Ramesh said the local leadership and admitted there were shortcomings in the party's campaign there.
GDP growth of 7.7 per cent in the first half of this fiscal has "left sceptics gasping and woefully behind the curve", an RBI article said on Wednesday. It also stressed the buildup in the growth momentum is likely to be sustained. The article on the state of the economy published in the Reserve Bank's December Bulletin on Wednesday also said CPI-based retail inflation is expected to ease to 4.6 per cent in the first three quarters of 2024-25 from 5.6 per cent in November.
The proposal had attracted strong criticism from the salaried class.
In the all-party meeting on Tuesday, Opposition parties demanded discussions on price rise, unemployment and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) quota among other issues, sources said.
Allocation of portfolios would be the immediate vexatious issue for the party, with supporters of Virbhadra Singh already feeling sidelined after the elevation of the late chief minister's professed rival Sukhu.
The fact that Gehlot has stayed relevant these five years with his populist schemes is one reason why he may beat incumbency in a state that votes for change every election, observes Ramesh Menon.
A look at how people from different walks of life analyse the Budget.
A pension disbursing bank can access the portal to get digital life certificate.
A federation of various railway employee unions has decided to launch a countrywide 24-hour hunger strike on Tuesday to demand better package for railway employees and scrapping of new pension scheme.
The demands include better package for trackman, upgradation technician's grade, improvement of pay scales of running staff and clearance of arrears, among others.
If re-elected, his government will set up a National Traders' Welfare Board, bring trader credit cards and a pension scheme for small shopkeepers besides making a provision to provide loans of up to Rs 50 lakh without collateral.
A land-owning class, the Jats are a powerful community and account for 28 per cent of Haryana's population. The time, they believe, has now come for them to take revenge.
'Any earnings, regardless of location, will be subject to Indian income tax.'
Employees of the State Bank of India will go on an indefinite strike countrywide from Monday demanding enhanced pension package.
Mutual funds (MFs) have stepped up equity purchases after staying on the fence for over two months. Their net equity investments reached a four-month high of Rs 7,700 crore in July, rising for the fourth consecutive month after withdrawing a net of Rs 5,100 crore in April 2023. This trend continued in August, with net investments of Rs 3,400 crore in the first three trading sessions, according to data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
It had earlier proposed cutting it down to Rs 250 crore due to slow progress in enrollment of new employees.
As he said this, he set the target of winning 156 seats in the assembly election due later this year.
The tax authorities and insurance regulator Irda are working on the possibility of removing Service Tax on first premium.
About 70 ex-servicemen on Tuesday sat on a dharna at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi against the delay in implementation of the 'One Rank, One Pension' scheme even as the relay-hunger strike by retired soldiers on the issue entered its ninth day.
Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said one of the primary focus areas of Digital India is Pillar 5: eKranti - electronic delivery of services.
The social activist said the OROP issue was agreed upon by the government in 2014 but was not implemented.
Thousands of public sector bank employees across the country now have reason to rejoice.
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said the diaspora community has been contributing significantly to India's economy by sending billion of dollars in remittances and government is launching the scheme to support them on their return to the country.
The NPR data can be used for transparent and efficient delivery of social benefits by linking it with various beneficiary oriented government schemes, they said.
The government had earlier stipulated documents such as PAN card, matriculation certificate, passport, CGHS card and driving licence as proof of age for old pensioners.
Mutual funds are set to bag a huge chunk of the nearly Rs 3,05,000 crore cash reserves of the public sector companies.
Dhrupadi Ghosh, who works for a magazine in Kolkata, tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar what she would like to see in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget.
Ex-servicemen on Saturday protested against the delay in issue of official notification by the government to 'one rank one pension' scheme as announced by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in September.
The government on Monday announced that it has credited revised pensionary benefits along with arrears under One Rank-One Pension scheme to more than 2 lakh pensioners drawing service and disability pensions.
Private sector has continued to look at outsourcing and offshoring, despite government's measures.
"There has been a 0.05 percentage points decline in the share of allocation for child budget to the Union Budget from 2.35 per cent (2022-23 BE) to 2.30 per cent (2023-24 BE).
RK Dhowan stressed that OROP has been a "priority area" and the issue has been taken up with the ministry.
The government on Tuesday said it is not formulating any policy for implementing 'One Rank One Pension Scheme' for paramilitary forces.
"I am personally averse to sealed covers. There has to be transparency in court... This is about implementing orders. What can be secret here," the CJI said.
The finance ministry on Wednesday allowed all private sector banks to participate in government-related business, like collection of taxes. pension payments and small savings schemes. At the moment, only few large private sector are allowed to conduct government-related business.
EPFO has an ambitious plan to settle the claims within few hours after filing of application
