Need to improve mechanism for early redressal of complaints: PM Modi
Politics | November 22, 2017 23:57 ISTToday's was the 23rd interaction through the ICT-based, multi-modal platform 'Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation' (Pragati).
Today's was the 23rd interaction through the ICT-based, multi-modal platform 'Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation' (Pragati).
Blaming the Modi government for failing to take steps to prevent corruption, Hazare said that after the 2011 movement, then Congress-led UPA government was compelled to pass the Lokpal law but it was ‘somewhat weakened’.
P Chidambaram said the Modi government could recover fake currency only to the tune of Rs 41 crore, which accounted for only 0.0027 per cent of the total currency that came back into the system following notes ban.
He also accused Modi of speaking "selectively" on the issue of corruption and demanded to know where the jobs that the BJP had promised were.
Kapil Sibal said the two factors taken into consideration for the report were e-filing, which he said was started by the UPA government, and Insolvency Act which was also conceived by the Congress-led UPA.
The Congress said "ease of doing business" has become "cease of doing business" for micro, small and medium enterprises under the Modi government.
Riding on government’s major economic reforms like demonetisation and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, India jumped to rank 100th in the 2018 edition of the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business' index.
The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a conglomerate of senior separatist leaders, rejected any possibility of engaging in parleys with former Intelligence Bureau chief Dineshwar Sharma.
India made a double-digit jump in the World Bank's 2018 edition of Ease of Doing Business report, reacing the 100th spot from the previous 130th in 2016.
Referring to Rs 2.11 lakh crore recapitalisation of ailing PSU banks, Chidambaram asked “why was the process of bank recapitalisation needed if the govt believes the economy is strong”.
The government's clarification came after reports that the flagship programme is facing fund crunch this year, resulting in unpaid dues of Rs 3,066 crore in wage payments in 19 states.
Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of "killing" the economy by firing the "double tap" of demonetisation and GST into its heart.
The programme includes the Bharatmala scheme, under which 34,800 km of highways would be constructed at the cost of Rs 5.35 lakh crore.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday dared his party's ruling ally BJP to "resign" from the Maharashtra government and face midterm polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed the Company Secretaries from all over India at a programme in New Delhi to mark the golden jubilee year of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
Piyush Goyal, who has often articulated the party's view on economy, said that the government would not flinch due to some criticism and "stay the course" as it works to transform the economy.
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh demanded government declare a stimulus package towards employment generating activities in labour intensive sectors to contain slowdown of economy.
Sinha had said in his article in The Indian Express that sector after sector of the economy was in distress and the November 8 demonetisation had proved to be an "unmitigated economic disaster".
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