The Bill seeks to create a welfare fund for farmers at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led from the front a campaign to woo farmers and downtrodden sections of the society.
Grand plan: 10% GDP growth; 175 million jobs; $10-trillion economy
The renaming of Mewat comes within weeks of an RSS-supported think tank issuing a 'study' about the growing population of Muslims in the Mewat region.
A look into the state of Dalit entrepreneurship in the country.
Govt bosses in no hurry to exit from PSUs; many agencies, long process likely hurdles.
India grew at 7.6% in 2015-16 and at 7.2% in 2014-15.
PFRDA will invite bids to appoint pension fund managers.
The BJP will focus on the dozen constituencies that eluded it in the 2014 assembly elections. A better performance in these seats could help it reach as close as possible to the halfway mark of 44 seats by the time the next elections are held and have its own chief minister.
India's IPR framework and enforcement were comparable to those in developed countries
'It is important to improve the quality of spending.'
The party finds Uttar Pradesh members of Parliament unaware of govt schemes.
'Amid the different versions of truth on the Ishrat case, what is certain is that Ishrat's mother Shamima Kausar, who has continued to maintain that Headley's confession was nothing but an attempt by powerful people to save themselves in the case, is unlikely to find a closure anytime soon.'
Vijay Mallya has not informed Rajya Sabha secretariat about his whereabouts or that he would be leaving country.
BJP-supported students' union, aided by a friendly government, is aggressively settling historical scores with Leftist students' organisations.
The higher salaries and pension outgo will be equivalent to about one per cent of the GDP.
In 2015, the Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates by 125 basis points to 6.75 per cent.
While number of commitments inched up in 2015, its value slipped 23% to 11-year low.
FinMin officials say an announcement could be made in the Budget.
Ahead of the budget session, PM Narendra Modi appealed to the opposition to allow Parliament to function. While his call was taken positively by most of the parties, the Congress signalled that disruption will be their main weapon to raise several issues.
Yogendra Yadav, expelled co-founder of the Aam Aadmi Party, on the party's performance in the last one year.
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