister
added it is the highest allocation to MNREGA ever done by any government. The finance minister also said the participation of women in MNREGA has increased over the years. “Participation of women in MNREGA increased to
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The good news is that Jaitley did not bring any bad news Growth, sentiment, relief and the underlying interactions between the three – at a very macro level, these were the issues finance minister Arun Jaitley and his government needed to address in the Union Budget. With the latest GDP numbers indicating a slowing of growth and, more worryingly, a contraction in gross fixed capital formation, the budget needed to do something to revive investment, especially with private investment showing no signs of recovering soon. The short-term pain associated with demonetisation had turned sentiment, both consumer and business, negative, and the budget had to have something in it to make everyone feel better. As a corollary to the above, and also to address pain in some sections of the informal and rural economy not related to demonetisation – in parts of Tamil Nadu, for instance, the crisis is agrarian and on account of poor rains in the North East monsoon – the budget had to find a way to provide relief to the affected. Never mind the big ideas (of which there were several) or the fiscal deficit, these were the things Jaitley’s fourth budget had to address. On paper – as always, much will depend on implementation going forward, and navigating global shocks that are surely in store – it did all that. On the growth front, by promising almost Rs 4 lakh crore of investment in creating infrastructure, the budget may have done enough to ensure public investment keeps the wheels of the economy turning till such time private investment is ready to take over. There was enough in it for housing and banks (expectedly, stocks of companies in the two businesses did very well, and drove growth in stock market indices), two sectors that have the ability to amplify, or at the least, transmit growth. And it mentioned enough initiatives and reforms in the works, including a new labour code and the scrapping of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, that will make it easier to do business in India. Relief for the farm and the rural sector came from an increase in spending, including in farm credit and the populist rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGA introduced by the previous government. The government spent more on the job guarantee scheme, especially in the second half of 2016-17, taking total spend in the course of the year Rs 47,500 crore, much higher than the budgeted Rs 38,000 crore. The budget for 2017-18 allots Rs 48,000 crore for the scheme. For the salaried, the relief came in the form of a tax cut of 5 percentage points for those who earn between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 5 lakh; a little over half of the 37 million people who file tax returns in India are in this income group, so the government’s sop is well targeted. For businesses with a turnover of less than Rs 50 crore, there is a 5 percentage point cut in the applicable tax rate to 25%. This should provide some relief to medium and small enterprises, especially those that straddle the interstitial space between the formal and informal economy and which have been hit hard by demonetisation. All of the above should, apart from providing relief, also boost sentiment. In addition, markets (stock, bond, and foreign exchange) are a good measure of investor- and business-sentiment and two of the three reacted positively to the Union Budget.
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Budget 2017: Arun Jaitley announces AIIMS in Jharkhand, Gujarat
Agency | New Delhi Finance minister Arun Jaitley announced on Wednesday two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) were also announced in the states of Jharkhand and Gujarat. Medical education has found a prominent focus in the budget, with the increase in 5,000 post graduate medical seats per annum. Also, all
big district hospitals, municipal corporation hospitals and ESI hospitals have been given powers to introduce super-speciality (DNB) courses. ndia’s 1.5 lakh health sub centres will be transformed into health and wellness centres, which are expected to bring quality healthcare at the door step of poor and needy, especially in remote areas.
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“Government wanted to make an impact with budget before polls. But there was no impact. Should have announced something big - Reacting to the Union Budget 2017, Congress vice-president Rahul for farmers,” Gandhi on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the lack of big reforms aimed at farmers...
Kaabil Box Office Collection Day 7: Hrithik Roshan’s Film Continues To Struggle
Agency | New Delhi Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam’s film Kaabil has collected Rs 61.5 crore in seven days. The film which released on January 25, registered 10% drop from Monday, as reported by Box Office India. On Day 7, the revenge drama made Rs 3.5 crore. Kaabil’s first week’s daily business as stated by Box Office India is: Rs 8 crore on Wednesday, Rs 15.5 crore on Thursday (Re-
public Day), Rs 7.5 crore on Friday, Rs 10.75 crore on Saturday, Rs 12.25 crore on Sunday, Rs 4 crore on Monday and Rs 3.5 crore on Tuesday. Box Office India predicts that Hrithik’s film will make around 68 crore in its extended nine-day first week. Kaabil released simultaneously with Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees. Box Office India report states that if Kaabil had released a couple of weeks ago, it would have made a grosser, which is unlikely to happen now. SRK’s Raees has earned Rs 103.5 crore. Raees has managed to secure 11th position in the top opening week films.
Amy Jackson DISMISSES rumours linking her to Salman Khan! (H.S.) | New Delhi This is the second year that Amy Jackson, who turned 25, on January 31, spent her birthday on sets. Last year, the British actress was working for Shankar’s I, and this time too, she was in Amsterdam to join the shoot of the filmmaker’s next, 2.0, starring Rajinikanth. Amy told a tabloid, “The minute you land in Chennai, you will find him (Rajinikanth) everywhere. The world rightly thinks he is a superhuman. Yes, of course, he is a great actor; you can’t scale such success otherwise. But stardom aside, he is also the most humble, kind and gracious person I have known. A simple conversation with him will make you realise the value of gratitude and how it is the way forward in life. That’s a supertrick for life.” A lot of Amy’s scenes in the film are with the legendary actor. “Performing stunts in front of him was difficult, but he isn’t the kind of person who can intimidate. He is so caring and loving.” The film’s schedule has been long drawn out, Amy says it’s always great to be back on a film set. She also dismissed any rumours linking her to Salman Khan. “I think Salman wanted to come down to show support for the film because it was a prestigious project. The fact that he showed up was amazing. He is such a great actor, a huge star. I was supposed to do Kick (2014), but couldn’t because of I. To work with Salman is a dream.”
Kangana Ranaut: Men don’t want to have sex with intimidating women (H.S.) | New Delhi
Never one to play it safe, Kangana Ranaut, bashing Indian patriarchy, has said that ‘Intimidating women aren’t worth having sex with’. In an interview with Mid Day, the Rangoon actor said that Indian films mirror the majority’s views. The newspaper quoted her as saying that she has “faith in the bada generation of girls” and that she feels “bold, stubborn women, who are achievers, are desirable only to those who are strong and assured. (For some men) it’s frightening to handle a woman who can speak her mind. Thankfully, that’s not true of everyone. Courage is often endearing and rare.” Kangana also spoke about the recent trend which saw Indian actors like Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra taking up Hollywood projects. She dismissed it as ”baits that I won’t fall prey to.” “It would be stupid for anyone to make the move to the West now. Their theatre business is crashing because of the influx of digital media,” she said.
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Salman Khan’s close friend Iulia Vantur to walk the ramp for Splash at LFW Agency | New Delhi
The UAE-based fashion brand Splash will be showcasing its Spring Summer 2017 collection for the first time at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/ Resort 2017. The readyto-wear collection will be showcased on the 3rd day of Lakme Fashion week held at Jio Gardens, Mumbai. For a grand debut, the brand will have Romanian beauty and Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur to walk the ramp as a showstopper. It will be the very first time for the brand and even Iulia at the Indian ramp. On the occasion, Iulia Vantur said, “I am very excited that I will get a chance to represent one of my favourite brands, Splash, at Lakme Fashion Week.
Malayalam actor Dhyan Sreenivasan is getting married but not to Namitha Pramod (H.S.) | New Delhi
Speculations were rife on social media that Malayalam actor Dhyan Sreenivasan will get married to actor Namitha Pramod soon. And that the two have been dating each other for some time. And like most of the rumours, even this one turned out to be false. Namitha’s father has vehemently rubbished the rumours about his daughter getting married to her costar of Adi Kapyare Koottamani. ”Don’t know why her name is being dragged into this. Dhyan is getting married and it’s not to Namitha. Dhyan will be getting married by April this year,” Namitha’s father was quoted as saying in an Onmanorama said.
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Nysa is embarrassed by sassy mom Kajol’s Instagram post Agency | Bengaluru
Take away the Bollywood trappings and Kajol and her 13-year-old Nysa Devgn are just another mother-daughter duo. And their Instagram conversation is a proof. Nysa, like any other daughter of today, introduced Kajol to social media and made her Instagram-friendly. Since then Kajol has been sharing her lovely family pictures on the social media platform giving an insight into her life which she keeps intensely private. But now it seems Nysa regrets introducing her
chirpy and bubbly mother to the social media platform. Reason? Kajol recently posted a collage on her Instagram account with her priceless expressions from one of her Bollywood flicks. But what’s wrong with posting one’s own picture? Apparently, Kajol
intended to be witty as she captioned the picture as, “when I see my babies together nysaadevgan.” She didn’t forget to tag her baby daughter in the post. However, Kajol’s post suggests that Nysa and Yug (Kajol’s six-year-old son) are like every sibling ever.
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, through the Medical Council of India (MCI) has proposed some amendments in the Indian Medical Council (IMC) Act to introduce “National Exit Test (NEXT)” for becoming Medical Graduates (MBBS). “These proposed amendments for introduction of NEXT, a common Exit test for all MBBS students are not in the interest of medical profession in particular and health of the society at large”, said Padma Shri Awardee, Dr K K Aggarwal, National President, IMA and Dr R N Tandon, Honorary Secretary General, IMA in a joint statement issued here today. If this amendment is implemented, it will create a discrimination between Indian Medical Graduates (IMG) and Foreign Medical Graduates (FMG). “Instead of introducing two exams, why cannot the government introduce a common final MBBS exam?” asked Dr Aggarwal.
Union Budget 2017 is a Big Push towards Cashless Economy Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Terming the Union Budget 2017 as an overall positive budget, Bhairav Kothari, founder and Managing Director of one of the leading financial advisors, SuperCFO says this budget has given a big push towards cashless economy, which might have its operational challenges, but in the long term, it will help to widen the tax base.Reduction of taxes at lower end and taxing more at the high end is a good populist move, according to Bhairav. Bhairav says, hope the government focuses on reducing tax litigations that is key to improving confidence in entrepreneurs. Some initial steps have been taken with presumptive taxation but more bold steps on departmental levels are required. According to Bhairav, limiting Cash funding to political parties and Trusts is quite an interesting move to cut down on cash circulation, especially with the elections going forward. This will certainly impact ‘cash for votes’. Simplification and reduction of taxes at lower end is again a good step forward.
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Why Kedar Jadhav hired a bouncer after India vs England ODI series success (H.S.) | Pune
Kedar Jadhav’s star act turned the fortunes for India in the ODI series against England, which the hosts won 2-1. With 232 runs in three matches, the 31-year-old Pune batsman was chosen for Man of the Series award. For someone who has been a late bloomer as far as his international career goes, the achievement has brought him fame and attention that is becoming a little difficult for him to handle alone. So, Jadhav, who scored one ton and a half-century in the ODI series, has now hired a bouncer after his feat against England. He even consults him before going to his favourite restaurant, Vaishali – a vegetarian South Indian outlet. Kedar Jadhav, earlier, said
AFC Cup: Bengaluru FC go down fighting against Al Wehdat in qualifiers Kedar Jadhav scored a ton and a halfcentury in the India vs England ODI series
the series against England was the turning point of his career.“After hitting the century against England in Pune, I thought if I continue with the same performance, there is a possibility of getting man of the series (award),” he said. “I think the ODI series against England is the turning point of my cricketing career,” said the batsman, who made 120 off 76 balls in the excit-
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treatment in Melbourne, with a view to him being fit for the tour of India and the training camp in Dubai that precedes it,” Cricket Australia’s (CA) chief medical officer John Orchard said. “We are hopeful this injury will settle down relatively quickly and that he will be able to participate in that tour without any issues.” Aaron Finch will contin-
ing run-chase in the first ODI. Jadhav added that apart from his on-field dedication, he had to sacrifice a lot off-field too – on including changing his food habit. “My parents had promised God that if they get a son, they’d turn vegetarian. So, I’ve always been a pure vegetarian. But I realised, despite working hard, I was struggling to maintain my fitness level,” he said.
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I-League title holders Bengaluru FC’s quest for qualification in the prestigious AFC Champions failed at the first hurdle as they lost 1-2 to a dominant Al Wehdat in their Preliminary Qualifying Stage two tie in Jordan. Both sides were goal less at half time but Palestinian winger Ahmed Maher (48th) put the Jordan giants in the lead three minutes after the resumption when his volley from just inside the box hit the roof of the net. Bengalu-
match and is to continue behind the stumps for the rest of the series led 1-0 by New Zealand. Wade, who looked uncomfortable doing wicketkeeping drills with assistant coach Brad Haddin on Wednesday, said the injury had occurred at training when he dived for a catch and ue to lead the side, having felt his back “tighten up”. stepped in about 30 minutes before the first game started in Auckland on Monday. Wade had been appointed to lead Australia Agency | Melbourne in the absence of regular skipper Steve Smith (in- Australia named unjury) and rested vice-cap- capped batsman Michael tain David Warner. CA Klinger and bowlers Jhye said they would not seek Richardson, Ashton Turna replacement player. Pe- er and Billy Stanlake in ter Handscomb took the their Twenty20 squad on gloves for the Eden Park Wednesday for their se-
ru’s Sena Ralte then gave away a 65th minute penalty which Baha Faisal converted to extend Al Wehdat’s lead to 2-0 and send the home fans at the King Abdullah II International Stadium into a delirium last night. Bengaluru skipper Sunil Chhetri reduced the deficit with a strike from a corner in the 68th minute, but it was a case of too little too late for the Indian side, who will now play in Group E of the AFC Cup. Al Wehdat will travel to Abu Dhabi to take on Al Wahda of UAE at the Al Nahyan Stadium on 7 February for a place in Group D of the AFC Champions League. Bengaluru FC now have the possibility of facing another Indian side in Mo-
hun Bagan at the group stage of the AFC Cup. They are now placed in Group E alongside Maziya (Maldives), Abahani Limited (Bangladesh) and one of the four teams out of Timpu (Bhutan), Valencia (Maldives), Mohun Bagan (India) and Colombo FC (Sri Lanka). These four clubs are competing in a qualifying round of the AFC Cup. Bengaluru FC struggled throughout the match against Al Wehdat and the Jordanian side would have won by a much bigger margin had not they wasted the chances that came their way. Albert Roca’s side struggled to win possession and when they did, they couldn’t create any goal scoring opportunities.
younger players in an effort to improve our performance,” Hohns said in a statement. “The influence of younger players in this squad also gives us the opportunity to look forward to the ICC World T20, which is being hosted here in Australia in 2020.” Aaron Finch was confirmed as the captain on Tuesday. Aggressive
top-order batsman Chris Lynn was also included pending being passed fit by a specialist later this week. Lynn was forced out of Australia’s one-day squad against Pakistan with a bulging disc in his neck. “He is due to see a specialist later this week and we will take into account that advice ahead of this series,” Hohns said.
And he was 100 percent right,” Tendulkar was quoted as saying said. Tendulkar, who was in the event to promote his line of sports equipment and apparel, ‘Sachin by Spartan’, added that he felt the padding on his elbow guard was inade-
quate, and he decided to re-design it, getting the fibre and cushion on either side of the guard for enhanced protection. ”I knew I was feeling uncomfortable but I never thought of doing it myself. A few years down the line I got hit a couple of times on my elbow guard and it hurt. That’s when I realised padding on elbow guard is inadequate,” Tendulkar said. “I instantly redesigned my elbow guard.
Experimental Australian squad named for Sri Lanka T20Is
ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar says he is ‘following’ BCCI, SC developments closely Manohar wrote in a column on the ICC website, which was re-launched on the day. “My vision is to ensure the sport has strong governance, finance, corporate and cricketing structures that support all of our members.
Agency | New Delhi Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday presented the Union Budget 2017-18 with some changes in customs duties to “provide adequate protection to [the] domestic industry.” The government has imposed Special Additional Duty (SAD) on populated printed circuit boards (PCBs) for use in the manufacturing of mobile phones. The Budget 2017 has levied a 2 percent Special Additional Duty (SAD) on imported PCBs. While this may not seem like much, when one takes into account that the price of the PCBs make up a significant part of the mobile phone’s cost, it’s likely this burden may be passed onto consumers in the form of a price hike. At this moment, it is not certain how the levied duty on PCBs will affect prices of mobile phones in the country. Notably, there has been some back and forth on the Special Additional Duty applicable on the populated printed circuit boards. While the Union Budget 2016-17 had introduced the same 2 percent SAD, raising it from 0 percent, the government rolled back this import duty on May 5 last year - much to the chagrin of Make in India advocates who felt the move encouraged the philosophy of ‘Assemble in India’ instead.
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Australia captain Mathew Wade ruled out of rest of New Zealand tour
Australia captain Matthew Wade has been ruled out of the remainder of the one-day series against New Zealand and will return home for treatment on a back injury to ensure he is fit for the tour of India, the team said on Wednesday. The wicketkeeper had told reporters in Napier earlier on Wendesday that he had already been ruled out of the second one-dayer at McLean Park, but hoped to be able to play in Sunday’s third game in Hamilton. “With Matthew not being fit for Thursday’s game… it has been decided to send him home for an assessment and
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ries against Sri Lanka this month. The three Twenty20 matches overlap with a test series in India and interim chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said it was the perfect opportunity for Australia to build some depth. “With a number of our frontline players preparing for the India test series we have chosen a squad with a good blend of experience combined with several
Sachin Tendulkar reveals how a waiter’s advice helped him overcome batting flaw
(H.S.) | Dubai ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar on Wednesday said that he is following the “developments” in the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) and a “strong BCCI” based on solid governance foundations is good for the game. The BCCI now will be run by a Committee of Administrators (COA) headed by former CAG Vinod Rai and there will be a three-member BCCI team
which will represent the board in the ICC Meeting starting tomorrow. ”I have of course been following developments in regard to the BCCI and the decision of the Indian Supreme Court and will continue to do so over the following weeks. India is a vitally important member of the ICC and contrary to some reports, I believe a strong BCCI based on solid governance foundations is good for cricket,”
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Sachin Tendulkar might of one of the greatest batsmen of all time, and some of his records might be very difficult if not impossible to overhaul by contemporary batsmen, but what makes the ‘Master Blaster’ a unique figure in history is his humility, as well as his openness to ideas from all sources. During a recent press interaction at an event in his hometown of Mum-
bai, Tendulkar admitted to receiving batting tips from a waiter at a restaurant in Chennai, and actually benefited from it after implementing it. ”If you have an open mind you can develop so many things. In Chennai it was a waiter who came up to me and said if you don’t mind and don’t get offended I want to tell you something. I said go ahead. He said my elbow guard restricts my bat swing.
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Gujarat BJP youth wing chief Police detain 6 Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti members faces rotten eggs, ink attacks Though nothing hit Ritwij Patel, the BJP volunteers accompanying him caught hold of two persons who threw ink towards him and handed them over to the police Correspondent | Surat
Gujarat BJP youth wing president Ritwij Patel on Tuesday faced rotten eggs, water pouches and ink thrown at him by a mob of Patel youngsters when he took out a rally through the community-dominated area in Surat. Though nothing hit Ritwij Patel, who was travelling in an open jeep, the Bharatiya Janata Party volunteers accompanying him caught hold of two persons who threw ink
towards him and handed them over to the police. The youngsters said they belonged to the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) and their protest was directed towards the BJP government’s negative attitude towards the demands of the Patidars for reservation under OBC category. Talking to media persons later, Ritwij Patel however claimed that the youngsters were “hired goons of the Congress” and the
Patels were “solidly with me and the BJP.” His rally was planned from the Patel-dominated locality of Varachha to Godadara to woo the Patidars in view of the coming elections to the state Assembly. However, just as the rally began, rotten eggs and water pouches were thrown towards him from a shopping complex nearby but everything fell by the way side. Later, two persons who threw ink towards Ritwij Patel were overpowered by the motorbike-riding BJP volunteers.
made to suffer due to any dispute between co-owners of the firm. “The complainants cannot be made to suffer, if there is dispute of any kind between the owners of the property. It is the duty of the builders as well as the co-owners to sort out their dispute, if any,… and to ensure that the sale-deeds are executed as early as possible,” the commission said. According to the com-
plaint, the ownership of the property belonging to Shubham Builders, which was handed over in 1994, was not transferred in the name of homebuyers due to some dispute between the co-owners, the complaint said. The bench, while granting the relief to the complainants, said that once the payment is received, its the duty of the builders to execute the sale deed. “Once full payment for the property has been admittedly received by the builders and the possession delivered, it was the duty of all the 4 Opposite Parties (the firm and its three owners) to ensure that the sale-deeds should have been executed forthwith,” it said.
Foundation shows that as many as 118 companies listed on BSE (the Bombay Stock Exchange) from Gujarat spent Rs 666 crore on CSR activities in the financial year 2016, which is a rise of 14.82% over the Rs 580 crore spent by 95 companies in the previous financial year. Under the Companies Act-2013, all companies having net worth of Rs 500 crore or
more, or a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or more, or a net profit of Rs 5 crore or more, during any financial year are required to spend at least 2% of the average net profits of the company in the three immediately preceding financial years. The new CSR rules came into effect on April 1, 2014 and the financial year 201415 was the first year of implementation.
NCDRC asks builder to pay Rs 50K each to 23 homebuyers
Agency | New Delhi The apex consumer commission has directed a Gujarat-based real estate firm to pay Rs 50,000 each to 23 homebuyers for the builder’s failure to execute sale deeds even after handing over the possession of the flats 20 years ago. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) also said that the consumers cannot be
Gujarat firms’ CSR spend up 15% in 2016
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Activities under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by firms in Gujarat have been increasing as companies from the state increased their CSR spendin in the financial year 2015-16. In fact, the state ranks third -after Maharashtra and National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi -in CSR spending by listed firms. An analysis by Crisil
January gold imports down nearly 70%
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The gold business is showing scant signs of revival after being severely hit by demonetisation. This is evident as gold imports have only marginally increased from last month. According to data provided by Ahmedabad Air Cargo Complex, gold imports in January were nearly 70% lower than in the
same period last year. Imports stood at 2.8 metric tonnes (MT) till Jan 30 this year, against 9.42 MT in January 2016. Estimates by citybased bullion traders and
stockists indicate that cash crunch earlier in January and limited sales has led to a decline in imports. Normally , sales from November to February are buoyant due to the festive and wedding season. However, people are overly judicious in making gold purchases now. ”People are prioritizing purchases because of limited cash supply
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A rally by the BJP Yuva Morcha (BJYM) that passed through Patidar-dominated areas ended in a face-off as the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) allegedly removed BJP banners on the route and put up their own on Tuesday. Later, they also attacked the rally, led by BJYM state president Rutvij Patel, with eggs. Six PAAS members were detained
press conference was on. The situation turned tense with tempers rising in both camps. The BJYM rally passed through Patidar-dominated areas of Varachha. Surat police detained six youths from Sarthana area for their involvement in throwing eggs on BJP leaders. The PAAS put up banners that said, “Be warned, this is a Patidar bastion… Even the powerful have beat a hasty retreat here.” Earlier, the Surat PAAS team had challenged the BJP leaders to organise pub-
by Surat police for the attack on the BJP rally. Later, in clashes reported between the PAAS and BJP, B M Mangukiya, a lawyer in the Gujarat High Court who is also PAAS convenor Hardik Patel’s advocate, was injured and taken to hospital. Even as the BJP addressed a press conference late Tuesday (H.S.) | New Delhi evening, PAAS members regrouped outside the Almost three years into circuit house where the its tenure, the Narendra Modi government has a major worry. The migrant Bihar or UP labourer who saw the living standards of his family back home rise, thanks to a decade-long boom in the internal remittances economy, is experiencing a reversal of fortune. And this is something that the Finance Ministry’s own latest Economy Survey has partially acknowledged. Inter-State labour migration flows, which surged during the highof the other students ap- growth period of the Inproached the school the dian economy from 2003 next day but the teacher to 2013 and created work was not found. The group opportunities for millions, then made a representa- especially in the less-detion to the principal. “We learned that the teacher had slapped the girl when she did not bring her homework.She was not molested,” said Arun Ti- Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar wari, school principal.The A day ahead of the NDA parents however alleged government’s Union that the teacher concerned Budget 2017, the Gujarat was embroiled in contro- Congress expressed conversies earlier as well. cerns and demanded that The municipal school Gujarat not face injustice board has taken cogni- from the central governzance of the incident, as ment like in last year’s corporal punishment is an budget. Congress also deoffence anyway . manded a complete waiver of farm loans, sops for MSMEs and other industries. Bharatsinh Solanki, Gujarat Congress presiasked all police stations dent said: “When Gujarat and senior officials to CM Narendra Modi took participate in a drive with over as PM, BJP claimed the traffic branch to keep it will be like “mothan eye on heavy vehicles er serving food at one’s between 6 pm and 9 pm maternal grandparents’ in their respective areas. home” but in 2015-16 The notification asked and 2016-17, the central the teams to report the allocation to Gujarat was maximum possible rule drastically , reduced by violations. Traffic police around Rs 7,500 crore. issued notifications in the past prohibiting heavy vehicle traffic between specific times and on specific Correspondent | Vadodara stretches. ”The focus will rode on be on catching errant driv- Mumbai ers and reporting cases to Abhishek Nayar’s scinthe RTO. The effort is to tillating 47-ball 76 to reduce road fatalities, as record a comfortable it has been found that the five-wicket win over accidents involving heavy Saurashtra in the Syed vehicles increase chances Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 of fatal or serious acci- tournament for west zone. Batting first after dents.
lic meeting or any event in Varachha area. Last year, even as Hardik remained exiled in Udaipur, PAAS had disrupted a felicitation programme of BJP national president Amit Shah. In another episode, eggs were thrown on the vehicle rally organised by Surat city BJP MP Darshana Jardosh. Rutvij, who has recently been appointed the BJP youth wing president , also got a taste of the Patidar disgruntlement. The local unit of the BJP had put up post-
ers to welcome the first visit of the newly appointed BJYM leader at various locations on the rally route, starting from Surat Municipal Corporation Zoo Chowpati to Dindoli area in Surat. Over 70 percent area on the rally route is dominated by Patidars. The Surat PAAS supporters had torn the posters of BJP welcoming Rutvij Patel at various places. The Patidar youths had put up banners with an intention to “caution” the local BJP leaders.
veloped northern and eastern hinterlands, have taken a huge hit with the slowdown over the last three years or so. According to the Economic Survey, net out-of-state flows of migrant labourers across India peaked at almost 9.4 million in 2013-14, before falling to 9.1 million in 2014-15 and just over 8.4 million in 2015-16. The Survey has estimated the num-
bers using monthly data on unreserved passenger traffic between every pair of stations in India from the Ministry of Railways. Net annual flows of unreserved passenger travel, it has pointed out, can be used as a proxy for migrant labour flows because this commuter class “serves less affluent people, who are more likely to travel for work-related reasons”.
We hope Gujarat will not face in justice in the 2017-18 budget, like last year.” Solanki said: “By merging the railway budget and general budget, the NDA government is likely to mislead people with jugglery . Earlier they claimed 8% GDP growth but now RBI has accepted that growth will not be more than 7% while many rating agencies have estimate a decline in growth rate by
between 1% and 3% in 2017-18.” “Fiscal deficit has gone out of control. Congress waived farmers loans while BJP has just waived interest on it. We demand a complete waiver of farm loans. We expect that the BJPled NDA government increase the exemption limit from present Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh per annum and take steps to help the poor and middle class,” Solanki added.
winning the toss, Saurashtra posted a competitive 175 for six in the stipulated 20 overs, but that did not prove to be enough as Mumbai chased down the target with two balls to spare at the Moti Bagh Stadium. Shashank Singh was the second-best scorer for
Mumbai, as he smashed 47 off a mere 22 balls with the help of four boundaries and three sixes. During his knock, the experienced Nayar found the fence seven times and cleared it thrice. The duo was involved in a 102run stand for the sixth wicket after Mumbai.
Over 8 million internal migrants, economic slowdown hits their flow
Parents say girl molested by teacher
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The parents of a 10-yearold girl have accused a teacher at a Bapuangar school of molesting her. The school authorities denied these allegeations and said that the girl was slapped for not doing her homework. Senior school board authorities ordered a probe into the incident. The incident took place at Hindi Municipal School No.2 at Thakkarnagar in Bapunagar four days ago. The class V student reported the incident to her parents, accusing the teacher of molesting her. Her parents and parents
Cops on drive against heavy vehicles
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
City traffic police on Tuesday conducted a drive against heavy vehicles on Tuesday night. Officials said that their efforts will aim primarily at reducing fatal accidents and mishaps on city roads. The focus of the drive will be major roads including SP Ring Road, SG Road and other roads frequented by heavy vehicles. In a notification dated January 31, the office of additional commissioner of police (traffic)
Hope no injustice is done to Gujarat like last year: Congress
Mumbai beat Gujarat by 5 wickets, Baroda win against Gujarat
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