Union Budget 2019-20: ₹50 crore allocated for appointing Hindi teachers in non-Hindi speaking States
The Centre is putting its money where its mouth is on the three-language formula in schools, allocating ₹50 crore in this year’s Budget to support the appointment of Hindi teachers in non-Hindi speaking States.
Nirmala’s maiden Budget is all about incremental measures
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her maiden Budget on Friday, sought to tackle several pain points in the economy through incremental steps rather than opting for the spectacular announcement route.
Union Budget 2019-20: Fiscal deficit target revised downwards to 3.3%
The government is estimating a fiscal deficit of 3.3% of GDP in financial year 2019-20, lower than the 3.4% estimated earlier in the interim Budget presented in February.
Political messaging guides Budget’s welfare focus
The first Budget of the second Modi government appeared to be of a continuum of the last with an emphasis on social welfare. This includes a bank overdraft facility of ₹5000 for women members of Self Help Groups (SHG) and an identification with the poor, while the rich (those with incomes between ₹2 and 5 crore and ₹5 crore and above) have been hit with a hike in surcharge.
Union Budget 2019-20: A lot of money will be invested in better passenger amenities, says Piyush Goyal
With the highest ever capital expenditure of over ₹1.60 lakh crore estimated for the Indian Railways, travellers can expect the government to offer better services and amenities, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal says.
CBI Additional Director Nageswar Rao shifted to Fire Services department
Senior CBI officer M. Nageswar Rao who had replaced CBI Director Alok Verma last year as an interim chief, hours before the midnight raid at the latter's office, has been appointed as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Services and Home Guards.
2019 Cricket World Cup: India needs to shed the rust that has crept into its campaign
The Long Room at Headingley lives up to its prefix but what strikes the eye are the wooden boards mounted on the walls. Brownish grainy wood inscribed with names of cricketers, who either struck centuries or bagged a five-for in Tests. We have heard about the honours board at Lord’s and the one here is equally resplendent.
Trump calls America's story 'the greatest political journey'
President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as “the greatest political journey in human history” in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy but cheering crowd of spectators, many of them invited, on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial. Supporters welcomed his tribute to the U.S. military while protesters assailed him for putting himself center stage on a holiday devoted to unity.
Nirmala Sitharaman announces a Gandhipedia ‘to sensitise society’
A “Gandhipedia” was being developed in order to sensitise society, particularly the youth, about Gandhian values, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget 2019-2010 speech on Friday.
Union Budget 2019-20: Centre slashes funds for Ganga clean-up
The government has significantly slashed allocations to its marquee plan to clean the Ganga.
