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Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Topic: NSC

House panel recommends full statutory powers for statistics body NSC to ensure data credibility

Udit Bubna -
Committee noted overlaps & discrepancies in data released by Indian Statistical Institute, NSC, MoSPI, other ministries, which have resulted in different analyses, outcomes & policy conclusions.

Inaction on communalism a political choice. NSC can make it difficult for Modi govt to ignore

Lt General Prakash Menon -
The ultimate responsibility for political inaction on the issue of communalism rests with the PM. If Modi does not act, nothing much can be done.

Modi govt keeps interest rates on small savings schemes unchanged for 2nd quarter of 2021-22

PTI -
Public Provident Fund and National Savings Certificate will continue to carry an annual interest rate of 7.1% and 6.8%, respectively.

Budget, interim budget or vote on account — media doesn’t know which one

Shailaja Bajpai -
Your daily news capsule.

Govt’s ‘malicious negligence’ to blame for National Statistical Commission resignations: Chidambaram

PTI -
Senior Congress leader Chidambaram said the resignations marked the death of another "venerable" institution under Modi's watch.

Govt increases PPF, NSC interest rates to encourage small savings & citizens welfare

PTI -
The interest rate on popular Public Provident Fund has been increased to 8 per cent for the third quarter.

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Opinion

What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

MGNREGA was democratic state-building. VB-GRAMG turns welfare back to mai-baapism

+TFP

Opposition must debate utility, provisions of VB-GRAMG. Look beyond the name

Economy

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

Apoorva Mandhani -
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Defence

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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