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1 ! " ! # #$ % & ' $ ' ( " " # $%& ' ! ) * $+ , - -! ' " (.) /.0& Despite the Covid-19 slooming shadow over theglobal finances, India s econo-my is on the path of recoveryand is well poised to reach thepre-pandemic level, accordingto the pre-Budget EconomicSurvey tabled by FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanin Parliament on survey estimated theeconomy to grow by percent in the fiscal beginningApril 1. As per the survey, theeconomy is well placed to meetthe future challenges on theback of widespread vaccinecoverage, supply-side reformsand easing of Economic Survey2021-22 expects the economyto grow by per cent duringthe current financial year.

2 Indi-cating a recovery to the pre-pandemic economy had con-tracted by per cent in 2020-21 on account of the impact ofthe Covid pandemic and sub-sequent nationwide lockdownsto check the spread of rosy economic sce-nario painted by the surveyrevived the stock market sen-timents. Equity benchmarksnotched up solid gains onMonday after a two-sessionsliding streak. A robust recov-ery in the rupee further boost-ed the 30-share BSE Sensexopened on a firm footing andkept its momentum throughoutthe session. It finally closed at58, , clocking a gain points or per , the broader NSEN ifty rallied points per cent to end at17, Overall, macro-economicstability indicators suggest thatthe Indian economy is wellplaced to take on the challengesof 2022-23.

3 One of the reasonsthat the Indian economy is ina good position is its uniqueresponse strategy, the Indian economy, asseen in quarterly estimates ofGDP, has been staging a sus-tained recovery since the sec-ond half of 2020-21. Althoughthe second wave of the pan-demic in April-June 2021 wasmore severe from a health per-spective, the economic impactwas muted compared to thenational lockdown of the pre-vious year. Advance estimates sug-gest that GDP will record anexpansion of per cent in2021-22. This implies that thelevel of real economic outputwill surpass the pre-Covid levelof 2019-20, the survey the survey hasflagged concern over import- (.)

4 /.0& Amid improving vaccina-tion status and declininggraph of daily Covid-19 situ-ation in the poll-bound States,the Election Commission (EC)on Monday extended the banon roadshows, padyatras ,vehicle rallies and processionstill February 11. However, the poll panelpermitted a maximum of 1,000people who could attend phys-ical public meetings andenhanced the number of peo-ple allowed in door-to-doorcampaigning from the present10 to EC decided this afterChief Election Commissioner(CEC) Sushil Chandra alongwith Election CommissionersRajiv Kumar and AnupChandra Pandey held anothercomprehensive review of thepresent Covid-19 situation inthe poll-bound States of Goa,Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhandand Uttar a statement, the EC saidthat no roadshows, padya-tras , and cycle/bike/vehiclerallies and processions shall beallowed till February 11, 2022.

5 The Commission has nowdecided to allow physical pub-lic meetings of political partiesor contesting candidates indesignated open spaces with amaximum of 1000 persons(instead of existing 500 per- sons ) or 50 per cent of thecapacity of the ground or theprescribed limit set by StateDisaster ManagementAuthority (SDMA), whichevernumber is lesser, from February1, 2022 for all phases, it Commission has alsoenhanced the limit for door-to-door campaigns and instead of10 persons, now 20, excludingsecurity personnel, will beallowed.

6 The Commission hasnow granted relaxation for thepolitical parties to the extentthat indoor meetings of a max-imum of 500 persons (insteadof existing 300 persons) or 50per cent of the capacity of thehall or the prescribed limit setby SDMA is to the EC, all theState Chief Secretariesinformed the Commissionabout reports of Covid-19infection either plateauing ortapering out as on date. Theyalso said that the positivity rateis showing a decline with thenumber of hospitalisation casesregistering a declining trend. Continued on Page 2 (.) /.

7 0& 1 Asserting women s empow-erment is one of the toppriorities of the Government,President Ram Nath Kovind onMonday specifically spoke ofthe removal of retrograde triple talaq as he spoke of theself-reliance drive of NewIndia , including in the defencesector, and its resolve to pre-serve, enrich and empowerIndia s ancient heritage. Delivering the customaryaddress to the joint Session ofParliament on behalf of theGovernment, the Presidentexpressed confidence that theeconomic reforms coupledwith the drive of self-reliancewould help the country achievehigher future economic goals.

8 India received $48 billionin FDI in the first seven monthsof this fiscal; proof of investors confidence in the country, the thumping ofdesks by the MPs, Kovindannounced that women sempowerment is the top pri-ority of his Government. We re witnesses to thesuccess of Ujjwala Mudra Yojana, theentrepreneurship and skills ofwomen have received a Beti Bachao, BetiPadhao many positive resultshave come to the fore, he fur-ther President said the abo-lition of teen talaq , allowingMuslim women to Haj withoutthe need to be accompanied bya male member, and drastic reduction in the dropouts ofMuslim girl students witnessedin their enrolment were majorsteps by the Government forthe betterment of Muslimwomen.

9 Untill 2014, three croreMuslim students were givenscholarships; whereas since2014, four crore students wereawarded scholarships, he saidpointing to Governments pro-grammes for the betterment ofthe President spoke ofcontinuous momentum of eco-nomic reforms and drive forself-reliance in all sectors,including in the area of defence. Make in India is givenimportance in the defence sec-tor, and by doing this, theGovernment is reducing thedependability on other coun-tries for defence imports , hesaid saying 126 items havebeen removed from the on Page 2 !

10 " ! ! # $ % & ' ! " ## 2302# #In an ugly turn in the alreadystrained relationship betweenthe Bengal Government andthe Raj Bhavan, Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee said that shehas blocked Governor JagdeepDhankhar on the Twitterbecause of his unconstitu-tional Chief Minister s actioncomes a day after the Governortold the media that Bengalhad become a gas chamber ofdemocracy. I apologise for it inadvance. He (JagdeepDhankhar) tweets somethingeveryday abusing me or myofficers. Says unconstitutional,unethical things. He instructs,not advises.