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THE GOOD WORD Dec 27, 2021 - Week 54

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Kashmir opens up real estate to outsiders with

39 MoUs worth ₹18,300 crores

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Dec 18, amid the surge of

Omicron cases in India,

members of the National

Covid-19 Supermodel

Committee predicted that

the caseload in the

country is likely to

increase further and a 3rd

wave was likely in early

2022.

Vidyasagar, one of the

heads of the Committee

said that India will have a

3rd wave of Covid-19 but

it will be milder than the

2nd as there is large-scale

immunity now in the

country. Presently, India

had around 7,500 cases

per day which is sure to

go up once Omicron

starts displacing Delta as

the dominant variant. The

3rd wave will likely see

less daily cases than the

second wave as the

Centre had started

vaccinating ordinary

Indians only starting Mar

2021, which was just

about the time when the

Delta variant had hit the

country. It will be short

lived. An IIT-Kanpur study

predicts that the 3rd wave

may peak by Feb 3, 2022.

At: RepublicWorld, HT

Guru Govind Singh’s sons, Jorawar and Fateh Singh’s, martyrdom day – Dec 26 – image courtesy Wikipedia; Dhirubhai Ambani, Arun Jaitley, Ratan Tata – birthdays Dec 28 – images courtesy Wikipedia, Twitter and Zimbo

Russia inducts S-

550 amid tension

on Ukraine

Dec 30, amid tensions

over Ukraine, Russia has

reportedly inducted the

S-550 air defence system

which can hit space-

crafts, ballistic missiles,

re-entry vehicles and

hypersonic missiles.

In a call with US

president Biden on

Thursday, Russian

president Putin warned

him that any economic

sanction on Russia over

Ukraine would lead to a

complete rupture in ties.

The two last spoke on

Dec 3. It is speculated

that the Russian leader

was feeling out Biden’s

red lines before the

round of talks in Jan.

Russia has amassed

troops on the Ukraine

border. The US believes

president Putin is still to

decide if Russia will

invade Ukraine.

Image: NationalInterest

At: NewYorkTimes, MSN

On Dec 23, a bomb blast

at the Ludhiana Court

complex had killed the

dismissed cop,

Gagandeep Singh and

injured six others.

Intelligence agencies

learnt that a Germany

based Khalistan terrorist

from the Sikhs for Justice

group, Jaswinder SIngh

Multani had conspired

with a Babbar Khalsa

terrorist Harvinder Singh

Sandhu, in Pakistan to

plan this attack after

being tasked by the ISI.

With actionable

Intelligence on Multani

agencies approached

their German

counterparts. The Modi

government stepped up

the pressure to ensure

that Multani was

arrested. Multani was

arrested by the cops in

Erfurt, Central Germany.

His arrest shows how

good the bilateral

relations between India

and Germany are, and

strike a stark contrast to

those between India and

the UK or Canada which

house Khalistani

terrorists.

At: OneIndia

Ludhiana blast

terrorist caught

in Germany Dec 25, the ministry of

home affairs (MHA)

rejected the FCRA

renewal application of

the NGO Missionaries

of Charity (MoC),

founded by Mother

Teresa in Kolkata, for

failing to meet

eligibility conditions.

This prevents it from

receiving or using

foreign funds.

On Friday the MHA had

extended the validity of

the FCRA registrations

of NGOs by 3 months to

March 31, 2022 for

organizations that have

applied for a renewal

prior to the lapse of

their registration. MoC

will not be eligible for

the extension as its

application stands

rejected. Nearly 6,000

NGOs were denied

FCRA registration on

Dec 31 as they either

did not apply for

renewal or were

refused one. These

include Oxfam India,

Jamia Millia Islamia and

the Indian Medical

Association among

others.

At: DeccanHerald, OneIndia, ANI

Omicron led 3rd

Covid wave to hit

India in early 2022

sectors. The summit

was jointly organized by

the ministry of housing

and urban affairs,

government of India,

government of Jammu

and Kashmir and

NAREDCO. The event

saw the launch of an

Auction of Assets Portal

and a RERA portal.

The event will boost the

UT’s economy and will

help counter terrorism

and separatism. Since it

opens up the UT’s real

estate to Indians

outside the state the

event gave rise to a

familiar refrain from

some local politicians,

that the BJP was trying

to alter the Muslim

majority demography of

the region. BJP leaders

countered the charge

accusing the local

politicians of misleading

people for private gains.

If the NC could settle

Pakistani’s in the land

why shouldn’t Indians

from the rest of the

country be invited, they

questioned. Given the

tremendous response

the LG indicated a similar

conference will be held

in May 2022 at Srinagar.

Image: RealtyBuzz At: DailyPioneer,

Siasat

Dec 29, the Jammu and

Kashmir administration

opened the Union

Territory (UT) to the

country’s real estate

investors by signing 39

MoUs worth nearly

₹18,300 crores.

Addressing the Jammu

and Kashmir Real Estate

Summit 2021, lieutenant

governor (LG) Manoj

Sinha revealed 19 MoUs

were signed in the

residential, 8 in the

commercial, 4 in

hospitality, 3 in the

infrastructure, 2 in the

finance and 3 in the film

and entertainment

Malegaon blast witness accuses Mumbai ATS of

forcing him to implicate Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath honours the

sacrifice of Guru Govind Singh’s sons

illegally detained him

for 7 days at its Mumbai

office and had

threatened to torture

and implicate his family

members, if he had not

named Yogi Adityanath.

In 2017 also, a blast

accused named

Sudhakar Chaturvedi,

had similarly claimed

that the Mumbai ATS

had falsely implicated

innocent people to

create a ‘saffron terror’

façade. BJP MP Yogi

Adityanath was the

ATS’s main target

although RSS chief

Mohan Bhagwat was

also being framed.

Chaturvedi had also said

he was brutally tortured

and that ATS had planted

a pistol and RDX on him.

In Sep 2008 bomb blasts

at Malegaon, Nashik

district, Maharashtra had

resulted in 4 deaths and

had left 80 injured.

On Wednesday, Yogi

Adityanath launched a

scathing attack on the

Congress, saying it

nurtured terrorists and

had foisted fake cases

against Hindu

organisations. These acts

were a crime against the

country for which the

Congress must apologize.

Image: IBTimes, At: OpIndia,

TelegraphIndia

Dec 27, Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday

observed Sahibzada Day remembering the martyrdom of the four sons of

Guru Gobind Singh. UP became the first state to observe the day, in 2020.

Image: NewsTrack, At: RepublicWorld

Dec 27, Kanpur

businessman Piyush Jain

was sent to 14 days of

judicial custody for

evasion of tax in what is

the biggest cash seizure

by officials of Central

Board of Indirect Taxes

and Customs (CBIC).

Over ₹197 crore in cash,

23 kg gold and goods

worth ₹6 crore were

recovered from

premises linked to him

in Uttar Pradesh (UP).

This sparked off a war of

words between the BJP

and Samajwadi Party

(SP). BJP leaders

accused SP of links with

the raided businessman

and of corruption during

the SP tenure which

fueled black money.

Prime minister Modi

took a swipe at SP

saying the party had

sprinkled the ‘stench of

corruption’ all over UP.

SP disassociated itself

with the businessman

but claimed that the

person raided had ties

with the BJP instead.

The Income Tax

department thereafter

raided the premises of

the SP legislator and

perfume business

owner Pushpraj Jain

'Pampi' in Kannauj on

Friday. Pampi had

launched the

'Samajwadi Ittra' or

perfume last month in

the presence of SP

president Akhilesh

Yadav ahead of the

2022 UP assembly

elections. Both Pushpraj

and Piyush Jain are in

same business and live

in the same locality.

Image: ShikshaNews At: MSN,

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Anil Deshmukh’s

custody extended by

14 days-to stay in jail

Mother Teresa’s

charity denied

FCRA licence

Dec 27, former

Maharashtra home

minister Anil Deshmukh,

who is lodged in the Arthur

Road Jail in Mumbai, will

continue to stay there in

judicial custody for another

14 days. This is the fourth

consecutive extension of

the former Maharashtra

minister's judicial custody.

Deshmukh was first

remanded for 14 days on

Nov 15 by the special

PMLA court. Prior to this,

he had been in the custody

of the Enforcement

Directorate (ED) after a

marathon grilling on Nov 1.

Deshmukh was arrested by

the ED in connection with

the ₹100-crore per month

extortion case.

The ED is set to file

chargesheet in the money

laundering case against

Deshmukh this week. Both

Deshmukh and ex-API

Sachin Vaze are currently

in judicial custody being

probed by the National

Investigation Agency and

ED. The agencies are

expected to corroborate

statements of all accused

in the Maha Vasooli racket.

At: RepublicWorld

Raids on perfume maker result in

biggest ever cash haul of ₹197 crore

Dec 28, in a sensational

twist to the Malegaon

bomb blast case, a

witness told the Special

NIA court that Mumbai

Anti-Terror Squad (ATS)

officers, including the

former police

commissioner Param Bir

Singh had coerced him

to falsely name Uttar

Pradesh (UP) chief

minister Yogi

Adityanath, who was

then a BJP MP, as an

accused in the case. The

ATS had also forced him

to accuse four other RSS

leaders including

Indresh Kumar, Deodhar

and Kakaji. It had

Dec 27, at least 6 Naxals

were killed in an

encounter with security

forces along the

Chhattisgarh-Telangana

border. The skirmish took

place between 6 and 7 am

in a forest in Kistaram

area of Chhattisgarh's

Sukma district. The 6 slain

ultras included four

women. The special anti-

Naxal Greyhounds unit of

Telangana, the Police

District Reserve Guard

and the Central Reserve

Police Force (CRPF) from

Sukma had combed the

forest after an intelligence

tip off that Maoists had

entered it to effect an

attack on security forces.

There are total of 5 area

committees of Maoists

operating in Sukma. Two

had been weakened after

leaders surrendered or

were killed by the forces.

With this decimation of

the Kistaram committee,

the remaining two

committees, Katekalyan

and Jagargunda, will be

the next target of the

forces. At: TribuneIndia

6 Naxals eliminated

by Chhattisgarh-

Telangana forces

Kanpur Metro

Inaugurated by prime minister

Shri Narendra Modi

in the presence of

Uttar Pradesh chief minister

Yogi Aditayanth

on Dec 28, 2021

Built in record time! Elevated track of

9.6 km with 9 stations completed in less

than 2 years!

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Along with these,

upgradation and

development work at

eight more domestic

airports in Agra,

Saharanpur, Aligarh,

Azamgarh, Moradabad,

Shravasti, Chitrakoot

and Sonbhadra is on.

Uttar Pradesh will soon

become the only state

in the country to have

five international

airports. Today, it has

international airports in

Lucknow and Varanasi.

The Yogi government is

working on three new

international airports at

Kushinagar, Jewar and

Ayodhya. The

international airport at

Kushinagar is almost

complete and is ready

for operations. This will

drastically increase the

tourism from the

Buddhist countries, as

Kushinagar is one of

the very important

pilgrimage sites for

Buddhists, where they

believe Gautam Buddha

attained

Mahaparinirvana after

his death. The work for

the Jewar airport in

Gautam Budh Nagar

and the international

airport in Ayodhya has

already started.

Yogi knew that along

with air road

connectivity, supply of

uninterrupted

electricity is one of the

important factors for

the ease of doing

business for industry,

and ease of living for

people. With that in

mind, in the very first

year, he launched a

‘Power for All’ drive

and massively

upgraded the power

infrastructure in the

state.

Under his ‘Paryapt Bijli’

mission, for the first

time in the history of

Uttar Pradesh, the

state targeted 24 hours

electricity at district

headquarters, 20 hours

at tehsils and 18 hours

at villages. When

reviewed in 2021,

Yogi’s team almost

touched this steep

target. In the period of

2017-21, average

duration of daily power

supply in rural areas

was 17.43 hours,

average duration of

daily power supply in

tehsil areas was 20.41

hours, and average

duration of daily power

supply in district

headquarters was

23.14 hours.

If we compare this to

average daily power

supply during the

previous SP

government (2012-17),

it was a drastic change.

In Yogi’s tenure,

average daily increase

in power supply in

district headquarters is

3 hours and 51

minutes, in tehsils, it is

1 hour and 14 minutes

and, in the rural area,

it is five hours 18

minutes, respectively.

Five hours of extra

electricity upgraded

the life standards of

rural Uttar Pradesh

drastically. In urban

areas, around four

hours of extra

electricity reduced the

personal and industrial

power back-up bills.

Under the Yogi rule,

Uttar Pradesh has

created a long-term

tied-up capacity of

around 27,000 MW

with various power

plants in and outside

the state. As per plans,

the current capacity

will further increase to

around 34,500 MW

soon. In 2016-17 under

the SP regime, UP was

transmitting 16,110

MW of power and, in

contrast under Yogi,

the peak demand of

24,926 MW was met on

30 June 2021. It was a

54 percent jump in

demand and

transmission capacity.

This is unprecedented.

In the last four years,

673 substations have

been added to the

distribution system and

the capacity of 1,347

substations has been

augmented. In 2016-17,

UP only had 3,817

substations; by 2020-

21, the state

government ensured

673 more substations,

taking the total number

to 4,490. In the last

four years, apart from

the new 673

substations, 1,347

substations have

been augmented. The

Yogi government now

works on corporate-like

service level agreement

(SLA) to rectify any

malfunctioning

transformer within 24

hours in urban areas

and 48 hours in rural

areas.

In the last four years,

Yogi Adityanath has

taken Uttar Pradesh’s

infrastructure to a

completely new orbit

and coupled with

tightened law and

order, it has immensely

helped bring the

industry back to the

state. And by 2021, this

started reflecting in

national indices.

Today, Uttar Pradesh

has become second in

the Ease of Doing

Business (EoDB)

ranking, leaving many

industrialised states

behind. Under

Adityanath, Uttar

Pradesh has become

the second largest state

of India in Gross State

Domestic Product

(GSDP), surging ahead

of industrialised states

like Gujarat and Tamil

Nadu. As per the Centre

for Monitoring Indian

Economy (CMIE) report

released in March 2021,

coinciding with Yogi’s

fourth year in office,

the unemployment rate

of Uttar Pradesh dipped

to 4.1 percent in 2021

compared to 17.5

percent before 2017. By

2021, the state has

doubled the per capita

income of its citizens —

from Rs 43,000 per year

in 2015-16 to Rs 95,000

a year in 2021.

One wonders if all this

will be enough for the

Adityanath

government’s electoral

success in the Assembly

elections next year.

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change have

also swept the aviation

sector. In 2017, the

state had flights to only

25 national and

international

destinations and, in

2021, UP has almost

tripled this number and

has flights to 71

destinations — 59

national and 12

international

destinations. In 2017,

UP had four functioning

airports — Lucknow,

Varanasi, Gorakhpur

and Agra — out of

which only Lucknow and

Varanasi were handling

international flights to

limited routes. By 2021,

the state has eight

functioning airports,

with many more routes.

The new additions are

Kanpur, Bareilly,

Prayagraj, and Hindon

airports.

Along with activating

new airports, the traffic

to and from existing

airports has increased

in the last four years.

For example, from

Varanasi, flights were

available for only one

international and seven

national destinations till

2017, which have gone

up to five international

and 15 national

destinations. In 2017,

only one flight was

available from

Gorakhpur (to Delhi).

Today, the Gorakhpur

airport offers flights to

eight destinations.

Similarly, flights from

Agra have increased

from one to five

destinations since 2017.

Every man should take

up his own ideal and

endeavour to

accomplish it. That is a

surer way of progress

than taking up other

men's ideals, which he

can never hope to

accomplish. For

instance, we take a

child and at once give

him the task of walking

twenty miles. Either the

little one dies, or one in

a thousand crawls the

twenty miles, to reach

the end exhausted and

half-dead. That is like

what we generally try to

do with the world. All

the men and women, in

any society, are not of

the same mind,

capacity, or of the same

power to do things;

they must have

different ideals, and we

have no right to sneer

at any ideal. Let every

one do the best he can

for realising his own

ideal. Nor is it right that

I should be judged by

your standard or you by

mine. The apple tree

should not be judged by

the standard of the oak,

nor the oak by that of

the apple. To judge the

apple tree you must

take the apple standard,

and for the oak, its own

standard.

Unity in variety is the

plan of creation.

However men and

women may vary

individually, there is

unity in the background.

The different individual

characters and classes

of men and women are

natural variations in

creation. Hence, we

ought not to judge them

by the same standard or

put the same ideal

before them. Such a

course creates only an

unnatural struggle, and

the result is that man

begins to hate himself

and is hindered from

becoming religious and

good. Our duty is to

encourage every one in

his struggle to live up to

his own highest ideal,

and strive at the same

time to make the ideal

as near as possible to

the truth.

Swami Vivekananda

Karma Yoga

a series of extracts

Swami Vivekananda Image courtesy Newsgram.com;

in November 2021,

connecting nine

districts of hitherto

neglected eastern Uttar

Pradesh. Main

carriageway of the 300

km Bundelkhand

Expressway connecting

seven districts of the

Bundelkhand region

will be operational by

January 2022. By these

two massive green-field

projects, the Yogi

government has added

a whopping 641 km to

the expressways’ road

infrastructure in the

state.

But this is not all. With

the 600-km Ganga

Expressway and the 91-

km Gorakhpur Link

Expressway, Uttar

Pradesh will enter a

different league of

high-quality road

networks across the

country. About 98

percent land for Ganga

Expressway has already

been acquired and a

bidding process is on.

Ganga Expressway will

connect the state’s

western region to the

eastern and will run

through 12 districts.

Around these

expressways, the Yogi

government planned

nodes of defence

corridors and invited

defence equipment

manufacturers to the

state. In 2020, even

Prime Minister Modi

praised Chief Minister

Adityanath that Uttar

Pradesh is becoming an

‘Express State’ under

his leadership.

Winds of positive

Source – firstpost.com

Author - Shantanu

Gupta

In area, Uttar Pradesh is

double the size of

England; and in

population, only five

countries in the world

can beat the state’s

population. Being a

parliamentarian from

Uttar Pradesh for two

decades, Yogi

Adityanath had this

clear cognisance that

only world-class

infrastructure and

connectivity can make

the state prosperous.

So, in 2017, when he

took the oath of office,

he took the challenge

head on. Within the

first few weeks, he sat

at the drawing board

with his team, and

charted out the journey

of a new Uttar Pradesh.

What we have observed

by 2021 is not less than

a miracle.

We should give credit

wherever it’s due. The

Bahujan Samaj Party

(BSP) built the 165-km

Greater Noida-Agra

Expressway. The

Samajwadi Party (SP)

built the 302-km Agra-

Lucknow Expressway.

So, in the 15 years of

the BSP-SP rule, people

of Uttar Pradesh got

467 km of expressways,

limited to western UP.

In contrast, Yogi

Adityanath has taken

the expressway

network to a completely

different level. Prime

Minister Narendra Modi

inaugurated 341 km of

Purvanchal Expressway

Yogi’s infra and power push has propelled Uttar Pradesh into higher orbit, but will it

be enough for electoral success?

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