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4 The Indian Eye| BIG STORY | MAY 15, 2020
COVID-19 CrIsIs
< BIG STORY
ModI’s $266 B
MasTErsTrokE ! Features the biggest story from around the world of highest
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a $ 266 billion package
aimed at making India self-reliant. Modi also plans to bring in several reforms to revive
the Indian economy hit by the nationwide spread coronavirus disease and the prolonged
lockdown. Will this stimulus change the face of India? importance and impact to the lives of Indians worldwide.
tic consumption and demand.
our BurEau The package would cater to var-
New Delhi ious sections, including the cot-
arendra Modi, India’s tage industry, micro, small and
medium enterprises (MSMEs),
prime minister, has an-
Nnounced plans for a $266 labourers, and middle class.
The package, expected to
bn stimulus package to help the cheer the Street, combines the
country’s stalled economy recov- government’s recent announce-
er from the lockdown imposed ments on supporting key sec-
to slow the spread of coronavi- tors, as also measures rolled out
rus. In a television address on by the Reserve Bank of India
Tuesday, the prime minister said (RBI). In March, Finance Minis-
India had to seize the opportu- ter Nirmala Sitharaman had an- 6 The Indian Eye | NATION | MAY 15, 2020
nity presented by the pandemic Narendra modi nounced a package of Rs 1.7 tril-
to overhaul its economy, under- lion to deal with the corona crisis.
take “bold reforms” and ensure with a focus on agriculture, fish- jobs, including millions of vul- The RBI has also made a
this would be “India’s century”. eries and allied activities. In the nerable migrant workers who number of announcements, in- Indo-China border tense amid Pandemic
The package is equivalent to
about 10 per cent of India’s gross previous two parts of the pack- were left stranded without work cluding for mutual funds and
age, FM’s focus was on MSMEs, or wages.
domestic product. “Coronavirus NBFCs, MFIs, migrant work- Industrial production con- NBFCs. It lowered interest rates, IAF flies its jets as Chinese choppers come close to border
is going to be part of our lives for ers, street vendors and small tracted almost 17 per cent in opened a refinance window and NATION >
a long time, but we can’t let our farmers. Prime Minister Naren- March year-on-year, according other measures to unclog the our BurEau avane said Indian troops have
lives revolve around it,” he said. dra Modi has declared that the to data released on Tuesday, credit flow. The impact of these Leh (Ladakh) always upheld peace and tran-
package is aimed at making In- highlighting the extent of the announcements is roughly Rs
Modi gave no precise details
of the economic package, which dia self-reliant. He has also hint- damage. Analysts forecast the 4.5 trillion. n a major border escalation quillity along the frontier, and
the country’s force posture
Officials involved in discus-
he said would be unveiled by fi- ed at bringing in several reforms drop would be more dramatic in sions on the mega-package said this week, the Indian Air would not suffer because of the
nance minister Nirmala Sithara- to revive the Indian economy hit April and May. IForce sent fighter planes to Covid-19 pandemic.
man in the coming days. Modi by the nationwide spread of the Lockdown 4.0, however, the announcements by the FM the border between India and Naravane contended the two
has been holding consultations contagious coronavirus disease would be very different from starting Wednesday would be China after Chinese military clashes were not co-related and
with ministers and officials in and the prolonged lockdown. what we have seen so far, the two pronged. There would be helicopters were spotted flying had no connection with other
recent days, aimed at laying out India has approached poten- PM said in a primetime telecast. fiscal measures, which would Features top stories that are of near Indian territory last week. global or local activities. “I can
directly come out of the govern-
strategies for how India could tial investors in the US, Japan The details of both — the pack-
woo new manufacturing invest- and elsewhere, touting the south age and the next phase of the ment’s expenditure and aimed “The Chinese military helicop- say with confidence that the
ments from companies looking Asian country as an alternative lockdown — would be unveiled at citizens and beneficiaries. ters were flying very close to the development of infrastructure
These could include increas-
to diversify their global supply to China. during the week. Line of Actual Control,” said capabilities along our northern
chain, and reduce their depen- India has been in week eight The PM said the Rs 20-tril- ing the quantum and scope of an Indian officer. “After their borders is on track. Our force
movement was picked up, the
posture will not suffer due to
dence on China. of a lockdown that has brought lion package, nearly 10 per cent cash handouts to the poorest Indian Air Force fighter jets recently started to build up mil- per established protocols.” the Covid pandemic.”
through direct benefit transfers.
the economy to a near-stand- of India’s gross domestic prod-
Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman on Wednesday re- still. It has also created a huge uct (GDP), would be with the The fiscal measures could also flew patrols in the area.” itary defenses along the LAC. India on Thursday empha- On May 5, the two sides
While the Chinese helicop-
India believes China is illegally sised the need for peace and came to blows on the banks of
leased the third tranche of the Rs humanitarian crisis with an esti- objective of putting money into include tax benefits for some of significance from India. ters flew close to Indian airspace, occupying areas of land in the tranquillity along the border Pangong Lake, where Ladakh
20 lakh crore economic package mated 140m people losing their people’s pockets to spur domes- Continued at next page... >> they did not enter the territory. western Indian state of Kashmir with China following two clash- meets Tibet, and where the two
A contested area on the In-
In a statement, the Indian troops, saying such incidents oc- confrontations in recent years.
www.TheIndianEYE .us dia-China border, the Line of and Jammu. es between Indian and Chinese sides have registered multiple
Actual Control (LAC), spans army claimed that aggression curred because of differing per- On May 9, dozens of soldiers
a little over 2,500 miles. After between Indian and Chinese ceptions of the Line of Actual from both sides tussled along
fighting a war over the area in forces is not uncommon, but Control (LAC). the Sikkim-Tibet border, result-
1962, both India and China have usually is “resolved mutually as Amy chief Gen MM Nar- ing in injuries on both sides.
Why is Nepal putting barricades on Indian road to Mount Kailash?
our BurEau grown in the last year. The latest
New Delhi row has broken out just months
after there was an issue over the
ndia’s newly-inaugurated disputed Kalapani and Susta re-
gion, when New Delhi released
link road to Kailash Man-
Isarovar may not see smooth
a new map showing Kalapani as
has raised strong objections to it
In a sharp statement, hinting
8 The Indian Eye | NATION | MAY 15, 2020 < AN EYE ON INDIA operation anytime soon as Nepal part of India.
at a nexus between Nepal and
over territorial claims. The road
connects Uttarakhand’s Pithor-
China amidst the diplomatic row
Pakistan pushing the Gilgit dam project with Chinese help of its own territory — at the In- His comments came a day af- pandemic is over, adding that the Friday said Nepal may have pro-
agarh with the Lipulekh Pass — between India and Nepal, Army
Chief General MM Naravane
which Nepal considers as part tivity inside the territory of Nepal.” the border issue after the Covid-19
India opposes the project in the area under illegal occupation dia-China border. The construc- ter Kathmandu issued a statement boundary delineation exercise is tested about the Indian road via
Lipulekh pass at “someone else’s
tion of the final 4-km section of opposing the road, which was inau- ongoing.
our BurEau electromechanical and pow- the road still remains and could gurated by Defence Minister Ra- In response, Gyawali said Ne- behest”. Even though he did not di-
start later this year, pending jnath Singh Friday for public use. pal remains committed to “seeking
New Delhi er-generation project would be clearances. On Saturday, New Delhi pro- diplomatic solutions to boundary rectly name China, the Army
taken up at a later stage. The In a meeting of the House tested this statement, saying the issues on the basis of the histori- chief’s response to a question
ndia has taken strong note project, however, drew sharp re- Local news from major states of India of Representatives of the Nep- inaugurated section of the road is cal treaties, documents, facts and at a think-tank in Delhi left lit-
of Pakistan awarding a mega
eign Minister Pradeep Kumar tirely within the Indian territory. It close and friendly ties between the
have been reports of face-offs
a statement Thursday, saying
Icontract to build a dam in sponse from India, which issued alese Parliament Sunday, For- on a pre-existing route and lies en- maps in keeping with the spirit of tle to the imagination. There
Gilgit-Baltistan, saying carry- building such projects in territo- Gyawali said, “We have called also addressed Nepal’s concerns two countries”. between Indian and Chinese sol-
ing out of such projects in ter- ries under Pakistan’s illegal oc- upon the Government of India to and said it will hold the long-pend- Tensions between India and diers in eastern Ladakh and Sik-
ritories under Pakistan”s illegal cupation was “not proper”. refrain from carrying out any ac- ing foreign secretary-level talks on Nepal over border disputes have kim in the past few days.
occupation was not proper. The Last week, India conveyed
Pakistan government has signed its strong protest to Pakistan
a whopping Rs 442 billion con- for its efforts to bring “materi- www.TheIndianEYE .us
tract with a joint venture of a al change” to territories under that have global relevance to Indians
Chinese state-run firm and a veyed our protests and shared it-Baltistan region on the Indus its “illegal and forcible” occu-
commercial arm of Pakistan’s concerns with both Pakistan river. pation after the country”s top
powerful military for construc- and China on all such projects The dam, part of a major court allowed holding of elec-
tion of the Diamer-Bhasha dam. in the Indian territories under hydro power plan, will be built tions in Gilgit-Baltistan.
The MEA issued a demarche
Pakistan”s illegal occupation,” jointly by state-run firm Chi-
“Our position is consistent
and clear that entire territory of he said. na Power and Pakistan Army’s to a senior Pakistani diplomat
the Union Territories of Jammu Forty years after it was first commercial wing, Frontier lodging a strong protest over the
and Kashmir and Ladakh have envisaged, the Pakistan Army Works Organisation (FWO). court ruling and clearly convey-
been, are and will continue to has now tied up with China to The Chinese firm has a 70 per ing that the entire Union Terri- worldwide.
be integral and inalienable part build the multi-billion-dollar cent stake in the joint venture, tories of Jammu and Kashmir
of India,” MEA Spokesperson Diamer-Bhasha dam — much while the FWO holds the re- and Ladakh, including the areas
Anurag Srivastava said. to the anger of India as it will maining 30 per cent stake. of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an
“We have consistently con- come up in the disputed Gilg- According to the plan, the integral part of India.
Army on alert after Pak creates new terror force
our BurEau Lt-Gen BS Raju, General Officer
Srinagar Commanding of Srinagar-based 15th
Corps, sees some challenges in the cur-
rmy Chief General MM Naravane, rent situation in the Valley. “The present
on Wednesday said that Pakistan
Precautionary and pre-emptive measures
Ahas created a new terror group in situation in Kashmir is stable but fragile.
Kashmir called ‘The Resistance Front’. are being taken for the safety and security
He further said that the group should in- of people, and these have been instrumen-
stead be called Terror Revival Front as it tal in saving innocent lives. Post-Pulwama,
is being supported by proxies from across we have successfully neutralised the top
the border. local commanders of various terrorist out-
“I would rather call it Terror Revival fits, thus resulting in a leadership void,” he
Front. It is another terrorist organisation “Winter months are generally lit- said in an interview on Friday.
by another name. This is a terrorist organ- tle low-key and with the improvement “Pakistan has consistently found ways
isation supported by its proxies across the in weather and snow melting, some pe- and means to further its agenda of fo-
border. They’ will be dealt with appropri- riodic spikes have always been there. menting terror in the Valley. It persists in
ately,” Army Chief said in an interview. This is the pattern of many years and doing that. Numerous intrusion attempts
Army Chief was responding to a ques- there is nothing untoward which has hap-
have been foiled and Pakistan army is con-
tion on Pakistan’s reference to terrorist pened this year either,” Naravane said. stantly resorting to ceasefire violations to
organisations such as Lashkar-e-Toiba and Notwithstanding the coronavirus pan- support the terrorists’ infiltration.”
Jaish-e-Mohammed as The Resistance demic, Kashmir is bracing for a familiar Talking about the outcome of anti-mil-
Front. Naravane said that the recent spike summertime pattern of last three decades itancy operations, the senior officer said,
in the number of terror incidents in the of Pakistan-sponsored insurgency: an esca- “Militancy has since been on a sharp de-
Valley is due to the changed weather con- lation in infiltration bids on an increasingly cline due to our persistent efforts. We had
ditions which allow terrorists from across ‘live’ Line of Control and a surge in militant anticipated that Pakistan will increase its North The Indian Eye
the border to infiltrate. violence in the hinterland. efforts to cause turmoil in Kashmir.”
AmERIcANNewsline
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10 MAY 08, 2020
INDIAN COMMuNIty IN New yOrK
sALutes pM MODI
On radio Zindagi live broadcast, Jagdish sewhani says Modi is the model for whole world; Consul general
NORTH AMERICAN NEWSLINE > OuR BuREau sandeep Chakravorty makes presentation about the road ahead for India
New York
he Indian community has
come together to appre-
Tciate and thank Prime
Minister Narendra Modi for
his remarkable work during the
North American Newsline focuses on prominent news from live broadcast on Radio Zind-
coronavirus crisis.
Speaking at a Zoom Meeting
agi from New York all over Tri-
state area, Mr Jagdish Sewhani,
President of The American In-
dia Public Affairs Committee,
thanked Prime Minister Modi
for his “visionary and Impressive
USA & Canada, including community happenings. leadership during the current
coronavirus pandemic crisis”.
“There is only one world
leader who impresses the most
and has been genuinely effective
during this pandemic and that’s
our own Prime Minister Naren-
drabhai Modi ji. I have never felt
India as secure as I did during
the whole pandemic under his
mature and efficient leadership
in this unexpected and unprece-
dented Pandemic,” Mr Sewhani
said.
Mr Sewhani further said the
South The Indian Eye deadly coronavirus pandemic,
AmERIcANNewsline which was first spotted in Wuhan
city of China has killed 260,000
there are 3.75 million cases
24 MAY 08, 2020 people globally and at this time
worldwide. In the US the num-
Shakti in Shukto: How an Indian chef is ber of cases of coronavirus are and leadership of Prime Minis- regional and global level too, Soon Saudi Arabia, which holds
1.2 millions and 72,000 deaths. ter Modi and his team has shown Prime Minister Modi took the the current presidency of the
bringing Bengali flavours to Brazil “Compared to this, India with against this virus.” initiative and leadership role in group, organized the video con-
a population of 1.3 billion peo-
“One of the key reasons for this fight against humanity. He ferencing.”
ple, the total number of positive this I believe is Modiji acted convened a video conference of
“And as word spread that hy-
cases of virus are 49,000 and the early and decisively. India’s rel- SAARC leaders and took the droxychloroquine is effective in
Chaitali Chatterjee, who reguarly takes part in food fairs and shows, has also penned a deaths are close to 1,700. This atively low figures is basically at- initiative of setting up a regional treatment in early COVID-19
Coronavirus has emerged as the tributed to the very basic princi- fund with an initial contribution patients, India under Modi start-
book “gastronomy of Latin America” deadliest public health challenge ple that Prime Minister acted on of USD 10 million to help South ed flying plane loads of this ma-
in this century,” he added. Prevention is better than Cure,” Asian countries. He encouraged laria drug to countries across the
FLORENCIa COSTa such as the frequent use of mus- “I feel proud of my country Mr Sewhani said. “And at the the same within the G-20 group. Continued at next page... >>
tard oil, mustard seeds, among
o you want to know an other ingredients. www.TheIndianEYE .us
exotic and excellent dish Chaitali, who learned to cook
Dfor immunity? Meet since she was a child, and soon
Shukto. It is a recipe born in the understood the importance of
state of West Bengal in eastern food for the health of her body
India. It is a stew, or a vegetar- and soul, says that this broth
ian broth, which takes eggplant, has always been associated with
carrots, sweet potatoes, Karela immunity. “My aunt made this
(bitter gourd), among other in- soup for me, very good for when
gredients. A final touch is that you stay sick, ”she recalls. “Ben-
of a bottle of butter. galis are eating this dish a lot to-
It is a rich dish – colorful in
day, due to the need to increase
looks and delicious in taste. And immunity,” said Chaitali.
it gives shakti (power) to the
body to stay strong and boost chaitali chaterjee this popular dish is a little < SOUTH AMERICAN NEWSLINE
west bengal is well known
the immunity system. in India for its sweets, but
An online workshop was
conducted by Chaitali Chatter-
jee, born in Kolkata (former
Calcutta) and based in Brazil bitter, although at the same
since 2014, on this Saturday time it has a slightly sweet
(May 9th) about how to prepare
Shukto. In the workshop, con- touch. “It is a very good
ducted online, Chaitali showed stew because it is light, and
the step by step preparation of
this powerful stew. The work- you can serve rice as an ac- South American Newsline focuses on prominent news from
shop was promoted by the NGO
Migraflix, whose objective is to companiment,” he says.
integrate immigrants and refu- Bengali cuisine generally
gees socially and economically involves a hot palette, using a
in the Brazilian society. The shukto is a rich and powerful dish large number of herbs, spic-
This stew synthesizes the
style and method of preparing (rice), dal and maach (fish) - a freshener combined with a cou- es and roots in order to create
the Bengali cuisine and it is very typical Bengali lunch. Accord- ple of other vegetables. The dishes that are full of depth. Latin America, significantly Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina,
common to serve it as a starter ing to food writer Sushmita dish stayed even long after the However, these flavors can
for lunch. In addition to know- Sengupta, it is often said that Portuguese left. The Bengalis also be manipulated to create
more delicate tastes, and it is
ing the complex flavors of this the Bengali delicacy originated made it their own with the addi- important to note that dishes
dish, which helps to strengthen from Portuguese cuisine whose tion of milk, baris, and their fa-
immunity, the online workshop influence was quite prominent vourite mustard seeds and oil,” vary from region to region. The
main course generally includes
also took the participants on a along the shores of Bengal. Sengupta wrote in an article.
journey through the richness of “During their rule in India, the It is important to note that Cholar Dal, Aloo Posto, Mach-
Indian gastronomic culture, but Portuguese tweaked a simi- India has several cuisines, quite er Matha Diye Moong Dal (dal
especially from the state of West lar dish using locally available distinct from each other. And with fish head), Fish Kalia, Pab- Paraguay, Uruguay etc.
ingredients, such as the bitter the state of West Bengal is da Jhol, Bhetki Paturi, Sarso
Bengal. Shukto makes for a delicious gourd. They used it to develop known for its peculiarities and Elish, Mutton Korma, Mutton
accompaniment with bhaat a dish which worked as a mouth regional gastronomic secrets, Continued at next page... >>
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