Mamta Banerjee writes to PM Modi demanding release of MNREGA, PMAY funds

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12, seeking…

Jharkhand government suspends mining secretary Pooja Singhal in money laundering case

“The government has suspended Pooja Singhal with immediate effect under the provisions of the All India…

Sonia expressed concern over the cut in MNREGA budget, counterattacked by the Center

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed concern over the budgetary cut for MGNREGA, saying there…

An open data policy won’t work without serious implementation

On February 22, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) released the draft India Data…

The Centre’s approach has destroyed the basic premise of MGNREGA

disappointing Allocation for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in the budget for the…

Engel’s law and the impact of the pandemic on our food expenditure

Deprivation takes many forms: lack of access to food, education and health care. The COVID pandemic…

What did the Union Budget turn out to be right, and what went wrong

The economy has clearly made a comeback from the shock of the pandemic in 2020-21. Gross…

A bold attempt at public investment-led growth

But the budget barely mentions the decline in the share of private consumption in GDP and…

Morning Digest | Pegasus need not be debated in Parliament: Sarkar, agricultural unions threaten to resume agitation, and more

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Monday said the matter is sub-judice and there is no…