Tag: Modi Govt

New Delhi: Attacking the Narendra Modi government over its differences with RBI Governor Urjit Patel who resigned on Monday midway through his term, former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the Modi government thinks it owns the RBI. He also hoped that the new Governor, Shaktikanta Das, although a vocal supporter of the […]

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday welcomed the Modi government’s decision to build a corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Punjabs Gurdaspur district to the International Border to facilitate Indian pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan. He, however, cautioned that there could be many hurdles to cross. “It’s […]

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday proposed the draft of a new Act with which it seeks to replace the University Grants Commission (UGC) — the principal funding body for universities. Announcing the draft of the Act which is likely to repeal the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Narendra Modi government’s foreign policy and said “new US visa rules is a huge setback for India”. “New US visa Rules, huge setback for India. There are some things a hug can buy. For visas, you’re on your own,” tweeted Gandhi, attaching a Times of India story […]

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday gave its approval for continuation of centrally-sponsored Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) from April 1 this year to March 31, 2020. The scheme aims to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio of the country to 30 per cent by 2020. In its second phase, it also aims […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday said it has agreed to amend the regulation for admission to PG medical courses increasing the percentage of seats reserved for disabled persons from three to five per cent. “The percentage of seats has been increased in accordance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities […]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved establishment of 58 new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals across the country, an official statement said. Of this, eight medical colleges have already started functioning in last three years, while the remaining 50 would be made functional by 2019-20. […]

Bhubaneswar: Post Interim Budget, Sensex ended 212.74 points higher at 36,469.43 while Nifty rose 62.70 points to 10,893.65… And Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan somehow seemed right in calling the Interim Budget 2019-20 the ‘second surgical strike’ by the Narendra Modi government. Paswan said, “The first surgical strike was on the border. Soldiers fought it […]

Bhubaneswar: Spewing of venom at each other over rising unemployment in Odisha, it seems like the BJP and the ruling-BJD are leaving no stones unturned to use it as a weapon to capture the youth vote bank ahead of the 2019 general elections. While the BJP today locked up employment exchanges across Odisha, the BJD […]

Bhubaneswar: With Arun Jaitley returning as the Finance Minister, hopes have again started taking shape and the CG employees feel good news might come in their way soon. Besides, media reports are there that the concerned ministry was in wait for Jaitley to return to take up the matter. There’s no doubt that even after […]

At a time when the Central government employees are still having their fingers crossed over further hike in the minimum pay as against the recommendation of the 7th Pay commission, the Haryana government has decided to increase salary of its serving guest teachers by up to 25 per cent. The northern Indian State has reportedly […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: At a time when the demand of hike in minimum pay of the central government employees is yet to be met by the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, rumours are making rounds that the government is ‘intentionally’ dilly-dallying the issue for vested political interests. “The Modi government is stretching the issue eyeing the 2019 […]

Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetization of currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1, 000 denomination, I remember reading ‘Swaminomics’, Swaminathan S Ankleasria Aiyar’s weekly column in The Sunday Times of India, where the veteran journalist had estimated that about Rs. 3 lakh crore out of the nearly Rs. 16 lakh circulating […]

In a glaring indicator of the growing tensions in India's immediate neighbourhood, it has now emerged that there were a whopping 11,424 Ceasefire violations (CFVs) on the border under the seven years of the NDA government, compared with just 523 CFVs during the UPA's 10-year rule.

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is reportedly mulling to hike the minimum pay of the Central government employees beyond the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission. A hike in the minimum pay is a long-standing demand of the CG employees. On January 28, Chief of National Joint Council of Action (NJCA), Shiv Gopal Mishra […]