India has made it clear that it would not put the Maldivian crisis under the carpet. This was apparent when New Delhi turned down Male’s request to allow president Abdulla Yameen’s special envoy and foreign minister Mohamed Asim to v
There is a minor shortfall in central government’s revenue following the implementation of GST, finance minister Arun Jaitley informed parliament. He said that at the aggregate level, the states are getting their
The ideas of ‘good governance’ and ‘budget transparency’ are intricately related where one practice often influences the other. Over the past few years, the importance of transparency in governance has been amply stressed u
The Indian Railways has decided to take disciplinary action against its 13,000 employees who are on unauthorised leaves since long. This is perhaps for the first ever time that the railways has admitted that it is having a huge number of absentee
The National Health Mission, which is aimed at achieving universal access to health care by strengthening health systems, institutions and capabilities, needs to be significantly improved to become more effective. The allocations fo
There seems to be no end in sight for manual scavenging which still persists in some parts of the country. In FY 2018-19, the union government allocated Rs 20 crore to Self- Employment Scheme for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers
Mozilla executive chairwoman Mitchell Baker has appealed to justice Srikrishna headed committee on data protection for "strong recommendations and overall framework". Last year, the ministry of electronics and information technology (MEI
Minister of state (IC) for power, Raj Kumar Singh said the power ministry has issued a policy to use 5-10 percent of biomass pellets along with coal for power generation in thermal power plants. Singh was replying to a query on the
In a first, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the defence ministry on human rights violation of soldiers by stone pelters in Kashmir. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizanc
On February 8, 2018, V. Vijaysai Reddy, MP (YSR Congress) of Andhra Pradesh asked the prime minister in the Rajya Sabha about the existence of the CIC`s order, the Cabinet Secretariat`s circular and as to whether the government has any mecha
Coal imports have fallen from 217.78 Mte in 2014-15 to 203.95 Mte in 2015-16 and further to 190.95 Mte in 2016-17. The trend of fall in import of coal has continued in the current fiscal. As per the directorate general of commercial
The interlinking of river (ILR) programme has been taken up on high priority, union minister Nitin Gadkari informed parliament. The minister said that the National Perspective Plan (NPP) was prepared by the then ministry of irrigation in Au
The cabinet has approved the plan to conduct round two of Discovered Small Field (DSF) auction of 60 discovered small fields/un-monetised discoveries. Out of these, 22 fields/discoveries belong to ONGC, five belong to Oil India Limi
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, an ambitious programme aimed at the universalisation of elementary education in India, has not been fully effective. Launched in 2001, it aims to provide universal education to children between the ages of 6 t
Mumbai will continue to be covered under smog till Friday, according to SAFAR (System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research). Bandra recorded the worst Particulate Matter (PM)10 at 405 at 10:30 am, which is ‘severe&r
The government maintains that there has been no breach of Aadhaar data. “As on date, no incident of data breach has been reported from Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDA
The government on Wednesday described as unrealistic the demand that it disclose the details and value of the contract for the Rafale aircraft contracted in 2016 and stressed that it was strictly in accordance with the defence procurement procedur
When it comes to nonviolence, Gene Sharp’s influence is arguably next only to Gandhi’s. Sharp, a political scientist who continued his studies on peace and power from the Albert Eins
While the BJP and the Congress are yet to send their audit reports to the Election Commission of India, Mayawati`s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has emerged out having highest income of Rs 173.58 core during 2016-17. Surprisingly, the party could spen
India is closely monitoring the situation in Maldives which has been plunged into turmoil since February 1. So, what happened? President Abdulla Yameen has declared a state of emergency in Maldives, a
