Kuldeep, Ashwin summit peak Kuldeep Yadav’s five-wicket haul and R Ashwin’s four helped hosts India skittle out England for 218 runs on Day One at Dharamsala on Thursday. This is fourth fivewicket haul for Kuldeep. Playing his 100th Test, Ashwin cleaned up the tail while Ravindra Jadeja took one. Fifties by openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal took India to 135 for one | PTI | P11 tadepalligudem l friday l march 08, 2024 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l city EDITION CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Cabinet clears L10K cr to boost AI ecosystem Centre hikes DA, DR to 50% of basic pay; extends `300 LPG subsidy through FY25 M o n i k a Ya d a v @ New Delhi Close on the heels of the Centre’s plan to regulate AI tools deployed in India by big tech companies, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved an outlay of `10,371.92 crore for the national-level IndiaAI Mission to boost the artificial intelligence ecosystem in the country . The IndiaAI Mission encompasses various components. It includes the IndiaAI Compute Capacity to build a scalable AI computing ecosystem with 10,000 or more graphics processing units through public private partnership for startups and researchers. Next, the IndiaAI Innovation Centre will focus on developing indigenous large multimodal models and foundational models in critical sectors. The IndiaAI Datasets Platform will streamline access to quality non-personal datasets and the IndiaAI Startup Financing pillar will support deep-tech AI startups and provide them access to funding to enable futuristic AI projects. The Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi also made a few populist announcements ahead of the 2024 general elections, including the release of additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to 49.18 lakh Central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to 67.95 lakh pensioners with effect from January 1, 2024. This represents an increase of 4% over the existing rate of 46% for basic pay/pension to compensate against price rise. This will set the exchequer back by `12,868 crore per annum. “This increase is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission,” the government said. The Cabinet also gave nod to the continuation of targeted subsidy of ` 300 per 14.2 kg LPG cylinder (and proportionately pro-rated for 5 kg cylinder) for up to 12 refills per year for 10.27 crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana during FY25. The total expenditure will be `12,000 crore for FY25. The subsidy is credited directly to bank accounts of the eligible beneficiaries. The Centre also cleared the commerce ministry’s proposal for `10,037 crore outlay for the UNNATI industrialisation scheme aimed at developing the northeastern states. Modi says new J&K breathing freely now; Cong unveils youth outreach YSR Cheyutha PM guarantees efforts Rahul guarantees to fill to win more J&K hearts 30L govt job vacancies ‘TDP made 143 promises to BCs, kept none’ F aya z W a n i @ Srinagar R a j e s h A s n a n i @ Jaipur E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e In his first visit to Kashmir after the reading down of Article 370 in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said J&K is the head (mastak) of India, which is breathing freely after the removal of its special powers. “I am happy and grateful for your love today Modi will . not leave any stone unturned to return this love and affection,” the PM said. In his outreach, he said, “I am doing this hard work to win your hearts. I believe I am on the right path and will continue my efforts to win more hearts. This is Modi’s guarantee,” he said. J&K, Modi said, is not just a region but is the head of the country. “And a head held high is a symbol of development and respect.” He said this is the new (naya) J&K the country was waiting for since decades. It Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday offered a slew of guarantees to the youth, including filling up 30 lakh government job vacancies if voted to power at the Centre. Calling it Bharti bharosa (assurance on filling up vacancies), he said it would be done within specified timeframes. Rahul was speaking at a rally during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Banswara. “In addition, the Congress commits to offering at least one-year apprenticeship to every diploma holder and graduate in both government and private sectors within their first year of graduation, with a stipend of approximately `1 lakh per annum,” he said. Rahul labeled this assurance as Pehli naukri pakki (first job guarantee) and said the promise would be made legally binding akin to Claiming that the previous TDP government had made 143 promises to the people of Backward Classes (BCs) and fulfilled zero, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy accused TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu of throwing the party’s manifesto soon after coming to power in 2014. Jagan was speaking during a programme held at Pisinikada village in Anakapalle district on Thursday to release `5,060.49 crore for the fourth consecutive year under YSR Cheyutha to 26,98,931 poor women aged between 45 to 60 years and belonging to SC, ST, BC and Minorities. The amount will be credited into their bank accounts over a period of 14 days. Pointing out that the loan recovery rate of self-help groups now stands at 99.83%, he accused Naidu of not doing anything for the emP4 powerment of women. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Srinagar | PTI has the courage to overcome all challenges, he added. On the PM’s visit, normal life remained unaffected. There was no shutdown as no separatist or militant group had issued such a call. Recalling the surge in foreign tourist arrivals in the valley he said J&K is attract, ing more and more celebrities and international guests. “People should also come to J&K and host their weddings here,” he suggested. The PM, however, did not touch upon the restoration of statehood and assembly polls in J&K. @ Visakhapatnam Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at a public meeting in Banswara | PTI the MNREGA scheme. In all, he offered five guarantees to the youth — recruitment, trust, confirmed first job, freedom from paper leaks and youth empowerment. The party packaged it as Yuva Nyay (justice to youth). As for paper leaks, he said, “we propose a legislative solution. This law will involve revamping examination protocols, giving precedence to government agencies over private entities. Should a leak occur despite these precautions, stringent legal measures will be implemented.” Naidu, PK hold talks with Shah & Nadda in Delhi Kapu leader Mudragada likely to join YSRC Kapu patriarch Mudragada Padmanabham has reportedly agreed to join the YSRC. It has been learnt that Mudragada’s son Giri Babu was offered a nominated post, following which he agreed to join the YSRC E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ Vijayawada TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Pawan Kalyan arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to hold talks with BJP leaders, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party national president JP Nadda, to strike a three-party electoral alliance with the saf fron party . While Naidu reached the national capital in the evening, Pawan Kalyan landed in the night. According to reports, Naidu and Pawan went to Shah’s resi- dence in the night. It may be pertinent to note here that the TDP chief had called on the Union minister a month ago and held discussions on the yellow party joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance ( N DA ) f o r t h e e n s u i n g elections. However, as there was no progress on the talks, the TDP and JSP announced the first list of candidates. They have also prepared to announce the second list of candidates. While the TDP has allocated 24 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats to the Jana Sena, it has announced candidates for 94 P4 constituencies.
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