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Monday, July 28, 2025
TopicModi Govt

Topic: Modi Govt

Opposition is feeble. Modi & BJP will have to walk the extra mile to keep it alive

The grand failure of the Congress in the elections has led to a very strange situation in the Lok Sabha.

Modi govt planning to raise income tax exemption limit to revive economy

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is considering raising income tax exemption limit for working-age individuals to Rs 3 lakh from Rs 2 lakh at present.

IAS, IFS, IRS officers hail Modi govt crackdown on ‘corrupt’ colleagues

Most IAS, IRS, IFS officers ThePrint spoke to welcomed Modi govt’s move to forcibly retire 'corrupt' officers and said it would make bureaucracy productive.

Modi govt likely to bring law to protect doctors, says head of Indian Medical Association

IMA president Santanu Sen tells ThePrint the association is ready to break doctor impasse but wants Modi govt to give written assurance of a law first.

RBI to the rescue – Modi govt eyes bank’s Rs 9.6 trillion surplus to beat economy blues

Suggestions to transfer RBI surplus to the treasury led to a showdown between the Modi government and the central bank last year.

Dalit IAS, IRS officers say absence of quota in Modi govt lateral entry scheme is illegal

Modi govt policy to induct domain experts into the civil service does not provide for quotas, a decision labelled unfair by Dalit IAS, IRS officers.

Nirmala Sitharaman’s first budget should tell the truth about India’s economic crisis

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman should restore fiscal sanctity & control while energising her audience with long-term reform policy initiatives.

Modi govt to recruit 40 more domain experts in second push for lateral entry

The Modi government recruited nine domain experts earlier this year who will be appointed as joint secretaries for a 5-year period.

Modi govt wants to define e-prescription format to regulate online sale of medicines

Government to examine laws in developed countries and their format of designing online prescriptions before formulating policy.

Household savings hold the key to funding Modi govt’s mega infrastructure plans

Large financing needs of infrastructure require long-term financial savings of households to increase but they actually show a steep decline in recent years.

On Camera

A year after Bangladesh’s Monsoon Revolution, a parched summer looms ahead

Mob violence, Islamist rise, and political collapse haunt Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster. Can April 2026 elections restore order?

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.