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Raipur, March 17 Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said on Tuesday that Chhattisgarh's progress was stalled when the Congress was in power and highlighted his government's commitment to a development push and serving "Chhattisgarh Mahtari (mother)".Responding to the discussion on budgetary demand...

New Delhi, March 16 A three-day budget session of the Delhi Assembly will commence from March 23, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Monday.The decision to convene the budget session from March 23 to 25 was taken in a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, it...

New Delhi, March 15 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday enforced the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) shortly after announcing the schedule for Assembly elections in five states and one Union Territory, imposing restrictions on the release of funds under MLA and MP local area...

New Delhi, March 15 A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over the budgetary allocation for the Department of Rural Development for the 2026-27 fiscal, noting that while the total outlay has increased by 21 per cent, the bulk of the increase is earmarked for the new VB-GRAMG scheme.The...

Hyderabad, March 13 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday strongly advocated for the rejuvenation of the highly polluted Musi river here, estimating the project cost at around Rs 6,500 crore.Reddy, who spoke at a presentation by officials on the redevelopment of Musi, said that...

New Delhi, March 13 – Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha on Friday that the country currently holds a robust fertiliser stock of 163 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) for April.This represents a significant 26 per cent increase over the previous year's stock of 128.54 LMT.The...

Guwahati, March 13 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that by granting land rights to tea workers within garden housing lines, the BJP-led government is ending a "historic injustice" towards the community.Lashing out at the Congress, Modi said the opposition party never looked...

New Delhi, March 13 – The Lok Sabha on Friday approved the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants, which will enable the government to spend an additional ₹2.01 lakh crore in the current financial year.The government had sought approval to spend a gross additional amount of ₹2.81...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the government has strengthened the overall macroeconomic framework, which has enabled the nation to absorb economic shocks of various kinds without deviating from the fiscal consolidation roadmap. Responding to the Discussion on...

New Delhi, March 13 The Lok Sabha passed the second batch of supplementary demands for grants on Friday, allowing the government to spend an additional ₹2.01 lakh crore in the current fiscal year.Through the second batch of supplementary demands, the government sought approval from the Lok...

New Delhi, March 13 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Rs 1 lakh crore Economic Stabilization Fund will provide fiscal space for India to respond to global challenges.Responding to the debate on the second batch of supplementary demands for grants in the Lok Sabha, she said...

Mumbai, March 13 – The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) issued a sharp criticism of the Devendra Fadnavis government on Friday, alleging that the Chief Minister is creating false illusions by asserting that Maharashtra's economy is robust, and that within the next three years, the...

New Delhi, March 12 The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the scheme to incubate eight new cities cannot be implemented as the tenure of the 15th Finance Commission is set to end on March 31 of this year.The Rs 8,000-crore grant provided by the...

New Delhi, March 12 The CAG's estimate that the government has suffered revenue loss due to the non-implementation of an agreement with Reliance Jio was based on a misinterpretation of a clause, and the error has now been rectified, according to Minister of State for Telecom, Pemmasani Chandra...

New Delhi, March 12 The Modi government has increased the allocation to the erstwhile rural employment scheme, MGNREGA, by nearly four times to ₹8.53 lakh crore, compared to the funds allocated by the Congress-led UPA regime, BJP member in the Rajya Sabha, Bhim Singh, said on Thursday.He was...

New Delhi, March 12 BJP MP Jagdambika Pal said on Thursday that the Modi government has shown foresight in proposing a Rs 1 lakh crore Economic Stabilisation Fund, which will act as a shield against future shocks.Participating in a discussion on the second batch of Supplementary Demands for...

Itanagar, March 12 A performance audit by the CAG on 'Development of Tourism Infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh' has found major deficiencies in the planning, execution, and monitoring of tourism projects in the state, including wasteful expenditure, diversion of funds, awarding work to...

Shimla, March 11 The BJP is divided into five factions, and the possibility of a third front in the state has always existed, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said, when asked about the "secret meetings" of disgruntled leaders ahead of the 2027 assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh.Sukhu...

Bhubaneswar, March 10 Odisha's Minister of Forests, Environment, and Climate Change, Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia, informed the assembly on Tuesday that 4,609 hectares of forest land were affected by fire incidents last year.In a written reply to a question from Congress MLA Sagar, the minister...

Supaul/Madhepura, March 10 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched development projects and schemes worth around Rs 872 crore in the Supaul and Samstipur districts during his 'Samridhi Yatra' (Development Journey).The CM also reviewed ongoing schemes and development projects in the...