General Affairs
‘This pain will have more gain’: All that PM Narendra Modi has said post demonetisation
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Despite criticism from the Opposition for his decision to scrap high value currency notes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always maintained that his demonetisation drive is aimed at flushing out black money and curbing corruption. He did the same during his address at the ‘Economic Times Asian Business Leaders Conclave 2016’ in Kuala Lumpur where he said that cleaning the system from black money and corruption is “very high” on his agenda. He also added that India is currently witnessing an economic transformation and is moving towards a digital and cashless economy.
Here are Modi’s top quotes after the announcement of demonetisation on November 8
Next Target is Benami properties: This (demonetisation) is not an end. I have more projects in mind to make India corruption-free. …. We will take action against ‘benami’ property. This is major step to eradicate corruption and black money … If any money that was looted in India and has left Indian shores, it is our duty to find out about it.
Give me 50 days: I have only asked for 50 days. Give me time till December 30. After that, if any fault is found in my intentions or my actions, I am willing to suffer any punishment given by the country. I know that I have taken up a fight with some forces… They may not spare me, they may ruin me because their loot of 70 years is in trouble. But it does not bother me.
Pain will have more gain: I have not hidden anything from the country… If I had lied, you would have the right to be angry. On the first day itself, I said there will be problems till December 30, to give me 50 days… Crores of honest people have been standing in line. Is it not the government’s duty to protect the honest? If we have to struggle for 50 days to punish the corrupt, should we not do it… There is pain due to my decision, but there is more gain… I will stand with you. On November 8, at 8 pm, you saw a step being taken to end the corruption scams you saw in 2012, 2013, 2014. There used to be news about the coal scam, 2G scam… After the November 8 announcement, you saw what happened. Those involved in corruption had to stand in line for Rs 4,000… On November 8, when the poor were sleeping peacefully, the rich were searching for sleeping pills. I pray to you that if you trust me, then give me your blessings for the auspicious work (pavitra kaam) I have set out to do. Please stand up and clap, and give me your blessings.
During Mann Ki Baat: The corrupt are incorrigible and are still looking for unfair means to stock black money. But what is saddening is that they are doing so by exploiting the poor. Even now, some people think they can bring their black money, the money earned through corruption or the one which is unaccounted for, back into the system through illegal means. Unfortunately, they are misusing the poor for this purpose by misleading, luring or tempting them by putting money into their accounts. A very stringent law to deal with ‘benami’ transactions is being implemented, that will make such things (transactions) very difficult. Government does not want the people to face such difficulties.
Attack on Mamata Banerjee: I know what sort of people are raising their voice against me? Does the country not know whose money was invested in chit fund business? Lakhs and crores of poor people invested money in chit funds. But with the blessings of politicians, crores and crores of rupees have vanished. Due to chit fund loss, hundreds of head of families were forced to commit suicide. Look at history and they are questioning me.
This queue is the last queue to end all queues: You, the people are my high command and no one else. For 70 years people queued up for essential items. This queue (outside banks) is the last queue to end all the queues. I assure you people that I won’t let your hard work, your sacrifice, your struggle go in vain.
Despite criticism from the Opposition for his decision to scrap high value currency notes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always maintained that his demonetisation drive is aimed at flushing out black money and curbing corruption. He did the same during his address at the ‘Economic Times Asian Business Leaders Conclave 2016’ in Kuala Lumpur where he said that cleaning the system from black money and corruption is “very high” on his agenda. He also added that India is currently witnessing an economic transformation and is moving towards a digital and cashless economy.
Here are Modi’s top quotes after the announcement of demonetisation on November 8
Next Target is Benami properties: This (demonetisation) is not an end. I have more projects in mind to make India corruption-free. …. We will take action against ‘benami’ property. This is major step to eradicate corruption and black money … If any money that was looted in India and has left Indian shores, it is our duty to find out about it.
Give me 50 days: I have only asked for 50 days. Give me time till December 30. After that, if any fault is found in my intentions or my actions, I am willing to suffer any punishment given by the country. I know that I have taken up a fight with some forces… They may not spare me, they may ruin me because their loot of 70 years is in trouble. But it does not bother me.
Pain will have more gain: I have not hidden anything from the country… If I had lied, you would have the right to be angry. On the first day itself, I said there will be problems till December 30, to give me 50 days… Crores of honest people have been standing in line. Is it not the government’s duty to protect the honest? If we have to struggle for 50 days to punish the corrupt, should we not do it… There is pain due to my decision, but there is more gain… I will stand with you. On November 8, at 8 pm, you saw a step being taken to end the corruption scams you saw in 2012, 2013, 2014. There used to be news about the coal scam, 2G scam… After the November 8 announcement, you saw what happened. Those involved in corruption had to stand in line for Rs 4,000… On November 8, when the poor were sleeping peacefully, the rich were searching for sleeping pills. I pray to you that if you trust me, then give me your blessings for the auspicious work (pavitra kaam) I have set out to do. Please stand up and clap, and give me your blessings.
During Mann Ki Baat: The corrupt are incorrigible and are still looking for unfair means to stock black money. But what is saddening is that they are doing so by exploiting the poor. Even now, some people think they can bring their black money, the money earned through corruption or the one which is unaccounted for, back into the system through illegal means. Unfortunately, they are misusing the poor for this purpose by misleading, luring or tempting them by putting money into their accounts. A very stringent law to deal with ‘benami’ transactions is being implemented, that will make such things (transactions) very difficult. Government does not want the people to face such difficulties.
Attack on Mamata Banerjee: I know what sort of people are raising their voice against me? Does the country not know whose money was invested in chit fund business? Lakhs and crores of poor people invested money in chit funds. But with the blessings of politicians, crores and crores of rupees have vanished. Due to chit fund loss, hundreds of head of families were forced to commit suicide. Look at history and they are questioning me.
This queue is the last queue to end all queues: You, the people are my high command and no one else. For 70 years people queued up for essential items. This queue (outside banks) is the last queue to end all the queues. I assure you people that I won’t let your hard work, your sacrifice, your struggle go in vain.
Rahul Gandhi accuses PM of corruption; Govt says baseless, he should apologise
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With daily disruptions washing out proceedings of the winter session of Parliament that ends Friday, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi mounted a direct attack Wednesday on the leader of the ruling coalition, claiming he had “detailed information” on the “personal corruption” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said he was not being allowed to speak in the House because the Prime Minister was “terrified” of the information in his possession.
The government and the BJP hit back almost immediately, saying the Congress leader was “frustrated… desperate” and his allegations were the “biggest joke of the year”. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said: “The allegations against the Prime Minister are false and baseless. They were made out of desperation and he (Rahul) should apologise to the nation. If he had any information, he (Rahul) would have said it by now. He is saying this out of frustration. Today, they are saying they are not being allowed to speak. It is wrong because every day Congress members are coming to the well of the House. Now they are making trying to spread rumour and baseless allegations.”
Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju called Rahul’s allegations the “biggest joke of the year”. The Congress vice president did not elaborate on his remarks and fellow Opposition leaders, who appeared with him at a hurriedly called press conference in Parliament after Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day, appeared clueless.
Flanked by leaders of the Trinamool Congress, CPM, NCP and RSP and surrounded by Congress MPs, Rahul said: “The Prime Minister is personally terrified of me being allowed to open my mouth inside Lok Sabha because I have information on the Prime Minister that is going to burst his balloon.”
“It is personal information about Narendra Modi… The Prime Minister, read my lips, the Prime Minister is personally terrified of the information that I have, that we have with us. It is personal corruption of the Prime Minister that we have detailed information on,” he said.
Trinamool Congress’s Sudip Bandyopadhyay claimed the Opposition was being “gagged” and “the parliamentary democratic system is now under threat” only to stop Rahul Gandhi from speaking. Asked why he was not revealing the information, Rahul said “because I want to say it in Lok Sabha. I want to place it in the House.”
He said the entire Opposition wants a debate in Parliament and had asked the Speaker to allow the discussion. “Pretty much unconditionally, we are ready to have a discussion but the government is not interested in having a discussion… I would request the government to allow the entire Opposition to speak in the House because he (the Prime Minister) owes this country an explanation. He has taken a decision against the poor people of this country. He has destroyed millions of lives and he is answerable, he has personally taken this decision and he cannot keep running away from the House,” he said.
“He cannot keep running away to pop concerts, to public meetings. This is a democracy, he owes the country an explanation and he owes us, the entire Opposition, a space in the discussion in Lok Sabha,” Rahul said. Bandyopadhyay said 15 parties together had requested the Speaker to let them hold a debate on demonetisation without conditions. “There is a campaign that Rahul Gandhi would speak and the Opposition would not allow the House to function afterwards. This is totally incorrect,” he said.
CPM’s P Karunakaran said: “The government is not willing to answer questions. The Prime Minister is accountable to Parliament but he has not come to Lok Sabha. It is very clear that they are not ready to answer to the questions raised. The Prime Minister is running away from Parliament, which means he is running away from the people.”
With daily disruptions washing out proceedings of the winter session of Parliament that ends Friday, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi mounted a direct attack Wednesday on the leader of the ruling coalition, claiming he had “detailed information” on the “personal corruption” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said he was not being allowed to speak in the House because the Prime Minister was “terrified” of the information in his possession.
The government and the BJP hit back almost immediately, saying the Congress leader was “frustrated… desperate” and his allegations were the “biggest joke of the year”. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said: “The allegations against the Prime Minister are false and baseless. They were made out of desperation and he (Rahul) should apologise to the nation. If he had any information, he (Rahul) would have said it by now. He is saying this out of frustration. Today, they are saying they are not being allowed to speak. It is wrong because every day Congress members are coming to the well of the House. Now they are making trying to spread rumour and baseless allegations.”
Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju called Rahul’s allegations the “biggest joke of the year”. The Congress vice president did not elaborate on his remarks and fellow Opposition leaders, who appeared with him at a hurriedly called press conference in Parliament after Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day, appeared clueless.
Flanked by leaders of the Trinamool Congress, CPM, NCP and RSP and surrounded by Congress MPs, Rahul said: “The Prime Minister is personally terrified of me being allowed to open my mouth inside Lok Sabha because I have information on the Prime Minister that is going to burst his balloon.”
“It is personal information about Narendra Modi… The Prime Minister, read my lips, the Prime Minister is personally terrified of the information that I have, that we have with us. It is personal corruption of the Prime Minister that we have detailed information on,” he said.
Trinamool Congress’s Sudip Bandyopadhyay claimed the Opposition was being “gagged” and “the parliamentary democratic system is now under threat” only to stop Rahul Gandhi from speaking. Asked why he was not revealing the information, Rahul said “because I want to say it in Lok Sabha. I want to place it in the House.”
He said the entire Opposition wants a debate in Parliament and had asked the Speaker to allow the discussion. “Pretty much unconditionally, we are ready to have a discussion but the government is not interested in having a discussion… I would request the government to allow the entire Opposition to speak in the House because he (the Prime Minister) owes this country an explanation. He has taken a decision against the poor people of this country. He has destroyed millions of lives and he is answerable, he has personally taken this decision and he cannot keep running away from the House,” he said.
“He cannot keep running away to pop concerts, to public meetings. This is a democracy, he owes the country an explanation and he owes us, the entire Opposition, a space in the discussion in Lok Sabha,” Rahul said. Bandyopadhyay said 15 parties together had requested the Speaker to let them hold a debate on demonetisation without conditions. “There is a campaign that Rahul Gandhi would speak and the Opposition would not allow the House to function afterwards. This is totally incorrect,” he said.
CPM’s P Karunakaran said: “The government is not willing to answer questions. The Prime Minister is accountable to Parliament but he has not come to Lok Sabha. It is very clear that they are not ready to answer to the questions raised. The Prime Minister is running away from Parliament, which means he is running away from the people.”
Top Lashkar commander killed in encounter near Sopore: Police
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A TOP operative of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and an engineering student from the Valley, who joined the militancy recently, were killed in two separate encounters in J&K by joint teams of the police and Army on Wednesday. Signalling a major setback to the LeT, J&K police said that a divisional commander of the outfit, identified as 25-year-old Pakistani national Abu Baker, was killed in an encounter near Sopore town. In another operation near Bijbehara town, police and Army killed one militant, identified as Basit Rasool Dar, a BTech student who joined the militant ranks two-three months ago.
SP (Sopore) Harmeet Singh told The Indian Express that the operation that led to Baker’s death was launched in early Wednesday by a joint team of police, Army and CRPF at Bomai village, 8 km from Sopore town. “The encounter ended in the afternoon and one foreign militant, Abu Baker, was killed in the operation. He was active in the (north Kashmir) area since 2009 and was around 25 or 26 years old,’’ he said.
Police said Baker was in charge of LeT operations in the Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora districts of north Kashmir. Sources described Baker as the most prominent commander of the terror outfit after Abu Dujjana, who is said to be based in south Kashmir and had recently evaded a police cordon.
Sources said that the house in which the militant was hiding was “completely destroyed” in the encounter. Bomai residents claimed that police and Army used powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to bring down the house. Sources said that the villagers tried to break the security cordon during the operation and started pelting stones at the police and CRPF personnel who formed the outer layer of the cordon. Police used tear-gas shells and pellets to disperse the protesters, they said.
During the encounter, the services of many cellphone providers were snapped in North Kashmir, except for BSNL, said sources.
Since Saturday, the LeT has lost three top commanders in the Valley — two local commanders Majid Zargar and Ruhil Amin Dar were in killed in an operation at Bijbehara in south Kashmir.
Meanwhile, Dar was killed in Biowar village, 12 km from Bijbehara town, after police and Army came across three militants during a search operation. While Dar was killed on the spot, the other two managed to escape, they said.
Police sources claimed that before joining the militant ranks, Dar was a student at the Islamic University of Science and Technology in Awantipora. The son of a bank manager, Dar was considered close to Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Rashid who took charge of the outfit’s local operations after the killing of Burhan Wani on July 8. Officials said that clashes broke out in the area after residents came to know about Dar’s killing.
A TOP operative of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and an engineering student from the Valley, who joined the militancy recently, were killed in two separate encounters in J&K by joint teams of the police and Army on Wednesday. Signalling a major setback to the LeT, J&K police said that a divisional commander of the outfit, identified as 25-year-old Pakistani national Abu Baker, was killed in an encounter near Sopore town. In another operation near Bijbehara town, police and Army killed one militant, identified as Basit Rasool Dar, a BTech student who joined the militant ranks two-three months ago.
SP (Sopore) Harmeet Singh told The Indian Express that the operation that led to Baker’s death was launched in early Wednesday by a joint team of police, Army and CRPF at Bomai village, 8 km from Sopore town. “The encounter ended in the afternoon and one foreign militant, Abu Baker, was killed in the operation. He was active in the (north Kashmir) area since 2009 and was around 25 or 26 years old,’’ he said.
Police said Baker was in charge of LeT operations in the Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora districts of north Kashmir. Sources described Baker as the most prominent commander of the terror outfit after Abu Dujjana, who is said to be based in south Kashmir and had recently evaded a police cordon.
Sources said that the house in which the militant was hiding was “completely destroyed” in the encounter. Bomai residents claimed that police and Army used powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to bring down the house. Sources said that the villagers tried to break the security cordon during the operation and started pelting stones at the police and CRPF personnel who formed the outer layer of the cordon. Police used tear-gas shells and pellets to disperse the protesters, they said.
During the encounter, the services of many cellphone providers were snapped in North Kashmir, except for BSNL, said sources.
Since Saturday, the LeT has lost three top commanders in the Valley — two local commanders Majid Zargar and Ruhil Amin Dar were in killed in an operation at Bijbehara in south Kashmir.
Since Saturday, the LeT has lost three top commanders in the Valley — two local commanders Majid Zargar and Ruhil Amin Dar were in killed in an operation at Bijbehara in south Kashmir.
Meanwhile, Dar was killed in Biowar village, 12 km from Bijbehara town, after police and Army came across three militants during a search operation. While Dar was killed on the spot, the other two managed to escape, they said.
Police sources claimed that before joining the militant ranks, Dar was a student at the Islamic University of Science and Technology in Awantipora. The son of a bank manager, Dar was considered close to Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Rashid who took charge of the outfit’s local operations after the killing of Burhan Wani on July 8. Officials said that clashes broke out in the area after residents came to know about Dar’s killing.
Relief for Kejriwal: Delhi govt should have some powers, says Supreme Court
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The Delhi government should have some powers otherwise it cannot function, the Supreme Court today observed while listing for final disposal the appeal of the AAP government against the high court verdict which had held that the LG was the administrative head of national capital. The “elected government in Delhi should have some powers otherwise it cannot function. The matter needs to be decided fast”, a bench of Justices A K Sikri and A M Sapre said. The bench listed the matter for final disposal on January 18 and said since it will hear the matter in detail, no interim orders will be passed on various interim applications as of now.
Senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, said that they are challenging the order of the high court which has ruled that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) was the administrative head and whose prior consent is needed in all administrative decisions. He said that the high court has held that the aid and advice of council of ministers are not binding upon the LG. “The elected government in Delhi cannot appoint the chief secretary or cannot even appoint a class IV officer by itself,” Subramaniam said, noting that under the constitutional scheme of things the council of ministers is required to give aid and advice to the LG.
He said that the Constitution mandates that when there is difference of opinion on any issue, then the matter could be referred to the President. As an interim relief, the senior lawyer sought stay order from the court on the decision of the LG to appoint the three- member Shunglu committee to inspect 400 files of the AAP government after the Delhi High Court verdict came.
The Shunglu committee, which has submitted its report last month, was formed by LG Najeeb Jung on August 30 to examine over 400 files on decisions taken by the AAP dispensation. The committee was chaired by former CAG V K Shunglu with ex-chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami and ex-chief vigilance commissioner Pradeep Kumar as its members. “Stay should also be granted on compulsary referrence to the LG on every decision taken by the government and the LG should be directed to strictly comply with the provisions of the NCT Act,” he said.
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar said that no notice has been issued and therefore no reply has been filed on the appeals of the Delhi government. The bench said that since the matters are being listed for final disposal, there was no need of reply as of now as everything could be raised during arguments.
Subramaniam then said that as an interim measure lawyers appointed by the Delhi government to represent it in the apex court should be allowed to function by the bench. This submission was opposed by Kumar who said that since 1950 as per the convention the lawyers from central agency of the Ministry of Law and Justice has been looking after the affairs of all Union territories in the country.
“Now since Delhi has been declared as a Union Territory by the high court, the lawyers who were appointed by the AAP government have not allowed to function,” Kumar said. Subramaniam said that it is open to the elected government to appoint any lawyer to represent itself in various courts.
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan also concurred with the view of Subramanian and said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the registry of the Supreme Court that ‘vakalatnama’ (power of attroney) of the Delhi government lawyers should not be accepted.
To this, the bench said that there has been occassions when two lawyers – one from the Delhi government and one from the Centre — have before it in a single matter representing the same party.
It told the SG that lawyers representing the Delhi goverment in this matter should be allowed to represent it and posted the matter for final hearing to Janurary 18.
Earlier, the AAP government had told the apex court that no “precipitative action” should be taken on the Shunglu committee report till the apex court adjudicates the Delhi- Centre row.
On September 9, the apex court had refused to grant an interim stay on the Delhi High Court’s August 4 verdict and sought response within six weeks from the Centre on seven appeals of the AAP dispensation.
It had also declined to stay the decision of LG Jung to set up a three-member committee to scrutinise over 400 files and past orders of the elected city government.
In its verdict, the high court had rejected several pleas challenging the LG’s authority after which he had ordered examination of the files.
The Delhi government should have some powers otherwise it cannot function, the Supreme Court today observed while listing for final disposal the appeal of the AAP government against the high court verdict which had held that the LG was the administrative head of national capital. The “elected government in Delhi should have some powers otherwise it cannot function. The matter needs to be decided fast”, a bench of Justices A K Sikri and A M Sapre said. The bench listed the matter for final disposal on January 18 and said since it will hear the matter in detail, no interim orders will be passed on various interim applications as of now.
Senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, said that they are challenging the order of the high court which has ruled that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) was the administrative head and whose prior consent is needed in all administrative decisions. He said that the high court has held that the aid and advice of council of ministers are not binding upon the LG. “The elected government in Delhi cannot appoint the chief secretary or cannot even appoint a class IV officer by itself,” Subramaniam said, noting that under the constitutional scheme of things the council of ministers is required to give aid and advice to the LG.
He said that the Constitution mandates that when there is difference of opinion on any issue, then the matter could be referred to the President. As an interim relief, the senior lawyer sought stay order from the court on the decision of the LG to appoint the three- member Shunglu committee to inspect 400 files of the AAP government after the Delhi High Court verdict came.
The Shunglu committee, which has submitted its report last month, was formed by LG Najeeb Jung on August 30 to examine over 400 files on decisions taken by the AAP dispensation. The committee was chaired by former CAG V K Shunglu with ex-chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami and ex-chief vigilance commissioner Pradeep Kumar as its members. “Stay should also be granted on compulsary referrence to the LG on every decision taken by the government and the LG should be directed to strictly comply with the provisions of the NCT Act,” he said.
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar said that no notice has been issued and therefore no reply has been filed on the appeals of the Delhi government. The bench said that since the matters are being listed for final disposal, there was no need of reply as of now as everything could be raised during arguments.
Subramaniam then said that as an interim measure lawyers appointed by the Delhi government to represent it in the apex court should be allowed to function by the bench. This submission was opposed by Kumar who said that since 1950 as per the convention the lawyers from central agency of the Ministry of Law and Justice has been looking after the affairs of all Union territories in the country.
“Now since Delhi has been declared as a Union Territory by the high court, the lawyers who were appointed by the AAP government have not allowed to function,” Kumar said. Subramaniam said that it is open to the elected government to appoint any lawyer to represent itself in various courts.
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan also concurred with the view of Subramanian and said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the registry of the Supreme Court that ‘vakalatnama’ (power of attroney) of the Delhi government lawyers should not be accepted.
To this, the bench said that there has been occassions when two lawyers – one from the Delhi government and one from the Centre — have before it in a single matter representing the same party.
It told the SG that lawyers representing the Delhi goverment in this matter should be allowed to represent it and posted the matter for final hearing to Janurary 18.
Earlier, the AAP government had told the apex court that no “precipitative action” should be taken on the Shunglu committee report till the apex court adjudicates the Delhi- Centre row.
On September 9, the apex court had refused to grant an interim stay on the Delhi High Court’s August 4 verdict and sought response within six weeks from the Centre on seven appeals of the AAP dispensation.
It had also declined to stay the decision of LG Jung to set up a three-member committee to scrutinise over 400 files and past orders of the elected city government.
In its verdict, the high court had rejected several pleas challenging the LG’s authority after which he had ordered examination of the files.
Bring solid evidence to back charges against PM, SC tells NGO
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked an NGO to bring clinching evidence to back its charges of graft against then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. “You must bring very firm and clear material,” the bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice Arun Mishra told NGO Common Cause’s counsel Prashant Bhushan, reminding him that “we are dealing with a very high functionary”.
“We will tell you the difficulty… We are dealing with a very high functionary. It becomes very difficult for the high functionary to function when aspersions are cast on him,” said the bench as it adjourned the matter for further hearing on Friday. Bhushan sought more time to file documents in support of his contention and wondered as to what the difficulty was in granting him more time.
Justice Khehar said that in the course of the last hearing of the matter, senior counsel Shanti Bhushan and Ram Jehtmalani had sought a few days’ time and “we gave them time till December 11 and today they are not there and you want more time. Jethmalani had said that ‘it’ (evidence) was in his possession”.
“This is becoming very abnormal. What we have said to the counsel (on last hearing) if he has smallest material, we will see it,” Justice Khehar told Bhushan, asking him how can a constitutional authority function like this. “It is very easy (to level allegations)… it is not fair.”
As Prashant Bhushan said that Jethmalani has gone abroad, senior counsel C.A. Sundaram, appearing for the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, said that he had met Jethmalani in the morning in the corridor of the Supreme Court.
Telling Bhushan that he could not make allegations without evidence backing it, Justice Misra said: “You are making allegations against the Prime Minister of the country.”
Common Cause had sought investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into alleged pay-offs by two corporate entities to several politicians and public functionaries purportedly for advancing their business interests.
Seeking the court’s intervention, the NGO described the matter as “extremely serious” where the “actionable evidence gathered in the raids on… (two corporate entities)… concerning corruption and bribing of important public functionaries was given a quiet burial by the Income Tax Department and the CBI”.
In the case of one corporate entity, the Central Bureau of Investigation conducted searches on October 15, 2013, and in the case of the second corporate entity, the Income Tax Department carried out raids on November 22, 2014.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked an NGO to bring clinching evidence to back its charges of graft against then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. “You must bring very firm and clear material,” the bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice Arun Mishra told NGO Common Cause’s counsel Prashant Bhushan, reminding him that “we are dealing with a very high functionary”.
“We will tell you the difficulty… We are dealing with a very high functionary. It becomes very difficult for the high functionary to function when aspersions are cast on him,” said the bench as it adjourned the matter for further hearing on Friday. Bhushan sought more time to file documents in support of his contention and wondered as to what the difficulty was in granting him more time.
Justice Khehar said that in the course of the last hearing of the matter, senior counsel Shanti Bhushan and Ram Jehtmalani had sought a few days’ time and “we gave them time till December 11 and today they are not there and you want more time. Jethmalani had said that ‘it’ (evidence) was in his possession”.
“This is becoming very abnormal. What we have said to the counsel (on last hearing) if he has smallest material, we will see it,” Justice Khehar told Bhushan, asking him how can a constitutional authority function like this. “It is very easy (to level allegations)… it is not fair.”
As Prashant Bhushan said that Jethmalani has gone abroad, senior counsel C.A. Sundaram, appearing for the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, said that he had met Jethmalani in the morning in the corridor of the Supreme Court.
Telling Bhushan that he could not make allegations without evidence backing it, Justice Misra said: “You are making allegations against the Prime Minister of the country.”
Common Cause had sought investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into alleged pay-offs by two corporate entities to several politicians and public functionaries purportedly for advancing their business interests.
Seeking the court’s intervention, the NGO described the matter as “extremely serious” where the “actionable evidence gathered in the raids on… (two corporate entities)… concerning corruption and bribing of important public functionaries was given a quiet burial by the Income Tax Department and the CBI”.
In the case of one corporate entity, the Central Bureau of Investigation conducted searches on October 15, 2013, and in the case of the second corporate entity, the Income Tax Department carried out raids on November 22, 2014.
Business Affairs
Sensex up 39 points in opening trade trade on positive macro data
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The benchmark BSE Sensex rose nearly 39 points to 26,736.34 in the opening trade on Wednesday on the back of positive macroeconomic data and is waiting for the outcome of the US Fed meeting Wednesday. Besides, a mixed trend in other Asian markets, tracking another rally in the US, buoyed sentiment.
The 30-share barometer was trading higher 38.52 points or 0.14 per cent to 26,736.34 with sectoral indices, led by IT, healthcare, realty and consumer durables, rising up to 0.57 per cent.
The gauge had gained 182.58 points in the previous session.
The NSE index Nifty too was up by 7.60 or 0.02 per cent to 8,229.40.
Brokers said buying activity picked up on positive economic data as retail inflation fell to a two-year low of 3.63 per cent in November following the Centre’s demonetisation drive that led to lower consumer spending on various food items including vegetables.
This is the lowest level since November 2014 when the retail inflation was recorded at 3.23 per cent.
Shares of TCS rose 0.82 per cent to Rs 2,218.90 after Cryrus Mistry was yesterday removed as director of the company with 93.11 per cent shareholders voting for his ouster.
Stocks of state-owned Coal India plunged 2.60 per cent to Rs 297.80 after the company yesterday reported a massive 77 per cent fall in its consolidated net profit at Rs 600 crore for the quarter ended September.
Among other Asian markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.42 per cent while Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.08 per cent in early trade. China’s Shanghai Composite index down 0.25 per cent.
The US Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, surged to fresh records by gaining 0.58 per cent in yesterday’s trade.
The benchmark BSE Sensex rose nearly 39 points to 26,736.34 in the opening trade on Wednesday on the back of positive macroeconomic data and is waiting for the outcome of the US Fed meeting Wednesday. Besides, a mixed trend in other Asian markets, tracking another rally in the US, buoyed sentiment.
The 30-share barometer was trading higher 38.52 points or 0.14 per cent to 26,736.34 with sectoral indices, led by IT, healthcare, realty and consumer durables, rising up to 0.57 per cent.
The gauge had gained 182.58 points in the previous session.
The NSE index Nifty too was up by 7.60 or 0.02 per cent to 8,229.40.
Brokers said buying activity picked up on positive economic data as retail inflation fell to a two-year low of 3.63 per cent in November following the Centre’s demonetisation drive that led to lower consumer spending on various food items including vegetables.
This is the lowest level since November 2014 when the retail inflation was recorded at 3.23 per cent.
Shares of TCS rose 0.82 per cent to Rs 2,218.90 after Cryrus Mistry was yesterday removed as director of the company with 93.11 per cent shareholders voting for his ouster.
Stocks of state-owned Coal India plunged 2.60 per cent to Rs 297.80 after the company yesterday reported a massive 77 per cent fall in its consolidated net profit at Rs 600 crore for the quarter ended September.
Among other Asian markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.42 per cent while Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.08 per cent in early trade. China’s Shanghai Composite index down 0.25 per cent.
The US Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, surged to fresh records by gaining 0.58 per cent in yesterday’s trade.
All efforts being made to implement GST from April 1: Govt
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Amid concerns of missing the GST rollout deadline of April 1, the government today came out with a report card detailing the efforts being made to reach a consensus on support legislations for timely implementation of the new indirect tax regime. “All efforts are being made to meet the necessary deadlines to ensure that GST is rolled out by April 1, 2017,” said the Finance Ministry’s report card on GST implementation.
The GST Council, which took over the job of rolling out the new indirect tax regime after the Parliament passed the Constitutional amendment and half of the states ratified it, has taken major decision on fixing tax rates, compensation to states and threshold of exemption. The Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising representatives of all states, has been “very cordial and all decisions till now have been taken by consensus.”
“As compared to the time taken in arriving at a consensus on the Constitutional Amendment Bill for GST, the subsequent events after the passing of the Bill indicate that the Government of India and the states have done remarkably well in taking all necessary steps for implementation of GST,” it said.
The government lost no time in implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) so far and a number of important decisions have been taken in six meetings of the Council, the report card added. The Finance Ministry’s statement comes days after the GST Council for the third time failed to arrive at a decision on administering the new indirect tax regime which will have shades of both central and state levies.
“At present, agenda items pertaining to GST related draft laws and provisions for cross empowerment to ensure single interface under GST are under consideration of the GST Council. “99 Sections the Model GST Law have already been considered by the Council and remaining Sections will be discussed in the next meeting of the Council scheduled for December 22-23, 2016,” it said.
The last GST Council meeting on December 11 could not find time to discuss the all important issue of cross-empowerment. “Members of the Council are participating in the meetings with a very positive attitude and are working towards the roll-out of GST as per the deadline,” the statement added. The GST Council in its first meeting had decided that GST would be rolled-out by April 1, 2017, it said.
Amid concerns of missing the GST rollout deadline of April 1, the government today came out with a report card detailing the efforts being made to reach a consensus on support legislations for timely implementation of the new indirect tax regime. “All efforts are being made to meet the necessary deadlines to ensure that GST is rolled out by April 1, 2017,” said the Finance Ministry’s report card on GST implementation.
The GST Council, which took over the job of rolling out the new indirect tax regime after the Parliament passed the Constitutional amendment and half of the states ratified it, has taken major decision on fixing tax rates, compensation to states and threshold of exemption. The Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising representatives of all states, has been “very cordial and all decisions till now have been taken by consensus.”
“As compared to the time taken in arriving at a consensus on the Constitutional Amendment Bill for GST, the subsequent events after the passing of the Bill indicate that the Government of India and the states have done remarkably well in taking all necessary steps for implementation of GST,” it said.
The government lost no time in implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) so far and a number of important decisions have been taken in six meetings of the Council, the report card added. The Finance Ministry’s statement comes days after the GST Council for the third time failed to arrive at a decision on administering the new indirect tax regime which will have shades of both central and state levies.
“At present, agenda items pertaining to GST related draft laws and provisions for cross empowerment to ensure single interface under GST are under consideration of the GST Council. “99 Sections the Model GST Law have already been considered by the Council and remaining Sections will be discussed in the next meeting of the Council scheduled for December 22-23, 2016,” it said.
The last GST Council meeting on December 11 could not find time to discuss the all important issue of cross-empowerment. “Members of the Council are participating in the meetings with a very positive attitude and are working towards the roll-out of GST as per the deadline,” the statement added. The GST Council in its first meeting had decided that GST would be rolled-out by April 1, 2017, it said.
TCS voting a strong signal that need for governance reform must not go unheeded: Mistry
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A day after shareholders of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) voted out Cyrus Mistry as a director from its board at the extraordinary general meeting (EGM), the sacked chairman of Tata Sons on Wednesday said the voting in TCS is a strong signal from minority shareholders that the need for governance reform must not go unheeded. In a statement to the media, Mistry said, “Over 70 per cent of non-promoter TCS shareholders voted against resolution to remove me, a strong signal from minority shareholders.”
He reiterated to continue his voicing his concerns about governance and protection of stakeholders’ rights in Tata Group. “Will continue to work at various forums to be voice for change in Tata Group, its governance and protection of stakeholders’ rights,” Mistry added. In a letter of thanks to the public shareholders of TCS, Mistry said: “I wish to remind all that polls at shareholder meetings are not a reflection for clamour for office or retribution for the breakdown in the rule of law in the Tata Group in recent weeks.”
According regulatory filing of the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held yesterday, 86.71 per cent of the 197.04 crore shares voted. Of the votes polled, 93.11 per cent voted for his removal and 6.89 per cent were against the resolution brought by the promoter, Tata Sons Ltd. The ouster of Mistry from the board at the EGM, which witnessed high drama, was a foregone conclusion as Tata Sons, the principal shareholders, has a 73.26 per cent stake in the firm.
He reiterated to continue his voicing his concerns about governance and protection of stakeholders’ rights in Tata Group. “Will continue to work at various forums to be voice for change in Tata Group, its governance and protection of stakeholders’ rights,” Mistry added. In a letter of thanks to the public shareholders of TCS, Mistry said: “I wish to remind all that polls at shareholder meetings are not a reflection for clamour for office or retribution for the breakdown in the rule of law in the Tata Group in recent weeks.”
According regulatory filing of the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) held yesterday, 86.71 per cent of the 197.04 crore shares voted. Of the votes polled, 93.11 per cent voted for his removal and 6.89 per cent were against the resolution brought by the promoter, Tata Sons Ltd. The ouster of Mistry from the board at the EGM, which witnessed high drama, was a foregone conclusion as Tata Sons, the principal shareholders, has a 73.26 per cent stake in the firm.
Paytm partners with NHAI for digital payments at toll plazas
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Digital payments platform Paytm has announced partnership with major NHAI toll concessionaries like Reliance Infra, Sadhbav, IRB, MEP, L&T and GMR to enable cashless payments at all state, national and city toll plazas. With the partnership, commuters across the country can now pay their toll charges instantly with Paytm by scanning the QR code placed at toll payment counters, using Paytm app.
Through this initiative, the company is aiming to cover over five lakh vehicles per day by end of the financial year, it said in a statement here.”Now users can pay toll tax with Paytm using code-based cashless payments across 6000+ lanes across the country, enabling the transportation sector transition to a digital economy,” Paytm’s Senior Vice President Kiran Vasireddy said.
Currently, over a million offline merchants across India now accept Paytm as their preferred payment mode, Paytm claims.
Through this initiative, the company is aiming to cover over five lakh vehicles per day by end of the financial year, it said in a statement here.”Now users can pay toll tax with Paytm using code-based cashless payments across 6000+ lanes across the country, enabling the transportation sector transition to a digital economy,” Paytm’s Senior Vice President Kiran Vasireddy said.
Currently, over a million offline merchants across India now accept Paytm as their preferred payment mode, Paytm claims.
Utility, medical bills: Rs 500 notes invalid from December 15 midnight
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People can use old Rs 500 notes for paying utility bills or buying medicines till tomorrow mid-night as the government has decided not to extend exemptions beyond December 15. At the same time, mobile recharge facility with old Rs 500 notes will not be available. However, people can deposit invalid Rs 500 currency in their bank accounts.
“Exemptions for use of old Rs 500 notes will end on December 15 midnight,” Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das tweeted. That means old 500 currency notes will not be acceptable at medicine shops and for paying public utility services such as payment of electricity and water bill etc.
The government had already withdrawn some of the relaxations like booking railway or plane tickets and payment at petrol pump and toll plaza by using the old Rs 500 notes. While cancelling legal tender of 500 and 1,000 notes on November 8, the government had allowed them to be used for utility bill payments for the first 72 hours. This deadline was extended repeatedly and the last extension was granted till December 15.
In between, the government withdrew use of 1,000 rupee notes for utility bill payments and discontinued use of even 500 ones for services like purchase of petrol and diesel at petrol pumps as well as buying air tickets at airport counters.
Since the demonetisation announcement, the government has been pushing towards promoting digital transactions and has come out with a package to incentivise cashless payments.
Now petrol, railway tickets and insurance policies of PSU companies will cost less if bought through debit/credit cards or other digital modes. The government also waived service tax for payments up to Rs 2,000 made through cards and decided to do away with transaction fee for payment to the central government departments and PSUs.
“Exemptions for use of old Rs 500 notes will end on December 15 midnight,” Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das tweeted. That means old 500 currency notes will not be acceptable at medicine shops and for paying public utility services such as payment of electricity and water bill etc.
The government had already withdrawn some of the relaxations like booking railway or plane tickets and payment at petrol pump and toll plaza by using the old Rs 500 notes. While cancelling legal tender of 500 and 1,000 notes on November 8, the government had allowed them to be used for utility bill payments for the first 72 hours. This deadline was extended repeatedly and the last extension was granted till December 15.
In between, the government withdrew use of 1,000 rupee notes for utility bill payments and discontinued use of even 500 ones for services like purchase of petrol and diesel at petrol pumps as well as buying air tickets at airport counters.
Since the demonetisation announcement, the government has been pushing towards promoting digital transactions and has come out with a package to incentivise cashless payments.
Now petrol, railway tickets and insurance policies of PSU companies will cost less if bought through debit/credit cards or other digital modes. The government also waived service tax for payments up to Rs 2,000 made through cards and decided to do away with transaction fee for payment to the central government departments and PSUs.
General Awareness
Asia Continent Countries & Capitals, Currency with Code
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Country Capital Currency Language Abkhazia Sukhumi Russian ruble(RUB) Georgian
Abkhaz
Russian Afghanistan Kabul Afghani(AFN) Pashto
Dari (Persian) Akrotiri and Dhekelia Episkopi Cantonment Euro (EUR) English
Greek Armenia Yerevan Dram (AMD) Armenian Azerbaijan Baku Manat (AZN) Azerbaijani Bahrain Manama Bahraini dinar (BHD) Arabic Bangladesh Dhaka Taka(BDT) Bengali Bhutan Thimphu Bhutanese ngultrumb(BTN) Dzongkha British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia UK pound English Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei dollar (BND) Bahasa Melayu Cambodia Phnom Penh Riela (KHR) Khmer China Beijing Renminbi (yuan)(CNY) Standard Chinese Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove Australian dollar (AUD) English Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island Australian dollar (AUD) English Cyprus Nicosia Euro (EUR) Greek
Turkish East Timor Dili United States dollarc(USD) Portuguese
Tetum Georgia Tbilisi Lari (GEL) Georgian Hong Kong Special administrative region of China Hong Kong dollar(HKD) English
Cantonese India New Delhi Indian rupee (INR) Hindi
English Indonesia Jakarta Indonesian rupiah (IDR) Indonesian Iran Tehran Rial (IRR) Persian Iraq Baghdad Iraqi dinar (IQD) Kurdish
Arabic Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel (ILS) Hebrew
English
Arabic Japan Tokyo Yen (JPY) Japanese Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar (JOD) Arabic Kazakhstan Astana Tenge (KZT) Kazakh
Russian Kurdistan Erbil Dinar Kurdish Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) Arabic Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som (KGS) Kyrgyz
Russian Laos Vientiane Kip (LAK) Lao Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound (LBP) Arabic Macau Special administrative region of China Macanese pataca(MOP) Portuguese
Cantonese Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit (MYR) Malaysian Maldives Malé Maldivian rufiyaa(MVR) Maldivian Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tögrög (MNT) Mongolian Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw Kyat (MMK) Burmese Nagorno-Karabakh Stepanakert Armenian dram (AMD) Armenian Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee (NPR) Nepali Northern Cyprus Nicosia Turkish lira (TRY) Turkish North Korea Pyongyang North Korean won (KPW) Korean Oman Muscat Rial (OMR) Arabic Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee (PKR) English
Urdu Palestine East Jerusalem Egyptian pound (EGP)
Israeli new sheqel (ILS)
Jordanian dinar(JOD) Arabic Philippines Manila Philippine Peso (PHP) Filipino
English Qatar Doha Riyal (QAR) Arabic Saudi Arabia Riyadh Saudi riyal (SAR) Arabic Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar (SGD) English
Chinese
Malay
Tamil South Korea Seoul South Korean won
(KRW) Korean South Ossetia Tskhinvali Russian ruble (RUB) Ossetic
Georgian
Russian Sri Lanka Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) Sinhala
Tamil Syria Damascus Syrian pound (SYP) Arabic Taiwan Taipei New Taiwan dollar(TWD) Standard Chinese Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni (TJS) Tajik Thailand Bangkok Baht (THB) Thai Turkey Ankara Turkish lira(TRY) Turkish Turkmenistan Ashgabat Turkmen new manat(TMT) Turkmen United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi UAE dirham (AED) Arabic Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan som(UZS) Uzbek Vietnam Hanoi đồng (VND) Vietnamese Yemen Sana’a Yemeni rial (YER) Arabic
| Country | Capital | Currency | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | Sukhumi | Russian ruble(RUB) | Georgian Abkhaz Russian |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | Afghani(AFN) | Pashto Dari (Persian) |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | Episkopi Cantonment | Euro (EUR) | English Greek |
| Armenia | Yerevan | Dram (AMD) | Armenian |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | Manat (AZN) | Azerbaijani |
| Bahrain | Manama | Bahraini dinar (BHD) | Arabic |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | Taka(BDT) | Bengali |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | Bhutanese ngultrumb(BTN) | Dzongkha |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | Diego Garcia | UK pound | English |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei dollar (BND) | Bahasa Melayu |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Riela (KHR) | Khmer |
| China | Beijing | Renminbi (yuan)(CNY) | Standard Chinese |
| Christmas Island | Flying Fish Cove | Australian dollar (AUD) | English |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | West Island | Australian dollar (AUD) | English |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | Euro (EUR) | Greek Turkish |
| East Timor | Dili | United States dollarc(USD) | Portuguese Tetum |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | Lari (GEL) | Georgian |
| Hong Kong | Special administrative region of China | Hong Kong dollar(HKD) | English Cantonese |
| India | New Delhi | Indian rupee (INR) | Hindi English |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Indonesian rupiah (IDR) | Indonesian |
| Iran | Tehran | Rial (IRR) | Persian |
| Iraq | Baghdad | Iraqi dinar (IQD) | Kurdish Arabic |
| Israel | Jerusalem | Israeli new shekel (ILS) | Hebrew English Arabic |
| Japan | Tokyo | Yen (JPY) | Japanese |
| Jordan | Amman | Jordanian dinar (JOD) | Arabic |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | Tenge (KZT) | Kazakh Russian |
| Kurdistan | Erbil | Dinar | Kurdish |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) | Arabic |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Som (KGS) | Kyrgyz Russian |
| Laos | Vientiane | Kip (LAK) | Lao |
| Lebanon | Beirut | Lebanese pound (LBP) | Arabic |
| Macau | Special administrative region of China | Macanese pataca(MOP) | Portuguese Cantonese |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Ringgit (MYR) | Malaysian |
| Maldives | Malé | Maldivian rufiyaa(MVR) | Maldivian |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Tögrög (MNT) | Mongolian |
| Myanmar (Burma) | Naypyidaw | Kyat (MMK) | Burmese |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | Stepanakert | Armenian dram (AMD) | Armenian |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | Nepalese rupee (NPR) | Nepali |
| Northern Cyprus | Nicosia | Turkish lira (TRY) | Turkish |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | North Korean won (KPW) | Korean |
| Oman | Muscat | Rial (OMR) | Arabic |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | Pakistani rupee (PKR) | English Urdu |
| Palestine | East Jerusalem | Egyptian pound (EGP) Israeli new sheqel (ILS) Jordanian dinar(JOD) | Arabic |
| Philippines | Manila | Philippine Peso (PHP) | Filipino English |
| Qatar | Doha | Riyal (QAR) | Arabic |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Saudi riyal (SAR) | Arabic |
| Singapore | Singapore | Singapore dollar (SGD) | English Chinese Malay Tamil |
| South Korea | Seoul | South Korean won (KRW) | Korean |
| South Ossetia | Tskhinvali | Russian ruble (RUB) | Ossetic Georgian Russian |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) | Sinhala Tamil | |
| Syria | Damascus | Syrian pound (SYP) | Arabic |
| Taiwan | Taipei | New Taiwan dollar(TWD) | Standard Chinese |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Somoni (TJS) | Tajik |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Baht (THB) | Thai |
| Turkey | Ankara | Turkish lira(TRY) | Turkish |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Turkmen new manat(TMT) | Turkmen |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | UAE dirham (AED) | Arabic |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Uzbekistan som(UZS) | Uzbek |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | đồng (VND) | Vietnamese |
| Yemen | Sana’a | Yemeni rial (YER) | Arabic |
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