18 ministers — 9 from Sena rebel group & 9 from BJP — take oath, 40 days after Shinde & Fadnavis were sworn in. Opposition had claimed lack of a cabinet was affecting governance.
The Narendra Modi government is looking at ways to check states’ spending on handouts like free electricity and rations. The first step is to tighten the noose on state borrowings.
Bengal CM Mamata raised the issue with Modi govt during her visit to Delhi last week. In April, Bengal chief secretary wrote to Union govt seeking more IAS and IPS officers.
Spread out over 36,328 sq ft, PM's Residence Complex will come up on Dara Shikoh Road near South Block in Delhi. September 2024 deadline set for completing & handing over project.
RBI data shows Indian discoms owe power generation firms over Rs 4.5 lakh crore, almost a third of which is owed by Tamil Nadu, where power subsidy cost is twice that of food subsidy.
UP PWD minister's OSD was removed & 5 officials were suspended last month after committee formed by CM Yogi Adityanath found 'irregularities' in transfer of engineers.
TMC govt intends to carve out 7 new districts from existing ones for 'better governance', but the proposal has riled many, especially in Nadia and Murshidabad.
Discussion will take place at NITI Aayog's governing council meeting. The tax is at present levied by 21 state govts, with urban local bodies in only a few places authorised to impose & collect it.
Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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