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India's R&D punches above its weight, but grant delays and red tape hold back researchersIndia is an innovation 'overperformer' but its research systems lag behind. Improving 'ease of doing R&D' is crucial. This requires faster ...
'G Ram G will curb disparity in inter-state fund flows', say officialsA new rural employment law, VB-G RAM G, will soon replace the current program. It guarantees 125 days of work, an increase from 100 days. F...
DMK leader caught on video allegedly stealing woman's bangle during anti-hindi protest: BJP's Annamalai shares videoAnnamalai shared a video that allegedly shows a DMK leader stealing a bangle during an anti-Hindi pledge. This came amid DMK's criticism of...
India's gender budgeting progress: Are we truly empowering women?India's gender-responsive budgeting has increased allocations but lacks the necessary systemic reforms and mandatory frameworks across gove...
Southern states pushing for more population not good idea, says former RBI Guv SubbaraoFormer RBI Governor D Subbarao emphasized that population growth is not a solution to address disparities in Central funds distribution, de...
Consider treating the North-East as a collective block by allocating 10% of central funds to the eight states: Assam CM to 16th Finance CommissionAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged the 16th Finance Commission to increase Assam's share in horizontal devolution and alloc...
RBI highlights regional disparities in agricultural lending despite record credit surgeRegional disparities in agricultural lending persist despite a record high in institutional credit, according to RBI deputy governor Swamin...
MGNREGS: Tamil Nadu, Bihar — two strange stories from book of jobTamil Nadu and Bihar are a study in contrast, admit senior government officials and experts. Over the past five years, Tamil Nadu accounted...
Mixed signals from bond fund managers; what should mutual fund investors doThe contrasting positioning of various dynamic bond funds indicates that the fund managers are not aligned on interest rates.
Govt gave nod to 157 new medical colleges in India since 2014: Health ministry"Of these, 6,500 seats have already been created with the functioning of 64 new medical colleges. Under the centrally sponsored schemes (CS...
RBI announces a slew of measures to boost digital paymentsFor making digital payments more accessible, a pilot for offline-based payments, which wouldn’t require Internet connectivity, is being pla...
Board of trustees okays EPFO exit from DHFLThe board has approved EPFO’s exit from DHFL to retrieve its money for workers’ welfare.
UP government asks Centre to release grant for Bundelkhand regionYadav said Bundelkhand was the most economically backward region and the state government was making all efforts to remove the disparity.
PM promises adequate assistance to flood-hit Himachal PradeshPM today assured Himachal Pradesh that the Centre will release adequate funds from the National Disaster Response Fund to it
- Potable water crisis: Haryana seeks Rs 400 crore central aid
Haryana today sought Rs 400 crore special grant from the Centre to mitigate drinking water problem in the state.
- Govt planning scheme to incentivise states to improve higher education
The proposed Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is part of the government effort to increase enrolment in higher education instituti...
- Pension products likely to make tax exemption cut
Pension products offered by insurers and mutual funds could be included in the long-term savings schemes eligible for tax concession availa...
- Innovation varsities unlikely to have seat reservations
The universities are HRD ministry’s radical higher education experiment.
- 'Onus of infra development in states on Centre'
The onus lies primarily with the central government and not through the public-private partnership mode, says Jairam Ramesh.
- MP CM seeks incentives for pvt industries in tribal areas
In an effort to reduce regional disparity, Madhya Pradesh today advocated provision of incentives for private industries in the tribal area...