In a statement issued Wednesday, the Editors Guild said a blanket order was not the answer while also reiterating that journalists should behave with "restraint and responsibility".
The finance ministry under the Modi government has barred entry of all journalists, including PIB accredited, in the North Block without prior appointment.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tells Parliament that the number of wilful defaulters who owe money to public sector banks has risen to 8,582 from 7,535.
Senior finance ministry officials have started discussions with ministries and departments to work on the budget & Economic Survey. Focus is on social and rural sectors.
Legally, only SBI, which sells electoral bonds, is expected to have details of donors. So, political parties could claim ignorance on who donated to them.
The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Few tears will be shed. I have been posting consistently that the economic team needs a rejig, some stardust, more cerebral economists of global stature. However, it was not expected that the Finance Secretary would be jousting so openly with institutions like the RBI, which is among the top central banks in the world. This desperation to fill gaping holes in the fisc. Just yesterday it was reported that the CAG has reported to the Finance Commission that the fiscal deficit for 2017 – 18 was not 3.4% but 5.8%. No one trusts our official statistics / data any more. This is unquestionably a difficult time for the economy. No one mandarin can be held responsible or accountable. However, as someone said of Jacqueline Kennedy after her husband’s assassination, Majesty is grace under pressure.
Few tears will be shed. I have been posting consistently that the economic team needs a rejig, some stardust, more cerebral economists of global stature. However, it was not expected that the Finance Secretary would be jousting so openly with institutions like the RBI, which is among the top central banks in the world. This desperation to fill gaping holes in the fisc. Just yesterday it was reported that the CAG has reported to the Finance Commission that the fiscal deficit for 2017 – 18 was not 3.4% but 5.8%. No one trusts our official statistics / data any more. This is unquestionably a difficult time for the economy. No one mandarin can be held responsible or accountable. However, as someone said of Jacqueline Kennedy after her husband’s assassination, Majesty is grace under pressure.