'The attempt to make Aadhaar mandatory has now emerged as an act of bullying by government agencies, turning citizens into subjects by making fundamental rights conditional on biometric identification,' says Gopal Krishna.
'Rather than an outcome of 'pro-incumbency', the exit poll results betray a completely lackadaisical approach of the Opposition parties.' 'While a new kind of politics was on display for the past five years, they were still mired in their old-style methods which will cost them the election,' predicts Utkarsh Mishra.
The current crisis Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is facing is a cumulative effect of inattention to water management and the fiscal burden of populist promises, says Aditi Phadnis.
In case of rape of a girl under 16 years, the minimum punishment has been increased from 10 years to 20 years, extendable to imprisonment for rest of life, which means jail term till the convict's "natural life".
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana envisages housing to 20 mn households by 2022.
After terror attack, Mumbai red alert, a large posse of officials to fly down with PM, reports Archis Mohan.
India does not have a stringent privacy or data protection Act.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Saturday released the party's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh assembly elections promising to make efforts to ensure construction of Ram temple under constitutional provisions if voted to power.
The SC said that it was the duty of the state governments to ensue law and order in society.
The Street had factored in the NDA win, owing to which the appreciation in the rupee is expected to be limited
Insisting that PM Modi has consistently cared for the farmers, Goyal said the Rs 75,000 earmarked for paying Rs 6,000 per annum to each of 12 crore farmers is not one time but a 'sustainable' provision.
On the revenue front, the finance ministry was expecting higher proceeds from non-tax revenue.
We had prepared a contingency plan for 580 districts, the minister said.
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India's share of 2015 emerging market allocations will be driven by FII perceptions on likely growth and reform.
Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated as "martyrs".
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that government will introduce teaching of Bhagavad Gita in schools across the state from coming academic session.
The Union cabinet also decided to put in place measures for speedy investigation and trial of rape cases.
Indian markets rose 19 per cent in the first half of this financial year, the best performance by any market during this period, globally.
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
'Our priority will be to settle land disputes in Bihar, which I believe is the root cause of almost all crime in the state.'
'50% of students lose out because of lack of English language skills.' 'Only 15% to 20% have the functional skills companies are looking for.'
The government had pegged food subsidy at Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 900 billion) in the 2013-14 Union Budget.
'How do we explain that on the economic, internal security and strategic fronts, India's unstable coalitions have acted more decisively and boldly than all our full-majority governments yet?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
Andhra Pradesh now comes third in ease of doing business.
Broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are up 0.8%-1%.
'Our first great challenge is to create 12 million new jobs each year, to make the demographic dividend an economic dividend.' 'We are nowhere near that,' points out Mohan Guruswamy.
The idea that every citizen in this country is to be numbered is the primary thing in the project.
More than 3,000 squads under health and local self-government departments have started the process of cleaning houses and public places, official sources said.
The staggered increase in kerosene rate may not have the same impact of freeing up the fuel price as for diesel.
The verdict could impact a range of life choices of Indians, including food habits and sexual orientation.
These plantations are not only eating into the land occupied by the region's native forests, they could also disturb the ground water reserve and soil quality
With GDP down by 2 per cent, while 99 per cent of banned notes make way back to the banking system, whom did demonetisation benefit?
In a nation divided by many things, the 12-digit unique identity number is holding lives to ransom.
The problem is set to grow following issuance of 75 million new RuPay cards in the next six months with the launch of the Jan Dhan Yojana.
The shortage of skilled workers in India is one of the country's biggest challenges.
Implementing the Food Ordinance is the bigger challenge and there are many provisions of the National Food Security Bill which need to be expanded and strengthened.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to deliver his third Independence Day speech on August 15, he is inviting ideas from citizens on issues he should speak on
The fiscal deficit of the Centre remains a worry, running at over 6.5 per cent of GDP in April-September 2014, mainly because of revenue shortfalls from exaggerated projections in the government's July Budget and despite the relief on subsidies from lower oil prices.
Pushed by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, the government looks set to shortly bring ordinances on two anti-corruption bills along with three other legislations which could not be passed during the just-concluded Parliament session.
A K Bhattacharya digs into the yet-to-be-public report on ways to curb black money and finds out that Modi's next moves could include action on dabba trading, hawala, and education.
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