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00:00:00and ensure its long-term stability. At the same time, emphasis is also being laid on the technical upgradation of UPI and increasing its capacity to deal with emerging risks. Under this, an amendment has been proposed in Section 10A of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 in the Taxation and Other Laws Amendment Bill 2026. If MDR needs to be implemented after the bill is passed by Parliament, the UPI and Service Steering Committee headed by NPCI will decide this. The government's clear message is that UPI will remain free for users and most merchant transactions will continue without charges.
00:00:04We must come together to empower
00:01:01and Sant Ravidas belonged to everyone.
00:01:30And now let's look at the news in detail. IIT Delhi's
00:01:33convocation ceremony was organized and Prime Minister Narendra Modi told
00:01:37the youth that in a changing world,
00:01:39convocation which motivates me in only those who have the courage to learn and face
00:01:42new challenges will progress. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also gave
00:01:46the mantra to the students to take decisions in the national interest, and called for
00:01:49the creation of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat through research and
00:01:52technology. From chips to ships, from space to
00:01:56artificial intelligence, the Prime Minister presented
00:02:00a new horizon of opportunities before the youth. Watch our
00:02:03special report
00:02:58Rajam is considered at IIT Delhi.
00:03:11Social entrepreneurship means can come and
00:03:30It would have been better if there were two daughters.
00:03:32Sorry,
00:03:36why should there be more than one or two? More than
00:03:403000 graduates and 587 research scholars
00:03:44from different categories were present. The Prime Minister urged them
00:03:47to face challenges, make decisions in the national interest,
00:03:51and adopt technology with changing times.
00:03:54Whenever a challenge seems
00:03:59with youthful enthusiasm too big, do not be afraid
00:04:02of it.
00:04:04Divide it into small parts.
00:04:08You yourselves have seen how
00:04:11a problem in the lab used to seem like
00:04:13a dead end and it took hours or days
00:04:17to find a solution in simulation. But
00:04:21you solved
00:04:24the problem
00:04:27and came up with something new.
00:04:31Similarly, difficulties will
00:04:35come in
00:04:38life too.
00:04:40But
00:04:43difficulties have a nature,
00:04:47they don't come alone. When difficulty comes,
00:04:51it also brings opportunities
00:04:55with it. The
00:04:57Prime Minister dedicated
00:04:59Narendra Modi the AI-powered supercomputing facility Param Pragya,
00:05:02The government's clear message is that established at IIT Delhi's Sonepat campus,
00:05:06to the nation. He said that the government is promoting
00:05:09the research sector in the country.
00:05:12The National Research Foundation has also been established
00:05:16so that science and
00:05:19research can be given new strength
00:05:22in the country. Funding of up to
00:05:25one lakh crore rupees is being arranged
00:05:28in the research sector. The Prime Minister expressed satisfaction
00:05:31over the production and packaging units of semiconductors
00:05:35in the country and the growing startups in India. He said that
00:05:39the level of self-reliance in India is now such that
00:06:13Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma gold medal award
00:06:16and from the PM speech I was like the way he
00:06:20motivated the student it was pretty good like I I could
00:06:24connect to that speech and it was
00:06:27like a dream from to chance to basically get the
00:06:30medal from the honorable prime minister himself in his speech it
00:06:34was very good to see that government is very
00:06:38much inclined towards the research and they are facilitating uh
00:06:43a good research facility in many prime institutes like
00:06:46IIT and across the country during his speech during in this
00:06:52a lot in a various way he's talked about that how the
00:06:56government is helping and providing some research funds
00:06:59and also the research opportunities for the new generation which also i
00:07:03believe which also give a opportunity to
00:07:06explore the new new direction and move forward
00:07:09India in a better direction in future in today's and he has
00:07:13given a brief introduction about whatever the technology that we are
00:07:17developing at IIT Delhi and as such in our country
00:07:20so that to boost our technology and research
00:07:23sector.
00:07:26In Jharkhand, the anger of students regarding the examination system has now
00:07:30become a big challenge for the government, going beyond protests. Students
00:07:33are demanding the cancellation of suspicious examinations, investigation of irregularities
00:07:37and strict action against those responsible, but instead of taking a decision, the government
00:07:41is on the path of dialogue and suggestions. The agitated students are now
00:07:44preparing to gherao the Assembly on August 10.
00:07:47Watch our special report on the ongoing
00:07:51student agitation in Jharkhand.
00:07:54The anger of students in Jharkhand is no
00:07:58longer limited to mere protests. This anger has become an open challenge
00:08:02against a system that has made examinations
00:08:06not a measure of hard work, but a den of conspiracy.
00:08:09Hundreds of aspirants sitting at Ranchi's Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium
00:08:13are still there on the 15th day, and the indefinite
00:08:17Satyagraha continues. Despite empty stomachs,
00:08:20falling weight, and tired bodies,
00:08:24their resolve is firm, and in front of them is the Soren
00:08:28government, which is playing the नाटक of dialogue
00:08:31by sending a delegation of ministers, but is constantly shying away
00:08:34from taking a decision. And this is the claim
00:08:38of the students sitting on protest. We had said
00:08:40that if the students who went
00:08:44and the government agreed, then there would be no need to go further.
00:08:47It's
00:08:51not very important
00:08:55who goes
00:08:58or doesn't go.
00:09:02Both have the same demand. The demand should be fulfilled.
00:09:05Student leader Devendranath Mahto's
00:09:09accusation is clear. The government is deliberately
00:09:12delaying, and it is now compulsion to believe
00:09:16this accusation, because students have been met twice
00:09:20in two days, but instead of taking a decisive
00:09:23decision, the government is waiting to talk
00:09:26to other student groups and concerned stakeholders.
00:09:29This delegation will continue to meet
00:09:33various groups of students and stakeholders.
00:09:36Today, for example, we met a student group.
00:09:39There are people from NSUI, people from ACM,
00:09:43people from ACS. We will meet all of them.
00:09:46Besides this, we are launching an email ID.
00:09:49The students doing Satyagraha have three main demands:
00:09:52The 14th JPSC preliminary examination
00:09:56and suspicious examinations like JSSC CGL
00:09:59should be immediately cancelled and re-conducted.
00:10:03There should be a CBI inquiry into the irregularities in the examination,
00:10:06and the third demand is that strict action should be taken
00:10:10against the TDPPL company that conducted the examination.
00:10:12But the Soren government, instead of taking a decision, is only issuing
00:10:16an email ID. The government is asking
00:10:19for suggestions from students
00:10:22at JPSPS.Feedback@gmail.com. In such a situation, the question arises
00:10:26whether the Jharkhand government has found a new way
00:10:29to evade its responsibility. This attitude of the Soren government
00:10:33is further fueling the anger of the students,
00:10:37and now these Satyagrahis are preparing to gherao
00:10:41the Assembly on August 10. From here,
00:10:44the honorable Chief Minister's residence is only 3 kilometers away,
00:10:48but the honorable Chief Minister is not able to come to see the children
00:10:51from 3 kilometers, and the government has formed a delegation
00:11:25that is trying to convert the voice of the students
00:11:28into mere feedback. In such a situation, students are preparing
00:11:32to take their voice to the assembly. The Jharkhand
00:11:35government is waiting for the opinion of other student groups,
00:11:39but when the largest student organization, Akhil
00:11:42Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, questions the government,
00:11:46every possible attempt is made to suppress their voice.
00:11:49I want to ask Hemant Soren ji, Hemant Soren
00:11:53ji, was it for this that the students of the state
00:11:57gave you this chair in Jharkhand, so that you would arrest us
00:12:01and detain us at the police station? We would like to tell them
00:12:04that 2029 is not far, every worker of the Vidyarthi Parishad
00:12:08will give them a tit-for-tat reply. This anger of the students
00:12:11is against the Hemant Soren government. The students clearly say
00:12:15that transparency in the examination system is not a gift
00:12:19but their right. When the government itself
00:12:22refuses to protect this right, and
00:12:55this is how they will take the movement forward, in which some
00:12:59more students will also join this indefinite hunger strike.
00:13:02With my colleague Vikas, I am Diwakar Kumar, Doordarshan News,
00:13:06Ranchi.
00:13:08A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court regarding alleged
00:13:12irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission's Combined Civil Services
00:13:16Examination 2025. This petition, filed by social activist Hari
00:13:19Sharan Devgan, demands an independent investigation into the irregularities
00:13:23in the examination process. In the petition,
00:14:25and at the same time, the working style of Shiromani Akali Dal has always
00:14:28prioritized the welfare of women. They have always given importance.
00:14:32They have supported the dignity, equality and equal rights of women.
00:14:35Sukhbir Singh Badal said that the Shiromani
00:14:39Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has already set an example by making
00:14:43arrangements for reservation for women in its assemblies. Sukhbir Badal said
00:14:47that after extensive discussions on various pending issues in Parliament,
00:14:50the Shiromani Akali Dal demands a fair and just
00:14:53delimitation to ensure equal representation for all states.
00:14:57He said that the Shiromani Akali Dal supports
00:15:00the proposal presented by the Government of India in Parliament,
00:15:04which talks about an equal 50% increase in the seats
00:15:07of all states. Sukhbir Singh Badal said that the party
00:15:11insists that the work of reservation and delimitation for women
00:15:15should be done immediately.
00:15:16Meanwhile,
00:15:20Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has welcomed the Shiromani
00:15:24Akali Dal's stance on women's reservation and fair delimitation.
00:15:27The Union Minister wrote on social media platform X,
00:15:30"I wholeheartedly welcome this extremely important decision
00:15:34taken by the Shiromani Akali Dal, following the example of the Shiromani
00:15:38Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.
00:15:42women and ensure a fair and equal delimitation
00:15:45so that they get equal representation."
00:15:49US Vice President
00:15:53JD Vance spoke to Prime Minister
00:15:57Narendra Modi over the phone. The two leaders discussed
00:16:01strengthening the India-US global strategic partnership.
00:16:05US President Strengthening the India-US global strategic
00:16:37partnership was discussed, and
00:16:41for more information on this very important news, we are joining
00:16:45our correspondent Akhilesh Suman. Akhilesh,
00:16:48I would like to know what key issues
00:16:52were discussed between Vice President JD Vance and Prime Minister
00:16:55Narendra Modi. Well,
00:16:59the most important thing is that in today's situation, when
00:17:03the series of talks between Iran and America
00:17:06starts and breaks, starts and breaks, and
00:17:10in such a situation when the Strait of
00:17:13Hormuz is closed, the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb
00:17:17is also practically closed, and in such a situation,
00:17:20the phone call from the Vice President of America,
00:17:23JD Vance, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is definitely
00:17:27a very important development.
00:17:30See, America's effort has been
00:17:33continuous that the Strait of Hormuz remains completely
00:17:36open. There should be no problem in Mandeb either, but
00:17:40this has not happened, because no agreement has been reached
00:17:43between Iran and America yet. In such a situation, India,
00:17:47which is the largest democracy in the world, the largest country in terms of population,
00:17:50and our energy needs are also very large,
00:17:54and in such a situation, the talks between America and India,
00:17:57the phone call from US Vice President JD Vance
00:18:00to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inform him about the entire situation,
00:18:04definitely there was a discussion between
00:18:08the two leaders of both countries on the situation,
00:18:11and how the talks between America and Iran
00:18:15have continued and then broken down, so
00:18:19in such a situation, I think JD Vance wanted to fully
00:18:22inform India about this so that the clarity
00:18:26of communication remains, because
00:18:30India has always been emphasizing that such issues and any
00:18:33kind of conflict should be resolved by taking recourse to dialogue
00:18:37and diplomacy, and India's stance has always been consistent
00:18:40on dialogue and diplomacy. India has continuously
00:18:44advised to avoid conflict and that's
00:18:47why both countries, which have a comprehensive
00:18:51global strategic partnership
00:18:54between them, have discussed this important
00:18:57issue. Besides that, look, there have been many discussions
00:19:01on the free trade agreement between India and America.
00:19:04There have been talks on the estimation
00:19:08of this, and besides that,
00:19:11look, Prime Minister Modi also formally
00:19:14congratulated him on the birth of his son
00:19:18last July. So,
00:19:22definitely, such a message has also gone out
00:19:25that the personal understanding between the two leaders
00:19:29of both countries has also come to the fore. So,
00:19:33definitely, it is an important discussion, and you will remember, Ashwini,
00:19:35the
00:20:07information to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Akhilesh ji,
00:20:11if we look at it, India always has a strategic
00:20:14partnership on defense, security, and global affairs, and it exists
00:20:18between India and America. The biggest thing is that in the geopolitical
00:20:21situations, India always talks about independent
00:20:25navigation. Before this, for example, if you look,
00:20:28the water vessel with the Indian flag,
00:20:32Noor Aulia, was also attacked before this. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
00:20:36had also expressed concerns of many of our seafarers
00:20:40before that. India has always been a supporter
00:20:43of independent, fair,
00:20:46and uninterrupted movement.
00:20:50In terms of supply chain, in terms
00:20:54of security of seafarers, in terms of geopolitical
00:20:57situations, these issues were also
00:21:00discussed. Definitely,
00:21:03see, India has the most
00:21:06number of seafarers in the world,
00:21:09on ships of various countries, and Indians are
00:21:13in very large numbers, and that too not only on Indian ships,
00:21:17but also on many other ships of other countries, because
00:21:20the skill of Indian people is very high in this matter, and we know that
00:21:24going into the merchant navy is also a great adventure
00:21:27for Indians, it is also a way
00:21:31of life, and it is also a good source of income.
00:21:34So, in this matter, Indians are attracted, but they have
00:21:38a very constructive contribution to this entire
00:21:41shipping industry, whether it is oil
00:21:45tankers or supply ships.
00:21:48There has been a very positive contribution in all of them,
00:21:52and in such a situation, when such people suffer
00:21:56due to an attack, it is definitely a very sad situation
00:21:59for India, and India has continuously
00:22:02raised this issue politically, and I think
00:22:06Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also emphasized that
00:22:09instead of violence and confrontation in the Strait
00:22:12of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb, there should be talks
00:22:16on the issue. has been.
00:22:50The BJP is accusing the Bhagwant Mann government, which is facing
00:22:53one accusation after another, of administrative failure. The BJP has alleged
00:22:57that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Punjab government
00:23:01is continuously misusing the government machinery. The BJP alleges that
00:23:04there is an atmosphere of fear in the state due to extortion,
00:23:07paper leaks, recovery, and the height of corruption. The BJP says
00:23:11that "Mann Tax" is in force in Punjab, which is emptying
00:23:14Punjab's treasury. Your treasury
00:23:17is filling up. Instead
00:23:21of security, it is being used for the oppression of the public.
00:23:25In all the movements that are going on, whether it is the movement of sanitation
00:23:29workers, or
00:23:32the movement against recruitment scams,
00:23:35or the farmers' movement, in every
00:23:38movement, the police,
00:23:42instead of listening to the protesters
00:23:45and understanding them,
00:23:47are trying to crush
00:23:50the movement and the peaceful
00:23:53protesters. There is an undeclared
00:23:56censorship in Punjab.
00:23:59The newspaper will print
00:24:01what,
00:24:04what it will write,
00:24:07what it will publish, what the TV
00:24:10will show, what it will
00:24:12not show.
00:24:15This
00:24:17is decided by Bhagwant Mann's office.
00:24:21Punjab's assets
00:24:23are being
00:24:27eaten up, paper leaks are happening,
00:24:31students are scared, law and order
00:24:34has collapsed, extortion,
00:24:37recovery,
00:24:38and torture centers.
00:24:42The whole of Punjab
00:24:45is in an atmosphere of fear.
00:24:47In
00:24:51Karnataka, the BJP and JDS have decided to take out a joint
00:24:54padayatra against the Congress government's proposed Bidadi Township project.
00:24:58This padayatra will start from Bidadi on August 9, 10,
00:25:01and 11 for three days. BJP workers will join
00:25:05JDS leader Nikhil Kumar Swamy in the protest.
00:25:08Opposition parties BJP and JDS today decided to coordinate
00:25:12with each other while strategizing against the Congress government
00:25:15of Karnataka. Both parties will jointly raise issues against
00:25:19the government inside and outside the assembly. Leader of Opposition in the assembly,
00:25:22R. Ashok, said that during the upcoming assembly session,
00:25:25both parties will jointly raise various issues, including the Bidadi Township.
00:25:29This decision was taken at a meeting between BJP leaders and a JDS
00:25:33delegation led by Union Minister S.D. Kumaraswamy.
00:25:37Regarding
00:25:42FCRA, foreign funding, and the activities of religious
00:25:45organizations, Professor Gaurav Vallabh, a member of the Prime Minister's
00:25:48Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), has given a big statement.
00:25:51He said that there is a need for three big changes. Organizations
00:25:55will have to clearly state the scope of their work and
00:25:59the area of their operation. Secondly, the use of foreign
00:26:02funding for religious conversions in the country will not be acceptable.
00:26:06The third major change is that if there is no registration,
00:26:10an authority will manage the properties.
00:26:12So,
00:26:15the major change that is needed is
00:26:19that organizations will have to clearly
00:26:23state their work and area that in which, what is the scope of
00:26:26their work and in which region they are operating, they have to
00:26:30disclose this. Number two,
00:26:33the work of religious conversion in the country
00:26:37through foreign funds will not be acceptable. And the third
00:26:40major change is that if there is no registration,
00:26:44if you are not having registration then properties is
00:26:46going to be managed by
00:26:49authority, so this
00:26:51FCRA amendment bill
00:26:54that is coming is an effective
00:26:57measure to stop the misuse of foreign
00:27:01funding by some NGOs. It
00:27:05is
00:27:05in it.
00:27:10Upon reaching INS Utkrosh
00:27:14located in Shri Vijaypur, Lieutenant Governor Admiral
00:27:17D.K. Joshi welcomed him and presented him with a guard of honor. The Vice President
00:27:21visited the historic Cellular Jail and paid tribute
00:27:24to the freedom fighters. He laid a wreath at the Martyr's
00:27:28Column and went to Veer Savarkar's cell. My apologies, Veer Savarkar's
00:28:03Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of "Sahakar Se Samriddhi" (Prosperity through Cooperation),
00:28:07Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the new office
00:28:10of the National Urban Cooperative Finance and Development Corporation
00:28:13Limited (NUCFDC) at Sharda Sadan
00:28:16in Mumbai's Fort. On this occasion, he also interacted
00:28:20with representatives of the State Cooperative Federation and district
00:28:23unions of Maharashtra. In the field of cooperation,
00:28:27a new
00:28:30About
00:29:03690 banks have already become
00:29:06part of this umbrella organization. He urged
00:29:09the remaining banks to join it within a year.
00:29:13An umbrella organization of urban
00:29:17cooperative banks has been created, and I believe
00:29:20it is our responsibility, the people sitting in the hall,
00:29:24it is their responsibility that every
00:29:27one of our 1400 banks
00:29:31become members of this
00:29:34organization, bring transparency,
00:29:37introduce technology, train their staff,
00:29:40and provide all kinds
00:29:44of modern banking facilities to their
00:29:47customers to remain competitive and expand.
00:29:50Amit Shah did not limit the role of cooperative
00:29:54banks to just banking, but also linked it to
00:29:57self-employment and new employment opportunities
00:30:01in the country. He said that urban cooperative banks can play
00:30:04an important role in increasing access to easy finance
00:30:08for common citizens and small businesses.
00:30:11Small shopkeepers, small traders,
00:30:14cottage industries, MSMEs,
00:30:18local shopkeepers,
00:30:20women's self-help
00:30:24groups, and
00:30:27small loans to fulfill the aspirations of the middle class
00:30:31cannot be done by
00:30:34large banks.
00:30:36An urban cooperative
00:30:38bank established at a tehsil center
00:30:42fulfills the aspirations of all these people
00:30:45in the entire tehsil. The message of Union Home
00:30:49and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah is clear:
00:30:52the more modern, transparent, and strong
00:30:56the cooperative banking system is,
00:30:59the faster small businesses, self-employment,
00:31:03and employment in the country will gain new strength.
00:31:06The cooperative revolution has emerged as an important
00:31:09initiative in the direction of bringing this change to the ground.
00:31:12With inputs from the bureau, Yogesh
00:31:16Sheetal's report from Mumbai,
00:31:17DD News.
00:31:20The ninth edition of the two-day India Medical Device
00:31:242026, organized jointly by the Department
00:31:28of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India, and FICCI, concluded today. This year's
00:31:31theme was "India towards developed India:
00:31:35Promoting India as a global hub of quality." Union
00:31:39Minister J.P. Nadda discussed with the chief executive officers
00:31:43of medical device manufacturing companies and unveiled the KI in Medtech
00:31:46Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Artificial
00:31:50Intelligence report. This conference is an important initiative
00:31:53in the direction of further strengthening India's medical
00:31:57device sector globally. Entrepreneurs and professionals
00:32:00associated with the Indian medical device industry said that due to the policies
00:32:04of the Government of India, the country's medical device
00:32:07industry has made significant progress.
00:32:11The ecosystem that we have has been moving well
00:32:15towards manufacturing for the last eight to ten years.
00:32:19And our exports
00:32:22are also increasing. Disposable consumables
00:32:25is a sector where our exports have now crossed
00:32:29imports, and our overall exports have crossed
00:32:33four billion dollars. Our PLI scheme, Production Linked
00:32:36Incentive Scheme, which the Government of India has given,
00:32:40has significantly increased our self-reliance on Indian
00:32:44products. And if you look, the Government
00:32:47of India, Department of Pharmaceutical, has launched a scheme
00:32:51for strengthening the medical device industry. In that
00:32:54scheme, clinical validation, in that scheme,
00:32:57your marginal investment, and in that scheme, if you want
00:33:01to bring new products, the Government of India is providing
00:33:05grants and financing. So, this sends a very good
00:33:09and strong message. from the government that we support
00:33:12this sector.
00:33:16In Lucknow, a new initiative has been taken to promote environment, education
00:33:19and biodiversity conservation. An Eco
00:33:23Education Hub has been developed at CSIR-NBRI's Banthara Campus
00:33:26Parasara Bio Resource Centre.
00:33:31in which Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh participated as the
00:33:35chief guest. This center
00:33:38includes an Indian Heritage Garden, Pavana
00:33:42plants, and Bhairav Enclave has been developed
00:33:47plants of the states. Its objective is to connect
00:33:51students and youth with nature and India's rich
00:33:54botanical heritage through direct experience. Dr. Jitendra Singh
00:33:58, while inspecting the hub, said that the entire
00:34:01region will benefit from this initiative. In the coming
00:34:05time, more and more schools will be connected with it so that
00:34:07students can understand nature and
00:34:10environment
00:34:13through direct experience. Students can also do research.
00:34:15Tourists can come and enjoy it.
00:34:19Plants from each state have also been planted. They
00:34:25take pictures with the plant
00:34:27of their state, take selfies. Similarly, a botanical
00:34:31garden has also been created
00:34:33summarizing the history of about 52
00:34:37freedom fighters, how they sacrificed their lives for their livelihood.
00:34:40This is a Heritage Garden,
00:34:44and in the coming time, as
00:34:47it was discussed today that in collaboration
00:34:50with other universities, proper PhDs
00:34:53and other study
00:34:56courses can also be arranged
00:34:59here.
00:35:01The government has clarified the situation regarding fees on UPI.
00:35:05No transaction charges will be
00:35:08taken from UPI users, and all P2P (person to person)
00:35:12transactions will be completely
00:35:37which will be much lower than the MDR levied on debit or credit cards. This means that a blanket MDR will not be imposed on UPI.
00:35:41The government's objective is to keep UPI a strong medium for financial inclusion
00:35:45and ensure its long-term stability. At the same time,
00:35:48emphasis is also being laid on the technical upgradation of UPI
00:35:51and increasing its capacity to deal with emerging risks. Under this,
00:35:55an amendment has been proposed in Section 10A of the Payment
00:35:59and Settlement Systems Act 2007 in the Taxation
00:36:02and Other Laws Amendment Bill 2026. If MDR needs to be implemented
00:36:06after the bill is passed by Parliament,
00:36:09the UPI and Service Steering Committee
00:36:12headed by NPCI will decide this.
00:36:17UPI will remain free for users and most merchant
00:36:21transactions will continue
00:36:22without charges.
00:36:28On August 15th, on the occasion of Independence Day, selected
00:36:32and distinguished people from all over the country are invited
00:36:35to the At Home ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
00:36:39In this series, Kalpana Saroj, the famous entrepreneur
00:36:42and Chairperson of Kamani Tubes and Padma Shri awardee,
00:36:45has also been invited to this ceremony.
00:36:49Postwoman Pranali Diwakar Puny of India Post
00:36:52handed over this special invitation to Kalpana Saroj.
00:36:56Expressing her feelings on this special invitation from Rashtrapati Bhavan,
00:36:59Kalpana Saroj said that getting the opportunity to be a part of the country's
00:37:03Independence Day celebrations is a matter of great honor
00:37:07and pride for her.
00:37:10There can be no greater happiness for me
00:37:13because when I heard
00:37:17from her that I have been chosen among 150 people,
00:37:21what greater happiness can there
00:37:22be?
00:37:26The Bharatiya Janata Party is running a Samrasata Sankalp Abhiyan
00:37:29across the country. This campaign started on the day of Guru Purnima.
00:37:33This campaign will run till February, in which
00:37:37many other programs, including Kalash Yatra, will be organized across the country from district
00:37:41level to village level. On the occasion of the 650th birth anniversary
00:37:44of Sant Ravidas ji, what is the outline
00:37:47of this Samrasata Sankalp Abhiyan? Our senior
00:37:51correspondent Shailendra Mishra spoke with the National Convener
00:37:55of the Samrasata Sankalp Abhiyan and National President
00:37:58of the Scheduled Caste Morcha, Lal Singh
00:38:01Arya. The Bharatiya Janata Party is running the Samrasata
00:38:05Sankalp Abhiyan. This campaign started on the occasion of Guru Purnima,
00:38:08and what progress has been made in it,
00:38:12what are the plans of the Bharatiya Janata Party? To discuss this,
00:38:15we have with us the National President
00:38:19of the BJP's Scheduled Caste Morcha, Lal Singh ji.
00:38:22Welcome, sir. This campaign, which we saw started
00:38:25on Guru Purnima, when all the big
00:38:29BJP leaders went to Varanasi, how much progress has been made since then,
00:38:33and what else has been included in the campaign? Respected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji
00:38:36and the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party
00:38:39have decided that Sant Shiromani
00:38:42Ravidas, who spoke of social
00:38:45harmony, human
00:38:47welfare, and
00:38:51Begumpura, where there is no fear, no Jaziya,
00:38:54such a Begumpura, where there is justice,
00:38:58social respect.
00:39:01Sant Guru Ravidas said, "I wish for a kingdom where everyone gets food,
00:39:04where no one is small or big, and everyone remains happy."
00:39:08All are made of the same clay, meaning
00:39:12all are equal children of God. Such a Sant
00:39:15Ravidas ji, whose disciples were Meera Bai and Jhali Rani.
00:39:19The national leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to celebrate the 650th
00:39:22birth anniversary of such a Sant Ravidas ji throughout the country, not for one day,
00:39:26not for five days, but for seven months continuously.
00:39:30Fortunately, I have been made the national convener of this team.
00:39:33The 29th, i.e., Guru Purnima,
00:39:37was a holy day, and Sant Ravidas ji was
00:39:41born in Kashi. Therefore,
00:39:44kalash (pots) filled with soil from his land
00:39:47were prepared, and on the 29th,
00:39:50those kalash were sent to all the states of the country
00:39:54by Sant Niranjan Das ji Maharaj, who is the head of that seat,
00:39:58and 244 saints who were present on the stage.
00:40:01Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Yogi
00:40:04Adityanath and our Union Minister Meghwal ji flagged off those kalash.
00:40:08This was our beginning, the inauguration of the
00:40:12program. And on the 29th itself,
00:40:15another program was started,
00:40:18which was the Sant Sampark Abhiyan (Saint Contact Campaign).
00:40:21All types of saints in the country, whether they are Ravidas saints
00:40:25or followers of Kabir Sahib, or those who follow Ambedkar ji,
00:40:29or our devotees, or Gurujans,
00:40:32or the saints of Lord Ram's temple,
00:40:36Krishna's saints, Devi's saints, our saint contact campaign has started,
00:40:40which will continue till August 31st.
00:40:43On July 29th itself, the Samras Deep
00:40:46Abhiyan (Harmony Lamp Campaign) was also launched simultaneously
00:40:50across the country. A Deepotsav (festival of lights)
00:40:53program was held at more than 51,000 places. In Ravidas temples,
00:40:57if there is no temple of Sant Ravidas ji, people expressed their faith and
00:41:01devotion by placing his picture and lighting a lamp
00:41:05in front of it. A big message of social
00:41:08harmony is going out across the country through this program.
00:41:12This campaign that you are running,
00:41:15how long will it run? You said it will run for nine months till February.
00:41:19So what is the target for reaching how many villages? Is there
00:41:22a particular state that is more focused? If you look at Sant Ravidas's
00:41:26connection, it has been with the entire country, but if you look more, it has been with Punjab
00:41:30and Uttar Pradesh. So is there more focus on those states? I think,
00:41:34I am saying one thing again, the 685th
00:41:38birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas ji
00:41:40has just come. No one knew if there would be an election
00:41:43in any state, and in India, elections happen in some state or the other
00:41:47every two or four months. We can never forget our great men because of this,
00:41:51and especially our ideology, the Bharatiya Janata Party, can never
00:41:54do this. Whether there are elections or not, for us, saints, sages,
00:41:58and our cultural traditions come first. Elections come later.
00:42:02And therefore, this is a nationwide
00:42:05campaign. This is not a campaign for
00:42:08election states. This is a nationwide campaign. Everywhere
00:42:12this Kalash Bandhan program of ours, which started
00:42:15on July 29th, these Kalash have been sent
00:42:19to all states, have reached all provinces.
00:42:23On these borders, our Chief Ministers, Deputy CMs, State Presidents,
00:42:27and workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party, saints of all
00:42:31communities, and people of all social
00:42:34classes have honored that sacred pot of soil
00:42:37by placing it on their heads. From the border of their state
00:42:41to the capital, they have performed
00:42:44the worship of the Kalash in dozens of places
00:42:47and have somehow placed it in a temple.
00:42:51In almost 25 states, the work of distributing Kalash
00:42:54has been done on a very large scale in all their
00:42:58districts. I myself was in Rajasthan, where in a stadium,
00:43:01among 7-8 thousand people, our Bhajanlal Sharma ji
00:43:05and Saini ji
00:43:07in Gurugram, Haryana. In Roorkee, our
00:43:10Chief Minister Dhami ji. Yesterday,
00:43:14in Bihar, our honorable Chief Minister Samrat ji,
00:43:18Baba ji, Yogi Adityanath ji from Kashi.
00:43:21Our Chief Minister
00:43:25of Chhattisgarh, our state
00:43:28president, all these people are doing this program
00:43:31with full force. This is our second
00:43:34phase, sending kalash from the state to the districts,
00:43:38and from the districts, delivering it to every village,
00:43:42every Ravidas temple, and every locality and performing
00:43:45worship so that the ideology of Sant Ravidas ji
00:43:49for national unity, for social harmony,
00:43:52can be conveyed through this. So one phase is this,
00:43:56one is Deepotsav, the third program is our Sant
00:43:59Sampark, the fourth program of ours is from October
00:44:035th to November 5th. This is the proposed date.
00:44:07On this day, the Samrasata Sankalp
00:44:11will start from Jalandhar, so it will be in
00:44:14Punjab, it will be in Jammu and Kashmir,
00:44:18it will be in Uttarakhand, it will be in Himachal, it will be in Chandigarh,
00:44:22it will be in Haryana, it will be in Uttar Pradesh, it will be in Madhya Pradesh,
00:44:25it will be in Rajasthan. So by doing these journeys
00:44:29and the conclusion of this journey will be at the birthplace of Sant Shri
00:44:33Guru Ravidas ji Maharaj. This will last for one month.
00:44:36Many sub-journeys will also join in these.
00:44:40The main journey will be from the states that will come, and in the end,
00:44:44there will be a program called Chhatra Sampark Abhiyan (Student Contact Campaign), Hostel
00:44:47Contact Campaign, for our young children, girls, boys,
00:44:51colleges, universities.
00:44:54What did Ravidas ji say and in what circumstances
00:44:58did Ravidas ji say it? When there was inequality,
00:45:02when there was the invasion of the Mughal Sultanate, when Sikandar
00:45:05Lodi wanted to convert him
00:45:08to Islam, when he was a poor saint
00:45:11living in a hut, belonging to a poor family,
00:45:15even then he did not convert in front of Sikandar Lodi
00:45:18and said, "I tell you the truth, give up
00:45:22religion, give up life." He has a couplet like this,
00:45:25so he did not convert. He envisioned
00:45:28Begumpura, "All are made of the same clay,
00:45:32if the mind is pure, then Ganga is in the pitcher." There are not just one but many
00:45:36such messages that can change the lives of the young
00:45:40generation, their direction. They can play an important
00:45:43role in nation-building, in society-building.
00:45:46Therefore, we will also run the Hostel Contact Campaign. We will do it
00:45:50among them. So, the objective behind this campaign is to remind
00:45:54the youth once again of what Sant Ravidas and all great saints have said
00:45:58and to connect them with Indian culture, we can say.
00:46:01Naturally, when we remember
00:46:05a great man, when we remember a saint, when we celebrate their
00:46:08birth anniversary or martyrdom day, it is natural that people somewhere
00:46:12study aspects related to their life, or when
00:46:16speakers go, what was great in their life.
00:46:19What did they do for the welfare of the country and society,
00:46:22disregarding their own family? When their messages,
00:46:26their words reach the people, some change happens
00:46:30in their lives. Naturally, and therefore, in the life of Sant
00:46:34Ravidas ji, the sentiment of his words, his
00:46:38struggles, his positive efforts,
00:46:41his thinking of joining society and building the nation
00:46:45should reach down below, the resolution of social
00:46:48harmony should reach down below, because
00:46:52society is one, the country is strong, so all of us are strong.
00:46:56With this feeling, this Samrasata
00:46:59Sankalp Yatra, this Samrasata Sankalp Abhiyan
00:47:03is being led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, and I
00:47:07am confident and also happy that in
00:47:10a short time,
00:47:12the Indian public, people from all communities,
00:47:16our sages and saints have given their blessings
00:47:19and support to this yatra.
00:47:22They are doing a lot of cooperation. In the stadium in Rajasthan,
00:47:26where I went to Jaipur, there were 300 saints from all communities
00:47:30who were present on the stage. They have assured
00:47:33their love, affection, intimacy, and cooperation
00:47:37to this yatra. And we are also constantly
00:47:40contacting all types of social leaders,
00:47:44our sages, so that they also cooperate
00:47:47in this yatra, because this country belongs to everyone,
00:47:53With this, we end this interview, that
00:47:57this country belongs to everyone and Sant Ravidas belongs to everyone.
00:48:00So the BJP is running a big campaign that will run till February
00:48:04next year. Many small
00:48:07programs will be added, and the objective is that the youth
00:48:11generation should know about the teachings
00:48:15and preachings given by Sant Ravidas and understand
00:48:18the great saintly tradition in Indian culture
00:48:22well. This is the country. We were talking
00:48:26to Lal Singh Arya, the National President of the BJP's Scheduled Caste Morcha,
00:48:29who was giving detailed information about this campaign. Shailendra Mishra,
00:48:33DD News,
00:48:35Delhi. Entrepreneurship is emerging
00:48:39as a strong foundation for realizing the resolution of a developed India.
00:48:43Today, the youth of the country are not just looking for jobs, but are also
00:48:47becoming job creators based on new ideas and innovation.
00:48:50Experts believe that social entrepreneurship is the most
00:48:54important step towards a self-reliant and developed India
00:48:57for the future. Watch our correspondent Ajay Mishra's
00:49:01special report. The goal of Developed
00:49:04India 2047 is not just rapid economic growth, but to create
00:49:08an India where every youth becomes a creator of opportunities.
00:49:12That is why entrepreneurship has become an important foundation
00:49:16of the country's development journey, and experts believe that entrepreneurship
00:49:20begins with the right skills. Entrepreneurship
00:49:23and skill development are very important. Youth should be involved. First,
00:49:27they should have a mindset that we have to be independent,
00:49:30we have to do some work on our own, we have to develop
00:49:34our own skills. Now you see,
00:49:37it has become very difficult
00:49:41today. Our honorable Prime Minister is trying
00:49:45to connect with the youth so much, but the youth should take it positively
00:49:48and take full advantage of the government's facilities,
00:49:52portals, and departments. Only then can society,
00:49:56skills, youth, and the country benefit. Social entrepreneurship
00:50:00is also rapidly making its mark.
00:50:04a form of entrepreneurship that not only earns profit
00:50:07but also solves societal problems, and this
00:50:11thinking will further strengthen the foundation of a developed India.
00:50:15Social entrepreneurship is bringing positive change in areas
00:50:18like education, health, agriculture, environment, and women's
00:50:21empowerment. Social entrepreneurship is important because
00:50:25for society, first, a healthy mindset.
00:50:29How will that happen? When we bring moral education within ourselves,
00:50:33it will not happen just by earning money and making money from
00:50:37startups. Our ethical practices. Suppose we are walking on the road,
00:50:40there is no red light, no police, so we will cross
00:50:44it ourselves. If no one is watching, we will not pay
00:50:48its tax. So this is what has happened to us,
00:50:51that someone should guide us,
00:51:18someone should scare us, and someone should watch over us. We won't do anything ourselves. So it is very important for the youth to change this mindset. And when the youth will create employment
00:51:22instead of seeking it and also solve
00:51:25the challenges of society,
00:51:28then the resolution of a developed India will become even stronger. Ajay
00:51:32Mishra, DD News, Delhi.
00:51:35And Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met
00:51:39Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
00:51:42After the meeting, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
00:51:46shared pictures on X. He called Prime Minister
00:51:51the visionary of a new
00:51:53India.
00:52:01Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Prime Minister's
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