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Cobrapost Operation 136 : Part -1 : Hindi Khabar

Hindi Khabar:
Atul Aggarwal, Director and Editor-in-Chief, Hindi Khabar, Noida. Hindi Khabar is hardly a year old 24 ' 7 TV news channel, primarily catering to Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bundelkhand. Editor Atul Agrawwal is an old media hand and knows rules of his trade. But when Pushp Sharma met him at his Noida office, Aggarwal came across a pro-Hindu whose aim is to serve the cause of his faith. As Sharma begins to brief Aggarwal on his agenda, Aggarwal reveals his loyalties: ''Jab main IBN7 mein tha wahan par poora leftist aur Congressi manasikta ke log the ... Toh wahan par aap bhagwa ke paksh mein kuchh bolte the anchoring nahi milti thi. Aapko lagta tha yaar pehle jivika chala lo man kee baad mein chala lenge ... isliye jab apna channel apna hua toh laga beta ab toh wahi karenge jo mann karega. Wahi karenge toh wahi kar rahe hain (When I was working with IBN7, there were people mostly with leftist and Congress leanings. So, if you spoke in support of the Bhagwa (Safforn ideology), they will not allow you to do anchoring. I used to say to myself, you have to earn your bread first and you can do things of your liking later ... so when I started my own channel, I do what I like to do. I am doing exactly that).''

Cobrapost Operation 136 : Part -1 : Dainik Jagran

Dainik Jagran: Launched in 1942 in Jhansi during the freedom struggle, Dainik Jagran is one of the most read Hindi dailies in the country. With a circulation of 3,632,383, it is published simultaneously from cities of Rewa, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Meerut, Agra, Aligarh,  Bareilly and Delhi, with separate editions coming out from Uttarakhand, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal. According to the World Association of Newspapers, Dainik Jagran is one of the newspapers in the world with maximum readership. Over the years, the paper has grown into a multi-faceted group.

Cobrapost Operation 136: Part -1: India TV

India TV: Ranked among top 5 TV news channels by the Broadcast Audience Research Council week 9 ratings for 2018, India TV is watched by millions of Indians. Before Rajat Sharma launched India TV in May 2004, he had already earned a name for his talk shows 'Aap Ki Adalat' on Zee TV and 'Janata Ki Adalat' on Star TV. Known for his journalistic candour and uprightness while talking celebrities into making confessions on his talk shows, he had promised his news channel would become Aapki Awaz, the Voice of the Public.

Jitender Kumar, Deputy Vice President (Sales); Gaurav Tyagi, Manager (Ad Sales); Sudipto Chowdhuri, Executive President (Sales), India TV, Noida.

RBI Report - Four trillion rupees decreased in Gross Financial Assets after the Notes ban, and not even improved till March

In the quarterly report of the Reserve Bank of India, the picture of the widespread impact of the notes ban on public has been revealed. In a report titled 'Household Financial Assets and Liability', clearly shown the bad effect of the decision to withdraw the notes of 500 and 1000 notes by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

According to RBI's report, the total value of gross financial assets in September, 2016 was 141 trillion rupees. By December 2016, it decreased by four trillion rupees and this figure reached 137 trillion.

Let us know that PM Modi had announced the notes ban on November 8, 2016. Household Financial Assets Outstanding Amount also recorded a decrease of 6%. Even in the last quarter of the year 2017, this figure is much lower than in September, 2016.

However, after the notes ban, the trend of investment has been found in the Indian people rather than savings. According to RBI's report, "IIndian people are generally known as saver and supplier of financial resources in the economy. However, in the third quarter of the year 2016-17, there has been a negative change in Net Financial Assets, which reflects the effect of the notes ban.

Explain that bank deposits, bonds, insurance assets and stocks are included under the financial assets. Financial Assets are more liquid than other assets.

There has also been significant changes in the form of the financial assets of the household after the notes ban. In September, 2017, the currency holdings have also declined in comparison to the GDP (gross domestic product). While this was 10.6 per cent before the notes ban, the figure reached 8.7 per cent after declaration of withdrawal of big notes. This means that people have less money to spend than before.

However, after notes ban, there was an increase in the tendency of investing in the household rather than keeping money in the bank. Before notes ban, 10.6 percent of the household (compared to GDP) had invested in mutual funds. This figure reached 12.5 percent in September, 2017. The impact of the fall in currency holdings came in the form of an investment in mutual funds. People used currency holdings in the financial market. In addition, a decrease in the disposable income (expenditureable income) of the people was recorded. Its direct impact was seen on the market. On the other hand, according to the figures released by the Central Statistics Office, household savings declined by about four percent.

1,000 crores tax refund scam after banking scam in India

After the banking scam in India, the tax refund scam has surfaced. Staffs of the government and the public sector companies (PSUs) have introduced fraudulent documents and expenses. This damages the government of India more than Rs.1000 crores. The income tax department is involved in the investigation of this case. This scam has been executed through a revised tax return. Under this, any person can file a financial report again and claim the tax refund.

According to the Business Standard report, about 17,000 revised tax returns filed in Mumbai alone. More than 1000 such returns were filed in Bengaluru too. The Income Tax Department is currently in the process of investigating the matter, but the sources said the amount of the scam has been more than Rs 1,000 crore. According to the information, home loan has been introduced in revised tax returns. An Income Tax Department official said that the process of settlement of original returns of income tax payers has already started. In the meantime, they filed the revised returns with the documents.

The income tax department was keeping an eye on revised tax returns for the last three years. Another official of the Income Tax Department said, "In the last three years, the number of revised tax returns filing was continuously increasing. It was detected by the data mining system. During this time, we also found out how people are claiming refunds through fraudulent documents."

Explain that the taxpayers can file revised tax returns for two financial years. For instance, Revised Tax Returns can be filed for the financial year 2015-16 and for the financial year 2016-17 till March 31, 2018.

Another official told the fraudulent ways of claiming a tax refund. He said that some taxpayers filing revised tax returns were such that those who did not show any income in the 'Income from House property' in the original tax return, but the claim was made to damage in the revised return. In case of non-profit from the house property, the taxpayer can claim tax refund. Explain that under section 24 of the IT Act, there is a provision for tax rebate on home loans.

The IT department has also given the information to the CBI. The investigating agency will be able to find that people in the scope of investigation do not have more property than known sources of income. Apart from this, the CBI will also investigate the involvement of Income Tax Department officials and chartered accountants in the entire scam. Let the IT department has refunded 1.42 trillion rupees by February 10.

Punjab National Bank scam: Was Vinod Rai sleeping?

The main accused of the PNB scam, Nirav Modi is absconding from India. There has been a ruckus on the issue from media to social media. Some people are targeting the Modi government over the PNB scam. Now in this scandal, Vinod Rai, the former CAG of the government of India and chairman of the Banks Board Bureau is also being attacked and questions are being raised on his honesty.

This is the same Vinod Rai, who was a CAG during the PM Manmohan Singh government and claimed to disclose the fake 2G Spectrum scam, by taking advantage Narendra Modi becomes India's Prime Minister. The truth is that the 2G spectrum scam had not happened, it has been proved in the court.

Now look, there is a BJP government in the center of India and Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India. Vinod Rai has been the chairman of the Banks Board Bureau for the past two years. Under his nose, Nirav Modi scam Rs 11,500 crore in Punjab National Bank. Such a big scam happened, but Vinod Rai did not know. Really amazing! When the 2G Spectrum scam did not happen, then Vinod Rai put the emphasis on the heel to prove it a scam because it was the Congress government at the Center. Today, when there is a BJP government led by Narendra Modi in the center, then Vinod Rai is silent on the Punjab National Bank's real scam. The question arises, is Vinod Rai not seeing a scam of Punjab National Bank? Should it be assumed that the allegiance and loyalty of Vinod Rai is with the BJP?

Actress of Hindi and Marathi films and TV star Renuka Shahane has asked a few questions while speaking a big attack on the PNB scam on Vinod Rai. Renuka has said that you used to smell the scandal, then how did it become such a big scam? Renuka Shahane tweeted on Vinod Rai.

Actually journalist Shobha De made a tweet on the PNB scam. De wrote, when the scam was happening in PNB, then what was the then RBI governor Raghuram Rajan doing? Shobha De should ask this question to the country's prime minister Narendra Modi on the Punjab National Bank Scam. But Shobha Day does not have the courage to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to question on the scam. Shobha De is also on the way to Vinod Rai. In the same way, Vinod Rai has been pretending to be an honest officer, in the same way, Shobha De has also been pretending to be an honest journalist, but now the reality of peoples like Vinod Rai and Shobha De have come to an end and the credibility of such peoples are over. Now people have stopped believing such peoples.

Renuka Shahane has responded strongly to Shobha's tweet. Renuka Shahane wrote, What can be said about former CAG (Vinod Rai) who has been the chairman of the Banks Board Bureau for the last two years. They used to smell the possible loss to it. How did you forget the loss of reality under your nose? Is there really a Banks Board Bureau?

Explain that India's second largest public sector bank, PNB, had informed the stock exchange on February 14 that there was a scam of about Rs 11,500 crore in the Brandi House branch of Mumbai. After this, some diamond and jewelery traders were labeled with Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Chaukasi's Gitanjali Group.

The cost of the canal was 8 crores, the construction cost was 390 crores, still no water, Nitish will inaugurate

The cost of the Bateshwar Sthan Ganga Pump Canal Scheme in Bihar was Rs. 8 crores; Rs. 390 crores has been spent to make it, yet there is no water in the canal. On trial, it became known that the canal is still leaking in many places. The project of the canal has not yet been completed, but see the flurry of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he will inaugurate the incomplete project of the canal. On February 15 (Thursday), Nitish Kumar is coming to Kahalgaon. Here he will inaugurate the Bateshwar Sthan Ganga Pump Canal Scheme.

It is to be mentioned that on 20th September 2017, the inauguration of Bateshwar Sthan Ganga Pump Canal was to be inaugurated, but on the evening of 19th September, the canal wall was broken and the inauguration was postponed. 389.36 crore has been spent on this scheme. Work is going on the canal since 1977. At that time, its cost was estimated at 8 crores. This canal will be irrigated in Kahalgaon area of Bhagalpur district of Bihar and Godda district of Jharkhand.

The length of the canal is about 100 kilometers. At present, 11 km canal is built in Bihar. There is no canal in Jharkhand so far. In spite of this, Pump House button will be pressed in the inaugaration, but water will not be left in the canal during the inauguration.

The water resources department and the district administration are not willing to take any risk. From the last four days, a trial of releasing of the water in the canal is also being done by pressing the pump button, but there are leakages in many places in the canal. In places where complaints of leakage have surfaced. There, Arun Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, reached by the helicopter and took stock of the situation. Only after getting the green signal from the principal secretary, it was decided to inaugurate from the Chief Minister Nitish by pressing the button of the pump.

The Incomplete Bateshwar Sthan Ganga Pump Canal Inauguration shows that what is the level of development work in Bihar? Will Bihar develop in such a way!

The American think tank said, due to the wrong way of the World Bank survey, India's rankings showed a big jump

Last year, the Modi government had advertised it from social media to political platforms when India boosted in the ranking of the World Bank's Is of Doing business, now the US think tank has questioned the report.

The American Think Tank Center for Global Development has rejected the World Bank report, which saw India's jump in the Is of Doing Business Ranking. The organization has questioned the methods of survey to the World Bank report misleading. The Center for Global Development has said that the report of the World Bank is wrongly promoted.

The American Think Tank has published information about the World Bank Report on its website through its blog on cross-checking. There is already ruckus on the World Bank report, when its chief economist Paul Romer resigned in January, calling about tampering ranking from the political level. However, the World Bank had said in the rescue that the last four years of ranking will be examined again. This institution, which has been questioned on the World Bank's Is Of Doing Ranking, is widely known for its extensive study on issues related to poverty and inequality globally.

The Center for Global Development has said that after 2014 the World Bank changed the parameters of fixing the rankings. According to the new parameters, India's ranking looks good, but the reality is the opposite. The organization alleged that the World Bank published a related report by putting misleading heading on its website, Which advertised India's fake boom in Is of Doing.

When there was a dispute over the report, the World Bank tried to clean it, but the headline was heavy on all of them. Regarding the difference in the ranking of India with the change in the World Bank's Methodology, Center for Global Development said, "India has earned 81.25 in the old method and 65 marks in the new method in 2014. By this we multiplied the ranking by 1.25 (= 81.25 / 65) every year. When investigations were done in the manner of the Consistent Methodology and Fixed Sample of Countries, it was found that India's ranking has seen only seven points jump from 2017 to 2018. That is, India has reached 141 to 134. While the World Bank has officially showed India's rankings reaching 130-100.

Last year in October 2017, the World Bank gave India 100 ranking. In the annual report "Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs", the World Bank had said that the ranking of India reflects about half of the 37 reforms adopted since 2003 in the last four years. Reforms in eight out of 10 indicators of business facilitation were implemented. India has got place in the top 100 countries for the first time. While in 2017 India was placed 130th in the list of 190 countries. After getting the 100th rank, Modi Government also made a lot of publicity about it. Recently during the Davos tour, Modi cited the World Bank report saying that the biggest democracy in the world is now heading towards becoming the biggest economy.

3075 boys abducted for marriage in Bihar

Lesser for ransom recovery in Bihar, more abductions are going on for marriage. It is called itself Bihar Police statistics.

There are also phenomenal happenings in Bihar. One such incident is the Pakadua i.e for forced marriage. The boy who gets good to the girl's parents goes to any cost for marriage. Even kidnapped and brought home and forced marriage.

Half of the kidnapping cases in Bihar are related to marriage. That is, there is a kidnapping for marriage more than ransom.

Bihar police claim that the cases of kidnapping last year, nearly half of them were for marriage. In the year 2017, 8336 cases of kidnapping were filed, out of which 3075 connections were married.

According to the police, on an average every three to four thousand kidnapping of youth in the state are being held for marriage only. On the case of increasing every year, special instructions are issued to all the SP in the season of weddings from the State Police Headquarters.

According to a figure, 2526 in 2014, 3000 in 2015, 2016 in 3070 youths were abducted and married on the gunpoint. The police itself says that there are incidents of mass marriage by abducting every three hours in one and eight to nine people on average 24 hours.

Many districts of Bihar are notorious about Pakadua marriage. These districts include Nawada, Begusarai, Lakhisarai and Munger etc. In some places, this custom is now being accepted.

Although there is a lot of controversy in many places, the agreement comes after the mediator of the police, then the groom agrees to bring the bride home. The police sees these cases as social evils and problems more than criminal cases. This is the reason why the first kidnapping cases are recorded in the police stations, but later the case is closed after the agreement between the bride and groom is done.

What is the truth of Kasganj communal riot?

On the occasion of Republic Day, there was communal violence in Kasganj. What is the truth of this communal riot? It is important to know. On the occasion of the Republic Day of the country, Muslim had gathered to hoist the Tiranga flag on Veer Abdul Hamid Chowk, Hindus had talked about the way and worse.

This violence was done not only to give way for the trip to Tiranga, because the other party people were chairs on the roads to hoist the tri-color.

Talking to The Indian Express, senior police officer and eyewitnesses of the incident told that the tri-color trips on unauthorized motorcycles reached Baddu Nagar of Kasganj, which later took the form of communal violence. According to a local resident, people rallying on motorcycles asked to remove the chair so that they could get out of there.

The lawyer and local resident Mohammed Munazir Rafi said, "They were putting anti-Muslim slogans. We urged them to let us finish our Republic Day program first, but they remained firm on their point of view and did not get out of there. "

Rafi said, "I had contributed 200 rupees to celebrate the Republic Day on its own. I went out of the house to Kasganj Court in the morning, where the tricolor hoist was organized. When I came back, people in our local area were chairs for the Republic Day program. In the meantime, suddenly a group of 50-60 people reached there on the bike and started asking for the removal of the chair.

Rafi said, "We asked them to join the program, but they refused. Many people gathered there and there was a punch. After this they took their bike and left the place. I called Kasganj Police and gave them information about the incident. A similar rally was held on the Independence Day last year, but nothing like that happened at that time. We are patriots, but now we are being displayed like a treason."

According to Kasganj Additional SP Partha Mohan Tripathi, the police had separated the two sides. They said, the bike riders again gathered in one place and started to revolve around the tehsil road. The people of another Muslim-dominated area thought that they were turning round in the spirit of retaliation. This is where violence started, in which a young man of 28 years lost his life due to the bullet.

Speaking on this matter, IGP Dhruv Kant Thakur said, "At that time the people of Muslim community were supposed to hoist the tricolor at that time."

Explain that a video of this incident has also surfaced, where a group of about 60 people were screaming for the tricolor and saffron flag in hand that "the bike will go from here".