According to BJP strategists, PMJAY and the PM Ujjwala Yojana will form the nucleus of the Modi government’s re-election campaign. Veena Mani, Sanjeeb Mukherjee and Archis Mohan report.......
Breaking a long tradition, the PMO has ensured that specific divisions in each ministry are allocated to junior ministers, report Sanjeeb Mukherjee and Archis Mohan. Within about a fortnight of......
All the Gujarat officers have one thing in common. They do not need Modi's 'informal interactions' and advice because they are from the 'Modi school of governance.' They know Modi well......
The information technology and telecom ministries spent a whopping Rs 53.14 lakh on fuel in two years, according to a RTI report.A look at what various other ministries spent on fuel. The petrol......
President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......
The fund, the Budget documents say, will be used for maintaining a buffer stock of pulses, onions, and potatoes and sending sufficient amounts to markets. IMAGE: Men wrapped in shawls queue to......
'We now look at divestment as an opportunity for maximising the value of public assets, not necessarily as a short-term resource-raising measure.' IMAGE: Finance Secretary T V Somanathan, right,......
Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the Covid-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by......
'It has been an ongoing process, talking to the relevant ministries about eliminating leakages and curbing non-core expenditure in various schemes.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman......
Move made keeping in mind cash position ahead of likely third wave; health, MSME and rural development spared restrictions. The finance ministry on Wednesday reimposed expenditure curbs on......