In episode 1617, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta delves into the govt's Single Nodal Agency model, underutilisation of funds, and its implications amid India's growing borrowing burden.
This system has also meant that the Centre can transfer money to states for a scheme exactly when they need it, rather than having to park funds in bank accounts for the full fiscal year.
Money will be disbursed only after the Centre is assured that funds secured under the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment will have its branding, says an official.
Infrastructural crisis at the Indian judiciary has a lot to do with political apathy that obstructs necessary transformation of a key arm of government.
States like Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu & West Bengal have said while government’s share in centrally sponsored schemes has reduced over the last few years, that of states has increased.
New Delhi is examining the legal implications of the latest set of American investigations into Indian exports under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974, it is learnt.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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