Breaking a long tradition, the PMO has ensured that specific divisions in each ministry are allocated to junior ministers.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked NITI Aayog to frame policies to propel India into the next century.
Behind sprinter Dutee Chand's rise is a hidden journey filled with pain and hardship.
In its manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had criticised the Congress-led UPA regime for "policy and decision paralysis".
The committee would submit its report in the next two weeks.
The current salary paid by the Delhi government amounts to 17 per cent of the total expenditure.
Many claim they fear witch hunts for disagreeing with those in power.
The textile industry is the second-largest employer in the country, employing about 32 million, and the government is banking on it to absorb millions of youth.
Besides reviving investor sentiments, Vasundhara Raje's regime has brought reforms in the social sector.
There are about 85 million milch cows -- those that produce milk -- in the country.
The logic behind the BJP targeting Mayawati's votes.
She has been losing her party's core voters since the 2007 assembly polls, whereas the Samajwadi Party has managed to keep its flock together. The BJP believes she is a soft target.
The review stresses on creating conditions for growth that is employment-friendly.
DD Kisan in the past year has clocked an average direct viewership of 500,000 to 10 million.
Of the first 189 whose credentials have been probed from the 400 applicants till date, barely 30 make it - and only one qualifies for IPR benefits.
The country had imported 5.5 million tonnes of pulses last year.
IFC will act as a transaction advisor for the projects to be developed in the public-private partnership mode.
Official panel points to bid deficiencies in rural job guarantee, pensions, housing and other programmes.
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh (all BJP-ruled), Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Kerala are among the worst performers.
Agriculture and processed food exports dropped to a five-year low of $24 billion in 2015-16.
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