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Topic: Modi government

SC seeks Modi govt’s response on plea to fix Covid treatment costs in private hospitals

A Kolkata resident has submitted that according to insurers, private hospitals are charging for Covid treatment ‘as per their whims and fancies’.

Govt approves big agricultural reforms that’ll help farmers trade freely, get better price

Union Cabinet Wednesday cleared an amendment to the Essential Commodities Act and brought an ordinance that will allow farmers to sell their produce to anyone.

China’s animosity record towards India reflects wolf warrior diplomacy: Taiwan representative

Chung-Kwang Tien, representative of Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre in India, says India’s ‘friendly geopolitical concessions’ toward China have borne no reciprocity.

As workers reach home, Modi govt gets a second chance to redeem itself on migrant fiasco

Homecoming of migrant workers and their families will constitute a massive shock to states' local labour markets, healthcare infrastructure, and PDS.

If Modi govt had followed this 2018 SC order, migrants wouldn’t have had to flee the cities

SC had in 2018 order asked Modi govt to implement two laws aimed at welfare of construction workers. If the govt had, the migrant crisis could have been mitigated, experts claim.

States are going ahead with labour reforms, even if Modi govt is finding it hard to do so

The labour ministry has told a parliamentary panel that over 10 states have reformed some labour laws over the last year or more. A dozen more are considering them.

From Shah to Goyal, ministers laud ‘Covid-19 hero Modi’ in media blitz on NDA anniversary

Home Minister Amit Shah & Railways Minister Piyush Goyal were among multiple ministers who wrote columns in several national & regional dailies Saturday.

6 yrs on, no anti-incumbency, surveys rate Modi higher than global leaders in Covid handling

Going by the mood of the people, the BJP will win a third term in 2024. It is unlikely to give away the advantage which it has at the moment.

New PMO faces and 11 non-IAS joint secretaries in Modi govt’s 3rd lockdown reshuffle

Modi govt has increasingly sought to empanel non-IAS officers at senior positions in the government, in a bid to break their stranglehold on the bureaucracy.

Fiscal deficit zooms to 4.6% in 2019-20, up from 3.8% estimate. Tax hit, lockdown to blame

A sharp fall in tax revenues and lower-than-estimated nominal GDP has pushed the fiscal deficit ratio to levels last seen in 2012-13.

On Camera

Bihari, Jat, Madrasi, Bhaiya—workplace stereotypes aren’t harmless. They hit morale

Snide remarks serve as a skeleton for rumours and gossip, which take a toll on an employee's mental health.

No coalition-linked slowdown expected as RBI raises FY25 growth outlook to 7.2%

The central bank’s monetary policy committee also kept interest rates unchanged at 6.5%, although the number of dissenting voices grew.

For 2 years in a row, Army inked 100% contracts with indigenous firms under capital procurements

All contracts that materialised in FY 2023-24 & 2022-23 were with Indian public, private vendors. Army is looking at indigenising sustenance of weapon systems which includes spares & munition.

Modi interviews, gaffe-free Rahul, Amit Shah’s rise — 10 hot takes from 44-day elections

2024 was a one-candidate election. Modi was the only candidate for whom BJP sought votes, and he was the only opponent most of its rivals wanted defeated.