Nowhere on the planet, nowhere in mankind's history has such an idea taken the concrete shape in form of a law. The National Food Security Bill, which will come via ordinance and not after the debate in Parliament, is an incredible economic tool to tackle the hunger of poor Indians. Also, it has already been condemned widely as a political gimmick.
EduBridge is emerging as a strong player in training unemployed youth.
Even if Mudra steps in to play its main role of refinancing at some stage, the responsibility for the bad loans remains with the banks.
She needs to find innovative ways to at least match the growth during Gehlot's rule.
Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore and Uttam Ghosh report from Maharashtra's Malnourished Corridor, visiting an anganwadi, which is often the first line of defence in tackling malnutrition.
Drishti, an affordable eye care chain has lit up the lives of scores of people in rural areas.
'Why don't they suggest artificial intelligence training for SC/STs?' 'Why can't they be trained in computer programming?'
'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.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana envisages housing to 20 mn households by 2022.
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".
India does not have a stringent privacy or data protection Act.
After terror attack, Mumbai red alert, a large posse of officials to fly down with PM, reports Archis Mohan.
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
On the revenue front, the finance ministry was expecting higher proceeds from non-tax revenue.
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.
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.
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.
Indian markets rose 19 per cent in the first half of this financial year, the best performance by any market during this period, globally.
The Union cabinet also decided to put in place measures for speedy investigation and trial of rape cases.
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".
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.
Andhra Pradesh now comes third in ease of doing business.
'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.
Broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are up 0.8%-1%.
The idea that every citizen in this country is to be numbered is the primary thing in the project.
'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.
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.
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