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Why Was the Red Fort Left Unguarded When Delhi Was on High Alert ?
It is difficult not to conclude that there was, indeed, a deep conspiracy to malign the farmers movement.
Protesters at the Red Fort on Republic Day. Photo: PTI
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For several years now, a few days prior to Republic Day, a state of âhigh alertâ regarding security threats is invariably declared over the entire city of Delhi. This year too, a âhigh alertâ was proclaimed on January 17, 2021 by the Delhi Police through a circular. According to the above ABP News Bureau report:
âDelhi Police is on high alert regarding the farmer protesters sitting at the borders. Ahead of Republic Day celebration, Delhi Police has posted posters of Khalistan terrorists in all the crowded areas, which they are looking for. The police suspect that these terrorist organizations can carry out a big conspiracy.â (Circulars issued by the Delhi Police in January 2021 are inaccessible; they have
NEW DELHI: By mid-year, six states - Haryana, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka - will have maps 100 times more detailed than existing ones. And by the end of the year, the Survey of India (SOI) will wrap up the first leg of its project to create high-resolution maps for nine states in the first national cartographic update in 16 years. By June, we expect to map six states. Three others, we hope to map by the end of the year, former Surveyor General of India Lt Gen Girish Kumar (retired), who has been overseeing the project, said. The latter includes Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. About 23,000 villages have been covered so far. The project will cover all states eventually but timelines have been difficult to estimate for the rest because of the Covid-induced gap in operations.
By June, six Indian states will have maps a hundred times more detailed
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After Independence, official maps in India used a 1:63,000 scale (1cm on the map represented 630m on the ground) for a few years. In 1958, the scale was tightened to 1:50,000. Now, after all these years, the scale will be sharpened further to 1:500, a straight 100-fold increase in detail.
(This story originally appeared in on Feb 04, 2021)NEW DELHI: By mid-year, six states - Haryana, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka - will have maps 100 times more detailed than existing ones. And by the end of the year, the Survey of India (SOI) will wrap up the first leg of its project to create high-resolution maps for nine states in the first national cartographic update in 16 years.
Outlay for Culture Ministry hiked by 21.53% in FY21 By TBM Staff | Mumbai
The Union Minister of Finance has announced an outlay of INR 2,687.99 crore for FY22 as against the outlay of INR 2,211.85 crore in 2020-21.
This outlay includes provisions for 2 attached offices, 6 Subordinate offices, 34 Central Autonomous Bodies and schemes of the Ministry during the FY2021-22. The annual outlay in FY 2021-22 is 21.53% higher than the revised annual outlay in FY 2020-21.
Out of the total outlay for annual budget, INR 1,042.62 crore has been allocated to the Archaeological Survey of India. In FY22, Ministry has kept INR 455.20 crore for Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana, Development of Museums, International Co-operation and Centenary and Anniversary Celebration Scheme of Ministry. Under various schemes, a sum of INR 102.87 crore has been allocated i.e. under North Eastern Region (INR 45.52 crore), Tribal Sub Plan (INR 37.78 crore ) a