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Art 370 won't be restored even if Indira Gandhi returns: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will not be restored even if Congress stalwart and late PM Indira Gandhi......

Modi Govt listens and acts only on Twitter: Nitish Kumar

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Gaya, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday took a jibe at his government, saying the Centre responds and acts only on networking site......

BJP lost polls wherever Modi campaigned: Digvijaya

Taking a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his visit to Hyderabad, where he is slated to address a public meeting on Sunday, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that the......

Don't play politics on special status issue: Congress

Rejecting Nitish Kumar's charge that Bihar was being discriminated against and ignored by the United Progressive Alliance government, Congress said nobody should play politics on the issue of......

Bihar special status: Set up expert panel, Nitish tells PM

Expressing disappointment over the rejection of special category status toBihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up an expert committee to......

Only 27% of backward region fund spent in 9 months

Only around 27 per cent of the funds allocated to the flagship Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) in the budget has been spent in nine months of the fiscal year. The money is sitting in Delhi and......

Norms for backward states' funding to be tweaked

To rope in more allies ahead of the general elections, the United Progressive Alliance government might redefine the criteria for allocation of funds under the Backward Region Grant Fund and......

For now, Bihar likely to get just a 'backward' boost

Bihar might have been making a very strong pitch to obtain the status of a special-category state, but it could end up getting only the funds it gets under the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF)......

Govt hints at raising NREGS grants by 50%

The Union government is on a social sector roll. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had indicated that the United Progressive Alliance government was going to make the social sector the centrepiece......

Fiscally ailing states to get aid

Bailout packages for fiscally stressed states are in the works, as the government seeks to garner political backing for the key policy reforms it plans to fast-track after the five state elections.......

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Backward Regions Grant Fund

News for Backward Regions Grant Fund

Art 370 won't be restored even if Indira Gandhi returns: Amit Shah

Modi Govt listens and acts only on Twitter: Nitish Kumar

BJP lost polls wherever Modi campaigned: Digvijaya

Don't play politics on special status issue: Congress

Bihar special status: Set up expert panel, Nitish tells PM

Only 27% of backward region fund spent in 9 months

Norms for backward states' funding to be tweaked

For now, Bihar likely to get just a 'backward' boost

Govt hints at raising NREGS grants by 50%

Fiscally ailing states to get aid

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