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TopicInterim budget 2019

Topic: Interim budget 2019

Two pension schemes, one problem: What Modi govt didn’t learn

Renuka Sane -
India's old-age group remain without a secured pension policy. Those that came their way have either become fiscally unmanageable or soon will.

Winners and Losers: Piyush Goyal’s 2019 interim budget

Iain Marlow -
The Modi administration unveiled an interim budget full of populist goodies for farmers, the middle class and small-and-medium-sized businesses.

Economy has done much better during PM Modi’s term but not many have gained from it

Roshan Kishore, HT -
The nature of higher growth under PM Modi has been such that it hasn’t helped the most employment-intensive sectors or created jobs.

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Opinion

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

MA Venkata Rao -
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

NJ 9842 launched the Siachen conflict. Where is it actually located?

Gen Z and the art of the side quest—why purposelessness is the ultimate flex

Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

Bloomberg News -
New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

National Interest

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

Shekhar Gupta -
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.

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