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Topic: UPA Government

We should have released a white paper in 2014 to show what was inherited from UPA: FM Sitharaman

Referring to the issuance of oil bonds during the UPA tenure, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said the Modi government is paying for the fuel price reductions done by the previous govt.

If we raise duties to make Indian industry competitive, we’ll end up close to 1991: Montek

In an interview to ThePrint, the ex-deputy chairperson of the erstwhile planning commission speaks on a range of issues concerning the economy — reforms, protectionism, trade, growth.

7-year record: UPA raised petrol, diesel prices more than BJP, but global story was different

With the price rise becoming a political issue again, here’s a look at how fuel prices have charted the course over the last 17 years.

What makes Sharad Pawar, who turns 80 today, a yaaron ka yaar despite his ‘mixed signals’

If Manmohan Singh ever writes a candid memoir, he’d tell us Sharad Pawar was his most loyal, reformist ally in cabinet, stoically putting up with frequent humiliation by Congress.

‘No work before 2014’ — Modi attacks UPA over rail coach factory in Sonia’s seat Rae Bareli

At Lucknow University's virtual centenary celebrations, PM Narendra Modi said his govt has focused on the coach factory, will make it among world’s largest.

Congress blaming UPA for poll losses because it needs scapegoats to save Rahul from blame

In episode 538 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the latest mess in Congress where leaders are blaming UPA govts for poll losses to pave Rahul Gandhi's comeback.

Modi govt’s ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ is same UPA scheme that Sonia-led NAC shot down

Task force led by then UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani had in 2011 proposed a similar scheme but never took off due to stringent opposition from Sonia Gandhi-led NAC.

Today, even atheists in India will proudly wear religion on their sleeve: Arun Jaitley

‘New India’, a collection of Arun Jaitley’s writings, provides an insight into the mind of the former finance minister, what he thought of Modi, Rahul Gandhi and AAP.

Modi govt must learn from Vajpayee on how to generate wealth from disinvestment in PSUs

The Atal Bihari Vajpayee government’s disinvestment record has still not been matched by any government. UPA government’s record has been relatively pathetic.

Delhi said no but Mamata got Kolkata Metro to change route — now houses are collapsing

Official letters accessed by ThePrint reveal several agencies had opposed realignment of the East-West Metro corridor route back in 2012.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.