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Shrinking space for local governance
Centralized governance has shown no visible improvement in efficiency and effectiveness on the ground
4 min read9 Jul 2018Govt plans Rs10,000 crore tender to set up more rural Wi-Fi hotspots
The telecom dept will soon issue a revised to set up five public Wi-Fi hotspots in every gram panchayat, to ensure higher proliferation of high-speed rural broadband across 25,000 gram panchayats
2 min read21 Jun 2018Has BharatNet fulfilled its end task of providing functional internet?
The status of the BharatNet project and the government's claims need to be taken with a large dose of salt
3 min read17 May 2018Rural India will reach 100% toilet coverage by December 2018
India's drive to expand sanitation coverage will achieve its goal by December, says union water and sanitation ministry secretary Parameswaran Iyer
1 min read6 Apr 2018Supreme Court reserves order on khap panchayats’ interference in marriages
The Supreme Court adopts a tough line against interference by khap panchayats in inter-caste and inter-faith marriages
1 min read7 Mar 2018When two adults marry, nobody can interfere, Supreme Court tells khap panchayats
The Supreme Court takes a stern stand against interference by khap panchayats in inter-caste, inter-religious marriages of adult men and women
2 min read6 Feb 2018Budget 2018: Govt earmarks Rs14,500 crore for telecom infra projects
The government has also made a provision of Rs4,500 crore for Network for Spectrum project, an alternate communication network for defence services
1 min read1 Feb 2018Gadchiroli: hundreds protest against mining firms
Hundreds of gram sabha members of Etapalli taluka held a protest march in Gadchiroli, demanding that mining rights given to various private firms in the area be revoked
1 min read11 Dec 2017BharatNet: On a long overdue deadline
Judging by the pace of progress so far, BharatNet may struggle to meet its new deadlineMarch 2019as well
1 min read5 Dec 2017Ujjwala: The nudge story
Though there has been much deliberation on nudges, one government scheme that has not got its deserved attention in this context is the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
3 min read14 Nov 2017Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared