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Maharashtra passes 10% quota bill for Marathas, leaves OBCs untouched

The Maharashtra legislature on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill providing 10 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tabled......

Set up delimitation panel for SC/ST quota, SC tells govt

The Supreme Court directed the Centre on Thursday to set up a fresh delimitation commission for ensuring a proportional representation of the communities specified as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled......

Should Governors Be Legally Given Time Limit To Act?

Given the politics behind it all, one possibility is for binding the governor to act according to the decisions of the state government and clarifying his position vis a vis bills and resolutions......

Why women's reservation bill is pending for 27 years

Women MPs account for less than 15 per cent of Lok Sabha strength while their representation is below 10 per cent in many state assemblies, data shows amid a renewed push for the women reservation......

'One nation, one election is a very funny suggestion'

'This means the remedy will be worse than the disease. The thing which you want to avoid will happen.' IMAGE: Narendra D Modi, the BJP's star campaigner, at a roadshow in Bengaluru, May 7, 2023,......

GST compensation: States plan political battle over delayed allocation

States are planning to pass resolutions in their legislative assemblies; however, such tactics will be used as the last resort if the Centre continues to stall allocations. Illustration: Dominic......

Political shadow looms over GST Council meet

Reaching a consensus might also get tougher, as already seen with issues like inclusion of natural gas in GST and imposition of a sugar cess, both central proposals being resisted. Illustration:......

India lost Rs 12 lakh cr due to BJP's opposition to GST: Moily

Criticising various provisions in the proposed GST regime, Moily said it will be a "technological nightmare" and the anti-profiteering provisions in it are "far too draconian." India lost a......

Consensus reached, GST to be rolled out from July 1

The consensus was reached after the Centre agreed to the demand of states to go in for horizontal split. In a major breakthrough, the Centre and states on Monday reached a consensus on sharing......

Deadlock on GST continues; fingers crossed, says Jaitley

For the third time in one month, the GST Council on Saturday failed to break deadlock over control of assessees under the new indirect tax regime, an issue that has been holding up supporting......

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Maharashtra passes 10% quota bill for Marathas, leaves OBCs untouched

Set up delimitation panel for SC/ST quota, SC tells govt

Should Governors Be Legally Given Time Limit To Act?

Why women's reservation bill is pending for 27 years

'One nation, one election is a very funny suggestion'

GST compensation: States plan political battle over delayed allocation

Political shadow looms over GST Council meet

India lost Rs 12 lakh cr due to BJP's opposition to GST: Moily

Consensus reached, GST to be rolled out from July 1

Deadlock on GST continues; fingers crossed, says Jaitley

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