-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday that the GDP growth rate under four years of the Modi government is still higher than the growth rate of last four years of UPA. In a series of tweets, Kumar said, "Growth rate under four years of Modi Government is still higher than the growth rate of last four years of UPA. This is being managed despite...
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Double-digit delight for Manmohan era
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A new set of economic data put out by a sub-committee of the National Statistical Commission has shown that the UPA government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clocked a double-digit growth rate of 10.08 per cent in 2006-07. The new calculations have to be vetted by the Central Statistical Commission and by a standards authority before they become officially acceptable. If the figure holds even after that scrutiny,...
More »PM announces immediate relief of Rs 500 crore to flood-hit Kerala
-PTI Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday immediate financial assistance of Rs 500 crore for rain-battered Kerala, after reviewing the flood situation in the state. Modi also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh per person to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, a Prime Minister's Office statement said. So far, 324 people have...
More »Income of farm households 23% higher than non-farm homes: Nabard survey
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The income of agricultural households, which account for nearly half the rural households in the country, surged to Rs 1,07,172 in 2015-16 at a annual compound growth rate (CAGR) of 12 per cent since 2012-13. According to a rural survey carried out by the National Bank for Agricultural & Rural Development (Nabard), while the average annual income levels of non-agricultural households in 2015-16 stood at Rs...
More »CEC damper on joint polls -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Chief election commissioner O.P. Rawat has told The Telegraph that it was "very difficult to fathom" whether the poll panel would be able to hold elections to the Lok Sabha and 11 Assemblies simultaneously. "It is feasible to conduct the Lok Sabha elections along with elections to five Assemblies whose terms expire around the same time. If one or two more states are added, it can be delivered....
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