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Age just a number & retirement a formality. How retired IAS officers continue to run Modi govt

Modi govt has been handpicking ex-IAS officers to helm & anchor key policy & administration. This trend started in the first term of the govt but has become more prominent over 11 yrs.

Haryana budget unveils a ‘Department of Future’, allots Rs 5,000 crore to key BJP poll promise

Haryana CM Nayab Saini, who also holds the finance portfolio, unveiled his first budget Monday. Total outlay for FY 2025-26 is Rs 2.05 lakh cr, up 13.7% hike from previous fiscal year.

Centre sitting on Rs 5.7 lakh crore in unspent cesses since 2019, LS question reveals. How it happened

Surplus likely to surge to Rs 1.32 lakh crore in 2025-26 from Rs 83,000 crore in 2019-20. States have accused Centre of relying more on cess, surcharge as they don’t have to be shared.

As Smart Cities Mission nears end, axe hangs over special purpose vehicles powering it

Special Purpose Vehicles, with their dedicated team of data, tech and engineering experts, have played crucial role in successfully implementing projects under Smart Cities Mission.

Remember pandemic, ASHA workers ask as protest for pay hike hits Day 32 amid Kerala-Centre blame game

ASHA workers in Kerala are demanding a raise in their honorarium from current Rs 7,000 to Rs 21,000, a one-time retirement benefit of Rs 5 lakh, and clearing of their pending dues.

MP’s Rs 4.21 lakh crore budget focuses on 3 key areas—women, religion & industrial growth

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government focused on women, religion and growth as it kept funding for welfare schemes largely unchanged from last year while...

Rs 20,875 cr from FY25 budget unspent, House panel flags slow pace of urban development projects

Initial allocation of Rs 82,576.57 cr was reduced to Rs 63,669.93 cr in revised estimates. House panel has recommended ministry probe reasons, take corrective measures to utilise funds.

Is Haryana facing ‘pauperisation’? BPL ration cards surge 5x, AAY beneficiaries up 20%

Responding to an unstarred question in Haryana Assembly, minister of state for food, civil supplies & consumer affairs said the surge was recorded between April 2022 & September 2024.

Put on hold before 2024 state polls, Fadnavis pushes ambitious Shaktipeeth Expressway

Maharashtra CM says more farmers are in favour of the project than against, and over a thousand have submitted letters of support.

FSSAI expert panel reviewing norms that allow 20% carbs in form of sugar in baby foods

Even as FSSAI expert panel reviews norms and prepares recommendations, experts lay emphasis on need to develop baby foods from minimally processed natural ingredients.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?