In the last financial year, the government had allocated Rs 2826.92 crore for sports, which was later revised to Rs 1800.15 crore because of lack of activity caused by the pandemic.
The education ministry's Department of School Education and Literacy has been allotted Rs 54,873 crore in Budget 2021, a decrease compared to Rs 59,845 crore last year.
Congress leaders strongly criticised the Union budget, saying Nirmala Sitharaman's speech was oblivious to the declining GDP and it was case of 'wrong diagnosis and prescription'.
There is real restructuring underway of Indian economy and a reset of our growth aspirations by Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat vision. Budget 2021 represents a gateway to post-Covid world.
Monetisation of oil and gas pipelines, airports, Railways' infrastructure can generate huge sums of money for Modi government’s infra push. But implementation is key.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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