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Monday, March 17, 2025
TopicModi govt 2019

Topic: Modi govt 2019

Three-time MoS, poet who provides comic relief, and NDA’s Dalit face — who is Ramdas Athawale

Athawale's Republican Party of India (RPI) did not contest a single seat this election, has no directly-elected public representative, but still enjoys a certain clout within the NDA.

PM Modi must worry. Karnataka is the latest sign of a deepening crisis ahead of 2024 LS polls

BJP needs a new narrative. The polarisation tactics, promotion of Hindutva, and dependence on Modi to deliver votes has made its electoral strategies predictable.

After Scheduled Castes commission names 3 Srivastavas for 5-member panel, govt cancels it

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes had drawn flak for ‘Brahminisation’ from various quarters, including Ambedkar’s grandson’s party VBA.

Modi govt is embracing some discarded Congress policies. But they won’t work even now

Policies like deficit monetisation, loan restructuring, higher tariffs and import licencing have been brought back to combat the economic fallout of Covid-19.

Modi govt’s NEP is out of touch with reality, Indian voters want English-medium education

State leaders with their ear to the ground, like Nitish, Mamata and Yogi, have shown that the push for native language education is not what voters want.

Modi govt accepts SC suggestion to release PSA detainee J&K bar chief Qayoom a few days early

Mian Abdul Qayoom was detained on the night of 4 August 2019, just before Modi govt scrapped the special status of J&K under Article 370 of the Constitution.

Directly employed, self-employed also ‘migrant workers’ under Modi govt’s new definition

Govt accepts Parliamentary panel suggestion to include workers with family income less than Rs 18,000/month, ‘so no one is left out of social security net’.

APMC laws had shackled farmers, Modi govt’s ordinance makes them as free as other sectors

The govt hasn’t done away with APMCs but given farmers the ability to sell outside mandis. Arguments that the ordinance violates the Constitution are flawed.

Modi govt has been on a mission to finish Hurriyat. Geelani’s exit shows it’s succeeding

Syed Ali Shah Geelani quit the Hurriyat Monday, blaming his fellow hardline separatists for ‘not reacting properly’ after Article 370 was scrapped.

More reform for IAS officers as Modi govt adds new criteria to pick joint secretaries

Starting with the 2007 batch, IAS officers can’t join the central govt as joint secretaries straight from their state cadres, a DoPT office memorandum said.

On Camera

Germany has decided to defend itself. And its war-making rhetoric can spell doom

A fifth of the voters in Germany’s just-concluded elections voted for the neo-Nazi party Alternative für Deutschland, which wants to take the country out of the European Union.

Revenue streams stagnating, Siddaramaiah guarantees & dearth of central funds push up Karnataka debt

Karnataka’s liabilities have increased from 23.97 percent of GSDP in 2022-23 to 24.91 percent in 2025-26, the state's medium-term fiscal plan has shown.

‘Unknown gunmen’ strike Hafiz Saeed’s close aide Sindhi in Pakistan; was behind Poonch-Rajouri attacks

Sindhi, a top LeT commander, oversaw drone arms drops, infiltrations into J&K, and Rajouri-Poonch attacks. He managed LeT camp in Kotli and reported directly to Sajid Jutt.

Trick or retreat: There’s a grand deception behind Indian military shortfalls, and in this column

It is fashionable to curse Rajiv Gandhi for Bofors and more, but the truth is that 1985-89 was the only period in our history when weapons acquisitions were proactive and futuristic.