DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 ● JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2025, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 Cancelling Lalit MAHARASHTRA BUDGET 2025-26 Modi passport, he’s out to avoid extradition, says PM of Vanuatu 11/03/2025 56 84 101 Govtbalancingact:Ongoingworks infocus,silentonmanifestodoles CM says focus on 5-point agenda of agri, industry, infra, jobs and social welfare SHUBHAJIT ROY 60 NEW DELHI, MARCH 10 PRIME MINISTER Jotham Napat of Vanuatu, a country of islands in the southern Pacific Ocean, Mondaydirectedcancellationof its passport issued to Lalit Modi, sayingtheformerIndianPremier League chairman was “attempting to avoid extradition”. Prime Minister Napat, in a media release issued by his office, said, “I have instructed the Citizenship Commission to cancel the Vanuatu passport issued to Lalit Modi following recent revelations in international media.” “While all standard background checks, including Interpol screenings, conducted during his application showed BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY CARNEY TO BE NEXT CANADA PM PAGE 14 ALOK DESHPANDE MUMBAI, MARCH 10 The election year sops announced by the previous Mahayutigovernmentanditsimplementation mid-year had impacted the financial health of Maharashtra resulting in rise of revenue expenditure by Rs 87,341.15 crore over the budget estimates of 2024-25. Meanwhile, the capital expenditure for 2025-26 has seen a marginal increase of Rs 385.89 crore over the budget estimate of Rs 92,779crorefortheyear2024-25. Chief MinisterDevendraFadnavissaidthatthebudgetisbased on the five-point agenda of Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar and Minister of State Finance Ashish Jaiswal before presenting the budget on Monday. Ganesh Shirsekar FROM RISING revenue expenditure and debt stock to negligible increase in capital expenditure, Finance Minister Ajit Pawar presented Maharashtra Budget 2025 worth Rs 7 lakh crore that notonlyrefrainedfromdeclaring any new significant scheme but also stayed silent on several poll CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 promises that the ruling alliance hadmadeinitsmanifestoduring the Assembly elections in 2024. FULL COVERAGE 6% tax proposed on EVs priced above Rs 30 lakh EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, MARCH 10 THE MAHARASHTRA government, in its budget for 2025-26 on Monday, proposed to levy a motorvehicle(MV)taxof sixper cent on electric vehicles (EVs) pricedaboveRs30lakhand7per centtaxonconstructionvehicles suchascranes,compressors,projectorsandexcavators.Italsoannounced 7% MV tax on the price of Light Goods Vehicle (LGVs) CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PAGES 6 & 7 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ED searches premises of Baghel, son; bid to shift focus from House: Cong Fireworks in Parliament as Pradhan attacks TN govt, Stalin says watch your words JAYPRAKASH S NAIDU LIZ MATHEW & LALMANI VERMA THEENFORCEMENTDirectorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at 14 locations in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district, including the residence of former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel andhissonChaitanya,inconnectionwithanallegedliquorscam. TheCongressallegedthatthe ED action was a “conspiracy to change the headlines” on a day when Parliament’s Budget THE ONGOING war of words between the ruling BJP and DMK led to disruptions in the Lok Sabha Monday, with Union EducationMinisterDharmendra Pradhan forced to withdraw a word from his remarks following protests by Tamil Nadu MPs. During the face-off in QuestionHour,Pradhanaccused the DMK government in Tamil Nadu of being “dishonest” and NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY ROW DISRUPTS PROCEEDINGS RAIPUR, MARCH 10 playing“politics”withthefuture of the state’s students. While criticising the DMK government’s opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP), he also accused it of doing a “Uturn” over PM-SHRI schools, bringing DMK MPs to their feet. Soon after the exchange in Parliament, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin put out a post on social media accusing Pradhan NEW DELHI, MARCH 10 Ex-ChhattisgarhCMBhupesh BaghelonMonday. ANI Session reconvened, saying the governmentsoughtto“divertattention” from pressing issues. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, DMK’s Kanimozhi Karunanidhi and others outside Parliament, Monday. PTI IN PARLIAMENT PAGE 11 Presence of water-ice likely outside Moon’s polar regions as well: Chandrayaan-3 data AMITABH SINHA NEW DELHI, MARCH 10 WATER-ICE ON the Moon could be more prevalent than understood earlier. A new analysis of datafromoneof theinstruments aboard Chandrayaan-3 suggests thattherewasagoodprobability that water-ice was present in locations outside of the polar regions of the Moon. Using data from Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE), scientists at the Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory have shown that surface and sub-surface temperatures in the higher latitudes of the Moon’s surface varied greatly with even very small changes in altitudes Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram on Moon. 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