The govt mandated that companies sell the equivalent of 50% of their gasoline exports and 30% of their diesel exports domestically in current fiscal year to 31 March.
Recent appointments include actress-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar being made National Commission for Women member & ex state chief C.P. Radhakrishnan becoming Jharkhand Governor.
Maulana Azad National Fellowship for PhD scholars & pre-matric scholarships scrapped. Finance minister said those chosen before 2022 will get funds, but students claim money wasn't received.
It is now clear that the 2016 demonetisation was more an avoidance of representatives and creation of a fig leaf of legitimacy by exerting pressure on the RBI.
The nuances of demonetisation, the amount of hard work put in and the course corrections done during the implementation are known only to the govt. It's time to tell Indians about it.
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration has roped in experts from World Bank, IMF SARTTAC & revamped study module for IAS trainees to change bureaucratic system.
Macaulay's intent was quite different from what has been propagated by Indian leaders and public intellectuals, who love to live in their own sectarian mental chambers.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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