 Is your father also a doctor? Yes, sir. He's a veterinary doctor. Okay. And you have done your MBBS? Yes, sir. Now after, are you practicing? Sir, I'm working with PGI Chandigul and Philips CSR and I have an organization named Nivedita with them. So we are working in the tri-city towards specifically breast carcinoma awareness and screening. Are you saying? Yes, sir. NRC is in the news. NRC in the context of Assam. How did it come about? What is the historical background to the NRC in Assam? Sir, the historical background dates back to decades ago when the issue of Bangladesh while East Pakistan was there and the persecution by West Pakistan, thereby leading to the refugee influx in the Northeast, leading to the subsequent demographic change. Thereafter, there were many protests by the locals and the tribals. Who led the movement? Sir, it was by the National Democratic Front of Bodo Land including and then there was the All Assam Students' Union. And the FB's demands were totally different which has been sorted out. Asu was the one which spearheaded the movement against the Bangladesh. So what happened? Sir, post that the Assam Accord of 1985 was signed. What did the Accord say? Sir, the Accord had many provisions. Just in the context of NRC? Yes, sir. So that an NRC specifically for Assam would be created with the cut of the date being 25th of December, 1971. So that is the Assam Accord, 1985. Then what happened? Sir, then this issue of the NRC, it was postponed for some time. Then the Supreme Court gave the... So before that you had a tripartite agreement of 2005. Yes. In which they said that we will implement the Assam Accord. Then nothing all happened. So the Supreme Court, so what happened? Supreme Court gave the directions. Correct. So now the NRC process has been completed. Yes. And how many people are still left out of the NRC? So there are around 40 lakh or so. 19 lakhs. Yes, so after phase 2 it is 90 lakhs. Yes, sir. So what is the procedure prescribed for these 19 lakhs? Yes. Is there an appeal somewhere? Yes, sir. Sir, there is an appeal at the district level. There are multiple layers of appeal starting from the district level. And then subsequently the judiciary, it can be approved to the High Court. The initial stage there will be the appellate tribunals, foreigners appellate tribunals which have been set up there. So this is the NRC. Now what is the reason why the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019, while being opposed in Assam and some of the other Northeastern countries, states? Sir, at the outset, firstly there was a lot of misinformation rather than information about the Citizenship Amendment Act. There is just one point. What is the one single point? Why are they protesting against this? There is no misinformation. Sir, what is the reason? So if it comes into being and the Northeast, it is not excluded out of it, then they have fears that the influx of more number of the non-locals will lead to more... You are still not coming to the point. The only difference is, what was the cut-off date for the NRC? Yes, sir. So there is a difference. That is 1971. That is the only reason. 1971, cut-off of CA in 2014. That is the context. They are only saying that you cannot change the goalposts. We have agreed on this. Now you are going to allow all these people. All that issue of religion and all that, that is not relevant for the Northeast. That is being... It is a different issue. Yes, sir. Now, you know these Khelo-India games, which was started by the government. Last year they had the Khelo-India school games. Now this year they are planning Khelo-India youth games. Where are they being planned? Sir, I am sorry. I will... In the budget, is there any allocation for these Khelo-India youth games? Some show they must help them. There is an increment of about 300 crores in that. Okay, thank you. Thank you, sir. That part? Yes, sir. Recently, Government of India has taken a very significant decision in the domain of women's reproductive health rights. Yes, sir. Can you enlighten us about that? Yes, sir. Sir, there have been many decisions taken. But I think the two most important ones have been the Sarugasi Bill, which is in the pipeline, and also the recent amendment to the MTP Act of 1971. Coming to the MTP amendment, it is postulated that it is proposed that the abortion gestational cut of age will be increased from 20 to 24 weeks. In addition to that, if there is pregnancy due to contraceptive failure, and it has been extended to the unmarried women as well. Okay, thank you. Very good. With regard to Ayushman Bharath, has the current budget proposed any enhanced allocation or is it stagnant? Sir, there has been the enhancement of allocation from the total around 68,000 crores to the health sector about 8,000 crores or so. Overall health sector? Yes, sir. I am asking you a specific question. Yes, sir. On Ayushman Bharath, has there been any increase? Yes, sir. I believe there has been the increase to 8,000 crores. Before that, at the very beginning, only 2,000 crores were allocated when it came into being in September of 2018. 2019, sorry. Okay, and is it also now encouraging participation of the private sector? Yes, sir. So, more than 20,000 hospitals have already been impaneled under it. And in addition to that, to give impetus to it, via the PPP route and viability app funding, new hospitals will be made. Right, excellent. Can you tell us something about the direct tax reforms carried out or proposed in the budget? So, with respect to the direct tax reform, an amnesty scheme similar for the indirect tax payers has been proposed and in which the one-time declaration and the payment of the penalty and interest payments will be there. In addition to that, the number of the slabs have also been increased and there is many exemptions and deductions if they are not undertaken. Then for certain categories, there will be the decrease in the income tax as well. There is a tax chapter also which has been proposed to be introduced. What is that? Sir, I... What does it entail? Sir... Tax... Tax chapter, yeah. Sir, I'm not too sure of the exact what the charter entails, but I believe that it was a suggestion of the direct tax code reform panel which was set up last year. Charter means charter of rights. Yes. What the taxpayer, what kind of rights the taxpayer enjoys. Yes. And India would be the fourth country in the world to introduce this. You have been a champion sprinter, I can see from your sheet. Yes. Now, who has been the greatest female sprinter in India? Sir, the greatest female sprinter, they have been many, but if I talk about the past who brought it to the foreground, it was E.T. Usha. Okay. And... And there is a new kid on the block. Yes, sir. What's her name? Sir, there... Miss Dutichand as well as Miss Himadas. Okay. Himadas, which are her events? Sir, Himadas is... How did she come into the limelight? Yes, sir. She did something extraordinary in an international athletic meet. Which one was that? Sir, coming to the first part, Himadas generally participates in the 400 meter sprint. Yes. Yes, sir. The world junior athletic championships. She won the world medal. And what about Dutichand? Sir, Dutichand is a 100 meter sprinter. Yes. So one... I mean international... Yes, sir. Last year. Okay. And sir, I'm not aware of the game, but I think... World university champion in the 100 meters. Yes, sir. Thank you. Thank you, sir. You've conducted organ donation drives. Yes, ma'am. Why do we find that organ donation is at such a dismal level in our country? People are not willing to donate organs. Yes, ma'am. Ma'am, the reasons are multifold. They are from the societal level as well as from the health administration point of view. Coming to the societal level, there are many misconceptions amongst the people. For example, some believe that they will not go for the next or the rebirth will not be there. Or their loved one's body will be mutilated. So that is there. At the health administration or from the health personal point of view, the private hospitals who want to mint money, they seldom refrain from giving the birth a brain dead certificate quickly. And then, broadly, the other ones include that there is a widening trust deficit with respect to the healthcare sector and the people. So do we have any rules governing organ donation in our country? Yes, ma'am. What are these? Ma'am, they are governed under the Transplantation of the Human Organ Act. And if someone wants to donate the whole body, then it is under the Anatomy Act of 1994. So when someone wants to donate an organ, can you donate to a person who is not a blood relative? Yes, ma'am. And moreover, this donor's information, it is also kept anonymous. So it can be both blood as well as not blood. Okay. Now, one hears very often of this term antimicrobial resistance. What is this and why is it becoming so significantly important? Ma'am, antimicrobial resistance, as the name indicates, it is the resistance or the inability to kill the microbes, the bacteria or the viruses. Why is that so? Ma'am, there are two causes. These are natural and acquired. But it has been in news currently more so because of the acquired causes. So what is the government doing to look at this particular problem, AMR? Ma'am, the government is working at both the international as well as at the domestic level. At the international level, it is a part and a signatory of the WHO action plan on the antimicrobial resistance. And at the domestic level, they have a red line campaign in which both the chemists as well as the people are being taught which medicines are to be taken on prescription and which are not. They have a red line. Not only taking on prescription, they must complete the entire period of taking all these antimicrobials. That's one of the reasons why we are developing this problem. Yes. Okay. Now, you are a doctor. What are the problems which doctors face while they are working in hospitals? Are you aware? Yes, ma'am. Okay, let's hear. Ma'am, there are multiple problems. First of all, their workload is quite high. Ideally, one doctor should see by the international standards not more than 15 to 20 patients in an hour. That is the maximum limit. But in India, the patients are so, there is such a lot of burden that about even 100 patients are checked in one hour in the OPDs of the government hospitals. So, this is one way. So, one is workload. Yes, ma'am. Anything else? Ma'am, second is with respect to especially the recent incidents, the trust deficit which has been created between the two parties, the doctors and the patients and the lack of the counsellors, especially in the trauma centres, which leads to violence against the doctors as well. So, you say security of doctors? Yes, ma'am. That's the major issue. Security and lack of counsellors. All right. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. You are from Punjab. Yes, ma'am. We hear about this drug problem in Punjab. Yes. Is there something about what it causes and what has the government done a trust issue? Sir, Punjab's history, geography and the contemporary issues have all led to the drug problem in Punjab. First of all, coming to the geography, Punjab has had the crossroads of the Indo-Pakistan border. So, there is the golden crescent of the drug cultivation in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Secondly, coming to the historical reasons, Punjab is an agrarian state. So, in order to do the work, they required small doses of drugs which has compounded into the problem that it is today. The other reasons, contemporary ones especially, these include that there is a gap between the drug de-addiction and the rehabilitation. Secondly, we have the paucity of the enough counselling for the women especially because the load of the women drug addicts in Punjab, it is greater than the national average. What does the government do? Sir, at the domestic level of Punjab, there are various campaigns. For example, there is the Ubartha Bhatinda campaign which is by the SSP of Bhatinda which is essentially a community police initiative in which they together, they identify the chronic drug users and the law enforcement gaps, they are plugged. In addition to that, the funding for the drug de-addiction centres has also been increased. Also, a special task force has been created by the Punjab police and some very novel measures like the de-addiction centres exclusively for females are also in the pipeline. Now with some confirmed cases and suspicions about the coronavirus cases in India, what are the preventive and management measures some of them have been announced by the government recently? Yes, sir. Sir, first of all the preventive measures, they have been since the epicenter is in Wuhan, so we are doing the thermal screening at the airports and the quarantining and isolation if required. Secondly, we are spreading respiratory etiquette awareness amongst the population. And amongst the management measures that the government is taking, we have created special isolation wards and also at the level of the sepi, that is the coalition for the epidemic preparedness innovation. India is a very big forerunner in that. So we are also preparing a drug and a vaccine at the global level. What are some major public health issues in India? Sir, amongst the major public health issues, I'd like to divide it into health and its determinants, which are more important. So with respect to health, first of all the infrastructure and the funding, which has not reached the ideal level of 2.5% of the GDP till now, then we have a severe paucity at the grassroots level of the low level or the mid-level healthcare carder. It has still not been strengthened with respect to be it salary, training or even motivation. For example, Anganwari workers and the A&M workers, etc. Then, when we come to the determinants of health, then the obvious determinants include sanitation and the water connection. They also need to be looked upon. Thank you. Thank you, sir. What is the size of our budget, which has just been introduced? Yes. How much expenditure it is planned to spend? Sir, the revenue expenditure... I think in total it is around 25 lakh crores. No. So the revenue is 24 lakh crores. I'm aware of only that. No, revenue is... Yes. I'm talking of the size of the budget, which means there is intent to spend so much. Yes, sir. Then I'll ask you a question from where the revenue will come. Sir, I will check upon that. Yes, sir. 30 lakh crores. Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. It was about 27 last year. Yes, sir. 26.9, that's 30 lakh. Yes, sir. Now the question next question is, what are the sources of revenue now, which government has highlighted for this budget? Sir, the sources of the revenue in the descending order, these include first is the borrowing and the other liabilities for... First, the most important. Sir, it is both GST as well as the corporation tax. Yes, sir. Yes. So then after this comes the income tax and... No, income tax, direct and indirect, both taxes, that is the biggest component. Yes, sir. Next. So after the income tax, these include... Sir, I'll take a... Yes, take a tax. I'm telling you. GST, corporation tax followed by the income tax, then we have the... All taxation is the largest component. Yes, sir. But that there would be a shortfall if there were no other avenues for income. What are those which government is looking at? Sir, we are referring to the non-tax revenue. In particular, the disinvestment proceeds. Very good. How much? Sir, the... So it is rupees 2.1 lakh crore. Excellent. Very good. What else? So then we also have the non-debt capital receipts as well. Yes, sir. That is all? Yes, sir. We have the other borrowings also from... and the funding by the sovereign wealth funds and the foreign governments, and foreign investors as well. Right. You should check up on this. Yes, sir. I will... Yes, sir. You will ask a question about the job drug problem. Yes, sir. Is it true that 89% of the drug addicts are literate and educated? Sir, I would not be able to comment on the veracity of this figure, 89%. But yes, many drug addicts are literate in Punjab. And 83% of them have jobs. This is a central government report. Yes, sir. Central government of India. Yes. In 2015. Commissioned a report. It gives these figures. So it may not be very correct to say that it is illiterate labour and all only who are there. Yes, sir. The problem is something deeper. Yes, sir. Now, when Mr. Amarinda Singh, your present chief minister, was in opposition, he went after the... these Adali family, you know, that they are the people who are the engagement of drug mafia. Who was the man? The name? Sir, I believe it was the... Majitya. Yes, sir. Majitya. Right? Yes, sir. Son-in-law of... What has happened to that? The case has been registered. Now I don't find Mr. Amarinda Singh making any statements. Yes. What happened to that? Sir, it is still in Limbu. Limbu. Yes, sir. Why? So there are many issues and the litigation is going on. Political? I would not be able to comment on the political aspect. What is Punjab's GDP, size of GDP? Sir, it is around 15, I think, 15 lakh crores. No, it's very low. 2.76 lakh crores and it is 14th with respect to GDP. It's a little more than 5 lakh crores. Which is the highest in India? Which state? So I think it should be one of either Maharashtra or Gujarat. One from the southern states. Yes, sir. Number two? Number three? Sir, number two would be, again, Karnataka or... Tamil Nadu. Have you read something? Are you looking at newspapers carefully? Yes, sir. I tried to... The situation, the picture of the economy front looks very dismal. Right? Yes. 4.5%. And last 5 quarters, it has registered a decline in GDP growth. Yes. Consumption is low. Capacity in industry is lying idle. However, I've been reading for the last 7-8 days, there has been some very... some green shoots, as they call it, green shoots. Some indications that some of this activity is picking up. Yes, sir. Have you been able to... have you been able to make any comment on this, whether green shoots are appearing, and if so, where, in which sector? Sir, I'll try. Sir, the indicators which have been cited, which are the green shoots of the economy, have been the positive growth of the Purchasing Managers Index, PMI, the Index of the Industrial Production. PMI Invert, I mean, Industrial. Yes, sir. Yes, very good. Sir, and the... How much it has registered in January? Sir, it has become positive. It was for last 2 months. Yes, sir. November, it has from November, there is an uptake. Up to November, there was a decline. Yes. November, December, but January, it has registered a huge jump. Thank you, sir. You've read today's figure. Sir, I do not know the exact figure. 55, 55. Okay, sir, thanks. Anything above 50 means that they are ordering more and more, you know, raw material, etc. Yes, sir. So, that is... What? Industrial. Yes, sir. So, then the power output, it is also increasing. No, no, no. Don't say that. Our output is low. What else? Sir, the... There are 3 sectors you focus on. Yes, sir. Sir, in agricultural exports... Check upon this. Yes, sir. All right. How much we spend in the percentage of GDP on health? Sir, currently it is around 1.14%. 1.14%. Yes, sir. How much does Bangladesh spend? Sir, it is around 5 to 8%. I do not know the exact figure, but within this range. You are very low. Yes, sir. And as compared in the BRICS, where... How much we have... How do we compare with others? Sir, in BRICS, Brazil is investing more than 5% of the GDP than China. What is the desirable percentage we should be spending in order to improve our health care? Sir, ideally it should be around 4 to 5% of GDP. Good. Right, we close the interview here. Thank you. I will give you feedback. Yes, sir. I think I am equating the opinion of everyone here. When I say you perform very well, you have a very rational approach to things. You are able to express yourself very nicely. So that is a plus point for you. Now, we have tried to base our questions on your deaf. Yes. We started with Punjab, and then your medical, your other important strong points. And then on major current issues like economy, coronavirus, etc. We feel these are the areas which your questioning would be based. Yes. So my solution to you would be that you do two things now. One is that you take the video from here. Yes, sir. Take a look at your performance. Yes. Find an answer to these 20, 15, 20 questions we have asked you. They are all very relevant questions. Yes, sir. And find good answers. Like Punjab drug was a very important thing which you were asked. Yes. And then start reading newspapers very carefully. Yes, sir. And whatever important item is there like I told you about this green shoot today it has appeared. There is a very nice chart in financial experts. Yes, sir. Pick up that. Take it out. No. Keep those cuttings. Read them again and again. Yes, sir. That will build up your what you call, knowledge. Yes, sir. Bank. Yes, sir. So that is all we like to say. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Another question if I may ask from ma'am. Ma'am, is my attire appropriate for Mr. Perfect. Perfect. Very good. Okay. Thank you. Good luck. Thank you. You can take up your knowledge. Yes, sir. Otherwise you are going very well. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe to our channel and press the bell icon to never miss an update.