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PM Modi to discuss Covid-19 shutdown with Parliament floor leaders today
The meeting will take place amid intense pressure from the states to continue the nationwide 21-day lockdown in an effort to flatten the Covid-19 curve and keep number of cases at a minimum.
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PM should have consulted states before imposing lockdown: Bhupesh Baghel
Congress President Sonia Gandhi had in her address to the Congress Working Committee on Thursday termed the 21-day nationwide lockdown "unplanned"
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Covid-19: Centre advises states, UTs to impose curfew to keep people inside
A top functionary of the central government has called up some of the chief ministers and apprised them of the necessity of imposing the curfew if people continue to venture out of their homes
Stories from the states: How enumerators are dealing with suspicion
While the Kerala government has vehemently opposed CAA and NPR and has said that it will not collect data for these, people are anxious
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MP, Odisha among top five performers in national land records index
Performance of several industrially-developed states, such as Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat, was middling on the Index
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ICEA writes to FM, major states asking not to hike GST rate on cellphones
The letter alleged that there are "distortions in the GST rate on components" which ICEA finds illogical
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States may not get GST compensation in full, says Finance Ministry
Centre for rate hike to make up for Rs 30K-cr revenue gap
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State have rights to oppose CAA unless declared constitutional by SC: Sibal
His remarks came a day after he had said there is no way a state can deny the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) when it is already passed by the Parliament.
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Electrical equipment makers stare at Rs 800-cr dues from states, Centre
This segment wants to disassociate itself from the power sector
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States' borrowings see a rise
The total borrowing so far this financial year by all states have neared Rs 3.2 lakh crore
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Some states are better placed than others
As states are at different levels of development, trends at the aggregate level tend to mask underlying differences.At the aggregate level, states expect their own revenue to grow 16 per cent in 2016-17 but there is wide variation. The newly formed state of Telangana expects its revenue to grow at a staggering 40 per cent in 2016-17. Uttarakhand and Goa expect their tax revenues to grow at a robust 26 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively. On the other hand, Chhattisgarh has budgeted for a three per cent decline in its own revenues. Others, such as Punjab and Odisha, have budgeted for a five and eight per cent increase in their revenues, respectively.While much has been written about the sharp increase in devolution to the states after the 14th Finance Commission, many are more reliant on their own revenue. Haryana, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have their own revenue accounting for roughly 73 per cent of their total revenue receipts. The balance, 27 per cent, is transfers from
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