Days before Supreme Court judgement on privacy, health and railway ministries had raised concerns over sharing citizens’ details for the new database.
Before the Supreme...
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
Welfare, material well being, more generally, is what all governments are expected to deliver to their citizens. Only a small part of that can be provided from the government budget. The bulk of it has to come from the economy delivering more income to the average household. If farm incomes have grown 1% annually over the last four years, the gap is too wide to be bridged by a few good schemes like LPG. So many families are dipping into savings to sustain modest consumption. The shifting political narrative since 2014 amidst a becalmed economy does not hold promise of another tsunami, one fears.
Welfare, material well being, more generally, is what all governments are expected to deliver to their citizens. Only a small part of that can be provided from the government budget. The bulk of it has to come from the economy delivering more income to the average household. If farm incomes have grown 1% annually over the last four years, the gap is too wide to be bridged by a few good schemes like LPG. So many families are dipping into savings to sustain modest consumption. The shifting political narrative since 2014 amidst a becalmed economy does not hold promise of another tsunami, one fears.