Twenty states independently show more than a 14% increase in their revenues, courtesy the two years of GST, writes former finance minister Arun Jaitley.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman targeted on social media after govt move to 'compulsorily retire' senior IT Department official Sanjay Kumar Srivastava.
While Arun Jaitley opted out and Sushma Swaraj didn't fight polls, others such as Maneka Gandhi & Rajyavardhan Rathore couldn't find a place in new govt.
As Arun Jaitley opts out of govt and Modi tries to persuade him to continue, read this December 2015 National Interest on why Jaitley’s so vital for Modi.
Arun Jaitley, who was finance minister in Modi's previous cabinet, had a kidney transplant last year. Jaitley wrote he will undertake any work informally to support govt or BJP.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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