New Delhi: With Assembly polls in 5 States set to take place at the end of the year and the Lok Sabha polls due in less than a year, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday slashed the price of domestic LPG Cylinder by Rs. 200. This apart, the beneficiaries covered under Prime Minister’s Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)…
FM-in-waiting…forever?
May 24, 2020In a recent interview on a TV channel Dr. Subramanian Swamy, economist and BJP Member of Parliament, reiterated his opinion that this Government had no economic policy, does not know what it is up against and warned that the Indian economy would crash like 1930’s United States if cash is not put in the hands…
MP Simha thanks Railway Ministry for new trains, projects
March 13, 2020New Delhi: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has expressed his gratitude to the Railway Ministry for improving connectivity from Mysuru to various destinations. In his speech on Demands for Grants under the Control of the Ministry of Railways for 2020-21 in Lok Sabha yesterday, Pratap Simha thanked the Railway Ministry for financial grants that has led…
K.V. Kamath is front-runner for next Finance Minister
January 16, 2020New Delhi: Now that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting dozens of people to see how to fix the Indian economy, New Delhi’s rumour mills are abuzz about a new Finance Minister soon after the coming Budget, replacing the current Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Former ICICI Bank Chairman K.V. Kamath (Kundapur Vaman Kamath) is seen…
Budget Thoughts
July 6, 2019By Vikram Muthanna Like most Indians I too watch the Union budget. But usually by the end of the Finance Minister’s speech I feel like I have understood nothing and end up feeling like I have a learning disability. Finally my perception of a budget is reduced to — “what has gotten costlier and what…
UNION BUDGET 2019
July 5, 2019New Delhi: The Maiden Budget of the Narendra Modi Government in the second tenure was presented in the Lok Sabha this morning. It was Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s first Budget and also the second fiscal proposals of a financial year by any woman Finance Minister. Indira Gandhi has been the only woman to have presented…
Key Cabinet Committees for Modi Govt. formed
June 6, 2019Amit Shah in all 8, PM Narendra Modi, Nirmala Sitharaman in 6, Rajnath Singh in 2 Panels New Delhi: Among the eight key Cabinet Committees reconstituted by the Centre, Home Minister Amit Shah finds representation in all of them while Prime Minister is on-board six committees barring Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs and Cabinet Committee…
Union Government to credit Rs. 2,000 to each farmer as first instalment
February 15, 2019New Delhi: As declared in its Budget presented on Feb.1, the Union Government under the PM Kisan Yojana, will credit Rs. 2,000 to the Bank account of every farmers holding less than five acres of land. The credit of Rs.2,000 is the first instalment of the promised Rs.6,000 announced by the Centre. About 12 crore…
Trust Vote against Modi Govt. begins in Parliament
July 20, 2018New Delhi: The keenly-watched debate over the No-Confidence Motion against the Narendra Modi Government is underway in the Lok Sabha. The debate that will last for close to 7 hours was kicked off by Jayadev Galla of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) that moved the No-Trust Motion. Moments after the session began at 11 am, Naveen…
Four years of Narendra Modi government: MP Pratap Simha takes BJP achievements to VIPs
June 16, 2018Mysuru: The National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is completing four years in office after emerging as the strongest and most influential party that made Congress lose tragically in 2014. With the term of office nearing its end, the BJP has already started its preparations for the 2019…
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