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Dilli Gupshup: What was Modi thinking?

Dilli Gupshup: What was Modi thinking?

Rediff.com19 Aug 2013

All the Gupshup from Dilli...

Cong didn't even spare 'Mahadev': Modi on betting app row

Cong didn't even spare 'Mahadev': Modi on betting app row

Rediff.com4 Nov 2023

"The Congress government and the chief minister should tell the people of Chhattisgarh what link they have with the accused in this scam sitting in Dubai," he said.

5 questions for NaMo

5 questions for NaMo

Rediff.com15 Nov 2013

An occasional quiz to improve Narendrabhai's grasp of Indian history...

What's your agenda for Narendra Modi? Tell us!

What's your agenda for Narendra Modi? Tell us!

Rediff.com17 Jun 2013

Given Modi's online interests, who knows, your suggestions may just catch his camp's attention!

Action against corrupt people creating new polarisation in politics: Modi

Action against corrupt people creating new polarisation in politics: Modi

Rediff.com1 Sep 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that action against corrupt people in the country has resulted in a new polarisation in national politics, with certain political groups openly trying to get organised into a unit to save those facing graft charges.

Centre may allocate Rs 1000 cr to TN for building roads

Centre may allocate Rs 1000 cr to TN for building roads

Rediff.com12 Nov 2012

Centre is to allocate Rs 1,000 crore for Tamil Nadu from the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana to lay roads in interiors of more than 1,000 kms connecting villages to main towns.

PM invites Olympics contingent to Red Fort on I-Day

PM invites Olympics contingent to Red Fort on I-Day

Rediff.com3 Aug 2021

Prime Minister Modi will invite all Olympics participants to his residence for the interaction, in addition to the programme at the Red Fort.

Modi inaugurates 5.21 lakh houses of PMAY beneficiaries in MP

Modi inaugurates 5.21 lakh houses of PMAY beneficiaries in MP

Rediff.com29 Mar 2022

Addressing the Grah Pravesham programme, to hand over new houses to their owners, via video conferencing, Modi said his government has given topmost priority to providing houses to the poor people.

Satire: An open letter from an aspiring PM candidate

Satire: An open letter from an aspiring PM candidate

Rediff.com24 Sep 2012

Speculation about who will lead the country after the next general election is rife. Here, one candidate explains why he's the best.

Dom's Take: Oh My Dog!

Dom's Take: Oh My Dog!

Rediff.com31 Aug 2020

Dominic Xavier captures Sunday's scene of contrasts

Raghuvansh ignores Plan panel's suggestion

Raghuvansh ignores Plan panel's suggestion

Rediff.com3 Jan 2009

Even as the flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme continues to face problems at the implementation level, Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, ignoring suggestions by Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia and other economists, has refused to bring any major change in the scheme.

BJP workers in Bihar want Modi as next PM

BJP workers in Bihar want Modi as next PM

Rediff.com4 Nov 2012

Narendra Modi came to Patna after a gap of 28 months and was lustily greeted by Bharatiya Janata Party workers who raised slogans wanting him to be the next prime minister.

World Bank approves $1.5 billion for rural roads

World Bank approves $1.5 billion for rural roads

Rediff.com22 Dec 2010

The new project will concentrate on the states of Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, the Bank said.

Budget: MGNREGA funds cut by 13%

Budget: MGNREGA funds cut by 13%

Rediff.com1 Feb 2020

Sources in the Rural Development Ministry said the actual expenditure incurred in 2020-21 will be higher than the allocated funds and it will at least be at par with this year's total estimated expenditure of MGNREGS.

How to get more bang for the buck out of field agents

How to get more bang for the buck out of field agents

Rediff.com23 Jan 2025

Will allowing business correspondents to hawk insurance products help in reviving 5-lakh strong field agents as a viable channel?

Spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev undergoes emergency brain surgery

Spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev undergoes emergency brain surgery

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev underwent an emergency brain surgery at a private hospital in New Delhi after suffering "life-threatening" bleeding in the skull and is now recovering well, a senior doctor said on Wednesday.

Gandhis skip PMs' museum, for others it's an emotional moment

Gandhis skip PMs' museum, for others it's an emotional moment

Rediff.com14 Apr 2022

A spinning wheel which former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri got as "dowry", Chaudhary Charan Singh's diaries and P V Narasimha Rao's spectacles are among the articles that their families have offered for display at the Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.

One year of Jan Dhan: Many loose ends yet to be tied

One year of Jan Dhan: Many loose ends yet to be tied

Rediff.com13 Sep 2015

Lack of awareness about the scheme, especially in villages, has created a situation where expectations are turning into disappointment.

Govt asks states to enrol MNREGA workers under social security schemes

Govt asks states to enrol MNREGA workers under social security schemes

Rediff.com27 May 2015

The NDA government has asked states to enrol all MNREGA workers under the three newly-launched social security schemes.

IPL beats COVID as India's most-searched on Google

IPL beats COVID as India's most-searched on Google

Rediff.com9 Dec 2020

More Indians searched for cricket tournament Indian Premier League (IPL) this year than coronavirus

Govt mulls universal health insurance plan

Govt mulls universal health insurance plan

Rediff.com28 Dec 2015

The states will be asked to tap the Centre's JAM trinity.

Our heads hang in shame: PM on crimes against women

Our heads hang in shame: PM on crimes against women

Rediff.com8 Mar 2015

On the International Women's Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday denounced crimes against women, saying "our heads hang in shame", and announced that the government is setting up 'One-Stop-Centres' besides a helpline for those facing violence, abuse or harassment.

Read the fine print: No cash transfer for farmers if....

Read the fine print: No cash transfer for farmers if....

Rediff.com7 Feb 2019

Families with tax-paying members, government employees, professionals, among those who have been exempted from the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.

At 21.4 lakh, India sees 18% spike in TB cases in 2021

At 21.4 lakh, India sees 18% spike in TB cases in 2021

Rediff.com28 Oct 2022

Under the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, an initiative of the government, more than 40,000 Nikshay Mitra are supporting over 10.45 lakh TB patients all over the country presently, the Union health ministry said.

Autonomy for govt banks remains on paper

Autonomy for govt banks remains on paper

Rediff.com31 Aug 2015

Instructions were issued on holding loan camps in the last week of September.

Plan panel mulls cess for rural roads

Plan panel mulls cess for rural roads

Rediff.com7 Nov 2007

Faced with huge cost overruns due to a delay in building the rural roads under Bharat Nirman, the Planning Commission is now looking at alternative ways to fund the ambitious rural development project of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.The rural road project, christened the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), has seen tardy performance on the target of constructing 146,185 km of rural roads by 2009.

Help PM Modi pick his Cabinet

Help PM Modi pick his Cabinet

Rediff.com19 May 2014

Please choose who you want in which ministry by clicking on the image to match it to the ministry on the right and, bingo!, your Cabinet is in place when you finish. Ahead of even Pradhan Mantri Modi's!

The petrochemical shift that could quench LPG output thirst

The petrochemical shift that could quench LPG output thirst

Rediff.com14 Aug 2024

India may have to lean more on West Asian nations for supplies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a cooking fuel, in the coming years after Indian state-run refiners drew up big plans to diversify into producing more profitable petrochemicals. This shift leads to reduced LPG output, Indian refining executives said. The mantra for state-run oil companies, from Indian Oil Corporation (IndianOil) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer Petronet LNG, which are looking to diversify their businesses from lower-margin fuels, has been value-added petrochemicals.

WB extends $1.5 bn loan for developing rural roads

WB extends $1.5 bn loan for developing rural roads

Rediff.com14 Jan 2011

The World Bank will extend a loan of $1.5 billion (about Rs 6,800 crore) to India for building 24,000 km of all-weather roads in the rural areas of seven economically poor and hilly states like Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.

2,508 cities selected under PM's scheme for affordable housing

2,508 cities selected under PM's scheme for affordable housing

Rediff.com4 May 2016

As many as 2,508 cities in 26 states have been selected under 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana' for providing affordable houses to the urban poor.

BJP sweeps Guwahati civic polls, Cong draws blank

BJP sweeps Guwahati civic polls, Cong draws blank

Rediff.com24 Apr 2022

The Bharatiya Janata Party-Asom Gana Parishad alliance swept the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) polls on Sunday, bagging 58 out of the total 60 wards, while the main opposition party Congress drew a blank.

Investors should focus on larger cement players as outlook improves

Investors should focus on larger cement players as outlook improves

Rediff.com20 Jun 2024

After some enforced slowdown in offtake during April-May 2024 due to elections, the cement sector is looking at a possible demand rebound which may help it to push up prices. The April'24 offtake was muted while May'24 saw some improvement with a likely 5-6 per cent rise in demand month-on-month (MoM). In June, some price hikes seem to have been taken, which suggests more sustained improvement in demand.

Coming! New Affordable Housing Scheme

Coming! New Affordable Housing Scheme

Rediff.com5 Feb 2024

The new scheme may be announced before the Lok Sabha elections.

Rs 11,000 cr outlay for rural roads

Rs 11,000 cr outlay for rural roads

Rediff.com27 Mar 2007

A massive outlay of Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion) has been earmarked this financial year for laying of rural roads, a key component under Bharat Nirman programme.

2 weeks after cyber attack, AIIMS data retrieved fully, services back, says govt

2 weeks after cyber attack, AIIMS data retrieved fully, services back, says govt

Rediff.com16 Dec 2022

More than two weeks after the AIIMS cyber attack, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that all the data has been retrieved from an unaffected backup server with most of its services also being restored.

'This Is An Andhra Pradesh-Bihar Budget'

'This Is An Andhra Pradesh-Bihar Budget'

Rediff.com24 Jul 2024

From the word go, Bihar growled its needs out when an MP from the state said aloud: "Give something for Bihar also, Madam." Every time the Budget mentioned cities and towns in Andhra Pradesh, "Kursi Bachao" was the call from Congress MPs.

Free LPG reaches only 50% beneficiaries, shows govt data

Free LPG reaches only 50% beneficiaries, shows govt data

Rediff.com10 Jul 2020

Given that the target was to reach 80.34 million families under PMUY - within three months starting April 1 - the government should have distributed at least 241.02 million cylinders by the end of June. It actually ended up distributing only 119.7 million cylinders.

BPL women need Aadhaar for free LPG connectoins

BPL women need Aadhaar for free LPG connectoins

Rediff.com8 Mar 2017

'Individual beneficiary desirous of availing the benefits under the scheme (PMUY) is hereby required to furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or undergo Aadhaar authentication,' said a gazette notification issued by the ministry of petroleum and natural gas.

PM's insurance schemes: 22 claims settled in 30 days!

PM's insurance schemes: 22 claims settled in 30 days!

Rediff.com30 Jun 2015

These schemes came into force from June 1.

Jan Dhan Yojana powers Modi Sarkar's financial inclusion drive

Jan Dhan Yojana powers Modi Sarkar's financial inclusion drive

Rediff.com11 Mar 2019

There were concerns that simply opening a bank account wouldn't constitute meaningful financial inclusion, as the poor would rarely use these accounts. However, recent data submitted to Parliament attests to increased account usage, says Ishan Bakshi.