DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 JUSTICE ARIJIT PASAYAT PAID RS 37.90 LAKH UNDER VIVAD SE VISHWAS I-T flagged ‘misreporting’ of Rs 1.06-cr, black money SIT judge opted for amnesty scheme Rs 3.66-cr income from arbitration: I-T order; why rake up settled matter: Judge RITU SARIN & JAY MAZOOMDAAR NEW DELHI, JUNE 14 SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, JUNE 14 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden will host a virtual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during his visit to West Asia from July 13 to 16. A senior US administration official told reporters in a background call Tuesday that the new grouping will be called CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY EXCLUSIVE misreporting of income by him, The Indian Express has learnt. Justice Pasayat was appointed to the SIT in May 2014 — marking the first Cabinet decision of the Narendra Modi government — which is chaired CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 WHAT THE I-T ORDER SAID ■ Justice Pasayat declared SIT salary: Rs 26.85 lakh ■ Income from arbitration, dispute resolution: Rs 3.66 crore ■ Expenses claimed without bills: Rs 2.01 crore ■ Expenses backed by bank/cash records: Rs 95.15 lakh ■ Addition to ‘returned’ income: Rs 1.06 crore ■ Disputed tax for VSV settlement: Rs 38.28 lakh Govt’s big employment push Major shift in soldier recruitment: 4-year stint under Agnipath 25% Agniveers to be absorbed at end of service; hiring across caste, region KRISHN KAUSHIK NEW DELHI, JUNE 14 UNVEILING AGNIPATH, a “major defence policy reform” for recruitment of soldiers, sailors and airmen into the Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force, the government Tuesday announced that personnel recruited under the scheme on short-term contractual basis will be called Agniveers. Thescheme,thegovernment CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 E E X P L A I NE D India, Israel, US, UAE are I2U2, summit next month FORMER SUPREME Court judge, Justice Arijit Pasayat, Deputy Chairman of the two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money, is one of those whoavailedof theGovernment’s amnesty scheme after Income Tax authorities flagged alleged EXPRESS Will cut salary and ● pension bill THE SCHEME will help cut the rising salary and pension bill of the armed forces. This has been a major worry for governments over the years. MORE REPORTS PAGES 8, 14 PM Narendra Modi, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and ex-CM Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai. Amit Chakravarty PAGE7 10 lakh Govt jobs in mission mode, in 18 months: PMO HARIKISHAN SHARMA NEW DELHI, JUNE 14 WITH THE youth unemployment rate in cities hovering above 20 per cent, the government Tuesday announced it would recruit 10 lakh people in “mission mode” over the next one-and-a-half years. In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “reviewed the status of Human Resources in all departments and ministries.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 `7.00 (`8 BIHAR & RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
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