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TopicPM Model Village

Topic: PM Model Village

HPCL to Reliance, Modi’s adarsh villages have hit CSR jackpot — solar lights, roads, anganwadis

While MPs complain of low resources for Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana projects, Modi’s 7 adopted villages have had no trouble drawing CSR funds, whether from govt companies or private players.

Modi promised India model villages. It is now a blot for us, say Adarsh gram voters

Former rural development minister Upendra Kushwaha says the biggest challenge is the lack of support from the state govts, the district administration not taking interest.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.