Corona Virus in India: in 2 days India records spike of over 2 lakh cases

Vaishali Singh

Coronavirus Cases in India LIVE: Coroavirus cases in India have continued to see a spike in the past few days, breaching a new mark every other day. On Sunday, India registered its single-day and record spike of 64,399 coronavirus cases, taking the country’s Covid tally past 21 lakh-mark. India had crossed the 20 lakh-mark on Friday. In just two days, India recorded a spike of over 1 lakh cases. Experts have believed that India’s coronavirus peak is yet to come. As per World Health Organization data, India has been recorded more coronavirus cingle-day cases than the United States or Brazil for past four days. As India readies to prepare to fight coronavirus, stay with us to catch LIVE updates.

One hundred and nine days after the first person tested positive for Covid-19 in India, the country’s case count crossed the 1-lakh mark on Monday, with the number of infections having doubled in just a little over 12 days.

Both the spread of the virus and the spurt in cases in recent days will be a cause for concern for the authorities. On Monday, 4,713 fresh infections were reported from across the country, the third highest in a single day so far, led again by Maharashtra, which reported more than 2,000 cases (2,033 to be exact) for the second day running. As many as 24 states/UTs reported new cases during the day.

On the positive side, the number of people recovering from the infection is steadily rising. It was 38,908 on Monday, with the recovery rate at 38.8%. With 3,103 fatalities from the virus so far, India’s death rate too is relatively low at 3.1%.

However, as the country entered phase 4 of lockdown, the number of daily cases was still rising, indicating that the infection was yet to peak. On Monday, apart from Maharashtra, the number of new cases remained high in Tamil Nadu (536), Gujarat (366), Delhi (299, a slight drop from previous days), Madhya Pradesh (254), Uttar Pradesh (177) and Bihar (103).

Rajasthan and Karnataka registered their highest single-day rise in infections, with 305 and 99 cases, respectively. West Bengal (148), and J&K (106) were also close to their highest numbers.

At 131 deaths from the virus on Monday, the toll remained above 100 for the fourth straight day. Maharashtra recorded the highest 51 deaths, including 23 from Mumbai, while Gujarat reported 35 fatalities, a majority (31) from Ahmedabad alone. The toll was 12 in Delhi, where the death rate is now slowly rising after staying low for a long time.

Among Indian cities, Mumbai has recorded the highest number of Covid-related deaths at 757 while Ahmedabad district comes second with 524. When it comes to death rates, Gujarat’s financial capital has double the rate than the Maximum City. Compared to Mumbai’s rate of 3.64%, Ahmedabad recorded 6.22%. In the month of May, the rate reduced in Mumbai but increased to 6.95% in Ahmedabad.

NEW DELHI: One hundred and nine days after the first person tested positive for Covid- 19.

in India, the country’s case count crossed the 1-lakh mark on Monday, with the number of infections having doubled in just a little over 12 days.

Rajasthan and Karnataka registered their highest single-day rise in infections, with 305 and 99 cases, respectively. West Bengal (148), and J&K (106) were also close to their highest numbers.

In terms of cases, Maharashtra reported 2,033, the second-highest count in a day. The state’s tally reached 35,086, with Mumbai reporting over 1,000 cases for the second day in a row (1,185) to breach the 21,000 mark. The city now has 21,335 cases.

Meanwhile, five doctors and 55 police personnel where among the 106 who tested positive for the virus in J&K. Four of these doctors had treated a Covid positive woman who died of co-morbidities on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu reported three deaths and 536 fresh Covid-19 cases on Monday, with people returning from Maharashtra being the only ones testing positive in many districts. The testing strategy continued to be a subject of debate with the ICMR releasing new guidelines and the state set to finalise its own by Tuesday. The state has been criticised for reducing the number of tests over the last one week by epidemiologists, doctors and political leaders.

In Uttar Pradesh, as many as 177 new cases, including 31 in Gautam Budh Nagar, took the state’s Covid tally to 4,649. The state also recorded six deaths, including two migrant workers. UP’s corona toll is now 118.

NEET, JEE MAINS 2020 exams, parents file petition in SC to ensure no further delay

Vaishali Singh

A group of students and parents have filed a counter plea in the Supreme Court asking it to direct the National Testing Agency to conduct NEET and JEE Main 2020 exams in September as scheduled. This comes on the heels of the plea filed by 11 students asking for the postponement of the exam in the wake of rising COVID cases in the country.

The plea points out that several tests have already been conducted by NTA and other bodies across the country countering the contentions on pandemic created difficulties. It also points out that NTA had given the opportunity to all students to change their exam centres or cities to the ones most convenient to them in view of the COVID situation.

“These exams are so important that they determine students’ career and also the entire life. As such, the Respondent Authorities must take into consideration as a relevant factor the fact that any further deferment of the examination will further add to the stress levels of the students resulting in further traumatising the students with the uncertainty of their future and thereby severely impacting their academic performance in the ultimate examination to be held in future”, reads the plea as reported by Bar and Bench.

The plea further says, “There is an eminent need for the NTA to adhere to the 2nd revised schedule and conduct the all India basis NEET UG-2020 and the JEE (Main) for UG-2020 as it is a settled position that the admission process is time bound and the entire admission schedule is a time regulated process mandated by the judgments of the Hon’ble Apex Court.”

Another fact pointed out by the petition is that students have rigorously been preparing for the NEET 2020 and JEE exams for the past 3 years from the time they were in Class 10. Non-conduct would mean the loss of an academic year and the adverse impact of the same on students appearing for the exam this year.

The petition also brings to notice the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) ‘Revised Guidelines on Examinations and Academic Calendar for the Universities in view of COVID-19 Pandemic’ dated July 6, whereby all universities are mandated to complete the final year examinations by the end of September 2020.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh banned import of 101 defence items in big push for Atma Nirbhar Bharat

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The defence ministry will stop the import of 101 items “beyond given timeline” to boost indigenous production according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mission of Atma Nirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India), Union minister Rajnath Singh said today. This would mean that the domestic industry will receive contracts worth almost Rs 4 lakh crore within the next six to seven years. The embargo will be implemented in phases between 2020 and 2024, the minister said.

The list includes high technology weapon systems like “artillery guns, assault rifles, corvettes, sonar systems, transport aircrafts, light combat helicopters, radars and many other items”, the Centre said in a statement

The list also includes wheeled Armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs), with an embargo date of December 2021, “of which the Army is expected to contract almost 200 at an approximate cost of over Rs 5,000 crore,” the ministry said.

The Navy is likely to place demands for submarines with indicative import embargo date of December 2021, of which it expects to contract about six at an approximate cost of almost Rs 42,000 crore.

For the Air Force, it is decided to enlist the LCA MK 1A with an indicative embargo date of December 2020. Of these, 123 are anticipated at an approximate cost of over Rs 85,000 crore, the government said. The ministry will identify more such equipment for import embargo.

The list has been prepared by the defence ministry after consultations with all stakeholders, including the Armed Forces, public and private industry, Mr SIngh said.

“This decision will offer a great opportunity to the Indian defence industry to manufacture the items in the negative list by using their own design and development capabilities or adopting the technologies designed and developed by the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces,” the minister said.

All steps will be taken to ensure that timelines for production are met. This would involve a coordinated mechanism for “hand-holding of the industry by the Defence Services”, the minister said. The ministry will identify more such equipment for import embargo.

Lake Karachay: Most polluted place on earth

Look at the environment and there may be several sources of contamination — streams full of harmful substances from agricultural operations, waterways overflowing with field waste, garbage floating out from landfills, city sky filled in smog. Also, ecosystems that appear to be untouched can suffer the effects of emissions from sources located hundreds or thousands of miles away.

Pollution can create muddy fields, poison wetlands, and rivers, or destroy plants and animals. People are also routinely affected by pollution. Long-term exposure to air pollution, for example, can lead to chronic respiratory disorders, lung cancer, and other diseases. Toxic chemicals that accumulate in the top predators can make certain animals unsafe to eat. More than one billion people do not have access to safe water, and 2.4 billion do not have proper sanitation, placing them at risk of contracting deadly diseases.

Lake Karachay is located in the southern Ural mountains in Central Russia. In approx 1951, the Soviet Union used this site to dump radioactive waste and today it is filled and acts as near-surface permanent and dry nuclear waste storage facility. According to a report by Washington D.C. based on the Worldwatch Institute of Nuclear Waste, it is the most polluted open-air place from a radiological view.

The lake accumulated nearly 4.44 exabecquerels (EBq) of radioactivity is less than one square mile of surface, including 3.6 EBq of cesium-137 and 0.74 EBq of strontium-90. In contrast, the Chernobyl catastrophe emitted 0.085 EBq of Caesium-137, a significantly smaller volume, and over a thousand square miles. (The cumulative release of Chernobyl is estimated to be between 5 and 12 EBq of radioactivity, but ultimately only caesium-134/137 contributes to soil exposure because the remainder is too short-lived). As a result, the lake is biologically 42 times more radioactive than Chernobyl.

As of December 2016, the state of the lake is fully packed with unique concrete blocks, rock and gravel. It was fully refilled in November 2015 and then tracked until the final layer of rock and soil was laid. Monitoring results revealed a “strong decrease in the surface accumulation of radionuclides” after 10 months. A decades-long surveillance system for surface water was planned to be implemented soon afterward.

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The reopening of schools and colleges in India

Vaishali Singh

Since the beginning of the phase-wise upliftment of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, a question that has been frequently asked by people, especially students, across the country is when will schools and colleges reopen in India. All education institutions were closed across the country after the Centre imposed a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of the dreadful coronavirus, which is caused by SARS‑CoV‑2. However, a media report has now revealed that the Centre might soon unveil a phase-wise plan to reopen schools and educational institutes across the country between September 1 and November 14 later this month as part of final Unlock guidelines.

The schools and educational institutes across the country are closed since March 23, when the first lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic was put in-place. Ever since, the teaching and learning activities are relying on online modes, whose success has been limited because of the uneven availability of smart-devices, specifically in the country’s hinterland.

According to a report in Economic Times, the specifics of the plan have been formulated by the group of secretaries associated with the Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 management, which is being headed by Health Minister and Member of Parliament from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, Dr Harsh Vardhan.

The report quoting its sources said that central government will simply issue Broad Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) as for the opening of schools and educational institutions, with the final decision left to the respective state governments so as to decide when and how to restart the classroom teaching.

What does the Centre’s formulation of opening schools and educational institutes say?

It suggests that for the first fifteen days of the opening of schools, Class 10 and Class 12 students will be asked and guided to attend the school. Afterwards, the students of Class 6 to 9 will be brought back to the classrooms with restricted hours.

However, all sections of one class will not attend the school on the same day. Different sections of a class will have specific days assigned as for attending the schools.

The emphasis on the sanitisation of the classrooms remains the biggest highlight of the Centre’s formulation. Schools will be told to work in shifts – 8 to 11 AM and 12 to 3 PM – with an hour left for the sanitisation. So far there is no plan to bring the primary and pre-primary students back to the classrooms, and they will continue to be taught via online modes, The Economic Times reported.

The government officials have studied the countries such as Switzerland have brought back the students to classrooms, and the formulation has been designed on similar lines as for the classroom teaching of Indian students.

Mukesh Ambani becomes the 4th richest man in the world

Vaishali Singh

India’s richest leading businessman Mukesh Dheerubhai Ambani has already surpassed some of the biggest tycoons of the world in recent weeks, and has now become the 4th richest man in the world.

Reliance Industries Ltd.’s chairman is now worth $80.6 billion, after amassing $22 billion this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That gives him a bigger wealth pile than France’s Bernard Arnault, whose LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE has suffered from customers curbing high-end fashion purchases faster than the company can cut costs.

While the conglomerate with a huge energy empire was slammed by a slump in demand for oil amid Covid-19, its shares have more than doubled from a low in March as its digital unit got billions in investments from companies including Facebook Inc. and Google.

Ambani has slowly been shifting his focus to e-commerce, with tech giants seeking to take a piece of India’s fast-growing digital business. Google said last month it will spend $10 billion in the coming years to help accelerate the adoption of digital technologies in the world’s second-most populous nation.

Meanwhile, with LVMH shares down this year, Arnault has become the biggest loser among the world’s 500 richest people. His net worth has plunged $25.1 billion to $80.2 billion.

Russia is about to register world’s first coronavirus vaccine on August 12

Vaishali Singh

Russia is set to register world’s first coronavirus vaccine on August 12. The inoculation has been developed jointly by the Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian Defence Ministry.

However, the clinical trial data and other documents of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine are currently under expert review. The decision on registration will be made based on its results, according to the Russian health ministry.

“The documents that are needed to register the vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of the Health Ministry, including clinical trial data, are under expert review. The decision on registration will be made based on the results of the review,” the ministry said.

Russia’s Deputy Health Minister Oleg Gridnev told state news agency, Sputnik news that the Phase-3 clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine was underway. He also said that senior citizens and medical professionals will be the first to get vaccinated.

The clinical trial of the Russian coronavirus vaccine is undergoing at two institutions: the Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital and the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. The clinical trials of the vaccine began on June 18 and included 38 volunteers. All of the participants developed immunity. The first group was discharged on July 15, and the secondon July 20.

How Russia’s coronavirus vaccine will work?

Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya National Research Centre, said the vaccine used inanimate particles created on the basis of adenovirus. He added that the vaccine would cause no harm to a person’s health.

YOU ARE RICH, IF YOU CALL THEM ‘MERI BETI’

WE ARE SAILING THROUGH THE 21ST CENTURY , CHANGING IN EVERY APSECT BE IT QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE AND WILL KEEP ON CHANGING IN THE ARRIVING CENTURIES ALSO . WE ARE PRACTICING THEESE CHANGES FROM WEARING MODERN CLOTHES TO ENHANCING OUR THOUGHTS ON SOCIETAL TOPICS . BUT , DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPGRADING THEIR THINKING OR JUST SHOWING OFF BY BEING MODEST ? , WELL , I WOULD SAY ‘YES’ AS ITS ANSWERE. PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR OUTLOOK TO HIDE THEIR PESSIMISTIC VIEWS FOR THE SOCIETY ESPECIALLY ON GIRLS , YOUTH ETC . OUR INDIAN SOCIETY IS VERY FAMOUS FOR ITS CULTURE , AT SAME TIME , IT IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF GIRLS AND WOMEN , HIGHLIGHTING FROM CHILD MARRIGE TO THE DOWNGRADE THINKING OF ‘ EK BETA HONA ZARURI H , AAPKI TOH DONO HI BETI H , YOU DON’T HAVE SAFE FUTURE ‘ , BECAUSE , PEOPLE LIKE THESE THINK THAT SON OR SONS ARE THEIR LIFE INSURANCE AND DAUGHTER OR DAUGHTERS , A ‘ LIABILITY’ . THEY ARE FEW PEPOLE , HAVING A THINKING OF ‘BETI JINKO MILTI HAI VO BHUT NASEEB VALE HOTE H ‘ , WHO SAYS , SHE MAY LEAVE US AND GO AWAY BUT STAND WITH US IN OUR GOODS AND BADS , WHICH , A SON MAY NOT DOES , I AM NOT CRTISICING ANYONE BUT THIS IS THE REALITY OF THE TODAY THATS THE REASON WHY OLD AGE HOMES ARE LEFT WITH NO SPACE . I AM NOT TAGGING SON AS BAD BUT THEY ARE ONLY FEW GOOD LEFT IN THIS CRUEL WORLD .

I HAVE WITNESSED MANY INCIDENCES REGARDING THIS TOPIC , PEOPLE ARE CRYING OVER THE BIRTH OF A GIRL , THEY ARE LITERALLY CRYING RATHER THAN CELEBRATING IT . IN CASE ,IF THEY ARE BLESSED WITH TWO DAUGHTERS , THEY WILL ASK FOR THE THIRD CHILD TO BE A SON . THEY ARE ALSO PRACTISING THE PRACTICE OF KILLING FEMALE FOETICIDES BUT GOVERNMENT HAS BANNED IT , WHICH IS WORTH DOING . I GET SHOCKED WHEN I SEE THE RICHEST PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED BUT SAYS ‘ BETI NHI CHAHIYE ‘ , ON THE OTHER HAND , HAVE SEEN THE EXTREME POOR PEOPLE WHO SAYS ‘ BETI HI CHAHIYE ‘ . WELL , FOR ME , THAT POOREST PERSON IS THE RICHEST ON EARTH AND THAT RICHEST DOES NOT EVEN DESERVE TO BE THE POOREST , THE REASON BEHIND IS ONE AND ONLY ” THEIR THINKING ” .

I MEAN C’MON , EVEN WOMEN ARE REACHING HIEGHTS , OVERCOMING EVERY BARRIER , BECOMING THE STRONGEST AND THE BOLDEST , NOT LIMITING THEMSRLVES TO JUST HOUSEHOLD CHORES , INSTEAD , ALONG WITH IT , THEY ALSO DO THEIR JOB SINCERELY . THEY ARE FLYING LIKE A FREE BIRD , LEAVING BEHIND THE MEN IN EVERY ASPECTS. IS N’T IT ENOUGH FOR LOVING THEM ?. THEY DO REACH HIEGHTS , BUT , NEVER FORGET THEIR MORALS AND RESPECT EVERYONE .

MOREOVER , I HAVE ALSO SEEN PEOPLE INDIRECTLY APPLYING THIS PESSIMISM BY TELLING THEIR DAUGHTERS ‘BE MERA BETA’ , THEN , THE DAUGHTERS THINK THEY DON’T LOVE ME THIS WAY , I WILL BE THEIR BETA , AS SHE IS HUNGRY FOR LOVE . BUT SHE IS DFEATED , SHE CAN’T BE THEIR BETA AS SHE STILL CARES ABOUT THEM , EVEN THOUGH SHE IS AWAY FROM THEM , SHE FULLFILLS ALL THEIR NECESSITIES EVEN BY STAYING AWAY , WHICH THEIR SON MAY DO OR MAY NOT DO . AT THAT TIME , THEY REALISES , HOW BLESSED THEY ARE TO HAVE A DAUGHTER ! . I JUST WANT TO PUT A QUESTION IN FRONT OF THESE KIND OF PEOPLE MY , IF YOU DON’T DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN A BOY AND A GIRL , THEN , WHY ARE YOU INDIRECTLY DOING IT ? WHY ARE YOU ASKING HER TO BE “MERA BETA ” INSTEAD OF LOVING HER AS “MERI BETI ” ? . PURE LOVE IS LOVING THEM AS THEY ARE , BE THEM A SON OR A DAUGHTER . JUST THINK ABOUT IT ! , BECAUSE ‘ THE FIRST STEP TO BRING THE CHANGE IS TO THINK ABOUT THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO BRING’ .

LOVE THEM AS “MERI BETI ”

Maneka Gandhi case: The one on the right to travel abroad

Background :

The Supreme Court in the case of Satwant Singh Sawhney vs D. Ramarathnam[1] held that the right to travel abroad was well within the ambit of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, to combat the above laid down law the Parliament enacted Passports Act 1967.

Passport Act, 1967 empowers the authorities to impound the passport of certain

individual if such action is necessary in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of India, friendly relations of India with any foreign country, or general public.[2] The reasons of such impoundment are also to be communicated the affected party however in the interests of the general public these reasons can be withheld.[3]

In the present case, Maneka Gandhi, the petitioner, was issued a passport on 1st July, 1976 under the Passport Act 1967. The regional passport officer, New Delhi, issued a letter on 2^nd July 1977 addressed to the petitioner, in which she was asked to surrender her passport under section 10(3)(c)of the Act in Public Interest, within seven days from the date of receipt of the letter. The petitioner immediately reverted back to the authorities seeking in return a copy of the statement of reasons for such order. However, the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs refused to produce any such reason in the interest of general public. Later, a writ petition was filed by the petitioner under Article 32 of the Constitution in the Supreme Court challenging the order as violating her fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.

Issues:

Whether right to go abroad is a part of Right to Personal Liberty under Article 21.
Whether the Passport Act prescribes a ‘procedure’ as required by Article 21 before depriving a person from the right guaranteed under the said article.

Whether section 10(3)(c) of the Passport Act violates Article 14,19(1) (a) and 21of the Constitution.

Whether the impugned order of the Regional passport officer is in contravention of the principle of natural justice.

Judgments :

To the extent to which Section 10(3)(c) of the Passport Act, 1967 authorises the passport authority to impound a passport “in the interest of the general public”, it does violate Article 14 of the Constitution since it confers vague and undefined power on the passport authority.

Section 10(3)(c) is void as conferring an arbitrary power since it does not provide for a hearing to the holder of the passport before the passport is impounded.

Section 10(3)(c) violates Article 21 of the Constitution since it does not prescribe ‘procedure’ within the meaning of that article and the procedure practiced is worst.

Section 10(3)(c) is against Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(g) since it permits restrictions to be imposed on the rights guaranteed by these articles even though such restrictions cannot be imposed under articles 19(2) and 19(6).

A new doctrine of post decisional theory was evolved.

The court held that though the phrase used in Article 21 is “procedure established by law” instead of “due process of law” however, the procedure must be free from arbitrariness and irrationality. The court also managed to respect and protect the sanctity of the Constitution makers by this black stain that the legislature was trying to portray. The procedure established by law must satisfy certain requisites in the sense of being reasonable and just and it cannot be arbitrary depriving the citizens the Fundamental rights. The court also for once and for all rested the debate by holding that each Fundamental Rights are not distinct from each other whereas they are mutually dependent on each other.

Conclusion:

The court in Maneka Gandhi adopted the dissenting view of Justice Fazal Ali in A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras[4] . It was overruled by stating that there is a unique relationship between the provisions of Article 14, 19 & 21 and every law must pass the tests of the said provisions. Therefore, the court held that the while the procedure established by law should be reasonable, just and fair it shall be free from any unreasonableness and arbitrariness.

The judgment saved the citizens from unquestionable actions of Executive, the sanctity of Parliamentary law when it did not strike down Section 10(3)(c) & 10(5) of 1967 Act. The court also reminded the authorities to only rarely use the prerogative of Section 10(5) so as to satisfy that their actions were rational and well thought. The court held that Section 10(3)(c) & 10(5) is an administrative order therefore, open to challenge on the grounds of malafide, unreasonable, denial of natural justice and ultra vires.

One of the significant interpretation in this case is the discovery of inter-connections between the three Articles- Article 14, 19 and 21. A law which prescribes a procedure for depriving a person of “personal liberty” has to fulfill the requirements of Articles 14 and 19 also.

It was finally held by the court that the right to travel and go outside the country is included in the Right to Personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21. The Court ruled that the mere existence of an enabling law was not enough to restrain personal liberty. Such a law must also be “just, fair and reasonable”.

The judgment’s importance can be seen today also because the way in which the bench construed Article 21 and expanded its horizons has given way for the resolving of problems left unsolved by the Parliament. It’s quite evident that this judgment has played an imperative role in construing Right to clean Air, Right to Clean Water, Right to freedom from Noise Pollution, Speedy Trial, Standard Education, Fair Trial, Legal Aid, Right to Livelihood, Right to Food, Right to Medical Care, Right to Clean Environment etc., as a part of Right to Life & Personal liberty mentioned under Article 21.

[1] Satwant Singh Sawhney vs D. Ramarathnam,(1967) 3 S.C.R. 525

[2] Passport Act,1967, No. 15, Acts of Parliament, 1967 (India)

[3] Passport Act,1967, No. 15, Acts of Parliament, 1967 (India)

[4] A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras,A.I.R. 1950 S.C. 27

2020:A FORTUNE COOKIE OR A MISFORTUNE?

THE EXPLOSION OF THE VIRUS “COVID-19″ HAS SHADOWED ALL OVER THE WORLD AS ” TARTNESS ” OF THE “BAD DEEDS” WHICH WE HAVE SINNED. IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING FOR US SINCE 7 MONTHS OR MORE AND WE ARE ON THE 8TH MONTH STRUGGLING FOR THE VACCINE OF THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE. WE ALL ARE AWARE THAT IT IS NOT GOING TO DEPART EASILY AS WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.THERE IS NEWS BUZZ AROUND ABOUT THE ARRIVAL OF THE VACCINE BUT UNAWARE ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS WHETHER IT WILL BE CURABLE OR NOT. WELL , IN MY OPINION , IT WILL TAKE LITTLE MORE TIME TO COME, AS WE ALL KNOW , THIS DISEASE WILL ALSO TAKE THE ROAD OF THE NEXT YEAR . THERE ARE MANY VACCINES WHICH WILL COME , SO WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE PRECAUTIONS AND IMMUNE OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS.

IF YOU HAVE LOTS OF DIFFICULTIES STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU , YOU WILL BE LITTLE WORRIED , BUT, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS ALSO , EITHER TO CRY OR TO CHANGE IT TO AN OPPORTUNITY , THROUGH YOUR WISENESS. THIS EXACTLY WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING BY QUOTING “NEW INDIA”. WE ALL WANT TO CHANGE THIS “MISFORTUNE ” IN TO A “FORTUNE COOKIE” , DON’T WE ?. NEW SCHEMES FRAMED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS WISENNES , USING THE THREATS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND GLOW.OUR INDIA WILL ALSO GROW IF THE POLICIES MADE ARE EXECUTED AND IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY. YES! WE ARE A DEVOLOPING COUNTRY AND GOING THROUGH AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN BUT WE ARE RETRIEVING THE DEMAND FACTOR SLOWLY AND WILL COME ON THE TRACK BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS AN END.THE DOCTORS IN AMERICA ARE ALSO SAYING THAT THEY NEED INDIA FOR THE VACCINE THEY ARE MAKING , IS N’T IT A GROWING FOR OUR COUNTRY ? .

TALKING ABOUT THE FEW NEW SCHEMES ,

ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT ABHIYAAN AIMING AT THE SELF-RELIANCE OF INDIA , HAS STRUCTURED IN FOUR TRANCHES WITH RELEIF PACKAGE WORTH RS 2O LAKH CRORES , OUT OF WHICH RS 1.70 LAKH CRORES RELEIF PACKAGE FOR PMGKY FOR THE POOR TO GET BETTER OF THE DIFFICULTIES CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC .THE SCHEME IS STANDING ON THE FIVE PILLARS OF ECONOMY, INFRASTRUCTURE,TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN , DEMAND AND A EFFICIENT DEMOCRACY.THE RS 20 LAKH CRORES ALLOCATED FOR THIS SCHEME ARE 10% OF THE GDP . THE PROMINENCE IS ON LAND , LABOUR , LIQUIDITY AND LAWS .I WON’T GO IN DETAIL HERE WILL WRITE FOR IT SEPARATELY , THE SECTORS INCLUDED IN IT ARE MSME’s AND OTHER SMALL SECTORS , FEW REFORMS UNDER ARE RATIONAL TAXATION SYSTEM ,SUPPLY CHAIN REFORMS IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR , CAPABLE HUMAN RESOURCES AND A STRONG FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

PM -KISAN YOJANA IMPLEMENTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN GORAKHPUR AND UTTAR PRADESH FOR THE MARGINAL FARMERS TO BOOST THEM FROM THEIR INCOMES . PIYUSH GOYAL ANNOUNCED THIS SCHEME TO BE IMPLEMNTED NATION WIDE SO AS TO BOOST UP THE INCOME OF ALL THE MARGINAL FARMERS . UNDER THIS SCHEME RS 6000 PER YEAR WILL BE TRANSACTED IN THE FARMER’S ACCOUNT IN THREE INSTALLMENTS . THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE INCURRED FOR THIS SCHEME IS RS 75000 CRORES , WILL BE FINANCED BY THE UNION GOVERNMENT IN 2019-20. IT WAS FIRST LAUNCHED IN TELANGANA AND BY PRIME MINISTER ON 24 FEBURARY 2019 IN THE ABOVE STATES . ITS COVERAGE MAY INCREASE TO AROUND 14.5 CRORE BENIFICIARIES AIMING TO COVER 2 CRORE FARMERS WITH AN EXPENDITURE OF 87217.50 CRORES , FINANCED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR 2019-20.

PM GARIB KALYAN YOJANA (PMKGY) HAS BEEN THE MOST BENIFICIAL SCHEMES IN THE DIFFICULT TIMES OF THIS PANDEMIC AS IT HAS SERVED THE NEEDY FARMERS AND POOR FAMILIES WITH GRAINS . THE EXTENSION IS ANNOUNCED BY OUR PRIME MINISTER TILL THE NOVEMBER 2020 ALONG WITH THE DATA OF DEPOSITING OF RS31000CRORES N THE BANK ACCOUNTS OF 20 CRORES POOR FAMILIES.ABOUT 80 CRORE FAMILIES WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE GRAINS TILL NOVEMBER AS IN 5KG OF WHEAT AND RICE , I KG PER FAMILY.

DUE TO ITS EXTENSION , THE COST OF THIS SCHEME HAS INCREASED TO 90000 CRORES . OUR FINANCE MINISTER HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED 1.7 CRORES UNDER GARIB KALYAN FOR ALLEVIATING THE LOSSES , SUFFERED BY THE POOR FAMILIES DURING THE CORONA PANDEMIC.

THEY ARE FEW MORE CHANGES THAT HAVE MADE BY OUR UNION FINANCE MINISTER IN THIS SCHEME , TO PROVIDE AN INSURANCE COVER OF RS 50 LAKHS PER HEALTH WORKER WHO ALL ARE AFFECTED BY COVID-19.IT IS ALSO ANNOUNCED TO PROVIDE FREE FOOD GRAINS TO THE POOR FAMILIES , QUANTITY I HAVE MENTIONED TILL NOVEMBER . UNDER JAN DHAN YOJANA , TO MAKE JAN DHAN ACCOUNTS OF 20 CRORE WOMEN FOR THE TRANSACTION OF RS 500 PER MONTH FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. ALSO INFLATION OF MNREGA WAGE TO RS 202 PER DAY WHICH IS BENIFICIAL FOR 13.62 CRORE FAMILIES. IN ADDITION TO THIS , THE ORDERS ARE GIVEN BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO STATE GOVERNMENTS FOR THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION WELFARE FUNDS TO BE USED AS RELEIF FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.

JUST BECAUSE OF ALL OF THEESE HELPFUL ELEMENTS , I MARK THIS SCHEME AS A SAVIOUR FOR THE NEEDIES IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

SO , THEY ARE FEW MAIN SCHEMES WHICH I FEEL ARE THE CORES TO SURVIVE IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME AND ACTING AS A FOUNDATION FOR OUR ECONOMY.

TURN YOUR THREATS IN TO AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WANT TO RISE AND BE WISE ,THIS IS THE ART OF POSITIVITY .

How to manage personal loans and financial during these tough times

The world is suffering from two aspects COVID-19 and financial crisis, the COVID-19 impacting communities, businesses, the current economic situation of the country is GDP rank is at 5 th (nominal; 2019) 3 rd (PPP;2020)

Family finances during tough times this places a significant burden on family finances, even for parents who have been working.

If money is affecting your family, use these tips to manage your finances during these tough times

Create a budget to add the cash to your family monthly income, then use the value to create a new budget for the family

Invest the money because the best way to grow your money is by learning how to invest

It’s as simple as reading and you can achieve

Interest from savings

Cash flow from business or real estate

Appreciation of value from a stock portfolio, real estate, or other assets

Thanks to advance technology, you can invest from your home with a small amount, with no fees on accounts, learn the basics, and make good investment decisions

Investing allows you to grow your money over time thanks to the power of returns

You can buy stocks and bonds, at least mutual funds or exchange-traded funds

We can’t control the overall condition of public health during a pandemic but we can control the growth of money to help the medical expenditure

Obesity and social life.

“People who lie to themselves about investing are the same as overweight people who blame their genes for their obesity.”

A change in the lifestyle of youngsters had not only to change their working habits but also brought a huge change in eating habits resulting in conditions like overweight and obesity. Engaging ourselves in works related to inactivity had worsened the situation.

Eating junk and spicy food instead of a regular balanced diet had contributed in disturbing our BMI index. It is a medical problem that increases your risk of other diseases and health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and certain cancers.

However, the terms overweight and obese differs from each other for adults, WHO define overweight and obesity as-

overweight is a BMI greater than or equal to 25; and
obesity is a BMI greater than or equal to 30.

Body mass index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify overweight, underweight, normal, and obesity in adults. It is defined as a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of his height in meters.

According to the studies of WHO, In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight. Of these over 650 million adults were obese. The worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016.

Causes of obesity?

Intake of excess sugar and carbonated drinks, eating fried and unhealthy products, and eating after being full.

Smoking and drinking frequently.

Genetic and medications.

Lack of exercise and sleep.

Social issues.

How it affects one’s social life?

Obesity not only affects a person physically but also mentally. We live in a world where social media had become a crucial part of our lives. We tend to believe in ideal body shape and size and get more prone to body shame ourselves. Obese people are more inclined to get bullied and teased they are seen as a liability on the economy as obesirty contribute towards laziness and lack of interest. This leads to distress and anxiety situations making a person more disposed towards depression. They may also face social isolation making them feel lonely and losing their confidence. Guilt, lower work achievement, and sex problems are some of the major factors affecting the quality of life.

In undeveloped countries the ability to afford food, high energy expenditure with physical labor, and cultural values favored a larger body size are believed to contribute to the observed patterns.

How to prevent obesity?

Exercise on a daily bases maybe it is yoga or cardio. Stay consistent with what you do.

Try to eat a healthy diet enriched with proteins, vitamins, and minerals. Take salad and fruits on a regular bases. Eat-in small intervals.

Quit smoking

Everything takes time but the important thing is to never stop believing in youself and never stop trying

You are special and have a purpose, so take steps to fulfill it. It is never too late to start.

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TALKING ABOUT THE FEW NEW SCHEMES ,

DUE TO ITS EXTENSION , THE COST OF THIS SCHEME HAS INCREASED TO 90000 CRORES . OUR FINANCE MINISTER HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED 1.7 CRORES UNDER GARIB KALYAN FOR ALLEVIATING THE LOSSES , SUFFERED BY THE POOR FAMILIES DURING THE CORONA PANDEMIC.

JUST BECAUSE OF ALL OF THEESE HELPFUL ELEMENTS , I MARK THIS SCHEME AS A SAVIOUR FOR THE NEEDIES IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

SO , THEY ARE FEW MAIN SCHEMES WHICH I FEEL ARE THE CORES TO SURVIVE IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME AND ACTING AS A FOUNDATION FOR OUR ECONOMY.

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