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The Hindu Editorial Analysis
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India Managed West Asia Crisis Efficiently, Says Modi
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India successfully managed the problems created by the West Asia conflict through correct assessment, timely decisions, proper planning, good use of domestic resources, and strong diplomatic relations.
- He said India took the right decisions at the right time, correctly understood the situation, followed effective plans, used its own resources properly, and made good use of its diplomatic relations to deal with the crisis successfully.
- According to the Prime Minister, India did not have to introduce fuel rationing during the crisis, ensured that cooking gas supplies continued without interruption, and protected consumers and farmers from the effect of rising global prices.
- He said some politically motivated groups spread rumours during the crisis, but those efforts did not succeed, and such groups “may be dwelling in an abyss of disappointment.”
- Modi made these remarks while inaugurating the HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd. (HRRL) at Balotra, which is India’s first greenfield integrated refinery-petrochemical complex.
- He gave credit to India’s domestic refineries for helping the country overcome the crisis by increasing the production of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
- The Prime Minister said India is now the world’s fourth-largest refiner and will continue increasing its refining capacity in the coming years.
- He said India has regularly increased its refining capacity, has become the world’s fourth-largest refiner, and is committed to expanding this capacity even further in the future.
- Modi said there were no major disruptions in the supply of fuel and other petroleum products during the crisis, even in remote areas, except for a few small difficulties.
- He pointed out that unlike some other countries, India did not introduce petrol or diesel rationing during the crisis.
- Talking about cooking gas, Mr. Modi said the price of domestic LPG, which could have gone up to around ₹2,000 per cylinder because of global conditions, was kept below ₹950 per cylinder, while Ujjwala beneficiaries continued to get LPG at ₹650 per cylinder.
- He also said India continued to provide urea at ₹300 per bag, even though its price could have increased to around ₹3,000 per bag if India had followed the rise in global prices after the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
- While consumers and farmers were protected from higher prices, state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) suffered losses of nearly ₹75,000 crore during the quarter ending in June.
- The Prime Minister said the ₹75,000 crore loss suffered by OMCs was equal to the cost of building one refinery.
- Modi accused the previous Congress government in Rajasthan of delaying the completion of the Balotra refinery by not providing the required support.
- He said the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the refinery project was signed in 2017, but the Congress government, which was in power in Rajasthan from 2018 to 2023, did not cooperate, because of which the project almost came to a halt.
- He added that after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in Rajasthan in 2023, work on the refinery project started again.
- The Balotra refinery was originally planned to be inaugurated on April 22, but the inauguration was postponed because a fire broke out in its crude distillation unit one day earlier.
Government Directs Telegram to Take Proactive Action Against Piracy
- The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has asked Telegram to actively find and remove pirated content from its platform, instead of waiting for complaints.
- A senior government official said that Telegram has been given 15 days to reply to the Ministry’s notice.
- This move shows that the government’s action against the Dubai-based messaging platform has become stricter.
- The latest notice came after Telegram was banned for one week before the rescheduled National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
- Telegram has been accused in many court cases of taking action very late or taking very little action against piracy complaints.
- The platform has become a major centre for piracy because users can upload very large files in channels for free with very few restrictions.
- This has upset the entertainment industry because Telegram has become an easy platform for sharing pirated books, newspapers, TV shows and movies.
- Telegram founder Pavel Durov has said that the company spends tens of millions of dollars to run its services in India but does not recover those costs.
- A Telegram spokesperson did not immediately respond to The Hindu’s request for a comment on the Ministry’s notice.
- In recent years, Telegram has started responding faster to court orders and copyright complaints from private parties.
- The I&B Ministry had earlier also ordered Telegram to remove pirated content, including an order issued in March this year asking the platform to remove more than 3,100 URLs.
- Telegram followed the March removal order.
- However, the Ministry believes that only removing reported content is not enough and now wants Telegram to automatically detect and stop piracy.
- According to a note shared by a senior official, the notice is meant to change the system from removing content one by one to making the platform itself responsible for preventing piracy.
- The note also says that Telegram must follow its due diligence responsibilities under the IT Act and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
- Under Section 3(1)(b) of the IT Rules, 2021, intermediaries, including Telegram, must make reasonable efforts on their own to ensure that users do not share content that violates patents, trademarks, copyrights or any other intellectual property rights.
- Telegram challenged the one-week ban that was imposed before the rescheduled NEET examination.
- The National Testing Agency (NTA) defended the ban in the Delhi High Court, saying that it was needed to stop the spread of false information about paper leaks.
- The NTA said that Telegram has a feature that allows the timestamp of messages to be changed to an earlier time, which could help spread misleading information.
- Justice Tejas Karia ruled that the temporary ban on Telegram was reasonable and legally valid.
- Soon after this court order, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) also sent a notice to Telegram about its username feature.
- The Ministry had earlier asked WhatsApp to stop the rollout of a similar username feature.
- It is still not clear whether the IT Ministry has specifically asked Telegram to disable its username feature.
PM Says India’s Semiconductor Drive Will Create Countless Jobs
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India is now setting up semiconductor clusters across the country, and this will create a huge number of jobs and bring major economic growth.
- He said India is building the complete electronics value chain, including products, components and semiconductors. He said this will become the roadmap for achieving the vision of Viksit Bharat (Developed India).
- He said semiconductor clusters are being developed not only in Sanand, Gujarat, but also at many other places across India.
- Modi inaugurated the CG Semi Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility in Sanand and said that India’s youth will lead the future of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and next-generation technologies by using Made-in-India semiconductor chips.
- He said the plant is a good example of the government’s ‘Design in India’ and ‘Make in India’ vision.
- He recalled that he had laid the foundation stone of the project in 2024, semiconductor chip testing started in August 2025, and commercial production has now started.
- Modi said the coming AI era will create many new opportunities for skill development and learning advanced technologies.
- He appealed to the youth by saying, “Your ideas, my support,” and encouraged them not to miss the opportunities created by the AI revolution.
- He described the semiconductor industry as the next big stage of the electronics revolution that India has seen over the last ten years.
- During the event, Modi received the first semiconductor chips made at the company, and these chips will be exported to Japan.
- He said the earlier Information Technology (IT) revolution gave lakhs of Indians the chance to show their talent.
- He added that the fast growth of smartphone and electronics manufacturing later created many new jobs and encouraged innovation.
- Modi said the world is now entering the age of semiconductors and artificial intelligence, and this will create opportunities for countless people.
- The CG facility has been set up under the India Semiconductor Mission and will carry out semiconductor chip assembly, packaging and testing.
- Modi said the project has been developed with the partnership of companies from Thailand and Japan.
- He described the project as an example of technology, trust and international cooperation that will make India’s semiconductor industry stronger.
- He said the government’s aim is to build a complete semiconductor ecosystem in India, including chip design, manufacturing and packaging.
- He said he had been informed that the facility has the capacity to manufacture 20 crore semiconductor chips every year.
- He added that the company plans to increase production to more than 500 crore chips every year, which is equal to 1.5 crore chips every day.
- Modi called the project both a “success story” and a “revolution.”
- He said many women working at the plant come from villages and rural areas of the country and had completed their ITI training before joining the facility.
- He added that many of these women had never visited Delhi or Mumbai and had never even owned a passport before travelling to Malaysia for specialised training.
- He said they received training in advanced semiconductor manufacturing in Malaysia and are now helping India produce semiconductor chips.
Important Questions
- How did India successfully manage the problems created by the West Asia conflict without introducing fuel rationing?
- Why was the inauguration of the Balotra refinery project postponed before the final inauguration ceremony?
- Why has the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting directed Telegram to take proactive action against online piracy?
- How did the National Testing Agency defend the temporary Telegram ban in the Delhi High Court?
- How will semiconductor clusters contribute to employment generation and economic growth in India?
- Why did Prime Minister Narendra Modi describe the CG Semi OSAT facility as a “success story” and a “revolution”?
Important Vocabulary
- Assessment – Careful evaluation of a situation.
- Diplomatic – Related to managing relations between countries.
- Disruptions – Interruptions or disturbances in normal activities.
- Distillation – The process of separating substances by heating and cooling.
- Proactive – Taking action before problems arise.
- Piracy – Illegal copying or sharing of copyrighted content.
- Intermediaries – Platforms that connect users and provide online services.
- Due diligence – Reasonable care and responsible action required by law.
- Semiconductor – Material used to make electronic chips.
- Ecosystem – A connected system of people, industries and activities.
- Specialised – Designed for a particular purpose or skill.
- Partnership – An arrangement in which people or organisations work together.
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