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Special Economic Package Announced by Modi Govt ‘Certainly Not an Eye-Wash’, Says Abhijit Banerjee

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File photo of Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his fourth televised address on the Covid-19 situation, had announced the special economic package, aims to empower all sections of the society hit by the Covid-19 lockdown.

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  • Last Updated: May 26, 2021, 12:57 PM IST
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Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee believes that the special economic package worth Rs 20 lakh core announced by the Narendra Modi-led government is “certainly not an eye-wash” and voiced hope that it will give a boost to the supply side which will drive economic recovery.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his fourth televised address on the Covid-19 situation, had announced the special economic package, aims to empower all sections of the society hit by the Covid-19 lockdown.

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Speaking exclusively to News18.com, Banerjee said, “It (economic package) is certainly not an eye-wash. It is an ambitious plan to redefine a lot of the economic rules of the game that we have operating under, and hoping that this will give a boost to the supply side which will drive economic recovery.”

He continued, “It will take some work to understand what the proposed changes exactly will be, so I will reserve my judgment on those, but I tend to believe that these supply side changes will be slow to have an impact on the earnings of the average person and therefore, the government needs to worry more about whether this will address the massive demand shortfall.”

Banerjee, is also a member of Global Advisory Board formed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to chalk out a roadmap for Covid-19 response in the state.

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On being asked about how the poor people or migrant workers will survive in the ongoing pandemic-hit economic situation, he suggested that the government should provide some cash in hand to the needy so that, at least, they can secure their “roti, kapda and makan”.

“I still think the economy and the poor will benefit from a large-scale intervention that gives every household some cash. These people have no money and no purchasing power. They should get some cash in hands from the government to secure their roti, kapda and makan,” said Nobel laureate.

Meanwhile, when asked to respond on some states mulling the option of tweaking labour laws in India, where they might be forced to work more and paid less, he said, “There are apprehensions that this will snatch away the rights of the poor workers. Again, think of this as the first move in a longer game. The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has come out strongly against them and my guess is that they will be extensively negotiated.”

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To support the farmers, who have also been hit by the nationwide lockdown, Banerjee said that the agricultural marketing needs to be transformed in the farmers’ interest.

“I think the rural infrastructure, especially the sector relating to agricultural marketing needs to be transformed in the farmers’ interest. West Bengal, for example, suggests that the “intermediaries” hold a huge amount of market power. That said, it is not clear that now is the time to do this, when the government needs all hands on board to fight the pandemic,” he said, on being asked whether states should work more on strengthening the rural infrastructure to bring back the state’s economy on track.

Asked to share his views on pressure being faced by business firms to cope with the crisis, especially in making due payments, running the establishments and not to sack employees, Banerjee said, “The United States has had the government which essentially takeover the salary payments to redundant employees for small and medium

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enterprises. Short of doing that it may be a bit heroic to assume that the employment will be protected.”

On viability of work from home module, he said, “I have no idea. It could also mean that the US expands its service sector, taking our jobs.”






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Check Out TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024 Release Date & Details

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Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH) will release the TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024 on the 29th of April, 2024. The admit card of TS EAMCET will be available on the official website and the candidates will be able to download it with the help of their credentials such as their registration number, date of birth, and qualifying exam hall ticket number. The TS EAMCET hall ticket will include various details about the candidates such as the location of the exam center, the date & time of the exam, etc. Furthermore, the authority will be issuing two separate hall tickets to the candidates who have applied for the Engineering (E) and Agriculture & Medical (AM) streams.

One must note that the admit card of TS EAMCET 2024 will be available in an online mode only. The applicant will have to carry their admit card to their exam center along with their valid photo ID proof. Moreover, the candidates must make sure to double-check all the details mentioned in the TS EAMCET admit card 2024. The complete details about TS EAMCET Hall Ticket 2024 are mentioned below.

TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024 Important Dates

The applicants of the TS EAMCET 2024 exam should be up to date with the entire schedule related to the hall ticket of TS EAMCET. The official dates have been announced by the authority on its official website. The schedule TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024 is mentioned in the table below:-

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EventsDates
TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card Release Date29th April, 2024
TS EAMCET Exam 2024May 7 and 8, 2024 for the Agriculture and Pharmacy streamMay 9 to 11, 2024 for the Engineering stream

Steps to Download TS EAMCET Hall Ticket 2024

The candidates will be able to download the TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card from the official website, 29th April 2024 onwards. Additionally, to download the same, one has to follow a specific procedure that is mentioned below:-

  • Visit the official website, eamcet.tsche.ac.in.
  • Click on ‘Download TS EAMCET Hall Ticket’.
  • Login using your credentials such as your registration number, password, and the qualifying exam hall ticket number.
  • Take a printout of the TS EAMCET 2024 hall ticket for future reference.

How to Retrieve TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card Login Password

In case the candidates fail to remember their TS EAMCET Hall Ticket password, then they can retrieve the same by following a procedure. One can refer to the procedure of retrieving TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card password mentioned below:-

  • Visit the official website.
  • Login with the help of the required credentials.
  • Click on ‘Forget Password’.
  • Fill in the details.
  • You will receive an OTP on your registered mobile number.
  • Fill in the OTP.
  • Enter a new password in the input field.
  • Click on ‘Save’.

Details Mentioned in TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024

Various important details related to the candidate as well as the examination will be mentioned on the TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024. One must double-check the same and make sure that all the details are correct. Furthermore, the list of the details mentioned in TS EAMCET Hall Ticket 2024 are mentioned below:-

  • Name of the candidate
  • Candidate’s roll number
  • Photograph & signature of the candidate
  • Application number
  • Day, date, and time of the SRMJEEE examination
  • Full address of the center of the examination
  • Instructions for the examination day.

Documents Required with TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024

The candidates will have to bring either of the following documents along with their TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card to the exam center:-

  • Blue/Black Ball Point Pen
  • Valid ID Proof (Driving License/ Aadhar Card/ Voter Card/ Any other Govt ID Proof)
  • A hard copy of TS EAMCET Application Form 2024
  • Copy of the cast certificate (Only for the reserved category candidates)

Discrepancy in the TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card

As mentioned before, the candidates must make sure that the details mentioned in the admit card are correct. In case of any discrepancy, the candidates have to contact the authorities immediately. Moreover, below mentioned is the list of the details in the TS EAMCET admit card 2024 that can be corrected:-

  • Name of the candidate
  • DOB
  • Category of the candidate
  • Gender
  • Photograph & Signature of the candidate
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“Second Phase Of Lok Sabha Polls: Voter Turnout Falls To 54.85%, High Concern In Uttar Pradesh

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Second phase of Lok Sabha polls: Voter Turnout Falls to 54.85% Now, low voter turnout a high concern in Uttar Pradesh

Despite a media blitzkrieg by the Election Commission the low voter turnout has become a big talking point in the ongoing multiphase 2024 Lok Sabha elections with the political pundits splitting the semantic hair as to which party is going to gain and which party will lose from this phenomenon.

As per the data released by the Election Commission the second phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh on which voting was conducted in eight parliamentary constituencies the voter turnout was 54.85% which was 7% less than the 62% voting witnessed for the same seats in 2019.

Mathura saw a massive 12% drop from 61.03% in 2019 elections and the voter turnout was 49.29%. Voter turnout was 49.65% representing a drop of % from 55.83% in 2019. Amroha recorded a voter turnout of 64.02% polling, 58.70% in Meerut, 56.62% in Aligarh, 55.97% in Baghpat, 55.79% in Bulandshahr and 53 % in Gautam Buddh Nagar. The first phase of the polling in UP which happened on April 19 saw a voter turnout of 60.25%, as compared to 66.50% voting recorded in 2019.

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The low voter turnout has pulled out the political parties from their stupor and booth level workers have been mobilized to get maximum votes polled at the respective booths. The EC has also directed all the electoral returning officers to motivate voters to exercise their franchise. However it seems the voters are not very keen to exercise their franchise rights.

There are many reasons for this lack of empathy among the voters which include the absence of emotive issues among the voters, harvest season in the rural areas, increasing temperatures and also disenchantment among grass roots party workers who are the driving force who motivate the voters to come out and vote in large numbers.

However the low voter turnout has started a slug fest between the political parties with each claiming that it is winning in the elections. The Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh and minister of state for cooperation JPS Rathore have proclaimed that voting trends are in favor of BJP.

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in a post on X, talked about the strange trend but also declared that the voter has voted for the INDIA bloc in large numbers and the votes for BJP has steadily gone down. Uttar Pradesh Congress in-charge Avinash Pande said the voters are excited and it is a vote for a change and the INDIA candidates are winning by a big margin. Rashtriya Lok Dal, a component of NDA  chief Jayant Chaudhary, said that the alliance will win 80 seats in UP.

Also Read: Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Phase 2 : Key seats, candidates in the fray

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Prajwal Revanna, Sitting Member Of Parliament (MP) Sparks Controversy Over Alleged Private Video

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Prajwal Revanna, Sitting Member of Parliament (MP) sparks controversy over alleged private video

A private video allegedly featuring Prajwal Revanna, a Member of Parliament (MP) from Hassan district in Karnataka, has been leaked on the internet.

As this news began to dominate the media, his election agent filed a police complaint claiming that the videos were morphed to defame his public image and influence the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Prajwal Revanna, a Sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Allegedly Has Private Video Leaked Online

On Tuesday, Poornachandra Tejaswi MG, the election agent for both the JD(S) and the BJP, filed a police complaint alleging that Naveen Gowda and others were responsible for the leak.

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They reportedly circulated the video to voters in the Hassan Lok Sabha segment via WhatsApp, pen drives, and CDs. The FIR states:

“Naveen Gowda and others morphed videos and images and circulated them to the voters in the Hassan Lok Sabha segment through pen drives, CDs and WhatsApp to put Prajwal Revanna in bad light. These accused are going door to door and showing obscene photos and videos, provoking people not to vote for Prajwal in the Lok Sabha elections. These efforts are being made to disrupt the polling.”

In response, the police have filed a complaint under the sections of the Information Technology Act of 2008 and the Indian Penal Code.

Prajwal Revanna is the son of Holenarasipura MLA and former minister H D Revanna, and the grandson of former Prime Minister H D Devegowda. He is seeking a second term and is currently running against Congress candidate Shreyas M Patel, the grandson of G Puttaswamy Gowda.

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In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, Puttaswamy Gowda won against Devegowda on a Congress ticket. On April 26, the Hassan constituency will participate in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

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