Radhakrishna Doddamani is a 1st-time Congress MP from Karnataka, elected in 2024. Tejasvi Surya, 2nd-time MP, has spent Rs 1.31 crore. MPs can recommend works up to Rs 5 crore/year.
Resistance to decentralisation does not come much from All-India Service officers but from state-level political leadership who know their powers of patronage will be curtailed.
In a letter to MPs, government makes clear no fresh funds will be released until 2022 and puts a cap of Rs 25 lakh per annum per constituency for the purchases.
If the Modi govt needs more funds to fight Covid crisis, it can suspend Rs 20,000-crore Central Vista project or Rs 25,000-crore Parliament project. India needs MPLADS.
For India and the EU, the reliance on the US for security needs and on China for goods and services is associated with greater risks and vulnerability to major disruptions.
Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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