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VIBRANT IN GUJARAT We have 3D strength democracy, demography and demand, says Modi

India can lead smart growth: U.N. chief

Show of solidarity

World Bank President sees India posting a 6.4 per cent economic growth

Modi, Kerry discuss

cooperation on terror
Suhasini Haidar
GANDHINAGAR: Global terror

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry being welcomed by Prime Minister

Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Vibrant Gujarat summit in
Gandhinagar on Sunday. Also seen are Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben
Patel and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right). PHOTO: VIJAY SONEJI
Rahi Gaikwad
GANDHINAGAR: Raising concerns over the impact of climate change, world leaders
laid thrust on renewable energy and sustainable development at the Vibrant Gujarat
Summit here on Sunday.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon urged investors to
shape and agree on the
post-2015 development agenda with a set of sustainable development goals.
He set 2030 as the target to
provide universal access to energy to all seven billion people
in the world, double energy efficiency and double the use of
renewable energy. Praising
Prime Minister Narendra Modis smart city initiative for encouraging the use of renewable

energy and energy efficiency,

Mr. Ban urged the Indian business community to lead the
transformation we need to
achieve sustainable development and inclusive growth.
India is in a unique position to lead the move towards
sustainability , the U.N. Secretary-General said.
The Summit saw participation by 8,500 delegates, including 2500 foreign delegates
from around 120 countries
and about 30 world leaders
from the field of politics and
business. Large conglomerates from India and abroad announced huge investment and
job creation plans. While Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani said his group
would invest Rs. 1 lakh crore in
12-18 months across business-

es, Kumar Mangalam Birla of

Aditya Birla Group announced investment plans for
Rs. 20,000 crore in the State.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi cited the Centres recent decisions to invite foreign investment in Railways,
Defence and Insurance. Projecting India as a 3D investment destination, Mr. Modi
said the country had democracy, demography and demand.
World Bank president Jim
Yong Kim projected the Indian economy to grow 6.4 per
cent this year.
U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry sought Indias cooperation in ensuring sustainable
development.

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was a major concern

discussed as U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry met Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on the
sidelines of the Vibrant Gujarat
summit here on Sunday.
The two leaders met on the
day of the Paris march in
solidarity with victims of the
attack on magazine Charlie
Hebdo, and had begun their

speeches at the summit with

references to the attack.
Sources told The Hindu that
after speaking about the need
to cooperate on counterterrorism initiatives, the
leaders spoke about the
Peshawar attack, and shared
thoughts on uniting against
terrorism everywhere.

U.S. UNDERSTANDS INDIA'S

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Pact for mega solar project

K.T. Jagannathan
& G. Balachandar
CHENNAI: SunEdison Inc, the
U.S.-headquartered solar energy
services firm, and Indias Adani
Group have come together to
invest $4 billion or Rs. 25,000
crore in setting up one of the
worlds largest solar photovoltaic
(PV) manufacturing facility in
Gujarat. The project is expected
to create not only thousands of
jobs, but also provide a muchneed impetus to the countrys
electrification programmes
through solar energy.
The proposed solar PV

It will boost Indias

electrification
programmes
through solar
energy
production unit will come up at
Mundra in about three years.
And, it will vertically integrate
all aspects of solar panel
production on site, including
poly silicon refining, and ingot,
cell, and module production.

MATCHES CHINAS ENERGY

VISION | PAGE 10

Over 40 world leaders marched with thousands at the Republique

Square in Paris on Sunday in a unity march to honour the victims
of the Paris terror attack . PHOTO: AP (REPORT ON PAGE 12)

Time-use surveys likely, to

gauge household work too
Rukmini S.
NEW DELHI: India is likely to begin soon an unusual approach
to measuring employment
that may also better capture
womens contribution to employment and the economy.
Last year, the International
Labour Organisation came up
with what Indias Chief Statistician T.C.A. Anant describes
as a substantial change in its
conceptual framework of
work and employment. Among
the suggestions that followed
from it was for countries to
explore time-use surveys a
detailed breakdown of working time hour-by-hour and

day-by-day. Following this,

the Statistics and Programme
Implementation Ministry began to look into the mechanics and logistics of adding
time-use surveys to Indias
official statistical system.
In a time-use survey, an individual or representative of a
household maintains a diary
or is interviewed about the
time he or she spent on various
activities over a time period.
An expert group set up by the
Ministry has submitted a list
of activities the survey can
measure. While Mr. Anant
could not give The Hindu a
deadline for introducing timeuse surveys, the process is in

motion, he said. By better

covering home production of
goods, for instance, time-use
surveys are expected to do a
better job vis--vis the GDP,
Mr. Anant said. By more accurately accounting for what a
womans time gets spent on,
time-use surveys could help
explain Indias unusually low
female work participation
rates. If the low work participation ratio is a problem, we
need to first know what time is
getting spent on to formulate a
policy to address the problem, Mr. Anant said.

NEW SURVEYS TO HELP CAPTURE

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Sri Lankas new government to probe coup bid Gurgaon casino busted, 43 held
Meera Srinivasan
COLOMBO: Sri Lankas new government on Sunday accused
former President Mahinda Rajapaksa of having tried to stage a
military coup to remain in power following Thursdays presidential polls, which saw his
chief rival and former minister
Maithripala Sirisena elected
president.

Mangala Samaraweera, aide

of President Sirisena, said that
the coup was averted because
the army chief did not want to
do anything against democracy
at that decisive time. This, he
said, was despite orders from
Mr. Rajapaksa and his brother
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, then the
defence secretary to deploy
troops to centres where the
votes were being counted late

Greenpeace activist
stopped at airport
Meena Menon
NEW DELHI: A Greenpeace senior

campaigner, Priya Pillai, was

not allowed to board a flight to
London from Delhi airport on
Sunday morning. She was informed by immigration officials that she was barred from
leaving the country.
A statement from Greenpeace said Ms. Pillai had a valid
business visa for six months to
visit London, where she was
scheduled to address British
Parliamentarians on January
14 on the rights of forest dwelling communities affected by
coal mining.
She was invited by British
MPs to talk about her work
with local communities in Mahan, Madhya Pradesh, where a
proposed coal mining project
led by Essar, a London-based
company, threatens to uproot
the the forest community.

She was to address

Parliamentarians in
London on the rights
of forest dwelling
communities hit
by coal mining

on January 8. The new cabinet,

to be sworn in soon, would initiate an investigation into the
pre-dawn conspiracy as one of
its first tasks, he added. The allegations come just days after sections hailed Mr. Rajapaksa for
stepping down gracefully and
ensuring a smooth transition of
power . The truth is it was not a
smooth transition of power,
said Mr. Samaraweera, who ear-

lier served as Foreign Minister

and is tipped to be a key member of Mr. Sirisenas cabinet.
When contacted, Army commander Lieutenant General
Daya Ratnayake told The Hindu: I have not seen those allegations yet, so I cannot
respond. Referring to earlier
concerns over the army being
deployed in the north and east
to allegedly disrupt elections, he

said: You saw that there was no

such incident. The transition
was very smooth, he said.
On whether Mr. Rajapaksa or
his brother gave him orders to
stage a coup, General Ratnayake
said: I cant comment on that,
it is very sensitive. You have to
check with the politicians.

Ashok Kumar

GURGAON: The police on Sunday

arrested 43 people, including
five Nepalese women, from an
illegal casino in the upmarket
DLF Phase-II here. Rs.20 lakh
in cash, two dozen cell phones,
playing cards, branded liquor
and a currency counting maINVITES ALL PARTIES TO JOIN GOVT. chine were seized from the
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spot.
Acting on a tip-off, several
police teams, under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Deepak
Saharan, raided the L block
house in the early hours. The
casino was being run by three
men in partnership, two of
whom have been arrested.
Naresh Malhotra, one of the
owners and a resident of the

kitchen and restrooms. Besides

a dozen bouncers, five Nepalese girls were hired on contract on a salary of Rs. 20,000
per month to help and entertain the customers, said Mr.
Saharan.
The customers were charged
an entry fee of Rs.1 lakh. Only
those known to the owners
were permitted to visit the
place. Closed circuit television
cameras were installed to keep
Girls being taken into
custody by police from a a vigil on the visitors.
The casino was being run
casino in Gurgaon on
from the basement of the
Sunday. PHOTO: PTI
three-storey building.
area, reportedly told the police
Most of those arrested bethat the premises was taken on long to Delhi; others are from
a monthly rent of Rs. 3 lakh and Gurgaon, Faridabad and Bihar.
the customers were served
A case under Excise and
branded liquor and meals.
Gambling Acts has been regisThe casino housed a bar, a tered at DLF-II police station.

Ms. Pillai expressed disappointment over the government riding roughshod over
people working to protect
democratic rights in the country.
She complained that her
right to freedom of movement
had been infringed and there
was an attempt to treat her like
a criminal. Ms. Pillai was told
by airport authorities that she
was banned from leaving India,
even though she had no criminal convictions against her.

GOVT. TRYING TO INTIMIDATE US:

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CARTOON ROW

German tabloid
firebombed

BERLIN: A German tabloid that

reprinted cartoons from the
French satirical magazine
Charlie Hebdo lampooning the
Prophet Mohammed was
targeted in firebombing on
Sunday.

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