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From Kashmir Polls To Union Budget: President Murmu's Top Quotes In Parliament
President Droupadi Murmu addressde the joint sitting of Parliament for the first time after the Lok Sabha elections. In her address, the President congratulated the Election Commission for successfully conducted of the general elections.
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"Freebie Budget Going Beyond Regular Budget": Supreme Court Airs Concern
Calling it a "serious issue", the court said that the "freebie budget" is going beyond the regular budget. It has sought a response from the poll body and the union government in four weeks.
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Poll Panel Would Not Like To Interfere In Union Budget Presentation: Chief Election Commissioner
The EC would not like to interfere in the presentation of the Union Budget, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said, asserting the annual exercise would not disturb the level-playing field for parties during elections to five states
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Law Ministry Gets Rs 1,005 Crore For Poll Body To Purchase Voting Equipment
The Union Law Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,005 crore in the central Budget to provide funds to the Election Commission for procurement of ballot units, control units and voter verifiable paper audit trial units (VVPATS), and ancillary expenditure on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and destruction of obsolete voting machines.
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Bill To Allow Poll Body To Link Aadhaar With Voters' List Likely In Budget Session
The government is likely to bring a bill in the Budget session of the parliament to give the Election Commission (EC) statutory backing to collect the Aadhaar number of new applicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in electoral rolls.
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Rahul Gandhi Says Farmers Insulted, Promises "Surgical Strikes" On Centre
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday said "surgical strikes" - one after the other - will be launched on the Narendra Modi government in the coming days by his party. Hinting at the issues on which the "surgical strikes" will be held, he said the biggest issue in front of this country was joblessness and the government has "failed completely" to ...
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Law Ministry Gets Additional Rs 666.66 Crore For Conduct Of Lok Sabha Polls
The Law Ministry is the administrative ministry for the Election Commission (EC).
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Unemployment Rate Highest In 45 Years, Reveals Stalled Report: 10 Points
The country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper. The report was not released despite being vetted by the National Statistical Commission in December, allege two n...
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Opinion: Rajasthan Shock Wave For BJP Leaves Its MPs Elsewhere Worried
The first day of February in Delhi brought with it the first hint of spring as well as the Union Budget, and a flurry of crucial by-election reverses that raise serious questions about the electoral health of the BJP. That the counting day for the by-elections happened to coincide with the Budget was Im sure nothing but an innocent coincidence. Aft...
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Budget Session From Today, All-Out Push For Triple Talaq Bill: 10 Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the government is taking the suggestions of the opposition "sincerely", Parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar told the media after an all-party meeting ahead of the budget session today. The budget -- last full-fledged one before the 2019 general elections --will be presented on February 1. The government...
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Student Union Polls: NSUI Proposes Hike In Election Expenditure Budget
The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Monday demanded an independent election commission and a revision in the budget for elections in universities stating that the current limit of Rs 5,000 is "too little and impractical".
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Opinion: Modi And Jaitley's Half-Baked Proposals On Political Funding
There will be an initial frisson of excitement when transparency measures are legislated, but the impact of such disclosures on the political outcome will be minimal. It would amount to no more than a grand but futile gesture.
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Union Budget 2017: Full Text Of Arun Jaitley's Speech In Parliament
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget for the 2017-18 financial year starting April 1. For the first time the general budget included the railways budget this year. Also in a first, the budget announcement date was advanced to February 1 in a move that would help streamline new schemes and spending. The budget comes just da...
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Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: February 1 For Union Budget Unfair, Writes Akhilesh Yadav To PM Narendra Modi
The Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that the government does not need to move the union budget from February 1 to after elections are held in states like Uttar Pradesh, as demanded by some parties. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly today, stating that if the budget is shared before his state st...
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Budget 2017: No Talk Of Schemes, Work Done In Poll-Bound States, Says Election Commission
The government has been allowed by the Supreme Court to present its budget just three days before voting begins in five states next month, but the Election Commission last night put out conditions. No talk of plans or work done in these states, it has advised.
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From Kashmir Polls To Union Budget: President Murmu's Top Quotes In Parliament
President Droupadi Murmu addressde the joint sitting of Parliament for the first time after the Lok Sabha elections. In her address, the President congratulated the Election Commission for successfully conducted of the general elections.
-
"Freebie Budget Going Beyond Regular Budget": Supreme Court Airs Concern
Calling it a "serious issue", the court said that the "freebie budget" is going beyond the regular budget. It has sought a response from the poll body and the union government in four weeks.
-
Poll Panel Would Not Like To Interfere In Union Budget Presentation: Chief Election Commissioner
The EC would not like to interfere in the presentation of the Union Budget, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said, asserting the annual exercise would not disturb the level-playing field for parties during elections to five states
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Law Ministry Gets Rs 1,005 Crore For Poll Body To Purchase Voting Equipment
The Union Law Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,005 crore in the central Budget to provide funds to the Election Commission for procurement of ballot units, control units and voter verifiable paper audit trial units (VVPATS), and ancillary expenditure on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and destruction of obsolete voting machines.
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Bill To Allow Poll Body To Link Aadhaar With Voters' List Likely In Budget Session
The government is likely to bring a bill in the Budget session of the parliament to give the Election Commission (EC) statutory backing to collect the Aadhaar number of new applicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in electoral rolls.
-
Rahul Gandhi Says Farmers Insulted, Promises "Surgical Strikes" On Centre
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday said "surgical strikes" - one after the other - will be launched on the Narendra Modi government in the coming days by his party. Hinting at the issues on which the "surgical strikes" will be held, he said the biggest issue in front of this country was joblessness and the government has "failed completely" to ...
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Law Ministry Gets Additional Rs 666.66 Crore For Conduct Of Lok Sabha Polls
The Law Ministry is the administrative ministry for the Election Commission (EC).
-
Unemployment Rate Highest In 45 Years, Reveals Stalled Report: 10 Points
The country's unemployment rate was at a 45-year-high of 6.1 per cent in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office's (NSSO's) periodic labour force survey (PLFS), which has been accessed by the Business Standard newspaper. The report was not released despite being vetted by the National Statistical Commission in December, allege two n...
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Opinion: Rajasthan Shock Wave For BJP Leaves Its MPs Elsewhere Worried
The first day of February in Delhi brought with it the first hint of spring as well as the Union Budget, and a flurry of crucial by-election reverses that raise serious questions about the electoral health of the BJP. That the counting day for the by-elections happened to coincide with the Budget was Im sure nothing but an innocent coincidence. Aft...
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Budget Session From Today, All-Out Push For Triple Talaq Bill: 10 Points
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the government is taking the suggestions of the opposition "sincerely", Parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar told the media after an all-party meeting ahead of the budget session today. The budget -- last full-fledged one before the 2019 general elections --will be presented on February 1. The government...
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Student Union Polls: NSUI Proposes Hike In Election Expenditure Budget
The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Monday demanded an independent election commission and a revision in the budget for elections in universities stating that the current limit of Rs 5,000 is "too little and impractical".
-
Opinion: Modi And Jaitley's Half-Baked Proposals On Political Funding
There will be an initial frisson of excitement when transparency measures are legislated, but the impact of such disclosures on the political outcome will be minimal. It would amount to no more than a grand but futile gesture.
-
Union Budget 2017: Full Text Of Arun Jaitley's Speech In Parliament
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget for the 2017-18 financial year starting April 1. For the first time the general budget included the railways budget this year. Also in a first, the budget announcement date was advanced to February 1 in a move that would help streamline new schemes and spending. The budget comes just da...
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Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: February 1 For Union Budget Unfair, Writes Akhilesh Yadav To PM Narendra Modi
The Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that the government does not need to move the union budget from February 1 to after elections are held in states like Uttar Pradesh, as demanded by some parties. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly today, stating that if the budget is shared before his state st...
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Budget 2017: No Talk Of Schemes, Work Done In Poll-Bound States, Says Election Commission
The government has been allowed by the Supreme Court to present its budget just three days before voting begins in five states next month, but the Election Commission last night put out conditions. No talk of plans or work done in these states, it has advised.
