-Scroll.in The BJP suggested low exclusion rates in border districts meant the NRC was inaccurate. Political analysts in the state say migration levels have dropped. On August 1, the Assam government released the district-wise break-up of the 40.07 lakh people who were left out of the draft of the National Register of Citizens published on July 31, 2018. When the draft was published last year, the Supreme Court had ordered the state...
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Explaining the Rise in Revenue Deficit Between Modi Govt's Interim and Full Budgets -Aneesha Chitgupi
-TheWire.in While the revenue deficit is estimated to increase in the Union Budget in comparison to the interim one, the fiscal deficit shows a decline thanks to the increase in capital receipts especially through disinvestment. A comparison between the Interim Budget (IB) presented on February 1, 2019, and the full Union Budget (FB) presented before parliament on July for the current fiscal year (2019-20) throws up some intriguing questions. While most commentators have...
More »Explained: Jalyukta Shivar key for Maharashtra, but still has a long road ahead -Anjali Marar
-The Indian Express Jalyukta Shivar is the flagship programme of the Maharashtra government launched in December 2014. It aims to make 5,000 villages free of water scarcity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his latest Mann ki Baat, emphasised on the need for dedicated efforts towards water conservation and launched ‘Jal Shakti, Jan Shakti’. Maharashtra has experienced drought four times in the last five years and the scarcity of water is set...
More »Retail inflation inches up in June even as industrial growth slows down in May
-The Hindu Business Line A surge in the prices of meat, fish and pulses pushed the rate of retail inflation a tad higher to nearly 3.2 per cent in June. Meanwhile, industrial production still seems to be in the slow lane, with 3 per cent growth in May. Rate cut possibility These two indicators will play a key role in the monetary policy review to be undertaken by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...
More »Not by wishful thinking -R Nagaraj
-The Hindu A $5 trillion Indian economy may be attainable if domestic saving and investment are stepped up In early June, at a NITI Aayog meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a clear and bold economic target — to grow India into a $5 trillion economy by 2024. It is now for ‘Team India’, as the meeting was bannered, to translate this target into a plan and policies and programmes. Historically, such...
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