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Will Budget 2023-24 be populist or pragmatic? Brokerages weigh in

Budget to focus on rural India, capex, and manufacturing push, as well as prioritising macro stability

Explained: Why Chinese electronics companies are getting a break in India

A small policy relaxation outside the rubric of Press Note 3 is designed to help global and domestic electronics manufacturing build a local supply chain ecosystem

PSE dividends likely to cross govt's target for first time in 8 years

The government has so far garnered Rs 36,835 crore, which is 92 per cent of the Budget estimate of Rs 40,000 crore

iNCOVACC: All you need to know about world's first intranasal Covid vaccine

The vaccine been approved for use as a primary as well as a heterologous (mix-and-match) booster dose in India

Budget 2023-24: T V Somanathan to Ajay Seth, meet the FM's crack squad

The Modi government will present its last full Budget on February 1 as the 2024 Budget will be a vote on account because the nation will be heading for the hustings from April next year

Govt impartial in honouring people: Ramdas Athawale on Padma awardees

Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Thursday while speaking about the Padma awardees said that the government is impartial in honouring people

Govt instilled new hope among people by bringing radical changes: Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said in the last eight years, the state government has instilled new hope among its citizens by bringing radical changes in the system while working with the vision of "maximum governance minimum government." "We have focused on the upliftment and welfare of every individual, as a result of which the graph of the Ease of Living and Happiness Index is continuously rising in the state," said Khattar. He was addressing the gathering after hoisting the national flag at the 74th Republic Day celebrations held at Jagadhri in Yamunanagar, according to an official statement. He also paid floral tribute to the martyrs at the war memorial. He inspected the parade by contingents of Haryana Police, Women Police Contingent, Home Guard, NCC Battalion and Scouts, etc. Khattar urged the people to take a pledge to keep national unity and integrity intact and work unitedly for the happiness and prosperity of the country and the state. "Today is

Centre to sell 3 million tonnes of wheat in open market to cool prices

Stock in central pool was 24.4% more than buffer requirement as on January 1; prices at record high of Rs 31-32/kg

Sudha Murty, Mulayam Singh, Zakir Hussain win Padma Awards: Full list here

This year, President Murmu has approved 106 Padma Awards, seven of which go to posthumous recipients

Govt unhappy with wrestlers' behaviour, unlikely to reconstitute committee

The government is unhappy with the wrestlers' behaviour and will not reconstitute the oversight committee formed to probe the sexual harassment charges against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Sports Ministry sources said on Wednesday. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur had on Monday announced that a five-member oversight committee, headed by legendary boxer M C Mary Kom, will investigate the charges against the Wrestling Federation of India boss and also manage the day-to-day affairs of the sports body. Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sarita Mor and Sakshi Malik, who staged a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar for three days demanding the sacking of the WFI president, expressed disappointment that they were not consulted before the formation of the committee. "The ministry has no plans to reconstitute the oversight committee to probe the allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh," a ministry source told PTI on Wednesday. "We have formed a fair committee under Mary Kom which w

Cong slams govt as India unable to patrol at 26 out of 65 points in Ladakh

Slamming the NDA government over reports that India is not able to patrol at 26 out of the 65 Patrolling Points in Ladakh, AICC spokesperson Pawan Khera on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "gave a clean chit to China" in 2020 by saying that the nieghbouring country has not entered into our territory. Citing media reports on the issue, he said every citizen should be concerned about the country not being able to patrol at those points and that the Prime Minister is not concerned. "And, why it happened? Because, June 20, 2020... the Prime Minister of this country gave a clean chit to China that China has not entered," Khera, Chairman of AICC's Media and Publicity department, told reporters here. The valour of 20 of our brave soldiers has been insulted, he said. China is feeling confident now that, whatever it does, PM "Narendra Modi ji would close his eyes" to save his image and say that China has not done anything wrong, he alleged. Khera, who claimed that the ..

Govt to sell 3 mn tonnes of wheat from buffer stock to curb price hike

The government will sell 30 lakh tonnes of wheat in the open market from its buffer stock to control rise in prices of wheat and wheat flour (atta), sources said. The average prices of atta have risen to around Rs 38 per kg. The food ministry will offload 30 lakh tonnes of wheat under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS), they said. Wheat stocks will be sold to flour millers and traders among others. On January 19, Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra had said the retail prices of wheat and wheat flour (atta) have increased and the government will soon take measures to control the rising rates. Under the OMSS policy, the government allows state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) to sell food grains, especially wheat and rice, at pre-determined prices in the open market from time to time to bulk consumers and private traders. The purpose is to boost the supply during the lean season and moderate the general open market prices. Even the flour millers have demanded the government to offloa

Punjab & Sind Bank upgrades its FY23 guidance for NIMs, credit costs

S K Saha, managing director and chief executive of the bank, said the lender is trying to create an image of a niche bank

Govt blocks access to BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots, says report

The Centre has issued directions for blocking multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to the BBC documentary "India: The Modi Question", sources said

Prioritising stability over growth

The backdrop of the Budget augurs well for the government, but a closer look calls for a cautious approach

Govt allocates 3 more coal blocks for commercial mining activities

The government on Tuesday allocated three more coal mines under commercial mining to the successful bidders

Govt cannot allow constitutional crisis if societies don't participate: Rio

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio said that the state govt cannot allow any constitutional crisis in the event of civil societies remaining firm on not participating in the coming state assembly election

Reduce pendency of public grievances, official work: Centre to secretaries

In a move aimed at furthering ease of governance, the Centre has asked secretaries of all its departments to reduce pendency of public grievances and government works to the minimum. It has also asked them to devote at least three hours a week for ensuring that pendency of work is at its lowest level. Pendency of work includes references from members of Parliament, parliamentary assurances, inter-ministerial and state government references, files to be weeded out by them, public grievances and their appeals, and pending swachhata campaign sites where cleanliness activities need to be intensified and office space freed from unwanted material or scrap. The move is inspired by the success of the country's largest cleanliness drive, spearheaded by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), undertaken in October last year. "Government has decided to institutionalise the special campaign 2.0 activities of 'swachhata' and reduce pendency on a continuing basis

Plans afoot to step up natural paint output from cow dung in Chhattisgarh

Paint manufacturing from cow dung was started in selective Gauthans (cattle-sheds) set up by the state government under the scheme

Fair price shop owners oppose decision to stop PMGKAY, threaten agitation

Fair price shop dealers have opposed the government's decision to stop the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY), saying that they will incur a loss of Rs 484 crore due to the move