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The sex ratio in some districts
was quite low but it has been
steadily improving after Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao. We are proud
that the ratio reached 900 in
2016 and 914 in 2018. I am
confident that it will cross 925 soon.

Manohar LaL

Chief Minister, Haryana


Women and Child deVeloPment

Within four years of the national-level Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme
being launched, Haryana has been making rapid strides—improving its sex
ratio in the worst-affected districts and getting rewarded both for its overall
management of the scheme and for district-level achievements.
In order to address the decline in
child sex ratio and promote women’s
empowerment, the national-level
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme
was launched on January 22, 2015,
in Panipat, Haryana. The state has
been a front-ranking performer:
within three years, the Sex Ratio
at Birth in Haryana had risen to
914 girls.
Haryana has won
four awards, including
a
state-level
and
three district-level awards, for
its
successful
implementation
of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

programme. The state-level award

was given in the category of ‘overall
support, guidance and monitoring’.
While Karnal district was awarded for
effective community engagement,
Jhajjar was chosen for enabling girl

child education and Kurukshetra for
having enforced the PCPNDT Act
effectively.
The third anniversary of the Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao scheme was
celebrated in Jhunjhunu district
of Rajasthan. On the occasion,
10 districts were selected for
performing
exemplary
work.
Sonipat district was awarded by
the honourable Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi for implementing
the PCPNDT Act effectively.
A total of 32 women police stations
were set up in the state to ensure safe
and secure environment for women.

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Every district headquarter has one
women police station and women
help desks have been established
at the subdivisional level, manned
entirely by female officers.
Under the Criminal Law Bill-2018,
rape of a child under the age of 12
years will invite death penalty.
In order to check crime against
women and girls in the state, 30
units of Durga Shakti Rapid Action
Force along with 50 patrolling
vehicles have been constituted.
To boost the safety of women,
the Durga Shakti app was
introduced on July 12, 2018, under
the ‘Ek aur Sudhaar’ programme.
Any woman can download this
mobile app, register and use the
SOS button during any emergency
for help. So far, 1,03,727 people have
downloaded this app.

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The Durga Shakti
mobile app has been
launched to boost
women’s safety. Over
a lakh people have

already downloaded
the app so far.
The government has given orders
to complete investigation of rape
cases in one month and eve-teasing
cases within 15 days.
Out of the 49 government
women colleges opened under the
present government, as many as 34
are meant specially for women.
Under the path-breaking
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
launched in May 2016, a grant of

Rs 1,600 is provided to women of
underprivileged families to avail LPG
connections.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala
Yojana, 6,34,407 LPG connections
were provided to the underprivileged
and poor: 1,77,691 connections have
been provided from the state fund,
plus 8,474 connections to Khaki
ration-card holders, bringing the
total number of connections to 8,
20,572.
Haryana is the first state in India
to be awarded the title of “Kerosene
Free” state.
In the Panchayati Raj elections

held on January, 2016, 42% women
representatives were chosen against
the 33% reserved seats for women.
The limit of free travel facility
for girl students of universities has


been increased from 60 km to 150
km. Special bus services were also
launched on 151 routes for girl
students and women.
International woman wrestler
Geeta Phogat from Charkhi Dadri
district has been elevated to DCP.

ComParatiVe stUdY of CUrrent
and PreVioUs goVernment

name of
sCheme

First time in the state government
women employees started getting a
monthly child care allowance of Rs
1,500 from May 2018.
The first phase of Mission
Indradhanush—meant for the immunisation of children and pregnant
women who have either not
been vaccinated at all or partially
vaccinated—was launched on December 25, 2014. In Haryana, it started

on April 7, 2015. And till January 2019,
a total of 3,06,328 pregnant women
and 1,107,632 children have been
immunised in all districts of the state.
The Sukanya Samridh Khata
Yojana was started on January 22,
2015, in Panipat, under which bank
accounts can be opened for girl
children up to 10 years. The rates of
interest are the highest under this
scheme and until now, a total of

PreVioUs
goVernment
(2014)

Ladies’ Bus Service

No service available

Free Travel Services

Till 60 kms

CUrrent
goVernment
(2019)

On 151 routes
Till 150 kms

For Female Students
Govt. Women
College
Sex Ratio

29

63

879

914

Female Police Station

2

32

Female
Representatives in
Panchayat Raj Elections

36%

42%

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4,81,271 accounts have been opened
in post offices.

Sakshi Malik, who won
a bronze at the Rio
Olympics, was awarded
Rs 2.5 crore, and Deepa
Malik, who got a silver in
shotput in the Rio Para
Olympics, was awarded
Rs 4 crore.

Under the Aapki Beti Hamari
Beti scheme, the first girl child in
Scheduled Caste and underprivileged
families will get a grant of Rs 21,000.
Whereas for other families, on the
birth of their second and third girl
child, an amount of Rs 21,000 will
be given as a lumpsum within one
year of birth through the Bharatiya
Jeevan Bima Nigam in the name of
the child. After attaining 18 years of
age (unmarried), a lumpsum amount
of Rs 1 lakh will be transferred to their
account. Approximately, 1,49,107
people have already benefited from
this scheme.

People living below the poverty
line belonging to Scheduled Caste
communities or denotified and/or
nomadic tribes will get Rs 51,000 for
the marriage of their daughters from
January 25, 2019.

Under the Prime Minister Shagun
Yojana, Rs 51,000 will be given to the
widows living below the poverty line
for the marriage of their daughters.

Widows, divorcees, homeless
women, orphans and destitute
children whose earning is less than
Rs 1 lakh a year, will be given

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Rs 51,000 for their marriage.
Sakshi Malik, who won the bronze
medal in the 2016-17 Rio Olympics in
wrestling, was awarded Rs 2.5 crore
and Deepa Malik, who won a silver
medal in shotput in the 2016 Rio Para
Olympics, was awarded Rs 4 crore as
an honour by the government.
The Haryana Kanya Kosh was
launched for the progress and
development of women in the state.

‘One-Stop centres’ have been
set up in Karnal, Rewari, Faridabad,
Gurugram, Bhiwani, Hissar and
Narnaul to help women who are
victims of violence. Fifteen centres
were established in 2018-19.
The first modern anganwadi
centre, ‘NandGhar’, was inaugurated
at Hasanpur village in Sonipat.


A total of 672 FIRs have been
registered against the violators of
the PNDT the M.T.P Act.
On January 2016, honourable
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
in his “Mann ki Baat” appreciated the
Haryana government for curbing
female foeticide and for the success
of the “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”
initiative.
The state government awarded
the district administrations of
Narnaul, Bhiwani and Jhajjar for
their efforts in improving the sex
ratio in 2015-16. Rohtak, Rewari,
Jind and Ambala were conferred
awards in 2016-17 and Kurukshetra,
Yamunanagar, and Jhajjar districts
were awarded in 2017-18.

To honour women on the
occasion of women’s day, Indira
Gandhi Mahila Shakti Puraskar,

Kalpana Chawla Shourya Puraskar,
Behen Shanno Devi Panchayati Raj
puraskar, Lifetime Achievement
puraskar, Khel Puraskar for special
achievements, Sarkari va Samajik
Seva Puraskar were given away.

Puraskar’ in 2015-16 for improving the
malnutrition level in children under
the age of 6 years. Kaithal, Mewat and
Gurugram were awarded in 2016-17
and Jind, Panipat, and Yamunanagar
in 2017-18.

District administrations of
Panchkula, Jind, Narnaul and Mewat
were given the ‘District-level Poshan

To encourage education for girls in
the rural areas, the prize money given
under the Gramin Kishori Balikao ko
Puraskar Yojana has been increased.

In nearly four years of
Mission Indradhanush
being launched, over

11 lakh children
and over three lakh
pregnant women have
been immunised.

Girl students scoring the first,
second and third position under the
Haryana School Education Board in
the matriculation exam are awarded
with a prize money of Rs 8,000, Rs.
6,000 and Rs 4,000 respectively.
Girls achieving the first, second and
third place in the higher secondary
exam in the block level are awarded
with a prize money of Rs 12,000, Rs
10,000 and Rs 8,000 respectively.

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The awards for the Rural Women
Sports Competitions at the Block
level, the awards for the first,
second and third positions, have
been increased from 500, 300 and
200 rupees to 2,100, 1,100 and 750
rupees respectively.
At the district level, the rewards
for the first, second and third
positions have been increased from

1,000, 750 and 500 rupees to 4,100,
3,100 and 2,100 rupees respectively.
At the State level, the rewards for
the first, second and third positions
have been increased from 3,100,
2,100 and 1,100 rupees to 11,000,
8100 and 4,100 rupees respectively.
Under the Sarvashreshtha
Mata Award Scheme, the amount
rewarded for the first, second and
third positions at the Circular level
have been increased from 500, 300
and 200 rupees to 2,000, 1,200 and
800 rupees respectively. At the block
level, the amount rewarded for the
first, second and third positions have

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been increased from 1,000, 750 and
500 rupees to 4,000, 3,000 and 2,000
rupees respectively.
To acknowledge the work done
towards improving the sex ratio, the
state was awarded the Kangi Devi
Award on March 8, 2016.
On the eve of National Girls’ Day,
Yamunagar district was honoured
with the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
award. It was chosen among 100

districts in the first phase of the

As many as 4.8 lakh
accounts have been
opened for girls under
age 10, earning the
highest interest rates,
under the Sukanya
Samridh Khata Yojana.

programme organised by the
Central Government on January 24,
2017. This became another moment
of pride for a state that has been
moving from a very distressing
record to scale new heights.
The allowance for anganwadi
workers, anganwadi helpers and
mini Anganwadi workers, including
the ones with more than 10 years’ of
experience and 10 years’ experience,
has been kept at Rs 11,429 and Rs
10,286 respectively from February
2018. The mini anganwadi workers’
allowance is also kept at Rs 10,286
while the anganwadi helpers’
allowance is kept at Rs 5,715. This has
benefited 25,962 anganwadi workers
and 25,450 anganwadi helpers
throughout the state.

The Pradhan Mantri Vandana Yojna
was launched on January, 1, 2017.
Under this scheme, Rs 5,000 would be
given to pregnant and breastfeeding
women in three instalments. Till now,
the scheme has covered 2,14,572
women across Haryana.


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Wolf Of Sedition Street
PUNE Ranjit Sinha: Refer to Laws
Unto Their Own (Feb 25). We need to
introduce some good laws for the sake
of impartial administration. During
the British regime, the sedition laws
were used to contain the freedom
movement. With this power, the
administration could keep anybody
under custody for a longer period
without any trial. Sadly enough, the
present National Security Act has
been clamped on agitating university
students time and again. Alongside,
another law has been curtailing
citizen freedom in a few Indian
states—AFSPA, which gives the sec­

urity forces unusual powers. This has
infuriated the people and the result is
widespread agitation and discontent.
Since the security forces are protected
under AFSPA, no action can be taken
against them when atrocities happen.
The National Security Act should not
be used the way it is being used right
now. It is a serious act and should be
only applied in the most exceptional
circumstances. Otherwise, it will not
be taken seriously and will be seen as
just another vindictive tool of the State
to oppress the dissenting public.
BANGALORE Rangarajan T.S.: The

nation in one voice condemns anybody
being subjected to harsh punishment
for voicing their opinion against the
government. However, what the JNU
students did at an event on February 9,
2016, was not right. Judging from news
reports, they spoke against the nation
and supported anti­nationals. The
so­called secular parties sided with
the disgruntled students, ignoring the
sentiments of a common man like me.
They did this out of sheer hatred for
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
There have been excesses and

innocent lives have been lost in J&K
as well as in the Northeast during the

executive. Now, it is time the courts
revisited the sedition law.

February 25, 2019
regimes of UPA as well as NDA. It is
alright for me as a citizen to criticise
the government but I should not do it
on foreign soil, especially in a country
like Pakistan (disclaimer: I have never
been to Pakistan).
LUCKNOW M.C. Joshi: Politicians

elected by the people through
elections become our lawmakers. They
make laws for everyone else but are
a law unto themselves. They expect
people to follow laws in letter and
spirit but break the laws themselves
with impunity. When in power, they
apply laws according to their political
need, be it NSA, sedition or any
other oppressive rule. Applying the
sedition law for alleged assault on a
TV news channel crew or applying
the NSA on the victims in cases of
cow­related lynching exhibits the
limit of lawlessness in governance.

Fortunately, we have a powerful
and impartial judiciary which keeps
under check such abuse of law by the

BANGALORE H.N. Ramakrishna:
Laws like the sedition law were
enacted during the colonial days to
protect the interests of the ruling
British. For them, contrarian views
were unwelcome and considered
treasonable. We were living under
colonisation then. Such antiquated
laws have no place in a modern
democracy. For many who value liberal
or progressive ideals, these are laws
that limit democracy. We need strong,
solid institutions, people committed
to putting the interest of their fellow
citizens above party and personal
interests and following the rules and
laws of the land. The way democracy is
currently practiced in India is flawed.
It is unfortunate that the once­free
press is in chains today. Disparaging
comments are made against them by
the government. Journalism is one
of the guardrails of our democracy
and without it, we will slide into
authoritarianism. Democracy,
unfortunately, is no more what

Abraham Lincoln described it as: by
the people, for the people, and of the
people. It is now ‘buy’ the people ‘off’
the people and ‘for’ the lawmakers.

Short-term Kicks
NEW DELHI Amandeep Singh:
This refers to Formula Erotica, the
article on newer internet TV channels
showing erotic themes in abundance
to capture the countryside markets
(Feb 25). These platforms are out
of the framework of TV and theatre
censorship, so, it’s only natural that
they have gone for the theme that
sells best in the visual medium—sex.
I have watched a few of the shows
mentioned in your story. Almost all of
them are thin on content and market

one-liner
PUNE Anil S

It says something that India’s governments are so faithful to the spirit of colonial laws.
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themselves on quick titillation in

their trailers. They may have an initial
good run, as the download numbers
mentioned in your story suggest, but
will fade away in the long run when
people will start identifying the blunt
formula on which they are made. Even
the provocative acts will lose their
sheen as they will get normalised.
This is of course not a concern for the
producers of such shows, Ekta Kapoor
being at the helm even in this space.
They operate from a strictly business
point of view and will juice out the
revenues from this new trend.
NEW DELHI Rajeev Sinha: The

story reminds me of the suggestive
crime­sex novels and magazines
found at the railway stations across
the country. They’re no good
content­wise, and everyone knows
that, but they are still a hit among
passengers as these publications
come with a promise of cheap and
quick entertainment, enough for a
journey. Afterwards, their use value
is greatly reduced. I can’t remember
the last time I placed a copy of those
novels amid my book collection. Yes,
I’ve brought a few and dumped most

of them after the safar. Courtesy
of this parallel I’ve just drawn, I’ll
be checking out some of the shows
mentioned in your story for my metro
rides. Thanks for the info Outlook.
Down Turn

BANGALORE J. Akshay: This refers

to your story from Karnataka (Playlist
of the Besieged, Feb 25). The BJP wants
to bring down the Congress­JD(S)
government because it wants to prove
that this coalition experiment, which
carries within it the idea of a coalition
government at the Centre after the
Lok Sabha election, is inherently
unstable. The party has no qualms in
influencing other party members to
defect, and this can’t happen without
offers of material benefit. While one
can charge the BJP with attempting
a coup in Karnataka to expose the
faultlines of the Congress­JD(S)
alliance, can the Congress really afford
to be swept up by the poachers and
risk getting an image of an auctionable
party? The Congress must realise
it would lose all credibility and be
considered an opportunist if it lets the

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INBOXED
The Deep Rot
ON E-MAIL Chandra Kumar Das:
Refer to Summons Versus Summons,
your story on the political games played
though the CBI and the state police. After
the Calcutta police’s clash with the CBI,
this local­level skirmish between the
central investigation agency and the state
police points to disturbing trends within
India’s polity. It is clear that the CBI, the
country’s top investigative agency, has
been compromised. The CBI controversy
that became national news late last year
gave strong hints of this compromise, and it was made clear in the way the
CBI has behaved in both Bengal and Odisha now. The agency has become
the Centre’s lapdog, intervening on the central government’s behalf even
in state­specific issues. The idea of federalism too appears skewed with
state governments making use of their police force to fight back against
the CBI’s interventions. The country’s courts have sadly been distanced
from these processes. All this only shows that party politics has managed to
penetrate deep within the psyche of our law­maintaining institutions. Have
we changed into an improv democracy, where political puppeteers pull the
strings of institutions that should ideally operate independently? Can we
afford our netas giving instructions to democratic bodies of law?

many regions that see snow—Kashmir,

Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand...the
Himalayan countryside. It hailed so
hard a few weeks back in some areas
of Delhi­NCR that it felt like it had
snowed after. You’d have noticed life
coming to a standstill even in those
five selfie­taking minutes just after the
hard downpour. Now prolong that to
days, with more layers of hail, enough
to bury the car tyres. Welcome to
Himalayan country.
IN ROAD PM Modi in Hubli, Karnataka
H.D. Kumaraswamy government sink.
The JD(S), seen as a victim, would
then be open to other partners. If the
Congress cannot even keep its MLAs
together and ends up destabilising the
government, then it can give up any
hope of progressing in the state where
a strong Vokkaliga backlash could
grind it to the dust.
Frosted Tropical Lenses
SHIMLA Gaurav Negi: Refer to
Annual Lifeline Choke (Feb 25). It’s
good to see some snow woes making it
to a national magazine. Since, for some
reasons, our mainstream institutions
function from mainland India, I think
I can venture to make the assessment
that we have a very ‘tropical’ outlook

as a nation. In fact, there are a good

Bureau of Tussles

BANGALORE K.S. Jayatheertha:

It looks like a teaser of the 2019 Lok
Sabha polls was being played out in
Calcutta. The CBI’s investigation
into the Saradha and Rose Valley chit
fund scams has snowballed into an
all­out slugfest between the Centre
and Mamata Banerjee (Centre Stage
Esplanade, Feb 18). Of course, if Modi’s
apparent decision to send the CBI
after Mamata’s government at this
juncture couldn’t have been more
wrong, the Bengal CM’s decision to
put up a fight couldn’t have been more
right. However, ordinary voters well
know that Mamata is all shrillness
and reckless protests on this count, as
she knows her party’s involvement in
ponzi schemes, which defrauded poor
people to the tune of Rs 32,000 crore,
cannot be a poll­winner. Seven years


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back, Mamata knew former Calcutta
Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar
as an agent of the Left Front regime.
Now, he is one of her most trusted
officers. He was also the brains behind
the secret operation to get Maoist
leader Kishenji killed, which got rid of
a burgeoning crisis for Mamata.
ON E-MAIL Vishwanath Dhotre:

The story about the Bengal CM
Mamata Banerjee and her so­called
grand alliance with party leaders from
across the spectrum can’t be taken
seriously (Centre Stage Esplanade,
Feb 18 ). It’s more show than
substance, with leaders putting up
camera­friendly smiles behind which
their vested interests lurk. But that’s
politics, innit? It’s Modi’s intimidating

POINTED POWER Bengal CM Mamata
image and the lack of a formidable
pan­India opposition leader that
has made these politicians line up
alongside Mamata, perhaps because
she’s the most fearless of the lot. But
Mamata has her hands tied in chit fund

controversies, as evidenced by her
reaction to the CBI raid in Calcutta.
The public should remember that
leaders only look for their own future,
not the well­being of the nation.
Mines Hurt

PUNE Lt Col (retd) R. Sinha: This

is in response to an Outlook Spotlight
feature about how the Goa Mining
Peoples Front want mining restored
in the state (Say Yes To Mining, Feb
18). It’s true that people previously
employed in the mining sector are
greatly distressed by the closing
down of many mining operations.
But the Supreme Court directive
to curb mining is equally necessary

16 OUTLOOK 11 March 2019

and justifiable, as it’s without a
doubt that mining does pollute the
environment, and pollutes heavily at
that. The issue has to be addressed
by the government, lease­holders to
mines should act accordingly and a
strict check implemented. Meanwhile,
outstanding dues of employees have to

be settled forthwith.

Employment is a bit like that—you may
not be able to see the jobs, but jobs
are being created by the government.
If some people still persist with their
pessimism, hear it as the honourable
petroleum and natural gas minister
bluntly put it: ‘Only the frustrated
don’t see the jobs.’

Facebook law

VARANASI Jaideep Mittra: This

CHANDIGARH Rohin Gautam:

This is with reference to your story on
the Manipuri journalist languishing
in jail after mere Facebook posts (A
Journalist As Breaking News, Feb18).
I suggest that state governments
approach the central government on a
workbook of laws that should govern
people’s activities on Facebook. It will
make things simpler and citizens will
know exactly what kind of post can
land them in jail and for how long. The
government can post the workbook
on Facebook itself and tag all Indian

facebookers in one giant post. Had this
already been done, Kishorechandra
Wangkhem would know when the
Manipur government could release
him. The poor guy is clueless as of now.
Also, the first section of the Facebook
law workbook should educate us on
what all cannot be said about PM
Modi. But try not to make that list too
long if possible.
Made By The USA

HYDERABAD Rajkumar: I refer

to The Spirit Unleashed Since 1979
(Feb 18). The article is concise yet
comprehensive in its study of the series
of events that changed world politics
forever. Every time the tale is told, it
is impossible to not wonder at how
skewed everything we speak about
today is—terrorism, fundamentalism
and the ‘wars’ on terror. America was
a main facilitator of the original global
jehad! As the author says, “The jihad,
funded by the US and the Kingdom
(referring to Saudi Arabia)...was led by
the charismatic scion of a leading Saudi
merchant family, Osama Bin Laden.”
The rest is history.

Surgical Jobs

BANGALORE Yasir Imran: Refer

to Empty Naukri Fair (Feb 18).
Remember Surgical Strike—we didn’t
see it happening, but it happened.

Sibling Move

refers to your story on Priyanka
Gandhi (The Face for the Other Side
of UP, Feb 11).The formal entry of
the suave Priyanka into politics may
have caused some understandable
commotion in the NDA, forcing them
to react rather fiercely, but it has also
unsettled the fragile stability achieved
by the two like­minded parties of
the Opposition who have tied up.
The timing appears well­strategised
to revitalise the sagging morale of
Congress leaders and workers in
UP, following the pre­poll alliance
between the Samajwadi Party and
the BSP that left the Congress out.
The decision to induct her as general
secretary in charge of UP has certainly
emboldened ground­level workers to
intensify their efforts to regain lost

ground. The strategy to strengthen the
organisational structure to sort out
its existential crisis in UP could be a
political compulsion for the Congress
at this juncture. But how far this step,
which has the potential to cause div­
ision of votes and favour the BJP, will
prove strategically correct in light of
the united mission of the Opposition
to dislodge the ruling party at the
Centre is what the grand old party of
India needs to critically assess.
Southern Jitters

DEHRADUN Rakesh Agrawal:

BJP’s desperation to win the southern
states is forcing them to turn Kerala’s
Sabarimala into a southern Ayodhya,
but, mark my words, they’ll have
egg on their face (BJP’s Southern
Discomfort Feb 11).
Correction
In the interview titled ‘Any Criticism
Is Wormwood’, from the issue dated
February 25, the name of Sahitya
Akademy awardee Assamese litte­
rateur Hiren Gohain was misspelt as
Hiren Gogoi. The error is regretted.

IN & AROUND
THE SUBCONTINENTAL MENU

BEST PORTA-POTTY
N irritable bowel, or an
overfull bladder, is the pressing
reminder of the Mumbai lowlife—
the dream city’s unstoppable traffic
jams, layovers of nearly an hour
at bus-stops, and the absence of
public toilets. That explains the
stinky, yellowish wet walls by the
sidewalks. The Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation has a
solution, which is more like a
prescription pill that blocks the

causes of the discomfort but never
really is the cure. The BMC has
proposed converting at least 10 old
BEST buses—those red icons of a
hot, bumpy, crowded, noisy ride—
into mobile loos and station them at
snarl hotspots. The plan, the BMC
hopes, will bring money to the cashstrapped BEST, save a few retiring
buses from the boneyard and, more
than anything in the world, stop the
commuter from soiling the walls or

holding their pee.

A

BRING BACK THE BLING

I

N a city where the anthem is
money, money, money, the Sensex
and Bollywood belong to the same
stock and sing the same sacred song.
It came as no surprise that Apna
time aayega (our time will come)—
the title tune of Ranbir Singh’s Gully

Boy—is now being sung more lustily
and with brass-necked hope as the
Sensex kept tumbling for almost a
fortnight, the longest losing streak
for eight years. More than an anthem, the song has become the distress call of Mumbai stock market
players, particularly the hardest-hit
smaller companies, investors and
brokers. And they sing with the
firm belief that this hope-harbinger
will not meet the fate of another
national anthem that busted the
charts some years ago. It was titled
Achchey Din.

SHEER SAREE
PORN

S

ANAI Mahbub is a social
media celebrity in the
Kim Kardashian mould, with
slobbering admirers upvoting
the plastic in her chest. The
problem is this eyeball-chasing
clickbait starlet is from
Bangladesh, a conservative
nation where risqué is risky
business—even if she is
fully-clothed in her selfies and
livestreams. The saree is too
sheer, madam, and the pose too
suggestive. And so, the first
Bangladeshi celeb to own up
to surgically enhanced breasts
was summoned to a Dhaka
police station for ‘counselling’.
She was told to remove the
‘vulgar’ content. What has
the boorish bureaucracy to say
about this? Well, some of the
21-year-old’s images could be
‘illegal’ under pornography laws
in a country that has launched a

crackdown on Internet porn.

Illustrations by MANJUL; Text by ALKA GUPTA

18 OUTLOOK 11 March 2019

BLACK MAGIC MLA

T

HAT politicians keep their
supporters spell-bound is
old rag, but when a lawmaker is
accused of casting a voodoo spell
on voters, it is news. And that piece
of news springs from a sequestered
non-newsy place—Longding, in
Arunachal Pradesh, whose legislator
Thangwang Wangham is facing
hard questions from members
of his Wancho tribe. They allege
that Wangham had placed hoodoo
amulets to charm voters and win
the 2014 assembly elections. The
MLA dismisses the allegations
as political conspiracy, but black
magic is a serious charge among this
animist tribe from the Naga stock
that practises shamanic rituals to
appease forest spirits and who were

headhunters until 1991.


OLI-COPTER DOWNDRAUGHT

T

HE Nepal government
proposed buying a
presidential helicopter.
Hardscrabble citizens
shouted a collective ‘no’.
The PM fired back: Do you
expect the president to ride
a bullock cart? The sarcasm
wasn’t lost. As the
cart and copter
occupied the national discourse,
singer Pashupati Sharma

belted out Loot whatever
you can, that’s allowed in
Nepal, topping charts. But
in a blaze of chintzy irony,
the pop take on corruption
was withdrawn abruptly
from YouTube. What next?
PM Oli has an ox-cartload
of protests to
haul. He can turn

to India for some
advice. We know
how to fly out such
turbulences.

PRECIOUS CANNONBALL HISTORY

H

ISTORY, they say, has to be dug up and
displayed in a thick shell of hardened
truth. In Machilipatnam’s Bandarkota, the past
is shooting up periodically in people’s backyards as solid-metal cannonballs. These are
unearthed in the town’s old parts, excavated for
new housing, and are probably from the Dutch
war inventory when they had a military station
in Andhra centuries ago. Floods, pestilence
and British peskiness drove the Dutch out; the
earth entombed their shots. Now, the reality:
most families have not disclosed their find,
fearing the ASI would confiscate the ‘treasure’.

MUMBAI’S MONKEY IN LINGERIE

I

T’S hard to tell if Mumbai’s sex crimes dipped,
men became more respectful towards women, or
maniacs lost their libido
in six years since the city’s

civic agency outlawed
shop mannequins in lingerie on the insistence of a
counsellor who swore that
such displays ‘aroused’
the procreative instincts
of male Homo Sapiens. It
took some hard knocks for

Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation to acknowledge the monkey in the
underpants and take a step
towards undoing the ban
recently. It said Mumbai
is an international city
where beauty pageants
and swimwear shows are
par for the course and,
hence, lingerie mannequins aren’t indecent. But
where did the perverts go?
To Ajanta and Ellora?

Strategic Absence

P

ERVEZ Musharraf, according to keen observers of
Pakistan, was very good in tactics but always poor
in strategy. Going by the set of excuses his advisors
are putting forward to justify his delay in returning to
Pakistan, one may find his detractors’ assessment about

him not to be totally off the mark.
The former army ruler, wanted in Pakistan for treason, has
been in self-exile since March 2016. He had been charged
with abrogation of the constitution (while dismissing an
elected government and grabbing power through a military
coup). The Supreme Court of Pakistan wants to try him for
the charges. It had issued several notices to the general,
seeking his personal appearance before the court. However,
Musharraf has so far failed to oblige the honourable justices.
Sitting in Dubai, Musharraf, who is also the chief of the
All Pakistan Muslim League, told newsmen that he sees
the “political environment” in Pakistan “favourable” for his
return. However, he ruled out any
immediate plans of returning
Wanted by the
to the country.
supreme court
Musharraf’s breezy confidence
to stand trial
about the political atmosphere
for treason,
comes from the fact that nearly
50 per cent of the people in Imran
Gen Pervez
Khan’s cabinet were his
Musharraf
associates. But it will be very
cools his heels
unusual for him to expect the
in Dubai. He

government to plead on his behalf
claims he’ll
to the apex court.
return to face
“Half of the ministers in the
his fate soon.
government are mine. The law
minister and the attorney-general
were my lawyers,” Musharraf claimed.
He pointed out: “Pakistan is my country. My roots are
there. My relatives and friends are there. I will definitely
go there.” But he will not jump like a fool and rush into
what might be a perilous sojourn. It had to be planned
under a proper strategy, he confided to the media.
Interestingly, a few weeks back, Musharraf’s lawyer
had argued that he was suffering from amyloidosis, a rare
disease that deposits broken protein in various organs of the
body and makes it difficult for the person to stand and walk.
The former army ruler was being treated in London and was
therefore unable to return to Pakistan, he said. However, it
seemed a little strange that Musharraf could travel to all the
way to the UK from the UAE but not to Pakistan.
His comments, however, have left many to wonder if he
was planning to return to politics in the near future.
“Gen Musharraf has been out of power for 11 years but it
seems he is still intoxicated with power,” said former Pakistani foreign minister Khawaja Asif.

11 March 2019 OUTLOOK 19

Productivity, stems from safety:
Putting the national safety week
into PersPective

L
Mallcom (India)
Limited founded
in 1983 specializes
in manufacturing
and distribution of
Personal Protective
Equipments including
Safety Garments,
Gloves, Shoes,
Helmets and Masks,
globally, under
private labels and is
one of the key players
in the Indian market
under its own brand.
20 OutlOOk 11 March 2019

ife today is faster than we have ever
known it to be. Fast paced progress in
every walk of life, and each individual sphere of business, makes it a rush to
reach the top. Newer technologies, nimbler
personnel engaged to carry out each distinctive task, refined processes, improved
engagements between man and machine,
and wieldier tools; all in a bid to optimize
processes and augment productivity, measures that ultimately translate to better produce in terms of goods or services on offer.

There are innumerable aspects of business that need, and get, apt and timely attention. Matters like costs, infrastructure,
merchandising, marketing, shipping, etc.
directly relate to the productivity and
profitability, and hence call for undivided
considerations and dedicated resources,
whereas softer aspects like skills, hygiene,
safety etc. get somewhat side- lined at times,
leading to a rising concern of physical as
well as mental well- being of involved personnel. With a vast array of industries and
businesses in operation today and the immensely varying challenges they each pose,

it becomes imperative to identify control
measures for each industry, devise processes, and build- in safety checks to deter
unwarranted mishaps.
Diversity of industries makes individual processes, tools and personnel requirement highly specific, and therein lies the
challenge to successfully instill or execute
fail-safes at every identifiable step. Personnel
being the most important asset to any
business or operation, it is intrinsically
critical to safeguard human life in all its
forms. This makes the very basis, as well as
substantiates the need, of installing appropriate safety procedures that take industries, their related risks, and ever- evolving
technological advancements into consideration, and develop measures to protect all
those involved in operationalizing tools of
the trade.
While one aspect of the equation is
recognition of the need of safety measures
by industries, the other equally important
facet is generating adequate and appropriate
awareness among personnel involved in the

industry’s workings, to create a well-


balanced equilibrium, and establish a safer
work environment. Over the years of India’s
independence and subsequent rise in
stature as a booming economy, various
industries have had a pivotal role to play,
contributing to a thriving national
productivity. Workers have been an
undeniably important part of this progress.
Safety and security of these workers is,
therefore, inherently crucial to a sustained
growth path being realized from all quarters
of the economy. With this central thought,
tremendous efforts have been made over the
past few decades to raise the levels of
awareness and promote industrial safety
among the working gentry across industries.
Towards this end, National Safety Council
of India, a self- governing body (a nonprofit and non- governmental body instated
for public service) was established on 4th of
March in 1966 under the Societies Act in
Mumbai with over 8,000 members in its
folds. It is to commemorate the
establishment of this Council that national
safety week campaign is celebrated every
year, starting 4th of March, with the sole
aim of enhancement of safety awareness
among India’s working population. In a

broader perspective, the campaign includes
preventing and lessening the loss of life, and
various other pertinent issues, such as
financial loss etc., by affording them safety,
health and environmental support services,
among others. A nation- wide campaign on
workplace safety and related topics during
the national safety week serve to ensure
dissemination of ample information
through public activities like seminars and
debates on the prevalent issues, exhibitions,
distribution of topic materials through
various modes like banners, slogans etc.,
workshops, training programs, and

Diversity of
inDustries
makes inDiviDual
processes, tools
anD personnel
requirement
highly specific,
anD therein lies
the challenge
to successfully
instill or execute
fail- safes at every
iDentifiable step.

Q&

A
MallcoM:
a culture evincing
responsibility

Mr. Ajay Kumar Mall

Managing Director, Mallcom India Limited

As a token of its ceaseless dedication to the cause of safety, Mallcom infallibly practices
what it preaches. A brief conversation with Mr. Ajay Kumar Mall, Managing Director,
Mallcom India Limited., helps understand how the organization is imbibing safety in its
very culture. Excerpts of the exchange follow:

Q How did the celebration of Safety Week come about at Mallcom?
We have been dedicated to the cause since the very inception of Mallcom. National
Safety Week as a concept took root in 2008, coinciding with the launch of our domestic
brand. Progressing from there, we have evolved it into a national phenomenon from
the organization’s perspective since 2013.
Q What do you intend to instill in your culture by observing the safety week?
Our intent is simple, to increase awareness of incumbent risks among everyone
associated with our workplaces, to pave way for knowledge on avoiding such hazards,
to promote use of PPEs, establish importance of safety measures, and instill value for
revered life, and to encourage participation from personnels to make the workplace
safer for all.
Q What have you planned for the forthcoming safety week?
Come Safety Week, we aim recognition for our biggest stakeholders and assets, our
personnel. We have initiated the # MoreThanANumber campaign, dedicated to
acknowledging and highlighting the contribution each member of the working staff
makes to the organization’s standing. This will be put to action through a mass outreach

program we have designed.
Q Like the National Safety Council, do you also follow specific themes each
year to celebrate the Nation Safety Week?
For the past 6 years, Mallcom has celebrated the week- long commemoration with a
specific theme. For instance, we dedicated the national safety week campaign last year
generating awareness about road accidents both inside and outside the workplace with
the theme ‘Accidents Hurt, Safety Doesn’t’. This year, we intend to go in line with the
National theme, ‘Cultivate And Sustain A Safety Culture For Building The Nation.’
Q What is your outlook for the business going forward?
We have invested more than 3 decades to the cause of occupational safety, and have
seen audience’s mindset evolving immensely along the way. To me, desired level of
awareness is still the biggest summit to scale. India still has a long way to match up to
the standards of advanced economies in this context, and this is where I see immense
scope of development. Market is showing tremendous potential, and an accelerated
phase of growth, we fully intend to make the best use of opportunities afforded along
the way to take occupational safety to every industry and every individual involved.

11 March 2019 OutlOOk 21


through all of these varied activities,
ascertain public participation in the cause
of safe working environments for the
millions of industrial workers across the
geographic expanse of the country.
National Safety week, in all its diversity
and gusto, serves to play some extremely
crucial roles, including− Increase in safety related awareness
among people, including health,
occupational as well environmental

concerns
− Enhancement of public participation
in the safety movement, making it a
nation- wide phenomenon
− Ensuring participative approach
among upper echelons as well as
working personnel of various
industries
− Establishment and demonstration of
preventive measures pertinent to
individual industries, in order to
ensure a safer workplace environment
− Generation and distribution of
adequate literature reflecting status
and relevance of SHE (safety, health
and environmental) issues
− Highlighting and reinforcing legal
responsibilities of employers and
employees alike, in the interest of work
place safety
− Integration of safety and health
concerns in the very fibre of lifestyle
− Bolstering commitment from
employees towards the cause of safety
− Instilling societal benefits, by
inculcating a preventive culture and
culturing a scientific approach to
safety and security of one and all

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All of these responsibilities form an
integral part of the aims intended to be
achieved by commemorating the safety
week annually. In the words of Dr. Avneesh
Singh, Director General, Factory Advice
Service and Labour Institutes, Ministry of
Labour and Employment, “In the recent
past, Government of India has taken many
new steps in order to improve the
Occupational Safety and Health of the
workers. Collaborative efforts are being
made with the other stakeholders such as
DGUV, Germany, ESIC, Indian Association
of Occupational Health and Gujarat
Maritime Board to address the different
Occupational Safety and Health issues in
order to develop positive safety culture
leading to the higher well-being of the work
force. This has manifested in the form of a
discernible downtrend in the number of
accidents and occupational diseases.”
Through a veritable mix of activities,
importance of safety in every walk of life is
established to effectively prevent any mishaps and accidents leading to loss of life or
productivity, arising out of negligence or
lack of awareness.
Industrial Safety-A bird’s eye view
It is an established fact that industrial progress is central to development of a nation’s
economy. Products and services from various industries combine in order to create a

sustainable economy, and drive its growth
over the years. It is, therefore, extremely
important to safeguard the biggest stakeholders in this economic progress, i.e., the
workers manning the industrial wagon.
Even with the tremendous boom in technology, there is still a massive part of the

working class engaged with machinery on a
daily basis, operationalizing, and maintaining the tools of the trade. Involvement of
mechanical tools means there is always a
scope for calibration errors, and resultant
mishaps to creep in, thus endangering lives.
Industries likeAerospace and aviation
Assembling
Automobiles and ancillaries
Consumer Goods
Chemicals and paints
Defence and Security
Glass and ceramics
Manufacturing
Iron and steel
Logistics
Oil, gas and petrochemicals
Rubber, plastic, textile
Pharmaceuticals
Mining and metallurgy, etc.
are just some of examples where heavy
machinery plays an indispensable role,
making mishaps a real consideration and
a potent threat to the safety of personnel
involved in different processes integral to

the final output of the industry, each with
a specialized set of equipment to man, and
diversely perilous working conditions, and
chances of exposure to hazardous materials or residue. This very diversity calls for
unique measures to be stringently followed
in order to ensure safety at all times.
Considering the substantial threats that
the work environment of each of these industries poses, situation calls for dedicated
security apparatus and personal protective
equipment (PPE, as it is called in the trade
language) for each individual need. This, in
turn, translates to the need of a deep-seated
understanding of processes and tools involved in each industry, and devising safety
gear accordingly; in short, it calls for a
master of all trades.
There are several organizations manufacturing safety equipment across a spectrum of industrial needs, some specializing
in a handful of spheres, whereas some others
offering a variety of solutions to fit varied
needs across assorted industries. One such
organization of immense repute and stature, is Mallcom (India) Limited. Being
known for providing holistic solutions for
head to toe protection makes it the preferred
safety partner for numerous industrial
establishments.
Founded in 1983, Mallcom has been
active in trade since more than 3 decades,


and brings substantial experience and expertise to the table. With footprints in more
than 50 countries across 6 continents,

Mallcom enjoys the stature of a leading
solution provider of head to toe protection
for industrial requirements. Strategic investments in technology and rigorous adherence to safety concerns has enabled
Mallcom to tread ahead of others, and assume the status of an industry pioneer offering customized products and innovate to
stay ahead of the curve.
Mallcom, with its advanced technological capabilities and stringent quality controls, has dedicated years of unidirectional
research to developing and perfecting personal protection equipment. Employing an
ingrained perspective acquired through
exhaustive studies carried out across industries and understanding their specialized
requirements, Mallcom delivers safety
solutions to stand the test of time. A product
line that boasts of a wide array of protective
equipment to serve a veritable assortment
of requirements, classified by industry
being serviced, hazard being neutralized
and protection being offered forms the basis
of Mallcom’s expertise. With a vision to
become the most trusted brand for all PPE
across the globe, the organization has apportioned its considerable resources to
discerning, and providing for industryspecific safety supplies.
Creating a bond, for a cause
In context of the National Safety Week,
Mallcom has dedicated years of unrelenting
efforts to pursuing safety for industrial
personnel. A forerunner in the protective
gear arena, Mallcom practices its commitment to industrial safety by observing the
Safety Week on a national scale involving
personnel across its manufacturing units
throughout the length and width of the
country, an endeavour in proportion with

its stature.
Integration of its substantial efforts to
coincide with celebration of the national
safety week affords Mallcom an underlying
opportunity to cement its commitment to
safety and protection of all industrial
workers, including its own. Sizeable and

meaningful efforts directed at establishing
awareness, promoting the use of protective
gear and highlighting the avenues of industrial hazards and their prevention underline
the extent and substance of the organization’s endeavours as well as their intent. In
addition to ensuring enhanced security and
safety of personnel, such an endeavour also
serves to establish the importance of industrial workers in each walk of life, and
strengthens their standing as one of the
most important cogs in the wheel of economy. A singular and exceptional step in the
form of a genuine effort towards recognizing workers’ contribution and developing a
bond with the audience is evident in the
attempts made towards empowering them,
and promoting their safety as dearly as any
other aspect of business.
Mallcom has always been known for its
unique approach and commendable execution when it comes to the national safety
week, and this has helped them achieve
tremendous traction for the annual campaign. Assuming the mettle of a true industry leader, Mallcom has defined the very
path others now tread when it comes to assigning importance to industrial security
and the national safety week campaign.
While their traditional approach
involved furthering information related

to industrial safety through conventional
means, like printed material, workshops,
seminars etc., this year Mallcom has
upped the bar, devising a mass reach
program involving branded vehicles
carrying the message of safety in more
colourful ways, markedly increasing both
the reach and engagement quotient. This
year, Mallcom envisions reaching out to
personnel from more than 300
organizations across the national
geography, to generate awareness and
inculcate passion for the safety of
industrial personnel. Through tenacious
efforts designed to inspire recognition for
the role workers play in the larger scheme
of things, Mallcom aims at reaching
unprecedented levels of engagement
through the very thoughtfully designed
#MoreThanANumber campaign, in turn
caring for and empowering workers in a

manner rarely witnessed across industries.
India’s perspective towards its working personnel has been changing over the
course of the past few decades, and the
consideration of industrial safety is visibly
on the rise. Every aspect of security is
being given its due weightage, and genuinely concerned efforts towards enhancing
recognition of industrial hazards and affecting their prevention are at an all- time
high. At a time when the entire nation is

witnessing an economic transformation,
it becomes all the more crucial to dedicate
persistent efforts to one of its most important assets, its sizeable working population. Endeavours like the safety week put
such efforts into perspective, and ensure a
workplace environment that is as safe as it
is productive. That the thought of industrial safety is gaining traction can easily
be substantiated by the fact that since the
year 2010, market for personal protective
equipment has grown with a CAGR of
19%, and is predicted to achieve CAGR of
over 14% over 2015-2020, which in itself
paints an encouraging picture. Add to this
the proposed amendments by labour
ministry to the outdated, out-of-perspective labour laws framed between 1948 and
1966, and the horizons appear even
brighter from an industry outlook. The
National Safety Week, regular seminars,
dissemination of pertinent information,
workshops etc., all point towards prioritization of occupational safety, health and
working conditions in workplaces across
the expanse of the nation, and an upcoming reform concerning safety norms in the
country. More and more research into
industrial processes, their refinement in
the interest of safety procedures, increasing sense of responsibility among organizations, technical symposiums, with new
and refreshing ideas to be implemented in
order to avoid industrial mishaps; all are
promising signs for the future of industries and working personnel, all tasked
with taking the nation’s economic progress to the next reassuring level.
In the words of Mr. Ajay Kumar Mall,
“India has started valuing safety, and

Mallcom intends to be a forerunner in that
thought.” It takes an enlightened and
determined thought like this is all that
helps shape the future. Valuing human life
and safeguarding its appropriation in all
dedication is what it will take to sustain
industrial progress, and through it, lead
the nation along a path of sustained
economic advancement.

11 March 2019 OutlOOk 23


I DENTITY POL ITIC S
PTI

MOB FURY An Itanagar building on
fire; the Dy CM’s house faced it too

people, which has led to embarrassing
situations for it.” The BJP is in power in
six states in the region, whether on its
own or in alliance with other parties. Rina
was, of course, referring to a series of setbacks for the party in the Northeast in
recent times, the most notable being the
widespread anger over the contentious
Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016. “It is
very rare for N-E parties to oppose the
party in power at the Centre. But Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal
and Manipur said no to CAB. Before CAB

was tabled (in Parliament), were the state
governments even consulted?” Rina asks.
The bill endorses citizenship to nonMuslim migrants from Afghanistan,
Bangladesh and Pakistan who arrived in
India till December 31, 2014.
Critics allege that the BJP rushed the
bill to make amends after facing opposition from a section of its supporters, especially in Barak Valley, over the process to
update the controversy-ridden National
Register of Citizens (NRC), which aims to
determine the original Indian citizens in
Arunachal joins the list of Northeast states singed by BJP
Assam. But due to widespread opposition
across the region, the Centre didn’t table
the holder to seek government jobs or the bill in the Rajya Sabha.
by Abdul Gani in Guwahati
admission in education institutes. The six
Political commentator Sushanta
OR days, Itanagar burned as mobs communities, concentrated in Arunachal Talukdar says the BJP’s approach of
went on the rampage in the capital Pradesh’s Changlang and Namsai dis- looking at different issues from the narof Arunachal Pradesh last week tricts, have been seeking residency certif- row perspective of electoral gain or loss
against the state government’s icate for decades. But the state’s residents appears to have blurred the vision of New
decision to grant permanent resi- fear that such a move could rob the origi- Delhi on larger questions of internal secudent status to six non-tribal communi- nal inhabitants of rare job opportunities— rity, demography change, identity and
ties. Those who suffered included another layer in Northeast’s age-old illegal migration that beset the border
musicians and artistes gathered for a “local versus outsider” divide. But beyond region. “The prevailing situation is only a
film festival, which was called off. The the obvious, there is another story to the manifestation of BJP’s approach of excworst was, however, yet to come as violence in Arunachal Pradesh, one that luding voices of dissent and listening only
to its supporters while taking critical
mobs thronged the streets with greater encompasses the entire region.
“The BJP seems to be utterly disengaged policy decisions,” Talukdar adds.
fury after hours of relative calm. This
The BJP blames the Congress for fantime, the target was deputy chief min- from ground realities in the Northeast.
ister Chowna Mein’s residence, which The party seems to be more interested in ning the violence in Arunachal . “On

was set on fire. Then there was mass pushing their agendas, with disastrous February 22, Pema Khandu made it publooting from a well-known department consequences,” Itanagar-based journalist lic that the PRC thing is over. But in spite
store. At least three people were killed Tongam Rina tells Outlook. “The party is of that, protests escalated. Apart from
in police firing to control the rampag- not sympathetic to the sentiments of the that, the mobs targeted only BJP leaders’
private property and offices,” says state
ing protesters. When the fire was finaBJP president Tapir Gao. The BJP had
lly doused, the state was left with its
earlier also blamed the Congress for polimage in tatters and the ego of the gov- Permanent residency
iticising the NRC and CAB issues. But
ernment badly bruised. Chief minister was an old demand from
many say that the BJP may have emerged
Pema Khandu was forced to issue a the six non-tribal groups
as its own biggest enemy with these unpstatement saying that his government
settled in Arunachal.
opular decisions. “At the rate BJP is going
will not pursue the issue “ever again”.
in the region, it needs no opposition to
The permanent resident certificate Original inhabitants see
destroy the party,” adds Rina. O
(PRC) is an official document which helps it as an infringement.

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