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Thursday, July 24, 2025
TopicRural schemes

Topic: Rural schemes

Govt cut funding on rural jobs scheme to Rs 600 billion in 2023-24, as per Budget 2023

The allocation is lower than the revised 894 billion rupees spending outlay for 2022-23, and the smallest since 2017/18.

The rurban mind

Increasingly, numbers & political clout is moving from villages to cities. Being more exposed to media, cities are influencing political agenda more than politicians understand.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.