At a CSEP seminar, former telecom secretary says ‘no governance is best governance’; former MeitY secretary argues issues too complex for one unified ministry.
Employees’ union says the move came as a 'huge surprise', and in its letter to Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, writes that 'failure is on part of management'.
Highest number of SIMs were culled in Bengal (over 12 L), followed by Haryana (over 5 L). A person had taken 5,300 connections using same image with different names, says minister.
The total expense of the project will be Rs 29,430 crore to cover around 3,60,000 villages in the 16 states and will be rolled out through public-private partnership model.
The Cabinet also revised the cost estimate of the northeastern region power system improvement project and decided to transfer the sugar export subsidy directly to farmers' accounts.
After demanding $3 bn each from Vodafone and Airtel, and a reported $24 bn from GAIL India, now the govt has sought $2 bn from a fertiliser maker in Gujarat.
In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.
Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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