Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday claimed that Governor R N Ravi 'insulted' the gubernatorial position he holds, by not reading out the speech at the commencement of the assembly session.
'Poverty eradication is a continuous process. There is no full stop to it.'
Ahead of the assembly polls in Rajasthan, the Congress government on Saturday night issued an order for the conduct of a caste survey in the state.
There has been criticism of the official statistics ever since MoSPI came out with new methodology to estimate the GDP on the base year of 2011-12 compared to earlier 2004-05.
The four-member committee will be headed by Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi S Vempati. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said the present guidelines issued by it in 2014 on Television Rating agencies in India were notified after detailed deliberations by the Parliamentary Committee, Committee on Television Rating Points (TRP) constituted by the ministry and recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority etc.
Figures compiled by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics, under the commerce ministry, showed India's iron ore exports jumped a whopping 157 per cent to 121 million tonnes in 2012-13, compared with 47 million tonnes a year ago.
The government on Wednesday exuded the confidence that the economy would grow at a pace higher than the 7.2 per cent estimated by the statistical department for this fiscal as economic activities were picking up.
Dubai's diamond trade, mainly driven by India, Belgium and Hong Kong, in value terms fell by 13 per cent to $18 billion in 2009 due to lower rates of the precious stone
Karnataka has registered a lower rate of growth in its gross state domestic product (GSDP) compared to the national average in 2007-08. It logged a 7 per cent growth in its GSDP as against the national advance estimates of 8.7 per cent. Inflation was more or less the same as that of the country. The performance of secondary and tertiary sectors (comprising industry and services) has turned out to be a major disappointment unlike the agriculture sector, which has fared better.
A retired senior bureaucrat has alleged former Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane used "fake documents" to push for statehood to the then Union Territory way back in 1987, a charged rubbished by the latter.
Chief statistician T C A Anant says growth figure might go up once indirect tax data is fully in, however, he agrees that private expenditure is yet to pick up
Apart from the chief minister and deputy chief minister, 13 cabinet and 10 ministers of state were allocated portfolios.
Twelve of the 21 economists polled doubted whether the government could roll out the tax before the next fiscal year begins in April.
the GDP estimates incorporate new source data and modified compilation techniques
Government has forecast annual economic growth to rise to 7.4%.
Analysts expect the Reserve bank to cut rates in next monetary policy.
His resignation was even questioned in Rajya Sabha with Congress wanting a clarification.
India's latest GDP numbers do not signal robust economic growth in near term.
Search is on for reliable indicators of underlying activity.
After one year in power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pretty much on the back foot, even if he continues to display bravado in his public pronouncements. He knows within his heart that he has wasted a lot of his political capital without getting much in return, says M K Venu.
The failure of the Congress to win the hearts of even the Muslim victims of Muzaffarnagar riots exposes what's wrong with Rahul Gandhi's leadership. His statement that Pakistan's ISI was targeting the victims may have cost the party their trust. Rather, those who advise Gandhi are so brazen politically that they ask the UPA government to give reservations to the Jat community, perceived to be the aggressor by the Muslims of Uttar Pradesh.
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