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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicJal Shakti ministry

Topic: Jal Shakti ministry

Modi pointsman Bharat Lal sent to key water ministry in bureaucratic reshuffle

IFS officer Vivek Kumar appointed private secretary to PM, as Sanjeev Singla heads to Israel and Indevar Pandey goes to DONER.

Modi govt’s big water push in Budget 2019: Rs 8245 crore for Jal Shakti ministry

No allocation for ‘Har Ghar Jal’, Nirmala Sitharaman says the programme will be merged with other central and state schemes to ensure water security.

Deadline to clean Ganga is next year but less than 30% of sewerage infra is ready

Of the 150 sewage treatment plants sanctioned under Namami Gange, only 42 have been completed as on 31 May, shows Ministry of Jal Shakti data.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

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?