Topic: UPA
Aadhaar, MGNREGA, DBT, rural housing — how Modi has hijacked Congress legacy
Congress had kept the ingredients of a welfare structure ready. The Prime Minister mixed them together and added the Modi ‘tadka’ to sell them as his.
Congress, UPA parties plan front to take on Modi govt over campus violence, CAA-NRC, economy
Senior leaders of Congress, NCP, CPI, DMK & RJD are likely to meet on 13 January to devise plan. Formation of strategic group also in the works.
Modi in denial about economy is worrisome. He must first admit a problem before tackling it
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Once the Amit Shah of UPA govt, tables have turned for Chidambaram
UPA government’s most powerful minister, P. Chidambaram is now staring at the darkest abyss.
Modi 2.0 needs to undo the damage done to the economy by UPA & his own first term
Businesses aren’t investing thanks to mistakes made by UPA. But Modi 1.0 must share the blame for muted financial reforms, partisan telecom policy etc.
What separates Modi’s NDA from Manmohan Singh’s UPA – Chidambaram’s arrest
Under successive Congress regimes, no one was ‘hanged’, not because there were no lamp posts, but because the political will was missing.
Modi won’t win in 2024, unless these nine economic follies are reversed
In 2024 Lok Sabha election, it will be good economics that will deliver PM Modi a good political outcome. He needs advisers he will listen to.
Siddhartha’s death highlights troubling issue — agencies’ vigilante role can hurt business
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Budget 2019: India has a law to cap fiscal deficit but UPA and NDA couldn’t care less
No matter what the specific deficits caps, debt limits or escape clauses are, a stronger rule of law in fiscal policy is in public interest.
Bharat Ratna for Manmohan Singh? He doesn’t deserve one
Hailing Manmohan Singh may serve a political purpose for Modi, but Manmohan’s legacy is nothing to be proud of.
Why BJP and RSS workers are the new targets of militants in Kashmir
The murder of BJP leader Wasim Bari in Bandipora is another reminder that we must be steadfast in our resolve to completely erase militancy from Kashmir.
India to raise Rs 20,000 cr by selling stakes in Coal India & a PSU bank to fund stimulus
In case of Coal India, if valuations are not attractive, the company will buy back shares from the government, officials said.
Defence
Armed forces to limit flying Cheetah choppers as Covid hits spares production at HAL
HAL has reduced spare production for the ageing Cheetahs, and it has been communicated to the forces that the shortage is expected to last around 3 months.
Read my lips, forget the camera
Say Central forces' angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling.