FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms FREE PRESS Vol. XLI No. 179 | INDORE | FRIDAY | DECEMBER 6, 2024 | Pages 14 ` 3 | Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2024-2026 | RNI No. 38281/83 www.freepressjournal.in Sports Bumrah eyes second award P.12 Govt digs out 13-yr-old order to check graft Complaint boxes to come up in every department Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The state government has again issued a 13-year-old order. In 2011, the state government issued an order to keep a box in every department for putting complaints about corruption into it. After the order, many departments kept such boxes. The government again issued the order asking the departments to put complaint boxes in their departments. In the order, it was mentioned that some departments defied the instructions issued in 2011. So, all the departments have been directed to carry out the fresh order in letter and spirit. The General Administration Department issued the directive to all divisional commissioners, heads of departments and collectors. According to sources, the previous order said the boxes should be regularly fp Briefs opened and the complaints related to corruption checked. The previous order further said the box would be put under lock and key and the complaints written on it. The complaints received in the box should be registered. A weekly report of the complaints has to be prepared, and a senior officer has been asked to act on these complaints about which information will be uploaded on the portal. The compalint boxes were put in the departments during the tenure of the then chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is now a Union Minister for Agriculture. In the beginning, the initiative was given a lot of publicity, but afterwards, the system of keeping complaint box in each department was swept under the carpet. The Mohan Yadav-led government has issued the order afresh so that the complaints may directly reach the government. The Special Establishment Police of Lokayukta has also issued a phone number for lodging complaints about corruption. ESTD-1983 iii QUALITY @ VALUE EDITIONS: INDORE UJJAIN MONEY PUNE BHOPAL NASHIK Home cooked meals get dearer in Nov Cinema From Dentistry to Bollywood P.14 C(omeback) M(aestro)! FPJ Political Bureau MUMBAI After notching up a spectacular victory in the state assembly elections, the Mahayuti government assumed the reins of power once again but with a difference – this time, it will be steered by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, who returns to the coveted post after five years. The Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde, who served as the CM from June 2022 till date was finally sworn in as one of the two deputy chief ministers after initial hiccups along with NCP (Ajit Pawar) chief Ajit Pawar, who will serve in that position for a record sixth time.   The grand event, being held No more shocks… Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as CM, Eknath Shinde & Ajit Pawar are sworn in as deputies; no other minister was sworn in as PM had only 30 minutes to spare at Azad Maidan, was initially to have been an oath-taking event for all the cabinet members from the three-party coalition, was cut short, as no other minister joined the cabinet. It is being said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had especially come from Delhi, had only a half hour to spare. Given this premier time constraint, the swearing-in of other ministers was postponed. According to Fadnavis, the Woman dies at 'Pushpa 2' screening BHOPAL A woman died and her son was hospitalised due to asphyxiation as crowds "jostled" at a film theatre here during the premiere show of actor Allu Arjun's "Pushpa 2: The Rule", police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday night when a large number of fans thronged the cinema hall to have a glimpse of the actor, they said. There were no arrangements by the theatre management or prior information about the arrival of the actor and other members of the film, police said. SRIHARIKOTA ISRO sends Proba-3 to space The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday successfully sent the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 Sun observation mission atop the cclaunch vehicle into space. The mission lifted off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. "PSLV-C59 has successfully soared into the skies," the Indian space agency posted on X. The Proba-3 mission aims to study Sun’s faint corona closer to the solar rim. The schedule for the Global Investors’ summit (GIS) to be held in the state capital is being changed. It was initially decided that GIS would be held on February 7 and 8. Time was also sought from the industrialists who were to take part in the summit according to the sched- ule. But now, it will not be held according to the previous plan. The Industries Department has sent fresh dates (February 20 and 21) to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. After Yadav’s approval, the fresh dates will be announced. The state government wants to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi as chief guest to the event. BJP harps on Rahul, foreign entity link rest of the members of his cabinet will take oath before the winter session of the state legislature scheduled to begin from December 16, at Nagpur. Prominent personalities from the corporate world and Bollywood were present, including industrialists like Mukesh Ambani, actors Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, apart from Union Ministers and the CMs of BJP-ruled states. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in his first comments to the media after the swearing-in, expressed hope that the state would not see the kind of political turmoil it has seen over the last few years. "From 2019 to mid-2022, we saw a lot of changes. We hope that there will be no more similar shocks in the future," he told reporters an indirect jibe at the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi. Fadnavis was alluding to the split in the Shiv Sena in 2023. Our Staff Reporter 4Continued on | P6 Dhaka to erase Mujibur image on banknotes Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar Forest min Rawat’s resignation accepted Our Staff Reporter BHOPAL The resignation of Ramniwas Rawat, who lost the by-election, was accepted on Thursday. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, after receiving his resignation, sent it to the Governor who accepted it. The forest and environment departments which Rawat was handling fell vacant. Now, these departments will function under Yadav. Because of internal squabbling among the ministers over getting these departments, Yadav may keep them PTI DHAKA of the highest order". Citing the examples of the Hindenburg report, the recent indictment of an Indian business house by a US court, the Covid vaccine report, a BBC documentary on Indian Months after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister, Bangladesh has begun the process of erasing the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- her father and the iconic figure behind the founding of the country -- from its currency notes. Bangladesh Bank is printing new notes, including in them features of the July uprising, the Dhaka Tribune reported on Thursday. 4Continued on | P6 4Continued on | P6 The investigation wing of the Income Tax department launched a major search action at 28 locations in Indore and Dhar districts from the early hours of Thursday.  Surprisingly, the action is being carried out at 20 locations in Dhar’s small towns, including 14 in Manawar and 6 in Rajgarh. A cotton trader from Indore is on the radar of the I-T dept’s investigation wing. The police were also assisting in the action. Reliable sources said that in the city, the action was launched at 8 locations of cotton trader Suresh Mehta. The epicentre of the action is his residence-cum-office in Kalani Nagar, where documents were being scrutinised. A team of I-T officers also reached Mehta's office in DM Tower at Janjirwala square, which was found closed. However, bigger action was Over 100 officers of investigation wing of Income Tax dept involved in action being carried-out in Dhar district, wherein 14 premises were searched in Manawar and 6 in Rajgarh. Over 70 officers were involved in the action. The team is engaged in investigation at the residence of Manawar's biggest building Putin eyeing India as factory hub Agencies MOSCOW Russia is prepared to set up manufacturing plants across India, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "India-first" policies at an investment summit in Moscow on Thursday. Speaking at the 15th VTB Investment Foreum, Putin said he was impressed by how PM Modi's 'Make in India' initiative was "strengthening India's position globally" and acknowledged how New Delhi's policies have contributed to India's development by creating a stable environment for growth. "PM Modi has a program called Make in India. We are also ready to set up our manufacturing operations in India. The Indian govt, under the Prime Minister's leadership, has been creating stable conditions, driven by a policy of putting India first. We believe that investing in India is profitable." He said that Russian company Rosneft has recently invested $20 billion in India. Rosneft is the biggest oil producer company in the Russian Federation. Putin emphasised how India's leadership has focused on "prioritising its national interests," which has translated into robust growth and the well-being of its citizens, making a special mention of how India created "stable conditions" for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). He mentioned that Russia's import substitution programme is similar to India's 'Make in India' initiative and noted that India's leadership focused on a policy of prioritising its interests. 4Continued on | P6 offgrid Doodh mein kitna paani: Court takes 4 yrs to decide Biswajeet Banerjee LUCKNOW In a rare development, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I has delivered judgments in four decadesold cases of food adulteration involving low-fat content in milk and substandard sugar. The verdicts, pronounced in last week of November, imposed fines and symbolic imprisonment on the accused, marking the conclusion of cases filed under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (PFA Act 1954). MILK ADULTERATION CASES: Moti Lal, a milk vendor from Allunagar Diguriya, was penalized 42 years after being found guilty of selling milk with fat content below the permissible standard. On October 24, 1982, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) collected a sample of milk from him, which failed the fat content test. The court fined him �3,000 and sentenced him to remain in court custody until the court adjourned for the day. Similarly, Ram Lal, a milk under his control. T h e gove r n ment will a l l o t these dep a r t ments to someone else after holding talks with the party organisation. With these two departments, Yadav is handling 13 departments. Several ministers have set their eyes on forest and environment departments. 4Continued on | P6 I-T searches 28 locations in Indore, Dhar Modi will be busy in an event in Delhi on February 7. Against this backdrop, the state government will fix new dates for GIS so that Modi may attend it. Several investors’ summits will be held in different states across the country from December this year to February next year. NEW DELHI The Rajya Sabha witnessed some tumultuous scenes when BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, while speaking during Zero Hour, insinuated that Opposition has been raising issues which various foreign entities have been bringing forth ahead of Parliament sessions to attack Indian interests. The BJP also claimed a link between Rahul Gandhi and international forces, including an investigative media platform, which was trying to destabilise India and charged that the Congress leader was a "traitor SHINDE GOES OFF SCRIPT It was after much hemming and hawing that Eknath Shinde decided to reconcile to his political fate and take the oath. But, yet again, Shinde veered off the script and turned his oath into a thanks giving speech. The recipients of his gratitude were Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah; this was followed by effusive praise of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray. INDORE Nitendra Sharma E-paper Edit Yunus faces loss of credibility P.8 PM’s busy schedule likely to push GIS to Feb 20, 21 HYDERABAD MUMBAI vendor from Indiranagar, was found guilty of selling adulterated milk with 30% less fat. His sample was taken by the FSDA on June 22, 1988, at Wireless Square. The court imposed the same punishment on him as Moti Lal. In a third case, Keshav, the owner of a dairy in Semrapreetpur, Gosainganj, was also convicted for milk adulteration. A sample collected from his dairy revealed 22% less fat than the prescribed standard. He was fined Rs 3,000 and given a similar symbolic sentence. Reacting to the verdict, an FSDA official said, “This judgment, though delayed, reiterates the importance of food safety laws. Adulteration in essential commodities like milk affects the health of countless individuals, especially children.” SUGAR ADULTERATION CASE: The court also resolved a 21-year-old case involving adulterated sugar. On September 8, 2003, FSDA officials collected a sample from the shop of Suresh Chandra Gupta, a resident of Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT). Tests revealed that the sucrose content was below the minimum standard, and excessive moisture was present. Gupta was found guilty and fined Rs 6,000. Like the milk vendors, he was also sentenced to remain in court custody until the court closed for the day. DECADES-LONG LEGAL DELAYS: Advocate R.K. Sharma remarked, “It’s unfortunate that justice took decades, but the verdict reinforces the importance of strict food safety enforcement.” These judgments highlight the prolonged delays in resolving cases under the PFA Act. Experts and legal observers have pointed to the need for streamlining judicial processes to ensure timely verdicts in such cases. The FSDA, while welcoming the verdicts, emphasized the importance of robust monitoring to prevent food adulteration. While the penalties might seem symbolic, these cases serve as a reminder of the need for both accountability and efficiency in food safety enforcement. material trader RC Jain, property broker Amit Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Kalu alias Babbu Tailor, Zaheer Sheikh, Pankaj Godha and petrol pump businessman Sawan Pahariya, who is allegedly associated with cricket betting. Following the launch of the action, panic prevailed among other traders of Manawar, who shut their shops immediately. The action at all the locations is likely to continue for two more days. French govt falls after losing vote of confidence IANS PARIS The deputies of the French National Assembly voted on Wednesday evening in favour of a no-confidence vote, forcing French Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign and his government to collapse. A total of 331 deputies, mostly from left-wing parties alliance New Popular Front (NFP) and far-right party National Rally (RN), have voted in favour, largely over the 289 votes requested for the noconfidence vote to go through, Xinhua news agency reported. According to the French Constitution, Barnier now needs to hand in his resignation to French President Emmanuel Macron. The resignation will be automatically considered as accepted. Speaking to the French lawmakers before the vote, Barnier defended his decision to force passage of the 2025 social security budget. "I made this decision after having demonstrated the spirit of listening, respect, and dialogue, which led the government to improve its text every day on several important points," he said. Pointing out that France is plunged into an enormous deficit, Barnier said: "This reality remains there, it will not disappear by the magic of a no-confidence vote." 4Continued on | P6