As India celebrates 70 years of freedom, Governance Now looks back and picks 70 words – or phrases, buzzwords, slogans, events – that best define this ancient nation and young democracy. Here, you will find much to be proud of
Farm loan waivers could reduce aggregate demand by as much as 0.7 percent of GDP, imparting a significant deflationary shock to an economy yet to gain full momentum, said the Economic Survey 2016-17 Volume 2. The s
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government following the death of several children in the BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur. The commission has called for a detailed report along with the ste
In its bid to bring down energy consumption by old government buildings that consume huge amount of power, the ministry of finance has asked central government establishments to install energy efficient appliances across India. The
To meet the demand of full vehicle load perishable traffic, Indian Railways has developed high capacity parcel vans, having capacity of 23 tonnes. These vans are attached to passenger trains subject to operational feasibility. To fa
In order to bolster security, the airports authority of India (AAI) has assessed an additional requirement of 400 CCTV cameras for Chennai and 57 cameras for Madurai airport. At present, Chennai airport is having 651 CCTV cameras wh
Minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha in a reply to a question in the Lok Sabha said that air freight handled at Indian airports has grown by over 20 times from 0.08 million metric tonnes (MMT) in 1972-73 to 2.5 MMT in 2014-15.
Union minister of road transport and highways and shipping, Nitin Gadkari said the government’s commitment to develop infrastructure has bolstered the faith of investors which has resulted in 76 times oversubscription of IPO of Cochin Shipya
Last year the nation marked the 25th anniversary of the launch of economic liberalisation. Back in those tumultuous days, Yashwant Sinha was an important part of the dramatis personae involved in the reforms process. As finance minister in the s
Born in a small village near Hisar in Haryana, Pandit Jasraj comes from a family of musicians of over four generations. Jasraj was initiated to music by his revered father, Pandit Motiram. Soon after his death, Jasraj went through intensive tu
Minister of state for defence, Subhash Bhamre said that the capital expenditure on procurement of defence equipment from Indian vendors has increased from Rs 31,575 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 41,873 crore in 2016-17. B
Airports authority of India (AAI) has started undertaking restoration and expansion work at the Shimla airport. The government has made a budgetary provision of Rs 124.22 crore for restoration, extension of apron t
The Maratha community held its 58th silent rally in Mumbai on Wednesday that was supported by lakhs of people from Maharashtra. Starting from Byculla Zoo in south Mumbai, the saffron Maratha Kranti Morcha passed through JJ Flyover and ended at A
Heavily sweetened dirty deals have always raised a stink and there is no end to insatiable greed. The problem in this country is that the morbid stench of corruption is no longer overpowering. We seem to be putting the handkerchief
With the launch of the Digital India programme in 2015, the government of India has set forth its vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society. The government aims to empower every Indian denizen and enable businesses to transact
The uncertainty of cross voting keeps party leaders on their toes ahead of crucial elections. Cross voting took place in the presidential and vice presidential election as well as the Rajya S
Prime minister Narendra Modi said in parliament in February that the government has saved Rs 14,000 crore by eliminating 3.95 crore bogus ration cards using technology and Aadhaar in last two and half years. But, an RTI activist said the departmen
Article 35 A gives the Jammu and Kashmir legislature special power to frame laws to give privileges and rights to the residents of the state. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah is upset with wh
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has announced a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) — BHARAT 22 which consists of 22 stocks of CPSE’s, public sector banks and strategic holding of SUUTI. Compared to energy heavy CPSE ET
Minister of MSME/ Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Uttar Pradesh, Satya Dev Pachauri inaugurated National Small Industries Corporation’s (NSIC) Online Finance Facilitation Centre at Kanpur. This is the eighth c
