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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicVajpayee govt

Topic: Vajpayee govt

Vajpayee govt set a standard in accountability. Now, govt bodies deflect questions on poverty

The results of the CES 2022-23 showed a dramatic decline in poverty. It didn’t take long for economists to identify the problems: a faulty methodology and the lack of transparency.

BJP-Jat ties fraying at both ends. Dwindling electoral support, just 2 junior ministers in Modi 3.0

Jats rallied around BJP after Vajpayee govt included them in OBC list. Twenty-five years later, community’s voting trend in 2024 shows declining trust between Jats and BJP.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was full of innovative ideas, many of which continue to shape India

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a charismatic personality whose assimilative nature won many admirers. But it was his leadership that gave India transformative policies.

SubscriberWrites: Vajpayee’s statesman politics demands a comeback

Whether Vajpayee was in power or in the opposition, his credibility was neither created nor staggered due to gain or loss of power, writes Nischal Vats.

Vajpayee cabinet members deny Yashwant claim that Mamata offered to go to Kandahar during hijack

Yashwant Sinha claimed while joining Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress that she had offered to go and secure the release of IC-814 hostages.

Vajpayee-Advani imagined an all-India NRC and Modi-Shah added a Muslim filter

All-India NRC and CAA are both part of the same law, the Citizenship Act, added by Vajpayee-Advani in 2003 and Modi-Shah in 2019, respectively.

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.

Modi govt disinvesting in PSUs crucial but here’s why privatisation is easier said than done

Modi government's disinvestment decision is already facing stiff opposition from employees of BPCL, Container Corporation of India, and even the Swadeshi lobby.

From Article 370 & Sonia Gandhi to Pakistan & FTV, Sushma Swaraj minced no words

BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj, who passed away Tuesday, was fiery, passionate and provocative and not one to cower down to a verbal challenge.

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Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.