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TopicUday scheme

Topic: Uday scheme

Risks from Modi govt’s power sector reform to state finances higher than envisaged: RBI

Under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana, or UDAY, states were to take over 75% of power utilities’ debts & include it in their fiscal deficit calculations.

Modi govt’s Uday scheme loses steam, power discom debts back to pre-2015 levels: Crisil

Report by rating agency Crisil suggests government 's Uday scheme not working, says states may implement another bailout or take 'hard decisions'.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.