PM's push for natural farming and crop diversification at Kisan Tak Agri Conference

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00:00Hello and welcome to an India Today special broadcast. I'm Gaurav Savan.

00:04Our top focus on this special show is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swift counter-attack on the opposition

00:10on the issue of constitution, democracy, farmers and efforts that he's made to improve the plight of farmers

00:18and of course consumers in India through very tough times, whether it was the Russia-Ukraine war or the US

00:24-Iran war.

00:25And over the course of the next one hour, we will talk in detail about the food, fuel, fertilizer crisis

00:32that the world was grappling with and how India was steered through that crisis.

00:37But we will also talk about the internal big fight over democracy and constitution.

00:44So Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking at the India Today Aaj Tak Bharat Agriculture Conference.

00:53You had the Anadatas of the country and the Prime Minister of the country both on one platform.

01:00And while the Prime Minister spoke of a number of issues of steps that had been taken in the past

01:0612 years,

01:07he also hit out at the opposition.

01:11And he took a jive when he said those who move around with a copy of the constitution in their

01:16pocket,

01:17they actually think democracy is in their pocket.

01:20He then went on to recount an incident when the UPA was in power.

01:25And there was this time when Gujarat was judged the number one state and what transpired.

01:33How the economist who had judged Gujarat as the number one state in economic development

01:39was directly in the line of fire of top UPA leaders,

01:44including, according to reports, the leadership of the Congress Party.

01:48And this was the jive that Prime Minister Narendra Modi took at the opposition.

01:54That they could not even bear to see Gujarat being an opposition state, being judge number one on merits.

02:00There were consequences for that, for the economist, for those who had done so.

02:05But before I get you more on that story and get you more on this political debate,

02:10I want you to listen in to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

02:13We will also get you what the opposition has to say about the current scenario and then we debate.

02:18But first, listen in to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

02:49Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

02:50I want you to listen in to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

03:01to be

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09:51and to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I'll get you more on this story.

10:22लेकिन इसके बाद किसानों को क्या मिला, अन्न के गोदाम भरना ही काफी नहीं होता, समय के साथ दुनिया बदली,

10:38बाजार बदले, लोगों की जरुतें, खान पान सब बदले,

10:47मौसम बदला, टेकनोलोजी बदली, इस बदलाओं के साथ हमें, अपने किसानों को नए सिरे से ससक्त करना था,

11:02लेकिन पहले, इस पर भी ज्यान नहीं दिया गया, साथियों, बीते एक दसक में देश ने, इस रप्तार को मैच

11:17करने के लिए कदम उठाए,

11:25साथियों, पश्ची मेचिया में, जब युद्रका संकट बढ़ रहा था, तो कच्चे तेल की कीमतें, कुछी हफ्तों में,

11:36सतर डॉलर से बढ़कर एक सो बाई डॉलर प्रती बैरल तक पहुंच गई थी, तब भारत के सामने भी एक

11:44बड़ी चड़ोती थी, भारत के सामने मजबूरी थी कि कम से कम पचास रुपिये प्रती लीटर डीजल के दाम बढ़ाएं

11:56जाएं,

11:57एक लीटर डीजल पर पचास रुपिया बढ़ाने की जरुरत पड़ गई थी, और तब सरकार ने अपने किसानों के हित

12:08में निर्णे लिया,

12:09हमने तैं किया कि अंतराष्ट्ये माजार के जटके का पुरा बोच देश के नागरीकों पर किसानों पर नहीं डाला जाएगा,

12:23सरकार ने डीजल के दाम सरफ साथ रुपिया प्रति लिटर बढ़ाये जबकि बढ़ाने की जरुत थी पचास रुपिये और फोर्टी

12:34थी रुपिये प्रति लिटर का बोच खुद उठाया,

12:39हमारे आसपास के देशों में भी तब डीजल के दाम 40 से 50 परसेंट तक बढ़ गए थे,

12:49लेकिन भारत में ऐसा नहीं हुआ,

12:54तब से लेकर आज तक सरकार हर महिने 14,000 करोड रुपिये का नुक्सान उठा रही है,

13:02हर महिने लेकिन हमने देश के किसानों पर आँच नहीं आने दी है,

13:15जब देश के किसानों का हिस सर्वपरी हो,

13:20जब नागरिक देवो भव का भाव हो,

13:24तो ऐसे ही संबेदन सिल निर्णे होते हैं,

13:34इरान और खाड़ी देशों में चल रहे युद्द के बीच,

13:39डिएपी खाट की जबोरी,

13:43पांच हजार रुपिये की है,

13:46वो भारत के किसानों को सिर्फ तेरा सो रुपिये की उपलब्द कराई जा रही है,

13:58यूरिया की जो बोरी इंटरनेशनल मार्केट में तीन हजार रुपिये की है,

14:08वो तीन सो रुपिये से भी कमें भारत के किसान को दी जा रही है,

14:26वो तीन सो रुपिये की जा रही है,

14:43is Siddharth Zarabi, group editor, business today, television and business today,

14:47and Jainant Dehadrae joins us for a perspective on these developments.

14:53But I want to begin by asking you, Sanju Verma,

14:55what's the point that the Prime Minister recounts an old incident of, you know,

15:00related apparently to Bibek Dev Roy and Gujarat being number one,

15:05and there being some objection to it.

15:07I mean, that happened a long time ago, and those who did it are in the opposition.

15:11The people see it, they're already in the opposition.

15:14The opposition says it's the government under which,

15:18Narendra Modi government under which, according to the opposition,

15:20constitution and democracy are under threat, ma'am.

15:24You know, Gujarat, first and foremost,

15:27I think that was a brilliant address by the Prime Minister,

15:29where he spoke about hard data,

15:31and typical to his style,

15:34he did not hold back his punches,

15:35and he called out the rabbit bluff of a completely debilitated and vanquished opposition,

15:41whose only claim to fame currently is trying to denigrate and delegitimize institutions

15:46under the garg of free speech.

15:48Let me take your question and dive straight into the issue at hand.

15:53I think what the Prime Minister meant is the fact that,

15:57if you look at the history of the Congress Party,

16:00and we have seen umpteen times Rahul Gandhi taking out a red book and saying,

16:03I am saying that the Congress Party will be able to destroy you.

16:10He says this to the audience listening to him,

16:13though he's lost his constituency,

16:16whatever little credibility he had is going southwards.

16:20What the Prime Minister actually intended to say is,

16:24if you look at the history of the Congress Party,

16:26it's been in power in India for at least 54 long years.

16:30And I think the best example of how the Congress tried to delegitimize electoral democracy in India

16:39is the fact that Article 356 of the Constitution was used repeatedly

16:45by various Congressy Prime Ministers with rabid impunity,

16:49Gaurav, Jawaharlal Nehru dismissed seven duly elected state governments

16:54using Article 356.

16:56Indira Gandhi alone dismissed 49 duly elected state governments

17:01misusing and abusing her powers under Article 356.

17:06Rajiv Gandhi dismissed six state elected governments,

17:11But what does it have to do with what's happening today is the question the opposition asked.

17:22But fair enough, fair enough.

17:23Ma'am, you've raised a point.

17:25Let me take it to Mohan Kumar Mangalam and I'll come back to you.

17:27But Mohan Kumar Mangalam, the BJP says the electorate and especially the younger electorate

17:33must know the background of those who say Samvidhan khatray mein hai.

17:37According to the BJP, Samvidhan, unke samay mein khatray mein tha.

17:42Or words to that effect.

17:43Respond, sir.

17:45I think the problem when you're constantly driving while looking in the rearview mirror

17:50is that you're bound to have an accident.

17:52I think the Prime Minister doesn't realize that he's been in that chair for now 12 years, 11 years

17:56and he's still trying to look far into the past to find incidents.

18:01And by the way, I have the greatest respect for the late Vivek Debray, who's a wonderful economist.

18:06Whatever happened with him, there were also incidents, by the way, funnily enough,

18:09and I remember Jairam Rameshji as Rural Development Minister or as Ministry of Environment

18:14would go to a state ruled by opposition and praise the, you know, the living daylights out of them,

18:18if you will, and you'd get into trouble with our own party people for being so complimentary.

18:22So this happens in any government.

18:24This isn't an incident that really shines a light on what's happening with our constitution.

18:29I mean, we're talking about far more substantive issues.

18:32We're talking about capture of the Election Commission via ensuring that the panel to select

18:37the CEC itself is lopsided.

18:39We're talking about bypassing Parliament for major laws, doing voice votes, doing ordinances.

18:43We're talking about weaponization of the ED and CBI, which only goes after opposition leaders

18:49and browbeats them into either surrendering to them, joining their party, and now becoming

18:53chief ministers in some states.

18:54And, you know, now, I mean, one of the most severe things, I think, is some of the things

18:59we're hearing from judges in the recent past, from the former Supreme Court judge, Justice

19:04Sanjay Kahl, who recently detailed how the government exercised a pocket veto by indefinitely delaying

19:11or withholding clearance for collegium recommendations.

19:13So this government is not even leaving the judiciary out of their influence.

19:18In fact, he said it's a fantasy to imagine that the collegium is isolated from political pressures.

19:23So when you hear comments from senior judges like this, putting it out there that the

19:28government is trying to do its best to browbeat the judiciary into submission, then you have

19:33to ask what is left of the constitutional bodies that we have.

19:37Is there nobody that this government is not going to try and do this in submission?

19:44Sir, are we saying any of this is happening for the first time ever?

19:48And before I get Sanju Verma to respond to you, I want to bring in Jayanand Dehad Rai.

19:53Since you've raised a legal point, you know, on the appointment of the election commissioner

20:01or the chief election commissioner, no, no, fair enough.

20:06But is it the first time that judges have been, attempts have been made to browbeat them

20:10or political appointees have been made judges and then they go back to being political appointees

20:15and then come back to being judges, you know, how is it that constitution ab khatre mein hai

20:20aur ussa mein nahi tha?

20:21Because I only want to understand, Jayanand Dehad Rai, are we going through some dark, undeclared

20:26emergency kind of an era or is this political rhetoric?

20:30You know, the appointment of election commissioner is lopsided, says Mohan Kumar Mangalem.

20:36I mean, I respect his views, but I also want to understand how were election commissioners

20:40appointed earlier and what was their role earlier for the benefit of our country to

20:45know the factual position, sir?

20:48Gaurav, good evening.

20:49Very quickly, allow me to make two points, please.

20:51One, as an outside observer, I feel that the prime minister is a very seasoned statesman.

20:57He chooses his word very carefully.

20:59And I think in this particular instance, when he was addressing the audience, he's chosen

21:05to be very restrained.

21:06And the reason why I say that is because the history of the Congress Party itself, as any

21:11person, any objective observer in this country will tell you, has been riddled with instances

21:15where constitutional institutions have been denigrated.

21:18Just to give you a quick example, since you asked me something very specific about the

21:23judiciary, have we forgotten Justice Ray, Justice Beg, superseding HR Khanna to become

21:29Chief Justice of India?

21:30Why?

21:30Because Mrs. Indira Gandhi wanted to ensure that her own, you know, judges favorable to

21:36her, you know, end up becoming the head of the institution.

21:39That is one institution as an example.

21:42Please take the election commission.

21:43Have we forgotten Naveen Chawla?

21:45The number of state elections in which Naveen Chawla, the election commissioner, used to

21:50virtually hand over confidential information about election scheduling to the Congress leadership

21:58so that they could plan their elections in advance.

22:00That is one example.

22:01Then have we forgotten Mr.

22:03M.S.

22:03Kill, who was also Chief Election Commissioner?

22:05He was rewarded in a way that you cannot even imagine.

22:08He was ultimately made a cabinet minister by the by the UPA.

22:11So there are umpteen examples, Gaurav, where and I just want to say one more thing.

22:16You know, I think the Prime Minister, unfortunately, is forced into reacting and making a statement.

22:23He does it in a very restrained way when he hears such churlish remarks being made by people occupying

22:28such important positions like the leader of the opposition.

22:31And I always say this.

22:33I have personally nothing against Mr. Rahul Gandhi.

22:36He occupies a very important position.

22:38Why doesn't he raise very important questions, issues, policy challenges to the government?

22:44Put the government on the mat.

22:46You know, hold them accountable.

22:48But now his latest statement where he comes out and he says that, oh, Mr. Prime Minister,

22:52I have I have something on my phone that will end your political career.

22:56You know, he says something to the effect that you're tapping my phone.

22:59Hold on, hold on, hold on.

23:00I'll come to that.

23:00I want to stay on the issue.

23:02No, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

23:04I want to just stay on the issue and I don't want to digress from it.

23:06I want to stay on the issue of the debate, which is the Prime Minister's address at Kisanthak,

23:12you know, at India today.

23:13But I also want to bring in Sanju Verma because she wanted to come in on the political point.

23:17Sanju Verma, you heard Mohan Kumar Manglam and he says there's this fear, you know,

23:22what Justice Kohl said, for example, or when an attempt is being made allegedly to browbeat

23:27the judiciary or the election commission selection is so lopsided that it favours the government

23:34is the opposition charge, ma'am.

23:36Before I bring in Siddharth Zarabi on the energy issue, but go on, ma'am.

23:40You know, I think, Gaurav, Jai Dehyad Rai actually gave some very clear examples which

23:48showcase how if there is anyone who was trying to browbeat the judiciary into submission, it

23:53was the Congress party.

23:55You know, apart from the fact that between 1973 and 1977, we had Indira Gandhi who actually

24:01ignored Hans Raj Khanna and made M.H. Beg the CGI.

24:06She ignored J.S. Sheenath and made Ajit Nath Ray the CGI.

24:12More recently, we have examples.

24:13I cannot forget, just on the 1st of November, we celebrated, you know, the Congress party's

24:21absolute apathy, apathy towards the victims of the 1984 Sikhs genocide.

24:28And I use the word celebration because the Congress party till date has not officially apologised

24:33for the Narsanghar of Sikhs in 1984.

24:37And do you remember what?

24:38Justice Rangalad Mishra was, he is the one who gave a clean shit to the Congress party

24:44pertaining to the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide.

24:48And after that, he was rewarded in a classic quid pro quo style.

24:53He was given a Rajya Sabha nomination by the Congress party.

24:57And Gaurav, let's not forget, there's a man called Bahru L. Islam.

25:00He was a Supreme Court judge, he was the Chief Justice of the Gauhani High Court, and he

25:05was also a Rajya Sabha member on a Congress ticket.

25:09And my final rebuttal is this.

25:12Between 1950 and 2023, for 73 long years, there was only one man who decided how the Chief Election

25:21Commissioner will be appointed.

25:23That man was the Prime Minister of India.

25:25Today, you have a three-member committee.

25:27You have the Prime Minister, you have a senior cabinet minister, and you also have leader

25:33of the opposition who is a stakeholder.

25:36So let me tell you that if Mohan Kumar Mangilam says, oh, you know, look how the CEC is now

25:43being elected.

25:44Excuse me, for 73 long years, only the Prime Minister decided.

25:51So let me, before I bring in Siddharth Zarabi, Mr. Zarabi, before I bring in Siddharth Zarabi,

26:03Mr. Kumar Mangilam, you want to respond to this, that we had one system, the Prime Minister

26:08decided who would be CEC.

26:09That was not the Constitution.

26:11Now, when there is a three-member panel, the Constitution is not the same.

26:15How does this add up in your view, sir?

26:19Gaurav, that three-member panel is as good as being just one person, which is the Prime Minister.

26:24If he had included the Chief Justice as was recommended, not mandated by the Supreme Court,

26:29you would have a more balanced panel.

26:30That's the point.

26:31The question was raised now, not in history.

26:34And when it was also, just for the Naveen Chawla that you mentioned, we also had NSY Qureshi,

26:39we also had a TN station who brought some serious reforms in the Election Commission

26:43and quite often went head-to-head against the government of the day then.

26:47So let's not taint all previous election commissioners just because it was one person in charge of selecting them.

26:53The manner in which it's happening now, the proofs that we're bringing out in terms of how the SIR is

26:58being conducted,

26:59all of these add to the credibility issues of the current election commission.

27:02And we're tracing it back to the way in which the panel was modified to ensure that it was partisan,

27:09the way the person was selected.

27:11Now, as far as the Sikh rights go, I should correct, Sanju,

27:14that not only did the then Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, apologize on the floor of the House,

27:20Mrs. Gandhi also expressed deep anguish and regret at the incident at the massacre that happened.

27:27I mean, this is, of course, nothing compared to Mr. Modi himself,

27:30who said that he felt regret just like sitting in the back of a car,

27:34running over a puppy about the Godra rights.

27:37Clearly, you know, it's apples and oranges, so maybe I shouldn't even bring that up.

27:41I need to come in here.

27:42Gaurav, I need a clear report for time.

27:44Gaurav, I let her have a free run.

27:46Okay, quickly, 30 seconds before I bring in.

27:48You've got to stop her from interrupting me when I'm talking.

27:50Absolutely.

27:51Absolutely.

27:53Absolutely.

27:53Nobody's interrupting anybody.

27:55Everybody gets to speak.

27:56Let, Sanju, hold on, hold on, hold on.

27:58Sanju Verma, just let Mohan complete his point.

28:01I will come back to you.

28:02Go on, Mr. Kumar Manglam, if you still have a point to make.

28:05Otherwise, I'll bring in Abbas Haider.

28:06I haven't been able to go to Abbas Haider even once.

28:09Go on, sir.

28:11And I will say to Jay that I'm familiar with the imagination.

28:13Okay, let me quickly bring in Abbas Haider into this conversation.

28:20Abbas Haider, the Prime Minister on the issue of farmers, and that's a very critical issue.

28:26Just saying that this government does nothing, the Prime Minister is actually listing out steps

28:31that have been taken, and especially in a very critical time, like the Russia-Ukraine

28:36war and the U.S.-Iran war.

28:38Sir, that narrative, does that weaken the opposition's attack on the government in your

28:44officiation?

28:45Well, Mr. Savant, I have two, three points to make.

28:48First of all, I want to respond to what Ms. Sanju Verma has said.

28:51She has said that between 1973 and 1975, Hansraj Khanna, who was the judge, Honorable Supreme

28:57Court at that time, did not get chance to become the Chief Justice of India.

29:00However, the decision, the dissenting decision given by Mr. Hansraj Khanna happened in 1976,

29:06and this matter began to 1977.

29:08But the obsession of, I did not interrupt you, Sanju Verma.

29:11Please, please hang on.

29:13Please hang on.

29:14See, the obsession of Bharti Janata Party.

29:17You'll give up, you'll give up.

29:18No, no, don't interrupt me, please.

29:20I'm just responding.

29:21I'm responding to a factual error you have put on camera, live on television.

29:26Just a minute.

29:26See, the obsession of Bharti Janata Party with the mistakes committed by the Congress

29:31Party, we can see on camera.

29:33If the Congress Party has done something wrong, long 50 years back, or maybe 25, 30 years back,

29:38they want to repeat it and then obsessed with it.

29:41They are shamed.

29:41They shamefully would like to come on television and say, see, Congress Party has done this.

29:46Now, we are going to do the same.

29:47Today, we have seen how, you know, if, you know, they talk about Naveen Chawla and so

29:52many other things, the panel which selects the Chief Election Commissioner of India and

29:58the Election Commissioner of India, that panel has a majority by the government.

30:03So, how come the, you know, how can you ensure the economy and transparency of the, you know,

30:10an organization which is the custodian of the electoral system of the country.

30:14One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, a serious

30:23discussion

30:23about constitution into what about you, he want to derail the core issues.

30:29If somebody is carrying a constitution, it is reminding the government, the people sitting

30:34in the treasury benches that, sir, you should understand that you have to abide by the laws

30:41which are in the constitution.

30:44All faders go down, all faders go down.

30:48I want to bring in Siddharth Zarabi into this conversation because this is a question that's

30:52on facts.

30:54And Siddharth, the country, actually the world went through a very difficult time and it

30:58still hasn't been able to come out.

31:00Whether it was the Russia-Ukraine war or the U.S., you know, Iran war, fuel prices shot

31:07up, fertilizer prices shot up.

31:09Has India been able to steer better?

31:12You know, the prime minister listed out a number of things where India has been able

31:16to withstand the shock.

31:18Unlike, take for example, U.S. where prices just shot up.

31:21Here they haven't as much.

31:23So, Gaurav, the fact that fuel prices have not risen in line with the volatility that we

31:30saw in global crude oil prices is proven.

31:32It's not just proven with the start of the West Asia crisis in February of this year.

31:39We can go back another to 2022 when it was another February and the Russia conflict that

31:46you covered, Ukraine conflict that you covered in so much detail broke out.

31:51At both times, crude oil prices rose.

31:55There was one set of increases that happened and then another one that has happened in May

32:00this year.

32:01But if you take a look at the cumulative impact, it is clear that the government of India and

32:08the oil marketing companies have taken on a very significant burden of the global crude

32:14oil volatility that we have seen.

32:16Could this have been avoided?

32:18Can we suddenly discover more crude oil at home?

32:21Those are matters that we can debate separately.

32:23But the facts speak for themselves.

32:26For four years, consumers in this country have been protected to a significant extent from

32:33the impact that higher petrol and diesel prices have.

32:36We must also add gas in the most recent crisis because 90% of our gas, LNG, is imported and

32:46we have diversified.

32:48Inflation, just a day ago, the print is now above 6%.

32:52This is a number that is significant.

32:55It may lead to a rate hike.

32:58But just think of it, if the full pass-through of petrol and diesel prices had happened to

33:04the end consumer and the 14,000 crore that is being borne on the diesel account that Prime

33:09Minister Modi highlighted at our Kisan Tak summit, if that had been passed on to consumers,

33:15imagine what would have happened to inflation.

33:17So, regardless of the politics and the debate, it is clear that the government of India and

33:22the oil marketing companies, which are again central PSUs, have managed the fuel supply and

33:29fuel price situation.

33:31Does this mean that nobody is paying the bill?

33:35Absolutely not.

33:36The bill is ultimately coming to the exchequer.

33:39But for now, tens and hundreds of millions of Indians have been saved from higher prices.

33:48So, is that, in a way, blunting the opposition attack, the manner in which, you know, other

33:55countries have erupted Mohan Kumar Mangalam?

33:58India didn't, because to a very large extent, has that impact been borne by the exchequer,

34:05of course, by the taxpayers themselves, but better management by the government, sir?

34:10If the government is finally subsidizing the price of fuel and making it easier for the

34:16government, man, I applaud them.

34:18But let me also say, from 2022 to 2026, the price of crude oil consistently fell, fell from

34:25a higher of 120 all the way to 60.

34:27I'd love for you to go back and look at how many times they passed on the lowering or the

34:32savings to consumers at the same time that they're talking about saving them from higher

34:36prices.

34:37They didn't really pass on benefits of lower prices all that much anyway.

34:41They made about, I think, 30 lakh crores in excise on fuel, and the excise on diesel and

34:47petrol, diesel especially, I think now is 10 rupees, is still two and a half times what

34:52it was during the UPA.

34:53So, it's not that the government, I'm not saying the government is not subsidizing right

34:58now.

34:58I'm just glad they're finally doing it.

35:00But they've had a windfall for quite a while before this.

35:07Fair enough, Sanju Verma, so when the Prime Minister says that, you know, words to the

35:11effect, 14,000 crore is the loss, the government did not even pass on prices when the prices

35:18were at 60 and, you know, had come down from 120 to 60, ma'am.

35:24You know, Gaurav, I need to first make a statement.

35:28I said between 1973 and 1977, Hansraj Khanna and Jay Shailat were ignored and not made CGI.

35:37I think Samajwadi Party spokesperson said, oh, she said 1975.

35:40Please get your facts right.

35:42You're lying on national TV or you're hard on hearing.

35:44Between 73 and 75.

35:47I said 1973 to 77.

35:49Please get your years checked.

35:51Now, let me come to the moot point.

35:53You know, Prophet Kumar Mangala made some interesting point.

35:55Okay, okay, on the substantive issue.

35:56You should get your time checked first.

35:58Yes, let me, please keep quiet.

35:59I think your speech is not clear.

36:00Okay, guys, guys, no personal attack.

36:02Please, please, no personal attack.

36:04No personal attack.

36:05Please, please, I request all my guests.

36:09I request all my guests.

36:10No personal attacks, please.

36:11She's not supposed to heckle me when I'm making an opening statement.

36:15Gaurav, can I please give my point?

36:16But this is how she debates.

36:17Absolutely, nobody is heckling anybody.

36:19Absolutely, sir.

36:20Okay, ma'am, complete your point.

36:22Yes.

36:23The moot point is this.

36:24You never look at the economy in isolation.

36:28I think under Narendra Modi, we had three black swan events.

36:32First, we had the 2019-2020 COVID, the worst pandemic in over 100 years.

36:372022, you had the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the second black swan event, and the third

36:43black swan event came in 2026, whereby we had a prolonged West Asia crisis with one

36:50of the most important Hormuz Drake being shut down for months together.

36:56Despite three black swan events, the average improved...

37:00But you've not mentioned 2016-17 when crude oil prices were around 45-46 dollars per barrel.

37:06Okay.

37:06I refuse to compare...

37:07Your predecessor, government, was giving diesel and petrol to farmers with, you know, regulated

37:13diesel prior to 2014-2013.

37:17Do you know what was the price of crude oil?

37:19It was between 105-110 dollars per barrel.

37:22Even today, it is 88 dollars per barrel.

37:25Gaurav, can I finish what I was saying?

37:27Gaurav, can I please finish what I was saying?

37:30And the last 30 seconds on this part of the show.

37:32Can I please finish what I'm saying, Gaurav?

37:35Okay, only, only, only, only, only, only Sanju Verma for the next 30 seconds.

37:42Yes.

37:43I need to be on the lower window.

37:44Okay, I want no personal attacks on my guests, but only Sanju Verma.

37:49Complete your point, Sanju Verma.

37:51Abbas, just give her 30 seconds to complete her point.

37:53Go on.

37:54Gaurav, despite three black swan events, India is the only major economy with an average

38:00inflation in the last six years of 4.5 percent, fiscal deficit at 4.4 percent, current account

38:07deficit at less than 1 percent, primary deficit at less than 0.5 percent, average GDP growth

38:14of 7 percent plus.

38:15And during the height of this financial crisis, Siddharth can endorse this.

38:19We have 120,000 petrol pump stations.

38:23Not a single one was shut down.

38:25And let me tell you one more thing.

38:29I have only 30 seconds on this part of the show.

38:33And Siddharth, Siddharth, Siddharth, Siddharth, Siddharth, the 30 seconds that I have on this

38:37part of the show, I just want to understand, is the worst over or the worst is still not

38:41over?

38:42And we still have to tide over a very difficult economic situation while, of course, we continue

38:47to battle about the political situation.

38:49That's okay.

38:50But the economic situation, Siddharth?

38:52Just six hours ago, there's been a report from the IEA that for the first time, we will

38:58slip into a surplus supply position on crude oil.

39:03Remember, the Hormuz crisis was not a crisis alone of price rises.

39:07It was for the first time a crisis of supply.

39:12Yes, availability.

39:12And this is a very pivotal moment.

39:14And we can therefore expect that crude oil prices are likely to soften further.

39:23Well, fingers crossed, as far as the political temperatures are concerned, I hope they continue

39:28to rise because that is what makes us the strong, vibrant democracy that we are, where

39:33all sides are heard.

39:35And ultimately, it's for the voters to decide in elections.

39:38And we'll be tracking that story very closely.

39:40I want to thank all my guests, but I want you to listen in to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

39:44because he also has a word of advice for our farmers going forward.

39:48And it is extremely important.

39:50They need to now keep up with the times.

39:53There was a time when rice and wheat, and that was extremely important to grow rice and

39:59wheat.

40:00But now, it's the time, one, for diversification.

40:04And two, for clean farming, for pesticide-free, chemical-free farming.

40:10And the Prime Minister, he's given examples.

40:13When he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, he has a long stint of working with farmers there.

40:19There's something that he's been doing for the past 12 years at the centre.

40:23He wants to take this forward.

40:24Listen in.

40:25Thank you very much.

41:09Thank you very much.

41:27Thank you very much.

42:13Thank you very much.

42:27BTE DASAK में भारत में कृष्टी की विकासदर 4% से उपर रही हैं। ये आजादी के बाद पहला DASAK

42:43है जब देश के Agriculture Sector ने 4% से अधिक की आउसत ग्रोथ हासिल की हैं।

42:53आजादी के बाद पहली बार और इसी दोरान गावों में बड़ी संख्या में गरीबों ने गरीबी को परास्त किया है।

43:17अगर हम समय से पहले नहीं जगे, अगर हमने अपनी धरती मा को बचाने के लिए प्रयास नहीं किया,

43:28जो मा आज हमारा पेट भरती हैं, वो मा शायद हमारे हाथों से हमें छोड़ दें अशी स्थिति बन जाएगी।

43:41और इसलिए सरकार ने प्राकृती खेती पर बल दिया है, नेच्रल फार्मिंग पर बल दिया है।

43:57जिन लोगों ने नेच्रल फार्मिंग पर प्रयोक किये हैं, बहुत सफल रहे हैं।

44:03एक गाए, एक गाए, तीस एकड़ भूमी में नेच्रल फार्मिंग के लिए सफिशट खाद दे जेती हैं।

44:13कोई केमिकल की रिक्वार्बर नहीं होती है।

44:17यहाँ आज आपकी डिबेट में बहुत से ऐसे विशे निकले होंगे।

44:21और इसलिए मैं सभी किसानों से अगरे करूंगा।

44:24कि हम केमिकल फ्री रसायनों से मुक्त खेच्टी की चरफ चलें।

44:36मैं आपको और्गिनिक फार्मिंग की बात नहीं कर रहा हूं।

44:41मैं नेचरल फार्मिंग की बात कर रहा हूं।

44:46और यह हर किसान सहत्तां से कर सकता है।

44:51हम केमिकल से मुक्त हम अपनी जमीन को बचाने के लिए कदम उठा सकते हैं।

45:00यह जरूरी है कि वो सिर्फ गेहूं, चावल और गन्ने।

45:07मैं दुबारा कहता हूं किसान भाईयों को।

45:11गेहूं, चावल और गन्ने जैसी पारंपरीक फसलों पर निर्भर न रहें।

45:27इसलिए सरकार अन्य फसलों पर और खेती से जुड़े अन्य कारियों पर भी बल दे रही है।

45:42आज भारत हर साल चार लाग करोड रुपे से ज्यादा का अगरिकल्चर एक्सपोर्ट कर रहा है।

45:59और ये पैसा हमारे किसानों की आई बढ़ा रहा है।

46:25and what happens now to Jensen Huang and what happens to NVIDIA, that story and lots more coming up.

46:31Welcome back, what a fall from grace and from top of the AI food chain for Jensen Huang.

46:38So he's stepped down as the CEO and President of NVIDIA, the Chief Financial Officer, she's taken over as the

46:47interim CEO, of course the hunt is on, for the full-time CEO of NVIDIA.

46:52And there are many questions around NVIDIA being raised right now across the world, but as Jensen Huang step down,

47:00as investigations intensify into an alleged espionage or sexpionage as it's being called in the United States,

47:07there's another story that's making the headlines.

47:09Reports of a third affair, again with another senior employee of NVIDIA.

47:16Now details are still sketchy, not yet out in public domain, but there are apprehensions that there could be other

47:24skeletons that could tumble out of Jensen Huang's closet.

47:28Take a look at this report.

47:32He built NVIDIA into the powerhouse of the artificial intelligence revolution, turned computer chips into one of the world's most

47:40valuable commodities and became the most influential executive in the global AI industry.

47:49But after 33 years at the top, Jensen Huang is out, ousted following revelations about multiple personal relationships, one of

47:58which has now triggered serious questions about China, American technology and national security.

48:04And the fallout is no longer confined to NVIDIA's boardroom.

48:10NVIDIA shares plunged as much as 14% after the news of Jensen's ouster before recovering some ground.

48:17Closing Thursday down 4.3%, more than $500 billion wiped off its market value since the scandal broke.

48:26The selling spread to EI-related companies, including Micron, Marvel and Coreweave.

48:31As investors confronted a question that had long been overlooked, can the world's most important AI chipmaker thrive without the

48:39man who built it?

48:41Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress has been named Interim CEO, but her immediate challenge is much bigger than steadying NVIDIA's

48:50share price.

48:50She must reassure investors, protect billions of dollars in AI investment in companies like OpenAI, XAI, Antropic, Intel, SSI, and

49:01convince customers that NVIDIA's technological dominance does not depend on one individual.

49:10At the heart of the controversy is Wong reported relationship with Alice Wong, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed,

49:18a major buyer of NVIDIA chips that has faced scrutiny over possible diversion of restricted American technology to China.

49:26The Justice Department is examining potential export control violations, while questions have also emerged about whether Alice Wong had links

49:34to Chinese intelligence.

49:37But American authorities have not yet established that she was a spy, and both NVIDIA and Megaspeed have denied wrongdoing.

49:45So you assume that DOJ learns that she is in fact a spy. I'm not, nobody said that. I certainly

49:52haven't said that.

49:53And I don't, all I said a minute ago and all that I think I will say is that of

49:58course DOJ is an investigator looking at it.

50:00So I, there's no, there's no conclusions reached by the Department of Justice or by me or by Director Patel

50:05around who she is or is not.

50:08I don't have concerns with the Commerce Department. I don't. We have a good relationship with the Commerce Department.

50:12I've read some of the stories, which, you know, are sourced or not sourced. And so I don't have any,

50:19but no, I don't have, the answer to your question is no, I don't have any, I don't have any

50:22concerns.

50:23The distinction is crucial because while the espionage allegations remain unproven, the investigation into possible chip diversion could have consequences

50:32for the entire global AI supply chain.

50:34Is one GPU. The political fallout is gathering pace in Washington, where Democrats are demanding answers about whether sensitive American

50:44technology may have reached China and whether national security was compromised.

50:49It was the right thing to do. Now we have to get to the bottom of whether America's national security

50:56has been compromised.

50:57We need a classified briefing made available to members of Congress as it relates to the NVIDIA situation and to

51:05the extent that our national security has been compromised.

51:09The American people deserve answers and we're going to work to make sure that happens.

51:15With Congressional scrutiny expected to intensify, NVIDIA now faces the prospect of tougher export restrictions, more aggressive oversight and potential

51:25greater limitations on its access to the Chinese market.

51:29And that could also deliver a major blow to Chinese AI developers, many of whom still depend on American chips

51:36to power their most advanced systems.

51:39Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump added his own unexpected twist to NVIDIA's succession drama, publicly suggesting that former Apple

51:48chief Tim Cook take over the chip maker.

51:51Calling both men legends, Trump's intervention has thrown another spotlight on a company already under intense political and investor scrutiny.

52:01For Huanglis and NVIDIA, the immediate priority is stability.

52:05But the long-term challenge is whether it can preserve the business empire, its dynamic founder and former CEO created,

52:13including its closely interconnected investments, customers and partnerships across the AI industry.

52:20Rivals AMD, Intel and Broadcom could see an opening, while investors will be watching whether customers reconsider their dependence on

52:29NVIDIA and whether Washington's next moves disrupt the global chip trade.

52:37Bureau report, Business Today Television.

52:41We'll continue to track developments on the story very closely, but that is all I have for you on this

52:46India First special broadcast.

52:48Many thanks for watching. News and updates continue on India Today. Stay with us.

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