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Freebies For Students In BJP's Delhi Poll Manifesto Part 2, AAP Hits Back
The BJP on Tuesday released the second part of its 'sankalp patra', or manifesto, for the February 5 Delhi election, declaring it would form a team to investigate "corruption" by the AAP and announced sops for students and domestic workers.
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Opinion | Poll Sops: Why Voters Must Question Their Long-Term Feasibility Too
The true measure of responsible governance should be the ability of a party to articulate how it will balance short-term electoral incentives with the long-term fiscal health of the economy.
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Amid Heatwave Warning, Poll Panel Issues Advisory For Voters' Safety
As the weather department has predicted a warmer summer and more heatwaves this year, the Election Commission today issued a set of SOPs ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Ahead Of Polls, Gujarat Announces 2 Free LPG Cylinders A Year Per House
Gujarat Education Minister Jitu Vaghani on Monday announced the state government's decision to give 2 free cylinders in a year to each household in the state.
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BJP-Led Alliance Releases Manifesto For Punjab Assembly Elections
The BJP-led NDA released its manifesto for the February 20 Punjab polls on Saturday, promising a slew of sops for various sections, including 75 per cent reservation in all government jobs for youngsters from the state.
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High Court Directs Poll Body On Enforcing Of Covid Norms In Tamil Nadu
The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Election Commission authorities to instruct their subordinates to strictly enforce the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) prescribed by the Health department, in view of the recent spurt in COVID-19 cases in poll-bound Tamil Nadu.
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100 People May Be Vaccinated Per Session: Centre's New SOP On Covid
Only 100 people per "session" are likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the centre has said in a document that explores how best to deploy the vaccine whenever it is available. It said states and union territories can fix the days for vaccination. "Conduct of the vaccination process [will be] similar to the election process," the Health Ministr...
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Aaditya Thackeray's Formula For Elections Minus "Sops"
Aaditya Thackeray, the son of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackray and the first in his family to contest elections, today suggested if any government or political party succeeds in delivery of services to the people, there would be no need for distributing "sops" when elections come.
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Congress To Hold "Aay Pe Charcha" Meetings To Play Up Its Income Scheme
The mega poll sop of providing Rs 72,000 each annually to five crore families belonging to the poorest category by Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be played up the party's Delhi unit through "aay pe charcha" (discussion on income) meetings in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls.
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Ahead Of 2019 Elections, TDP Government Announces Sops For Farmers
Ahead of the Asssembly and Lok Sabha polls, the Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday announced sops for farmers by integrating a state programme with the Centre's, thereby enabling each ryot to get Rs 10,000 annually in two instalments.
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Budget Like Ruling Party's Manifesto: Sharad Yadav
Mocking the budget as a manifesto of the ruling BJP, opposition leader Sharad Yadav claimed the government has announced a number of sops keeping the general election in mind and said people are not "foolish" as not to see through them.
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Manmohan Singh Critiques Budget, Says Farm, Tax Sops Will Impact Polls
Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh said the government's interim budget, presented todayby Union Minister Piyush Goyal, will have implications on the national elections due by May. The government presented a budget with big giveaways to the middle class, small farmers and the rural population in what is being seen as a critical test for Prime ...
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Interim Budget: What P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Jaswant Singh Did
Interim Union Budget 2019: Union Minister Piyush Goyal will on Friday present the interim budget in Parliament. This budget will be the last by the NDA government before Lok Sabha elections due by May. From a cash package for the farmer to tax reliefs for the common man, expectations are high from the annual financial statement of the current admin...
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"It's Done," Tweets Rahul Gandhi As Rajasthan Too Waives Farm Loans
Rajasthan became the third Congress state on Wednesday to announce a loan waiver for farmers after Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, as the party made good on a key election promise that is seen to be a big factor in its victory over the ruling BJP in the three heartland states. In Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Chief Ministers Kamal Nath and Bhup...
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"Not Loan Waivers": Raghuram Rajan On What Will Solve Farm Distress
The election season, almost always, is flavoured with populist promises. To address rural distress, which is a top election issue this time, repetitive sops such as farm loan waivers and increased MSPs have been promised by both of the country's national parties.
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Freebies For Students In BJP's Delhi Poll Manifesto Part 2, AAP Hits Back
The BJP on Tuesday released the second part of its 'sankalp patra', or manifesto, for the February 5 Delhi election, declaring it would form a team to investigate "corruption" by the AAP and announced sops for students and domestic workers.
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Opinion | Poll Sops: Why Voters Must Question Their Long-Term Feasibility Too
The true measure of responsible governance should be the ability of a party to articulate how it will balance short-term electoral incentives with the long-term fiscal health of the economy.
-
Amid Heatwave Warning, Poll Panel Issues Advisory For Voters' Safety
As the weather department has predicted a warmer summer and more heatwaves this year, the Election Commission today issued a set of SOPs ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
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Ahead Of Polls, Gujarat Announces 2 Free LPG Cylinders A Year Per House
Gujarat Education Minister Jitu Vaghani on Monday announced the state government's decision to give 2 free cylinders in a year to each household in the state.
-
BJP-Led Alliance Releases Manifesto For Punjab Assembly Elections
The BJP-led NDA released its manifesto for the February 20 Punjab polls on Saturday, promising a slew of sops for various sections, including 75 per cent reservation in all government jobs for youngsters from the state.
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High Court Directs Poll Body On Enforcing Of Covid Norms In Tamil Nadu
The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Election Commission authorities to instruct their subordinates to strictly enforce the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) prescribed by the Health department, in view of the recent spurt in COVID-19 cases in poll-bound Tamil Nadu.
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100 People May Be Vaccinated Per Session: Centre's New SOP On Covid
Only 100 people per "session" are likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the centre has said in a document that explores how best to deploy the vaccine whenever it is available. It said states and union territories can fix the days for vaccination. "Conduct of the vaccination process [will be] similar to the election process," the Health Ministr...
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Aaditya Thackeray's Formula For Elections Minus "Sops"
Aaditya Thackeray, the son of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackray and the first in his family to contest elections, today suggested if any government or political party succeeds in delivery of services to the people, there would be no need for distributing "sops" when elections come.
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Congress To Hold "Aay Pe Charcha" Meetings To Play Up Its Income Scheme
The mega poll sop of providing Rs 72,000 each annually to five crore families belonging to the poorest category by Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be played up the party's Delhi unit through "aay pe charcha" (discussion on income) meetings in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls.
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Ahead Of 2019 Elections, TDP Government Announces Sops For Farmers
Ahead of the Asssembly and Lok Sabha polls, the Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday announced sops for farmers by integrating a state programme with the Centre's, thereby enabling each ryot to get Rs 10,000 annually in two instalments.
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Budget Like Ruling Party's Manifesto: Sharad Yadav
Mocking the budget as a manifesto of the ruling BJP, opposition leader Sharad Yadav claimed the government has announced a number of sops keeping the general election in mind and said people are not "foolish" as not to see through them.
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Manmohan Singh Critiques Budget, Says Farm, Tax Sops Will Impact Polls
Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh said the government's interim budget, presented todayby Union Minister Piyush Goyal, will have implications on the national elections due by May. The government presented a budget with big giveaways to the middle class, small farmers and the rural population in what is being seen as a critical test for Prime ...
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Interim Budget: What P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Jaswant Singh Did
Interim Union Budget 2019: Union Minister Piyush Goyal will on Friday present the interim budget in Parliament. This budget will be the last by the NDA government before Lok Sabha elections due by May. From a cash package for the farmer to tax reliefs for the common man, expectations are high from the annual financial statement of the current admin...
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"It's Done," Tweets Rahul Gandhi As Rajasthan Too Waives Farm Loans
Rajasthan became the third Congress state on Wednesday to announce a loan waiver for farmers after Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, as the party made good on a key election promise that is seen to be a big factor in its victory over the ruling BJP in the three heartland states. In Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Chief Ministers Kamal Nath and Bhup...
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"Not Loan Waivers": Raghuram Rajan On What Will Solve Farm Distress
The election season, almost always, is flavoured with populist promises. To address rural distress, which is a top election issue this time, repetitive sops such as farm loan waivers and increased MSPs have been promised by both of the country's national parties.
