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GOOD & SIMPLE TAX
GST : Great Instrument to
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Help Poor Move up the Ladder Prakash Chawla Prakash Chawla is a senior journalist and commentator. He mostly writes on political-economy and global economic issues. A short and crisp video unveiled by President Shri Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for the launch of the Goods and Services Tax in the majestic Central Hall of Parliament captured the clear objective behind country’s most important tax reform till date. Unlike what economists and other commentators have been telling us as to how the GST would push the country’s Gross Domestic Product and make life easier for the trade and industry, the launch film showed a much broader aspect of the modern taxation that has the country’s people, especially those economically less privileged at its core. In his inspirational speech at midnight of June 30, minutes before the roll out, Prime Minister, referred to GST as a life changing instrument for the poor particularly in eastern Uttar Pradesh, other eastern states and the North East. Even as they are blessed with rich natural resources, these states have not
been able to fully exploit the same for their development. On face of it, one might ask, how is GST going to be of great benefits to the poor of the country, or is it that the same old “trickle down “ theory is supposed to play a role , via trade and industry. To an extent, it could be so, but the very character of the GST would ensure in realising what the Prime Minister said before the country’s most distinguished audience. The country’s mature polity and cooperative federalism has finally delivered a system, which is people – centric and not necessarily manufacturer centric. Unlike the excise or other levies, the GST that subsumes seven Central and eight state taxes, is not source or manufacturer based but a destination or consumer centric. In plain and simple language, the states which have more consumers would stand to gain immensely in terms of tax buoyancy that would then be channelled in the welfare
schemes for the people and overall economic development of the states. Surely, states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and North East, which did not have much of a manufacturing base and were losing on revenue would stand to gain while the developed and manufacturing hubs would be compensated at least for five years of the GST launch. More the consumers, higher is the tax collection in a state; though the consumers need to be economically empowered! The growth impetus to these states which could not keep pace with the states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu or Karnataka in manufacturing, would come from trade which in turn would generate huge resources for ploughing back into development efforts. Such a vibrancy would then lead to interest of investors, both domestic and global, into manufacturing and related service sectors, opening vistas for job creation for millions of people.
“GST is a system that ends the imbalances in the country’s trade. It also boosts the exports of the country. This system not only provides impetus to already developed states but also provides the opportunity to the backward states to develop. Our states are enriched with natural resources – look at Bihar, eastern UP, West Bengal, the north east, Odisha. They are all brimming with natural resources. When they will get a single tax regime I can see clearly that whatever deficiency is there those will be removed and this art of the country will move ahead. All the states of India will get equal opportunity for development”, the PM put the context right. Besides, the one nation –one- tax from “Ganga Nagar to Itanagar “ in the words of Shri Modi, would surely make life easier for the industry, trade and common person in different ways, encouraging honest way for the economic transactions. This is why, the GST has been dubbed as ‘Good and Simple Tax’ that would bring in a new governance culture. Both the PM and the President gave full credit to different political parties and governments at the Centre and the states in making the GST a reality. “This is not a Sidhi (realisation) of one government or a party; it is a fruit of common efforts”, the Prime Minister said. The President, who had himself played a pivotal role in the progressive journey of the GST as Finance Minister in the previous government, had some apt words: “The new era in taxation.... is the result of a broad consensus arrived at between the Centre and States. This
consensus took not only time but also effort to build. The effort came from persons across the political spectrum who set aside narrow partisan considerations and put the nation’s interests first. It is a tribute to the maturity and wisdom of India’s democracy”. One of the principal advantages of the new tax regime would be doing away with the cascading effect resulting from ‘tax on tax’. Through a robust IT infrastructure, the system of input credit ensures that it gets passed and adjusted against the tax liabilities. This would only help the consumers. “The prices of goods and services will come down. In the earlier system, the credit for excise duty, service tax, VAT and other indirect taxes did not get passed to the last vendor. But, in the GST, such credit goes to the supplier at the last stage of the value chain which then gets transferred to the consumers,” said noted tax expert Shri Brij Bhushan. Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley too has been impressing upon the industry to pass on any gains which accrue following the GST roll out. He hoped that the government may not have to use the powers vested in it through the AntiProfiteering Authority to ensure that the benefits get passed on to the common citizens. While even the President Shri Mukherjee said that there could be disruptions in the initial stage, such a thing would be constructive disruption. Once we are through the teething troubles and initial period of adjustment, GST would prove to be a people-centric, capable of transforming lives.
India spends miniscule amount on cyber security: ASSOCHAM
TAC New Delhi: Despite the growing threat, India’s budgetary allocation towards cyber security was about Rs 42.2 crore in 2012-13, up 19 per cent from Rs 35.45 crore in 2010-11 whereas US spend $658 million through department of homeland security and $93 million through US-CERT in 2013, according to the joint study brought out by ASSOCHAM and PwC. A joint study undertaken by PwC and ASSOCHAM reveals that the attacks on Indian websites have increased nearly five times in the past four years. With the rise of technology in the financial infrastructure ecosystem came a greater flow of funds. In coming years, private companies will matter greatly in India's critical infrastructure as they control more and more assets in telecom, transport, energy, and banking and finance. Demonetisation has given an impetus to e-wallet services. Mobile wallets have witnessed a massive rise in app downloads. The result has been that leading mobile wallets have witnessed growth of upwards of 100% in app download numbers and have similarly seen an increase of upwards of
400% increase in wallet recharges, noted the joint study. Globally, most countries are facing a shortage of professionals with the expertise, training and motivation needed to deal with cybercriminals, and India is no exception. What we urgently need is serious effort in capacity building and setting up high-end cyber labs that are capable of critically inspecting every IT component before these are deployed in critical infrastructure across industry sectors. There is an ever-growing threat to the economy, financial sector, key government departments and infrastructure set-up, which in turn leaves internal security at risk, said Mr. D S Rawat, Secretary General ASSOCHAM. Moreover, cyberthreats will only rise as India is seeing a shift towards a cashless economy. The types of cyber security incidents such as phishing, scanning, website intrusions and defacements, virus code and denial of service attacks will continue to grow, adds the study. The number of incidents occurring in banking systems has increased in the last five years. In the month of October 2016, an ATM card hack hit In-
dian banks, affecting around 3.2 million debit cards. Hence, efforts are needed to enhance cyber security as businesses and citizens embrace this new digital wave. Securing the hyper-interfaced environment, each ecosystem player will need to create multiple application programing interfaces (APIs). While this will deliver a seamless experience to customer, there is also a risk of malware injection through such APIs. With faster proliferation of interfaces, protecting APIs will become critical to ensure malware and persistent threats do not propagate through such untrusted/ untested APIs. Any threat that impacts such a user can potentially proliferate and bring the entire financial services ecosystem to a standstill. As the ecosystem continues to be interconnected and overlapping, cybercriminals will try to exploit possible lapses and, hence, strategies need to be built to deal with such eventualities. Given this interdependence on the all the players of the financial ecosystem, it becomes crucial to identify any anomaly at a pace which mirrors real time or near real time. Once an anomaly is identified, containing it is of paramount im-
Views expressed in the article are author’s personal.
portance before it spreads and crosses a point where the damages have transcended organisational boundaries and services. Stakeholders, including third-party vendors, who are responsible for managing the networks and infrastructure have limited understanding with respect to security risks and vulnerabilities associated with OT and CT systems. While IT systems are monitored heavily for security purposes, monitoring of OT and CT systems is limited to process efficiency and performance. Hence, logs and events are not collected and correlated. Specific crisis management or incident response for OT and CT systems is different from that for traditional It system. Security plans specific to OT and CT are missing, thus increasing the potential impact of the incident. ASSOCHAM paper said that by identifying cyber security flaws and issues, decision makers will be better placed to implement appropriate security controls, design additional secure architectures, monitor targeted attacks and maintain effective cyber resilience for their IT, OT and CT networks.
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TAC: Haryana Government would establish environment-friendly transportation system in Gurugram on the pattern of Poland. In the first phase, 75 to 100 electric buses would be operated. This was disclosed by Urban Local Bodies Minister, Mrs. Kavita Jain, who,
along with members of a delegation led by her, visited the plant of JBM Solaris Electric Vehicles Limited in Poznan, Poland. She said that as compared to ordinary buses, each electric bus would help save about 4.25 lakh litres diesel and reduce carbon emissions by
1,150 tonnes in ten years of operation. This would help in improving the environment and providing trustworthy public transport. The electric buses are noise and pollutionfree and do not require fossil fuels to run, she added. Mrs. Jain said that the Central and State Governments were committed towards operating electric vehicles in the country. In the first phase, such vehicles would be operated in Gurugram, which has earned recognition for its excellent infrastructure and facilities in residential, commercial and public sectors, and is located in the National Capital Region. This would not only reduce traffic congestion, but would also provide better public transport system to an average of 50,000 persons every day. Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, Municipal Corporation, Gurugram and Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) would bear 50 per cent, 40 per cent and ten per cent of the cost of the project, respectively.
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Campaign to transform Hry into a cash-less state
The Haryana Govt. has issued instructions to all heads of department to take requisite steps, including provision of incentives, to ensure that all receipts and payments in departments are made through digital modes only. Stating this, an official spokesman said that in the wake of demonetization, the state government had initiated a rigorous campaign to achieve the objective of transforming the state into a digital and less-cash economy. Some of the important measures taken in this direction included deputing senior secretaries in various districts to sensitise field officers and stakeholders such as bankers, traders, merchants and general public, towards the benefits flowing from digital transactions. Besides, training programmes were organised for government employees and PoS devices were installed in various state government offices across
the state in collaboration with the State Bank of India to enable the citizens to pay fee, challan and fines through debit and credit cards. He said the departments, boards, corporations and autonomous bodies would have to further step up efforts for creating awareness among the people about the advantages flowing from cashless transactions, and to encourage them to adopt these. The aim is to ensure that the state quickly becomes a lesscash society and adopts digital economy in a big way, in consonance with the national digitilisation drive, he added. A written communication in this regard has been sent to all heads of department, divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners and heads of boards, corporations and autonomous bodies in the state, besides the Registrar General, Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Seminars in Haryana for Purified Campaign to transform Haryana drinking clarifications on GST into a cash-less state water for Govt. school students
With a view to clear the doubts and bust myths surrounding the newly-implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST) system, the Haryana Government will organise seminars at every district headquarters in the State. These seminars would be attended by representatives of manufacturing associations, traders, Chartered Accountants, 34 empanelled service providers and elected representatives of respective areas. This was disclosed by Additional Chief Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department, Sanjeev Kaushal. He said that detailed discussion regarding GST system would be held in these meetings to clear all doubts and make people aware about the benefits of the system. Replying to a question, he said that phosphorous fertilisers contain several elements such as phosphoric acid, which are taxed separately. As per the report of tax research unit, while earlier 7.25 per cent
to 9.25 per cent tax was levied on fertiliser, this has now been reduced to five per cent. “We expect that prices of fertilisers would be more reasonable in future,” he added. Replying to a question about agriculture, tractor and fertiliser, he said that some information in this regard was missing. The GST Council has fixed tax rates for tractor parts to be used only in tractors at 18 per cent, and those which could be used in other machinery at 28 per cent. At the time of fixing slabs, goods were placed in the tax band nearest to the sum of the Central Tax, Value Added Tax (VAT) and embedded tax charged on them earlier. Therefore, tax rates on most goods have reduced, he added. He said that review meeting of GST Council would be held on August 5, in which the Council would take several decisions regarding implementation of the system.
Students studying in government schools of the state will now get purified drinking water enriched with necessary minerals. The Haryana Government has decided to install Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems in all government schools of the state. Initially, this facility would be made available in urban schools from next year, and later, it would be extended to schools in the rural areas also. A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting presided over by Chief Minister. The government also plans to install solar panels on the roof-top of government schools. Solar energy produced there would be utilized to run computers.
A special campaign would be launched in Haryana for plantation of 2.5 crore trees on available land in 2017-18. With a view to promoting green cover, a unique scheme ‘Har Ghar Hariyali’ has been launched under which plants are being given to people for planting them in homestead lands and farmhouses. A spokesman of the Forest Department said that under the ‘Deendayal Upadhyaya Smriti Van’ Scheme, trees would be planted at entrances to
the office campuses and all vacant lands under all officers. Similarly, all vacant areas in villages would be covered under the ‘Har Gaon Pedon Ki Chaon’ scheme. The department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the NHAI regarding a project for plantation along the national highways passing through Haryana with a clear undertaking that the Forest Department would not declare the land as protected forests, or reserve
forests, without the consent of the NHAI. Similar MoU would be signed with each department and office. All departments have been asked to send the list of places or areas lying vacant in their field offices for tree plantation during the current financial year, to the District Forest Officer or Conservator of Forests of concerned district. Three awards would be given away in every district to offices which give maximum cooperation in this regard, the spokesman added.
A campaign in 17-18 for plantation of 2.5 crore trees in Haryana
The Haryana Government has issued instructions to all heads of department to take requisite steps, including provision of incentives, to ensure that all receipts and payments in departments are made through digital modes only. Stating this, an official spokesman said that in the wake of demonetization, the state government had initiated a rigorous campaign to achieve the objective of transforming the state into a digital and less-cash economy. Some of the important measures taken in this direction included deputing senior secretaries in various districts to sensitise field officers and stakeholders such as bankers, traders, merchants and general public, towards the benefits flowing from digital transactions. Besides, training programmes were organised for government employees and PoS devices were installed in various state government offices across
the state in collaboration with the State Bank of India to enable the citizens to pay fee, challan and fines through debit and credit cards. He said the departments, boards, corporations and autonomous bodies would have to further step up efforts for creating awareness among the people about the advantages flowing from cashless transactions, and to encourage them to adopt these. The aim is to ensure that the state quickly becomes a less-cash society and adopts digital economy in a big way, in consonance with the national digitilisation drive, he added. A written communication in this regard has been sent to all heads of department, divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners and heads of boards, corporations and autonomous bodies in the state, besides the Registrar General, Punjab and Haryana High Court.
A health insurance scheme for free healthcare services for the poor
The Haryana Government would soon implement a health insurance scheme to provide free healthcare services to the poor in the state. The cost of premium will be borne by the state government. Disclosing this after inaugurating the Adesh Medical College and Hospital in Mohri village of Kurukshetra district, the Chief Minister, Manohar Lal, said efforts were being made to ensure that every person got healthcare services as per requirement. Medical colleges are being set up in all districts to meet the shortage of doctors in government hospitals. As many as 28 colleges would be set up in the state over the next two years which would help meet the requirement of 17,000 doctors. Manohar Lal said that private organisations
had been roped in establish Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) colleges in the state. They are setting up medical colleges in Sirsa, Palwal, Dadri, Rewari and Kurukshetra districts. The state government aims at providing modern healthcare services through a web of medical colleges. In this direction, it has been decided to start specialist courses in such disciplines as neurosurgery, neurology and pathology in Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak in 2017-18. Dental Nursing and Physiotherapy courses would also be started in the medical college at Nuh. Social service organisations are installing MRI and CT
Scan machines in government hospitals in five districts in PPP mode. Similarly, dialysis machines have been installed in 10 districts and catheterisation laboratories (catch labs) have been established in Panchkula, Faridabad, Gurugram and Ambala, he added. The Chief Minister said that work had been completed on 1,800 of the 3,600 announcements made so far by him, and the remaining announcements would be executed by the end of the year. The Health Minister, Mr. Anil Vij, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Krishan Kumar, Members of Parliament, Mr. Rattan Lal Kataria, and Mr. Raj Kumar Saini and Rajya Sabha Member from Punjab, Mr. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, also spoke on the occasion.
Quality Education – Need Of The time
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The month of May brings along with itself the race for college admissions after class twelve results. Board examinees are also eager for the result of competitive examinations which they have appeared in. These
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results give the concrete and authentic picture of our education system. Result is the identity of several education boards and on the basis of which measures are taken to improve the condition in the coming years. Results depict whether the teaching methods are going on properly or not. The field most opted by the stu-
dents for professional study is the criterion to know the trend of choice in society. Among the several boards, CBSE is the most important and desired one. It represents that class of the students who come from affluent, educatedand conscious families. It gives all the amenities which a parent or a
student looks for in a school. This year 82% of examinees passed out from CBSE board which was a little less from the last year. About 63,000 Students were in the category of bringing 90% and above whereas about 10,000 students achieved 95% of marks. The condition of state boards are not so bright. The pass percentage in these boards is very less. In some boards, pass percentage is quite high but the students in the range of 80 to 90 percent are very less. Some of the states remained in news for tampering marks of the eligible students and giving top rank to the non eligible candidate. This reflects corruption and use of money in this noble profession. Such type of incidence kills the interest of genuine students to appear from the state boards. In the present scenario of cut throat competition, children suffering from acute pressure of study suffer from mental agony. Even those bringing 90% and above are in dilemna whether they would get right choice of subjects in right college or not. Average students many a time sacrifice their desired course as they face heavy rush in the same
branch. All these factors make them lose interest in study. Educationists find three main challenges before the school education, Firstly, common mass hardly gets admission in good schools. Secondly, prevalence of inequality based on gender, economic status and caste. Thirdly, lack of quality education in most of the schools. Private schools are costlier than Government schools, yet they used to be the first choice of students. However, some of the state boards also provide high quality education. When we talk about bringing changes in organizational set up, the first measure is to make those Government schools financially strong which do not provide proper class room facilities along with Lab and library. The basic infrastructures are the backbone of a good school which allure children to come to school everyday. Schools must adopt modern techniques to provide education. The tools of Information Technology are very fruitful but the schools are unable to implement them even if they are suggested to do so. The reason for this lacunae is the lack
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Is humanity lost in the crowd? Whenever a crowd gathers it brings about some change. Whether it is a crowd gathered to vote for a better governing body or an assembly of like-minded citizens at Jantar Mantar to voice their demands or a crowd gathered at Ramleela grounds against corruption. But a crowd has another connotation since time immemorial. A horde of hapless spectators who have gathered just to watch like mute mannequins and do nothing else. It is this category of crowd which dominates our society today. A crowd of mute spectators that watches the assassination of Humanity in broad daylight on the streets of our free nation. Karamvir Kamal
Yes… this is a free India and it gained this freedom seven decades ago.The Prime Minister announced economic freedom for the country by rolling out the ‘One Nation One Tax’ system on the stroke of the midnight hour from the Central Hall of a glittering Parliament. But this is not about the freedom of our country but it is about freedom of our people’s minds from the shackles of a sick mentality. The country may have gained independence 70 years back but people are not willing to give up on their ailing mind-set. Monsoon has arrived but the atmosphere of the country is yet to cool down and a crowd of hot-headed people is keeping it from cooling down. A country where justice takes ages,
the crowd is playing the part of a fast-court. Amidst all this social media is completely free. Here anyone is free to post anything on social media. A video is fast getting viral on social media lately in which a crowd beats a woman to death. In this video from west bengal a crowd of people has tied a woman with a tractor. Her hair were cut and she is beaten brutally. People gathered in the crowd seem to be very heppy and content with what they are doing in this video. Everyone from woman, kids and old people can be seen in this crowd except humanity. Along with the news of GST, this news is also doing the rounds in foreign media. 42 year old Otera Bibi who was mentally disabled was declared a baby thief by Dilip Ghosh, one of the residents of the same vil-
lage and the crowd gave their judgement of beating her to pulp. For the execution of this punishment a crowd assembles which also includes kids, women and old folk of the village. A formal announcement of ‘Kill her’ nd the crowd unleashes its wrath on her. In today’s free India this trend of crowd justice is catching up fast. On the land of non-violence, violence is a big hit with the masses today. It is simply impossible for the victim to trace humanity in this crowd. In free India, this enslaved attitude is finding a place of its own under the sky. whether it is a matter of road rage or crime and violence in the garb of cow-protection; whether it is a protest with regard to caste or riots related to religion, how does this crowd of humans forget humanity?
Yoga for Global Well-being Ratnadeep Banerji
There is a natural tendency for unification of various entities of our planet. Yoga perceives and attains it in its higher realms of samadhi dwelling on heightened state of mind and elevated knowledge. The unification of mind, body and soul is divinity. This is yoga and is achieved through yogābhyāsa to maintain poise between pravitti and nivritti in the attainment of purusārthas. Yogāsanas is one part of yoga to attain perfection of body. The lore of India’s tryst with yogis needs to retain its sanctity. Our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi feels – ‘Yoga embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature and a holistic approach to health and well-being.’ The state of well-being is pervasive to our existence and pertains to global community. Why does a prime minister practice yoga on a public podium? A prime minister in any democracy is the vanguard of the citizenry. Shri Narendra Modi and his penchant for yoga has become a cult and his mission to popularize yoga has received worldwide appreciation. Yoga verily leads to better attainment in public life. The Prime Minister himself practicing it has instilled a precedent for others to try out and adjudge its prudence. Yoga also bears a
secular mantle and cultural versatility. This has led yoga to get transplanted all across the globe. Prime Minister in his address to the 69th session of the United National General Assembly (UNGA) on September 27th, 2014 exhorted the world community to adopt an International Day of Yoga to render its profundity – ‘Yoga is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with ourselves, the world and nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us to deal with climate change.’ Within three months, 193 members of UNGA approved this proposal by consensus with a record 177 co-sponsoring countries agreeing to establish 21st June as the International Day of Yoga. The Ministry of AYUSH has been striding forth with establishing the curative values of yoga and integrating yoga with various disciplines to reap societal benefits. Be it the high altitude soldiers or mountaineers or expeditions in Antarctica, yoga streamlines body’s functioning to the requisite elimination of body wastes and bolster better assimilation of nutrients for bodily build-up. Yoga can be of immense benefit to the armed and paramilitary forces. Yoga is highly effective in enduring cold tolerance and proves to be immune-modulatory and anti-inflammatory and also in augmenting stress hormones and neurotransmitters. Yoga workout im-
proves the brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and the alpha index of electroencephalogram sees improvement. Yogic practice on stress hormones and neurotransmitters sees a spurt. Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS) under Defence Research & Development Organization in collaboration with Morarji Desai Natonal Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) and Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) developed customized yoga packages for army, air force and navy to tackle high altitude, hot desert and cold desert conditions and submarine and ship conditions. According to Dr Shashi Bala Singh, outstanding scientist and Director of DIPAS, ‘scientific investigations on āsanas and prānayāms have enabled its application in combating the stress in soldiers and promoting their psychophysiological fitness. Yoga can also be a support system to cope up and overcome the disturbed biorhythm and social isolation in adverse climatic conditions.’ Yogic practices on BSF have shown to improve anaerobic power. Yoga in Antarctica was tried out during 35th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica in 2015-2016. ‘Effect of Antarctic conditions and mitigation: yoga for Indian Expedition’ was undertaken by DIPAS and S-VYASA to facilitate better thermoregulation and minimize sea sickness. Also, yoga was
found to enable better adaptations to the changes in the circadian rhythm or the body clock while staying at Bharati and Maitri stations in Antarctica. Improved sleep architecture and better mood prevailed. Yogasana is not just for body flexibility but has a profound corrective action on aberrant human physiology. Several incurable ailments for modern medicine such as epilepsy, mental disorders, endocrine imbalance etc find a solution. Prof K.K.Deepak is the Head of Department of Physiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He has carried out measurement of autonomic tone using heart rate variability before and after prānayām and sudarshan kriya which involves regulated and rhythmic breathing. The effect of controlled breathing exercise on the psychological status is also noted. He has made assessment of sympathovagal modulation during pranayam and conscious paced breathing. Heart Rate Dynamics during Shambhavi Mahamudra, a practice of Isha Yoga was worked upon. Voluntary heart rate reduction is proven possible following yoga using different strategies. Cardiac autonomic function even in patients with diabetes improves with practice of comprehensive yogic breathing program. An extensive study on yogic therapy in epilepsy and prolonged meditation practice as a useful adjunct for management of drug-resistant epileptics has
also been carried out in AIIMS. Yogic intervention for mental disorders is also possible. Studies have also been conducted to see the effect of yoga based intervention in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The effect of comprehensive yogic breathing program on type 2 diabetes is also noted. What is āsana and how should it be done? Sthirasukhamāsanam, says the seer Patañjali. Late Yoga Guru B.K.S.Iyengar transliterates it as, ‘the sense of sanctity brings composure and poise in the body, feeling of firmness in mind and benevolence in the intelligence’. Aṣṭāṇga Yoga of Patañjali holds exemplary toning regimen. sangacchadhvam samvadadhvam sam vo manānsi jānatām devā bhāgam yathā pūrve sañjānānā upāsate ||
[May you move in harmony; may you speak in unison; let our mind be equanimous like in the beginning; let the divinity manifest in your sacred endeavours.] Ratnadeep Banerji Author is a senior journalist and a radio documentary maker. Views expressed in the article are author’s personal.
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India-China border stand-off?
over the area, saying that the road is in its territory and accusing Indian troops of "trespassing". It said India would do well to remember its defeat in the 1962 war, warning Delhi that China was also more powerful than it was then. On Monday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said that the border in Sikkim had been settled in an 1890 agreement with the British, and that India's violation of this was "very serious". The Global Times newspaper, meanwhile, accused India of undermining Bhutan's sovereignty by interfering in the road project, although Bhutan has since asked China to stop construction.
What's Bhutan's role in this?
For four weeks, India and China have been involved in a stand-off along part of their 3,500km (2,174-mile) shared border.
The two nations fought a war over the border in 1962 and disputes remain unresolved in several areas, causing tensions to rise from time to time. Since this confrontation began last month, each side has reinforced its troops and called on the other to back down.
How did the row begin?
It erupted when India opposed China's attempt to extend a border road through a plateau known as Doklam in India and Donglang in China. The plateau, which lies at a junction between China, the north-eastern Indian state of Sikkim and Bhutan, is currently disputed between Beijing and Thimphu. India supports Bhutan's claim over it. India is concerned that if the road is completed, it will give China greater access to India's strategically vulnerable "chicken's neck", a 20km (12mile) wide corridor that links the seven north-eastern states to the Indian mainland. Indian military officials told regional analyst Subir Bhaumik that they protested and stopped the roadbuilding group, which led Chinese troops to rush Indian positions and
smash two bunkers at the nearby Lalten outpost. "We did not open fire, our boys just created a human wall and stopped the Chinese from any further incursion," a brigadier said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press. Chinese officials say that in opposing the road construction, Indian border guards obstructed "normal activities" on the Chinese side, and called on India to immediately withdraw.
What is the situation now?
Both India and China have rushed more troops to the border region, and media reports say the two sides are in an "eyeball to eyeball" stand-off. The Chinese ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui told Press Trust of India news agency on Tuesday that India had to "unconditionally pull back troops" for peace to prevail. The statement is being seen as a diplomatic escalation by China. China also retaliated by stopping 57 Indian pilgrims who were on their way to the Manas Sarovar Lake in Tibet via the Nathu La pass in Sikkim. The lake is a holy Hindu site and there is a formal agreement between the neighbours to allow devo-
tees to visit. Bhutan, meanwhile, has asked China to stop building the road, saying it is in violation of an agreement between the two countries.
What does India say?
Indian military experts say Sikkim is the only area through which India could make an offensive response to a Chinese incursion, and the only stretch of the Himalayan frontier where Indian troops have a terrain and tactical advantage. They have higher ground, and the Chinese positions there are squeezed between India and Bhutan. "The Chinese know this and so they are always trying to undo our advantage there," retired Maj-Gen Gaganjit Singh, who commanded troops on the border, told the BBC. Last week, the foreign ministry said that the construction "would represent a significant change of status quo with serious security implications for India". Indian Defence Minister Arun Jaitley also warned that the India of 2017 was not the India of 1962, and the country was well within its rights to defend its territorial integrity.
What does China say?
China has reiterated its sovereignty
Bhutan's Ambassador to Delhi Vetsop Namgyel says China's road construction is "in violation of an agreement between the two countries". Bhutan and China do not have formal relations but maintain contact through their missions in Delhi. Security analyst Jaideep Saikia told the BBC that Beijing had for a while now been trying to deal directly with Thimphu, which is Delhi's closest ally in South Asia. "By raising the issue of Bhutan's sovereignty, they are trying to force Thimphu to turn to Beijing the way Nepal has," he said.
What next?
The region saw clashes between China and India in 1967, and tensions still flare occasionally. Commentators say the latest development appears to be one of the most serious escalations in recent years. The fact that Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama resides in India has also been a sticking point between the two countries. This stand-off in fact, comes within weeks of China's furious protests against the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state that China claims and describes as its own. Relations between the Asian giants, however, may not slide further as China has allowed 56 Hindu pilgrims, who entered through the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, to visit the Manas Sarovar site. "They are heading for the lake and they are safe," senior tourism official Dheeraj Garbiyal said last week. This, experts say, shows that the Chinese are not raising tensions on the whole border but specifically on the Sikkim-Bhutan stretch. Courtesy BBC
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Mrs. Bharat Icon 2017
Nancy Kohli, Neeleshwari Basak, Renu Kelkar
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Party in Style @The Junkyard Cafe
Ankit Nagpal & Sanjay Jaiswal
Recently Held was the Delhi Auditions for Mrs Bharat Icon 2017 at Town House Cafe Owned by one of the Partners Sunjay Jain, The Pageant is organised by Akhil Bansal and will have its Grand Finale on 1st July 2017 at Sahara Star Santacruz in Mumbai. The Jury had eminent names Like Neeleshwari Basak (Creative Director) Nancy Kohli, Ankit Nagpal, Roli Tripathi, Aarti Arora and Renu Kelkar. The Final Show has reknowned names associated to the show like Shubh Malhotra, Alicia Raut, Archana Kochar, Delna Pooniwala, Shammi Gupta, Bharat and Dorris.
Recently Top Gun Social by Anshuman Tripathi and Sandeep Kaur in association with Bang on Target PR & Media Solutions hosted a party for all its TGS members at The Junkyard Cafe, Saket. The Evening had renowned DJ Manish who performed live who recently rocked the stage at Sunburn and Dubai. All the guests were seen having a gala time as they grooved onto the music of the DJ. One of the Partners of the Venue Umang Tewari said “i am delighted to have TGS members at the cafe and to see them having a great time”.
Anshuman & Rati Malhotra
Neeraj & Sandeep Kaur
Somen Roy & Bubu
Roli Tripathi & Aarti Arora
Anshu Dhawan, Aarti Verma and Surbhi Nagpal
Shelly & Kawalpreet
Ruchi & Shivani
Aarti Arora & Nidhi Taneja
Wiser Miser Preview
Recently was the Preview of Cafe Wiser Miser in Connaught Place, This new venture is jointly owned by Sharuk Narang, Parul Shodhan and Kanwar Sameer. As the name suggests the concept of the cafe is very rare for Delhiites to buy anything at an MRP Price and economical rates for food. It’s a nice chilling cafe targeting all age groups. Many Delhi’s Socialites were seen at the preview to name a few were Mia Lakra, Lavanya Madan, Daksh Oberoi, Ajay Rajpal.
Lavaanaya Madan & Mia Lakra
Ajay Rajpal & Bhawna Rajpal
Isha Pathak & Ena Pathak Mitra
Silvee Bakshi & Sandeep Kaur
Sharuk Narang & Prachi Narang
Blanche Warnan & Arush Malik
Mickey Mehta & Parul Shodhan Kanwar Sameer & Sana Kanwar