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Topic: Manifesto

How INDIA bloc’s Bihar manifesto offers a clear blueprint to revive the state

The INDIA bloc’s plan for Bihar is detailed and specific, unlike the Jan Suraaj Party’s vague proposals and vacuous slogans of the NDA.

MVA releases manifesto, promises 5 guarantees including caste census ahead of Maharashtra polls

The Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) & NCP (Sharad Pawar) alliance has vowed to provide Rs 3,000 financial aid to women every month as well as free bus rides to women in the state.

Ahead of Maharashtra polls, Uddhav Sena releases manifesto, promises free education, scrapping Dharavi project

According to Thackeray, the Sena-NCP-Congress alliance will stabilise prices of essential items, devise housing policy for Mumbai, & extend free education to male students.

BJP needs to be Bengalified. Go beyond rosogolla, eat pantabhaat, know what’s hodol kutkut

Words like 'ghuspethiye' or 'tushtikaran' resonate very little in West Bengal, nor do phrases like 'mangalsutra' or Amit Shah's distortion of Mamata Banerjee's 'Maa, Mati, Manush' slogan into 'mullah, madrasa, mafia'.

No populism in YSRCP manifesto, CM Jagan reiterates determination to implement 3-capital promise

CM Jagan Reddy defends his govt's track record, citing 99% fulfilment of 2019 assurances. YSRCP leaders say manifesto exudes mutual confidence between him & people of Andhra Pradesh.

Rs 3,100/quintal paddy MSP, Rs 12,000/yr to women: BJP’s Chhattisgarh manifesto one-ups Congress ‘revdis’

BJP has also promised to develop IIT & AIIMS-like institutions in every region of Chhattisgarh, besides travel subsidy for college-goers and religious tourism for elderly.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.