There’s been bad blood between Haryana minister Anil Vij and CM Manohar Lal Khattar since that latter took over CID, which usually falls under the home minister.
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala claimed that a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report had exposed the "nexus" between the Khattar government and mining contractors.
Of the 10 MLAs, eight are from BJP, one is a JJP legislator and another is an Independent. Khattar inducted 6 as cabinet rank ministers while 4 were made ministers of state.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
COMMENTS