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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicAMRUT

Topic: AMRUT

Government launches 3 landmark urban initiatives

ThePrint Team -
AMRUT, Smart Cities Mission, and PMAY-U aim to improve quality of life in urban areas.

Municipal bonds not a hit among urban local bodies, low creditworthiness a big hurdle — infra report

Risha Chitlangia -
Other factors include easy availability of govt funds, lack of political will to improve service delivery & systemic absence of timely audits, says India Infrastructure Report 2023

Maharashtra civil servants will be judged on how well they implement Modi schemes

Manasi Phadke -
The urban development department under CM Devendra Fadnavis has set KRAs for tasks such as Swachh Bharat & Smart Cities mission.

‘Muni’ bond to the rescue. After Indore’s success, cities eager to raise their own funds

Mahua Venkatesh -
Madhya Pradesh is taking the lead in ‘muni bonds’ with cities such as Gwalior, Jabalpur and Bhopal set to follow suit.

On Camera

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Opinion

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

Manvendra Singh -
The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Why India should let the rupee fall

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

Snehesh Alex Philip -
With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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